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Rajasthan Assembly Election 2018: Counting of votes will begin shortly. Stay with us for LIVE updates on Rajasthan election result

Congress leaders Ashok Gehlot (R) and Sachin Pilot (C) flash victory signs as K C Venugopal looks on after the declaration of Rajasthan Assembly election result, in Jaipur

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		<strong>Rajasthan Assembly Election result 2018 LIVE:</strong>&nbsp;Rajasthan kept its 25-year-old record of throwing out the incumbent government. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief minister Vasundhara Raje has resigned. The Congress is yet to choose a Chief Minister.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />
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		Raje, despite the defeat of her government, won from her constituency of Jhalrapatan. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</div>
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	A party needs 101 seats in the 200-member <a href="https://www.business-standard.com/elections/rajasthan-assembly-election-2018" target="_blank">Rajasthan Assembly</a>, but the&nbsp;election in one seat was rescheduled after a candidate died. The BJP had won 163 seats in the 2013 <strong><a href="https://www.business-standard.com/elections/rajasthan-assembly-election-2018" target="_blank">Rajasthan Assembly elections</a> </strong>and secured a vote share of 46.03%, a jump of about eight percentage points over 2008. The Congress had bagged 21 seats with a vote share of 34.27%, a fall of two percentage points.<br />
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	Rajasthan has a record of not returning any party to power since 1998 and it flip-flops between the BJP and Congress.</div>
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	The Congress was contesting on 195 seats and had given five seats to its allies &mdash; two each to the Loktantrik Janata Dal and the Rashtriya Lok Dal, and one to the Nationalist Congress Party.</div>
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	The BJP was contesting in all 200 seats on its own.</div>
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Rajasthan election result LIVE: Ashok Gehlot front-runner for CM post

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		This is the most fun I&rsquo;ve had on counting day in a long time. It helps that I&rsquo;m not fighting elections in any of the 5 states 

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		Rajasthan wasn&rsquo;t meant to be a close fight!</p>
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		Rajasthan: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Visuals?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Visuals</a> from BJP state office in Jaipur. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AssemblyElections2018?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AssemblyElections2018</a> <a href="https://t.co/Ii8MIT3Ftk">pic.twitter.com/Ii8MIT3Ftk</a></p>
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	<strong>Rajasthan result:&nbsp; 198/199</strong></div>
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	<strong>BJP:</strong>&nbsp;81<br />
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	<strong>Congress: 114</strong><br />
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	<strong>Other:</strong>&nbsp;1</div>

Official ECI trends: Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje leading by 8845 votes from Jhalrapatan, Congress&#39; Ashok Gehlot leading by 5,112 votes from Sardarpura, Congress&#39; Sachin Pilot leading by 5,295 votes from Tonk.

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	<strong>Rajasthan result:&nbsp; 185/199</strong></div>
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	<strong><span style="color: rgb(178, 34, 34);">Trends</span></strong><br />
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	<strong>BJP:</strong>&nbsp;76<br />
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	<strong>Congress: 108</strong><br />
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	<strong>Other:</strong>&nbsp;7</div>

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		Official ECI trends: Congress leading on 82 seats, BJP leading on 62 seats, others on 21 seats in Rajasthan. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AssemblyElections2018?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AssemblyElections2018</a> <a href="https://t.co/2wwMwDuxRE">pic.twitter.com/2wwMwDuxRE</a></p>
	&mdash; ANI (@ANI) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1072350517685354496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2018</a></blockquote>
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	<a href="https://www.business-standard.com/article/elections/rajasthan-election-result-2018-live-updates-vasundhara-raje-bjp-lose-congress-set-to-win-ceorajasthan-nic-highlights-118121100133_1.html?1544498783" target="_blank"><strong>Rajasthan election results: Vasundhara Raje, Ashok Gehlot leading</strong></a></div>
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	Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje is leading by 4,055 votes from Jhalrapatan, Congress&rsquo;s Ashok Gehlot leading by 5,112 votes from Sardarpura, EC trends for Rajasthan election results show.</div>

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	<a href="https://www.business-standard.com/article/elections/rajasthan-election-result-2018-live-updates-vasundhara-raje-bjp-lose-congress-set-to-win-ceorajasthan-nic-highlights-118121100133_1.html?1544498783" target="_blank"><strong>Rajasthan Election Result 2018</strong></a></div>
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	<strong>Official ECI trends: </strong>Congress leading on 63 seats, BJP leading on 45 seats, others on 15 seats in Rajasthan.</div>

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	<strong>Rajasthan result:&nbsp; 169/199</strong></div>
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	<strong>BJP:</strong>&nbsp;74<br />
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	<strong>Congress:</strong>&nbsp;92<br />
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	<strong>Other:</strong>&nbsp;3</div>

<strong>Official ECI trends: </strong>Congress leading on 15 seats and BJP leading on 13 seats in Rajasthan

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	<a href="https://orgbs.business-standard.com/elections/rajasthan-assembly-elections-2018/jhalrapatan-election-results-10_682.html" target="_blank"><strong>JHALRAPATAN ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCY</strong></a></div>
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	The Jhalrapatan Assembly Constituency of RAJASTHAN state is currently held by Vasundhra Raje of BJP. In the 2013 RAJASTHAN Assembly Elections, she beat Meenakshi Chandrawat of CONGRESS. Vasundhra Raje got 63.14 percent of the votes.</div>

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		Jaipur: Congress workers celebrate outside Sachin Pilot&#39;s residence as initial trends show the party leading <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RajasthanElections2018?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RajasthanElections2018</a> <a href="https://t.co/BeT2GR0gxy">pic.twitter.com/BeT2GR0gxy</a></p>
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		Official ECI trends: Congress leading on 7 seats and BJP leading on 6 seats in Rajasthan. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AssemblyElections2018?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AssemblyElections2018</a></p>
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Rajasthan election result LIVE: Ashok Gehlot front-runner for CM post

Rajasthan Assembly Election Result 2018: BJP chief minister Vasundhara Raje has resigned. Congress will select the state's new leader today. Stay with us for LIVE updates on Rajasthan election result