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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

Sachin pilot, Ashok Gehlot, Congress jaipur, K C Venugopal

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

Rajasthan election result LIVE: Ashok Gehlot front-runner for CM post

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	The counting process will start with postal ballots and then EVMs.</div>

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	Voting for 199 of the total 200 assembly seats in the state took place on December 7.</div>

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	Counting will take place at 35 centres including two centres each in Jaipur and Jodhpur, Rajasthan Chief Election Officer Anand Kumar said. The Chief Election Office (CEO) has completed all preparations ahead of counting of votes on Tuesday for the polls.</div>

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	Nearly 20,000 government staff have been deployed for counting of votes for the Rajasthan Assembly elections.</div>

Good news for Rajasthan. For the first time ever, voting trends and result will be telecast at public places in the state through 350 LED screens.

Good morning! Voters have made their decision and today the whole nation will know who the Rajasthan voters have selected for the legislative assembly. We will give you LIVE updates on the counting and result of the recently conducted election. Stay with us as we give you minute-by-minute updates.

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