Rajasthan Result: BJP Wrests Power From Cong As 'Jaadugar' Gehlot Fails To Avert 'Revolving Door' Trend

Exit polls anticipated a close race between the BJP and the Congress, but the BJP won with a large majority, extending the gap with the Congress.

Ashok Gehlot.

Source : PTI

As the BJP prepares to form the government, Rajasthan's election politics remained unchanged from its three-decade record of voting out the incumbent party. The Congress won the state with a majority in 2018, bringing the Vasundhara Raje government to an end. Ashok Gehlot became chief minister, and Sachin Pilot became his deputy, but there was a protracted infighting within the Congress that cost Sachin Pilot the position of deputy chief minister in 2020.

Exit polls anticipated a close race between the BJP and the Congress, but the BJP won with a large majority, extending the gap with the Congress. Ashok Gehlot confessed defeat and said the results were stunning and unexpected.

The BJP reached the midway point in Rajasthan by winning 115 of the 199 Assembly seats, while the Congress secured 68.

In Rajasthan, Ashok Gehlot resigned from the post of Chief Minister, calling the results "unexpected for everyone." Meanwhile, Sachin Pilot was elected to the Tonk seat with a margin of 29,475 votes.

Vasundhara Raje, the leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and BJP president JP Nadda for the saffron party's phenomenal success in Rajasthan on Sunday. The BJP veteran defeated Ramlal of the Congress by a margin of 53,193 votes in Jhalrapatan.

While speaking at media briefing, Raje stated: "On party's lead in Rajasthan, BJP leader Vasundhara Raje Scindia says, “This victory is of the mantra of 'Sabka saath, sabka vishwas and sabka prayaas' given by PM Modi. It is the victory of the guarantee given by the PM. It is also the victory of the strategy given by Amit Shah and the able leadership provided by Nadda ji."

In Rajasthan's recently concluded Assembly elections, 20 of the 50 female candidates won. Their presence in the House, however, has dropped in comparison to the old Congress-led Assembly. Nine of the victorious female candidates were from the BJP, nine from the Congress, and two were independents.