Rajasthan Assembly elections 2023 live: Polling ends, 74.13% voter turnout recorded, as per ECI
The polling began at 7 am and voters can cast their ballots until 6 pm.
Women waiting in queue at a polling station to cast their votes. (PTI)
CHENNAI: After days of hectic campaigning by major political parties, including the ruling Congress and BJP, voting began in 199 out of 200 assembly seats in Rajasthan on Saturday.
The polling began at 7 am and voters can cast their ballots until 6 pm.
Adequate security arrangements have been made to ensure peaceful and fair elections.
Prominent candidates in the fray include Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, former CM Vasundhara Raje, former Deputy CM Sachin Pilot, Congress national spokesperson Gourav Vallabh, Union Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore, Vishwaraj Singh Mewar, Rajasthan Assembly Speaker CP Joshi, and Rajasthan LoP Rajendra Rathore.
The smaller parties include the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party, Bharatiya Adivasi Party, CPI-M, Jannayak Janata Party, and Azad Samaj Party. Violence against women, paper leak scams, and farmers' suicides are some of the key issues that were highlighted by the Opposition BJP to strike against the ruling Congress.
The counting of votes will be taken up on December 3.
Live Updates
- 25 Nov 2023 7:45 AM IST
#WATCH | Voting begins for the Rajasthan Assembly elections
— ANI (@ANI) November 25, 2023
(Visuals from a polling booth in Jodhpur)#RajasthanElection2023 pic.twitter.com/BSiVJQwsm8 - 25 Nov 2023 7:45 AM IST
PM Modi asks first-time voters to create a record of voting by exercising their franchise in maximum numbers.
राजस्थान विधानसभा चुनाव के लिए आज वोट डाले जाएंगे। सभी मतदाताओं से मेरा निवेदन है कि वे अधिक से अधिक संख्या में अपने मताधिकार का प्रयोग कर वोटिंग का नया रिकॉर्ड बनाएं। इस अवसर पर पहली बार वोट देने जा रहे राज्य के सभी युवा साथियों को मेरी ढेरों शुभकामनाएं।
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) November 25, 2023 - 25 Nov 2023 7:34 AM IST
Voters queue up at a polling station in Jaipur.
#WATCH | Rajasthan Elections | Voters queue up at a polling station in Jaipur; voting for the state assembly election began at 7 am. pic.twitter.com/9s7djqsrm1
— ANI (@ANI) November 25, 2023
