Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election, 2018

Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election, 2018

7 December 2018

All 200 seats in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
101 seats needed for a majority

 
Leader Vasundhara Raje Sachin Pilot
Party BJP INC BSP
Leader since 2003 2014
Leader's seat Jhalrapatan -
Last election 163 21 3
Current seats 161 25 2

Election Map (by Constituencies)

Incumbent CM

Vasundhara Raje
BJP



The legislative assembly election in the Indian state of Rajasthan are scheduled to be held on 7 December 2018 to elect members of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly.[1] The election will be held in single phase.

In the last elections in 2013, BJP had won majority; however all the opinion polls have predicted a Congress victory in 2018 elections.

Background

The tenure of Rajasthan assembly ends on January 20, 2019.[2]

Schedule

The date of the election is 7th December 2018 and the result will be out on 11 December 2018.

Event Date Day
Date for Nominations12 Nov 2018Monday
Last Date for filing Nominations19 Nov 2018Monday
Date for scrutiny of nominations20 Nov 2018Tuesday
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures22 Nov 2018Thursday
Date of poll7 Dec 2018Friday
Date of counting11 Dec 2018Tuesday
Date before which the election shall be completed13 Dec 2018Thursday

Opinion polls

Every opinion poll is showing that the Indian National Congress will return to power in Rajasthan with a thumping majority.

Date Polling agency BJP INC Others Lead
October 2018 Times Now - Chrome DM 89 102 9 13
October 2018 Times Now - Warroom Stratergies 75 115 10 40
October 2018 News Nation 73 115 12 42
October 2018 ABP News -C Voter 56 142 2 86
August 2018 ABP News- C Voter 57 130 13 73
Average as on 9 October 2018 70 121 9 51

See also

References

  1. "Rajasthan Assembly Election 2018". www.patrika.com (in Hindi). Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  2. "Terms of the Houses". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 May 2018.


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