Legislative Assembly elections were held in Rajasthan on 25 November 2023 to elect 199 of the 200 members of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. The results were declared on 3 December 2023. The election for the Karanpur seat was adjourned following the death of Rajasthan PCC candidate Gurmeet Singh Kooner.
The BJP Rajasthan wrested power by winning 115 seats, unseating the Indian National Congress from power and continuing the trend of governments changing every five years in the state. Bhajan Lal Sharma became the Chief Minister of Rajasthan.
Background The tenure of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly is scheduled to end on 14 January 2024. The previous assembly elections were held in December 2018. After the election, Indian National Congress formed the state government, with Ashok Gehlot becoming Chief Minister.
Schedule The schedule of the election was announced by the Election Commission of India on 9 October 2023. However, the election date was postponed from 23 November 2023 to 25 November 2023.
Poll eventDateDayNotification date30 October 2023MondayStart of nomination30 October 2023MondayLast date for filing nomination6 November 2023MondayScrutiny of nomination7 November 2023TuesdayLast date for withdrawal of nomination9 November 2023ThursdayDate of poll25 November 2023SaturdayDate of Counting of Votes3 December 2023Sunday
Parties and alliances Source:
Alliance/PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats ContestedINC+Indian National CongressAshok Gehlot198199Rashtriya Lok DalKrishan Kumar Saran1Bharatiya Janata PartyRajendra Singh Rathore199Bahujan Samaj Party Bhagwan Singh Baba184RLP+Rashtriya Loktantrik PartyHanuman Beniwal78126 Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) Chandra Shekhar Aazad46Aam Aadmi PartyNaveen Paliwal85 Jannayak Janata Party Prithvi Meel20 Communist Party of India (Marxist)Amra Ram17Bharatiya Tribal PartyChhotubhai Vasava17All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul MuslimeenJameel Khan10 Communist Party of IndiaNarendra Acharya9Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)Suraj Kumar Burhadia9 Samajwadi PartyBraj Nandan Yadav5Bharat Adivasi Party Mohan Lal Roat2762 REGISTERED (UNRECOGNISED) PARTIESIndependent
Candidates DistrictConstituencyINC+BJP Sri Ganganagar1Sadulshahar Jagdish Chander JangodGurveer Singh Brar2GanganagarAnkur ManglaniJaydeep Bihani3Karanpur Rupinder Singh KoonerSurender Pal Singh4SuratgarhDungar Ram GedarRampratap Kasniyan5Raisinghnagar (SC)Sohan Lal NayakBalvir Singh Luthra6Anupgarh (SC)Shimla Devi NayakSantosh Bawri Hanumangarh7SangariaAbhimanyu PooniaGurdeep Singh Shahpini8HanumangarhVinod Kumar ChoudharyAmit Choudhary9Pilibanga (SC)Vinod GothwalDharmendra Mochi10NoharAmit ChachanAbhishek Matoria11Bhadra Ajeet BeniwalSanjeev Beniwal Bikaner12Khajuwala (SC)Govind Ram MeghwalVishwanath Meghwal13Bikaner WestBulaki Das KallaJethanand Vyas14Bikaner EastYashpal GehlotSidhi Kumari15KolayatBhanwar Singh BhatiAnshuman Singh Bhati16LunkaransarRajendra MoondSumit Godara17Dungargarh Manglaram GodaraTarachand Saraswat18NokhaSushila DudiBihari Lal Bishnoi Churu19SadulpurKrishna PooniaSumitra Poonia20TaranagarNarendra BudaniaRajendra Singh Rathore21SardarshaharAnil Kumar SharmaRajkumar Rinva22ChuruRafiq MandeliaHarlal Saharan23RatangarhPoosaram GodaraAbhinesh Maharshi24Sujangarh (SC)Manoj MeghwalSantosh Meghwal Jhunjhunu25Pilani (SC) Pitram Singh KalaRajesh Dahiya26SurajgarhSharwan KumarSantosh Ahlawat27JhunjhunuBrijendra Singh OlaBablu Chaudhary 28MandawaRita ChoudharyNarendra Kumar 29NawalgarhRajkumar SharmaVikram Singh Jakhal30UdaipurwatiBhagawana Ram SainiShubhkaran Choudhary31KhetriManisha GurjarDharmpal Gurjar Sikar32FatehpurHakam Ali KhanShravan Choudhary 33LachhmangarhGovind Singh DotasraSubhash Maharia34Dhod (SC)Jagdish DanodiaGordhan Verma35SikarRajendra PareekRatan Lal Jaldhari36DantaramgarhVirendra SinghGajanand Kumawat37KhandelaMahadeo Singh KhandelaSubhash Meel38Neem Ka ThanaSuresh ModiPrem Singh Bajor39SrimadhopurDeependra Singh ShekhawatJhabar Singh Kharra Jaipur40KotputliRajender Singh YadavHansraj Patel Gurjar41ViratnagarIndraj Singh GurjarKuldeep Dhankad42ShahpuraManish YadavUpen Yadav43ChomuShikha Meel BaralaRam Lal Sharma44PhuleraVidyadhar Singh ChaudharyNirmal Kumawat45Dudu (SC)Babulal NagarPrem Chand Bairwa46JhotwaraAbhishek ChoudharyRajyavardhan Singh Rathore47AmberPrashant SharmaSatish Poonia48Jamwa Ramgarh (ST)Gopal Lal MeenaMahendra Pal Meena49Hawa MahalR.R. TiwariBalmukund Acharya50Vidhyadhar NagarSitaram AgarwalDiya Kumari51Civil LinesPratap Singh KhachariyawasGopal Sharma52KishanpoleAminuddin KagziChandramohan Batvada53Adarsh NagarRafeek KhanRavi Nayyar54Malviya NagarArchana SharmaKali Charan Saraf55SanganerPushpendra BhardwajBhajanlal Sharma56Bagru (SC)Ganga Devi VermaKailash Chand Verma57Bassi (ST)Laxman MeenaChandramohan Meena 58Chaksu (SC)Ved Prakash SolankiRamavatar Bairwa Alwar59TijaraImran KhanBaba Balaknath Yogi60Kishangarh BasDeepchand KheriaRamhet Singh Yadav61MundawarLalit Yadav Manjeet Dharmpal Choudhary62BehrorSanjay YadavJaswant Singh Yadav63BansurShakuntala RawatDevi Singh Shekhawat64ThanagaziKanti Prasad MeenaHem Singh Bhadana65Alwar Rural (SC)Tika Ram JullyJairam Jatav66Alwar UrbanAjay AgarwalSanjay Sharma67RamgarhZubair Khan Jai Ahuja68Rajgarh Laxmangarh (ST)Mange Lal MeenaBannaram Meena69Kathumar (SC)Sanjana JatavRamesh Khinchi Bharatpur70KamanZahida KhanNauksham Chaudhary71NagarWajib AliJawahar Singh Bedham72Deeg-KumherVishvendra SinghShailesh Singh73BharatpurSubhash GargVijay Bansal74NadbaiJoginder Singh AwanaJagat Singh75Weir (SC)Bhajan Lal JatavBahadur Singh Koli76Bayana (SC)Amar Singh JatavBachchu Singh Banshiwal Dholpur77Baseri (SC)Sanjay Kumar JatavSukhram Koli78BariPrashant Singh ParmarGirraj Singh Malinga79DholpurShobha Rani KushwahaShivcharan Kushawah80RajakheraRohit BohraNeerja Ashok Sharma Karauli81Todabhim (ST)Ghanshyam MaharRam Niwas Meena82Hindaun (SC)Anita JatavRajkumari Jatav83KarauliLakhan Singh MeenaDarshan Singh Gurjar84Sapotra (ST)Ramesh Chand MeenaHansraj Meena Dausa85BandikuiGajraj KhatanaBhagchand Dakra86MahuwaOmprakash HudlaRajendra Meena87Sikrai (SC)Mamta BhupeshVikram Bansiwal88DausaMurari Lal MeenaShankar Lal Sharma89Lalsot (ST)Parsadi Lal MeenaRambilas Meena Sawai Madhopur90GangapurRamkesh MeenaMansingh Gurjar91Bamanwas (ST)Indira MeenaRajendra Meena92Sawai MadhopurDanish AbrarKirodi Lal Meena93Khandar (SC)Ashok BairwaJitendra Kumar Gothwal Tonk94MalpuraGhasi Lal ChoudharyKanhaiya Lal Choudhary95Niwai (SC)Prashant BairwaRamsahay Verma96TonkSachin PilotAjit Singh Mehta97Deoli-UniaraHarish Chandra MeenaVijay Bainsla Ajmer98KishangarhVikash ChoudharyBhagirath Choudhary99PushkarNaseem Akhtar InsafSuresh Singh Rawat100Ajmer NorthMahendra Singh RalawataVasudev Devnani101Ajmer South (SC)Droupadi KoliAnita Bhadel102NasirabadShivprakash GurjarRamswaroop Lamba103BeawarParas Panch JainShankar Singh Rawat104MasudaRakesh PareekVirendra Singh105KekriRaghu Sharma Shatrughan Gautam Nagaur106LadnunMukesh BhakarKarni Singh107DeedwanaChetan DudiJitendra Singh Jodha108Jayal (SC)Manju MeghwalManju Baghmar109NagaurHarendra MirdhaJyoti Mirdha110KhinwsarTejpal MirdhaRevat Ram Danga111Merta (SC)Shivratan ValmikiLaxmanram Meghwal112DeganaVijaypal MirdhaAjay Singh Kilak113MakranaZakir Hussain GesawatSumita Bhinchar114ParbatsarRamniwas GawriyaMan Singh Kinsariya115NawanMahendra ChaudharyVijay Singh Chaudhary Pali116JaitaranSurendra GoyalAvinash Gehlot117Sojat (SC)Niranjan AryaShobha Chauhan118PaliBheem Raj BhatiGyanchand Parakh119Marwar JunctionKhushveer SinghKesaram Choudhary120BaliBadri Ram JakharPushpendra Singh121SumerpurHari Shankar MewaraJoraram Kumawat Jodhpur122PhalodiPrakash Chhangani Pabba Ram Bishnoi123LohawatKishnaram Bishnoi Gajendra Singh Khimsar124ShergarhMeena KanwarBabu Singh Rathore125OsianDivya MadernaBhairaram Chaudhary126Bhopalgarh (SC)Geeta BarwarKamsa Meghwal127SardarpuraAshok GehlotMahendra Singh Rathore128JodhpurManisha PanwarAtul Bhansali129SoorsagarShahzad KhanDevendra Joshi130LuniMahendra BishnoiJogaram Patel131Bilara (SC)Mohan Lal KatariaArjun Lal Garg Jaisalmer132JaisalmerRooparamChhotu Singh Bhati133PokaranSaleh MohammadMahant Pratap Puri Barmer134SheoAmeen KhanSwaroop Singh Khara135BarmerMewaram JainDeepak Karwasara136BaytooHarish ChaudharyBalaram Moondh 137PachpadraMadan PrajapatArun Choudhary138SiwanaManvendra SinghHameersingh Bhayal139GudamalaniSona Ram ChoudharyKK Vishnoi140Chohtan (SC)Padmaram MeghwalAduram Meghwal Jalore141AhoreSaroj Choudhary Chhagan Singh Rajpurohit142Jalore (SC)Ramila MeghwalJogeshwar Garg143BhinmalSamarjeet SinghPoora Ram Choudhary144SanchoreSukhram BishnoiDevji Patel145RaniwaraRatan DewasiNarayan Singh Dewal Sirohi146SirohiSanyam LodhaOtaram Dewasi147Pindwara-Abu (ST)Leela Ram GarasiyaSamaram Garasiya148Reodar (SC)Motiram KoliJagasi Ram Koli Udaipur149Gogunda (ST)Mangi Lal GarasiyaPratap Lal Bheel150Jhadol (ST)Heeralal DangiBabulal Kharadi151Kherwara (ST)Dayaram ParmarNanalal Aahri152Udaipur Rural (ST)Vivek KataraPhool Singh Meena153UdaipurGourav VallabhTarachand Jain154MavliPushkar Lal DangiK.G. Paliwal155VallabhnagarPreeti ShaktawatUday Lal Dangi156Salumber (ST)Raghuveer MeenaAmrit Lal MeenaPratapgarh157Dhariawad (ST)Nagraj MeenaKanhaiya Lal Meena Dungarpur158Dungarpur (ST)Ganesh GhograBansilal Katara159Aspur (ST)Rakesh RoatGopi Chand Meena160Sagwara (ST)Kailash Kumar BheelShankar Decha161Chorasi (ST)Tarachand BhagoraSushil Katara Banswara162Ghatol (ST)Nanalal NinamaManshankar Ninama163Garhi (ST)Shankar Lal CharpotaKailash Chandra Meena164Banswara (ST)Arjun Singh BamniyaDhan Singh Rawat165Bagidora (ST)Mahendrajeet Singh MalviyaKrishna Katara166Kushalgarh (ST)Ramila KhadiaBhimabhai Damor Chittorgarh167Kapasan (SC)Shankar Lal BairwaArjun Lal Jingar168BegunRajendra Singh BidhuriSuresh Dhaker169ChittorgarhSurendra Singh JadawatNarpat Singh Rajvi170NimbaheraUdai Lal AnjanaShrichand Kriplani171Bari SadriBadri Lal JatGautam KumarPratapgarh172Pratapgarh (ST)Ramlal MeenaHemant Meena Rajsamand173BhimSudarshan Singh RawatHari Singh Chauhan174KumbhalgarhYogendra Singh ParmarSurendra Singh Rathore175RajsamandNarayan Singh BhatiDeepti Kiran Maheshwari176NathdwaraC. P. JoshiVishvaraj Singh Mewar Bhilwara177AsindHagamilal MewaraJabbar Singh Sankhala178MandalRamlal JatUdai Lal Bhadana179SaharaRajendra TrivediLadu Lal Pitliya180BhilwaraOm NarayaniwalVitthal Shankar Avasthi181ShahpuraNarendra Kumar RaigarLalaram Bairwa182JahazpurDheeraj GurjarGopichand Meena183MandalgarhVivek DhakarGopal Lal Sharma Bundi184HindoliAshok ChandnaPrabhu Lal Saini185Keshoraipatan (SC)C.L. Premi BairwaChandrakanta Meghwal186BundiHarimohan SharmaAshok Dogara Kota187PipaldaChetan PatelPremchand Gochar188SangodBhanu Pratap SinghHeeralal Nagar189Kota NorthShanti Kumar DhariwalPrahlad Gunjal190Kota SouthRakhi GautamSandeep Sharma191LadpuraNaimuddin GudduKalpana Devi 192Ramganj Mandi (SC)Mahendra RajoriaMadan Dilawar Baran193AntaPramod Jain BhayaKanwar Lal Meena194Kishanganj (ST)Nirmala SahariyaLalit Meena195Baran-Atru (SC)Panachand MeghwalRadheyshayam Bairwa196ChhabraKaran Singh RathorePratap Singh Singhvi Jhalawar197Dag (SC)Chetraj GehlotKaluram Meghwal198JhalrapatanRam Lal ChouhanVasundhara Raje199KhanpurSuresh GurjarNarendra Nagar200Manohar ThanaNemi Chand MeenaGovind Ranipuriya
Surveys and polls Opinion polls
+Seat sharePolling agencyDate publishedMarginof errorSample SizeMajority INC BJP OthersABP News-CVoter25 July 2023±3–5%14,08578-88109-1191-7BJPABP News-CVoter9 October 2023±3–5%30,04459-69127-1372-7BJPABP News-CVoter4 November 2023±3–5%63,51667-77114-1245-13BJP
+Vote share Polling agencyDate publishedMarginof errorSample SizeLeadINCBJPOthersABP News-CVoter25 July 2023±3–5%14,08541%45.8%13.2%4.8%ABP News-CVoter9 October 2023±3–5%30,04442%46%12%4%ABP News-CVoter4 November 2023±3–5%63,51641.7%44.8%13.5%3.1%
Exit polls Exit polls were released on 30 November 2023.