Rajasthan assembly election results 2023: All about when and where to watch on December 3

Rajasthan assembly election results 2023: To ensure complete impartiality in counting, the “Mandatory method” adopted by the Election Commission will be conducted.

Voting was held in 199 out of 200 constituencies of Rajasthan on November 25 in a single-phased election. In 2023, the voter turnout in Rajasthan was 74.62 per cent, marginally better than 2018's 74.24 per cent. The high-pitch poll campaign saw Congress focusing mainly on the works of the Ashok Gehlot government and also banked on the promise of its seven guarantees. Meanwhile, the BJP attacked the Congress on issues such as crime against women, appeasement, corruption, and paper leaks. Sardarpura, Tonk, Jhalarapatan, Nathdwara, Jhunjhunu, Jhotwara, Kota North, and Churu are among the high-profile seats.

Most of the exit polls project an advantage to BJP, suggesting that the revolving-door trend would continue in the state. Riding on the wave of anti-incumbency, the BJP may form government by securing 104 seats. Meanwhile, the Congress may secure 87 seats in the state and other parties could get 12 seats, according to exit poll predictions.

Senior BJP leader Rajendra Rathore told PTI that his party's tally will be higher than that predicted by exit polls because "there was an undercurrent against the Congress”. On the other hand, Congress leaders also expressed hope that the party would win. "Exit polls indicate that 'raaj nahi rivaz' (trend, not rule) is set to change in Rajasthan as the Congress is going to win a majority," Congress spokesperson Gourav Vallabh told agencies.

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There will be two counting centres each in Jaipur, Jodhpur and Nagaur districts. In the remaining 30 districts, there will be one centre each.   To ensure complete impartiality in counting, the “Mandatory method” adopted by the Election Commission will also be conducted.

Under this, after counting of votes, 5 VVPATs will be selected by lottery from polling stations of each assembly. Their slips will be counted and tallied with EVM votes.

Read: All about results of Assembly elections 2023

When and where to watch?

The counting of votes is likely to begin at 8 am on December 3 after which the election results will be announced. You can catch the results live on the official website of Election Commission of India at eci.gov.in. It will be available on the website in real time. Besides, you can also watch poll results on all News18 Network platforms, including CNBCTV18 and Moneycontrol.

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