Rajasthan elections 2018 HIGHLIGHTS: 72 per cent voting recorded, Vasundhara Raje hopes to retain power
Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje castes her vote at Jhalrapatan constituency in Jhalawar. Union Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore also voted at polling booth 252 in Vaishali Nagar, Jaipur.
A voter smiles as she shows identity card during the Rajasthan Assembly elections at a polling station in Ajmer on 7 December 2018. (Photo | PTI)
Voter turnout was recorded at 72 per cent in Rajasthan, which went to polls on Friday. Over 2,000 candidates are in the fray for 199 assembly seats to determine whether the BJP bucks anti-incumbency and an increasingly aggressive opposition to return to power.
Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje cast her vote at Jhalrapatan constituency in Jhalawar. Talking to the reporters, Raje said, "From a party worker to a minister, everyone has worked very hard to raise their flag in the state."
Asked about Sharad Yadav's comment on her weight, Raje said, "I am extremely shocked and I feel insulted. Congress should watch what they talk."
Vasundhara Raje hopes to return as the chief minister, breaking a 25-year-old jinx. Former CM Ashok Gehlot or Sachin Pilot will take the top post if Congress wins.
21.89 per cent voter turnout recorded till 11.00 am
105-year-old woman casts her vote in Jaipur
Shajha, a 105-year-old woman casts her vote at a polling booth in Kishanpura, Jaipur. Family says,"There is no facility of wheel chair in this polling booth. We had to carry her inside the polling station so that she could vote." #RajasthanElections2018pic.twitter.com/WnVkaEfuQB
Rajasthan: Voters create ruckus at polling booth no. 253 and 254 in Ahor constituency of Jalore as voting has been halted following EVM malfunction. #RajasthanElections2018pic.twitter.com/v67aloFU9B
Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed to the people of Rajasthan and Telangana to participate in the Assembly polls, currently underway in both the states.
Congress has fielded former MP Rameshwar Lal Dudi from Nokha, Sachin Pilot from Tonk, Ashok Gehlot from Sardarpur and former Rajasthan minister Hemaram Choudhary from Gudha Malani
From BJP, besides Vasundhara Raje, who is contesting from Jhalrapatan, other top contenders include state Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria from Udaipur, Rajendra Rathore from Churu, state party president Ashok Parnami from Adarsh Nagar and Anita Bhadel from Ajmer South.
"Every single vote counts. We have to cast our vote today by thinking who is actually taking the nation forward," says Union Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore after casting his vote in Vaishali Nagar, Jaipur.
Sachin Pilot says, the party will sit and discuss about who would be the chief ministerial candidate for Congress, after it wins majority in the election.
Vasundara Raje casts her vote in Jahalwar. "From a party worker to a minister everyone has worked very hard to raise our flag in Rajasthan," says Raje.
Will BJP's Vasundhara Raje break the 25-year-old jinx?
Voter turnout recorded at 59.43 per cent till 3 pm
Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje shows her inked finger after casting vote at Jhalawar seat
मुख्यमंत्री श्रीमती @VasundharaBJP ने मतदान करके अपना कर्तव्य निभाया। आप सब भी लोकतंत्र का यह महापर्व मनाएं और बड़ी संख्या में मतदान करें। pic.twitter.com/QQmWcZye5B
Clashes between two groups in Sikar, voting gets hit for 30 minutes
Rajasthan: Vehicles were set ablaze&vandalised in a clash which broke out b/w 2 groups at polling booth at Subhash school in Sikar's Fatehpur today. Voting remained affected for 30 minutes. Miscreants were later removed from spot by police&voting resumed. #RajasthanElectionspic.twitter.com/x6nQChT0vR
Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and his family members show their ink-marked fingers after casting their votes for the state Assembly elections in Jodhpur, Rajasthan on 7 December 2018. (Photo | PTI)
Jaipur Rajasthan Congress chief Sachin Pilot shows his ink-marked finger after casting vote for the state Assembly elections in Jaipur (Photo | PTI)
41.53 per cent voter turnout recorded till 1 pm
Jaipur's Gajanand Sharma, who returned from Pakistan after spending 36 years in jail, is eager to cast his vote in Rajasthan elections today
