oting is underway in 199 constituencies.
Elections to 199 of the 200 Assembly seats in Rajasthan were held on Friday. It will decide the fate of Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, who is facing a tough challenge from a resurgent Congress, which was decimated in 2013.
Here are the live updates:
Rajasthan Chief Electoral Officer says the tentative figure of voters’ turnout at the end of polling at 5 p.m. is 72.33%.
According to the Rajasthan Chief Electoral Officer, the voter turnout at 3 p.m. was 59.66%.
The voter turnout till 1 p.m. was 41.58%, according to the Chief Electoral officer.
Reports of violence
Stray incidents of violence have been reported from Bikaner, Bharatpur, Dausa and Barmer districts. Three persons have been injured in a clash between supporters of two candidates at Deeg in Bharatpur.
A jeep taking voters to the polling station at Bajju in Bikaner was set on fire.
I feel insulted, says Vasundhara Raje on Sharad Yadav’s remarks
Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje on Friday says she feels insulted by Loktrantrik Janata Dal leader Sharad Yadav’s remarks, calling her “fat” while campaigning in the State. Ms. Raje says after casting her vote in Jhalrapatan that Mr. Yadav’s statement amounts to an insult to her and all the women.
Taking exception to Mr. Yadav’s remarks, Ms. Raje said the Election Commission should take cognisance of the matter. “Mr. Yadav was always very close to our family… Nothing can be sadder than this. The youth will take cue from this to set an example. Don’t they have women in their families?” Ms. Raje told reporters outside the polling booth.
Mr. Yadav, the former Janata Dal (United) president, had said while campaigning in Alwar that Ms. Raje should take rest as she had got “tired and gained too much weight.” Earlier, she was thin, Mr. Yadav said, adding that she was the “daughter of our Madhya Pradesh.”
The ruling BJP has condemned Mr. Yadav’s remarks as sexist and lodged a complaint with the Election Commission of India seeking action against the Bihar leader.
Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal stands in line to cast his vote in Bikaner.
21.92% voters have cast their votes till 11:00 a.m., says the Chief Electoral Officer.
The Chief Electoral Officer reports 6.17% turnout in the first one hour of polling, till 9:00 a.m.
Ashok Gehlot casts vote in Jodhpur. He says the BJP has sought votes in the name of castes. The Congress is going to form the next government in the State, he adds.
The BJP raised the Ram temple issue before elections because it knew it has utterly failed in governance. It has been exposed, he states. BJP leaders are insensitive. The tragic Bulandshahr incident happened because of the U.P. BJP government’s failure, he alleges.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi urges voters to come out in large numbers and take part in the democratic exercise. Tweeting in Hindi, he asks voters to vote with full enthusiasm.
Union Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore casts his vote at polling booth 252 in Vaishali Nagar, Jaipur.
Rajasthan Congress president Sachin Pilot arrives at a polling booth in Jalupura locality of Jaipur to cast his vote. He is the Congress candidate in Tonk, pitted against BJP’s Yunus Khan.
Mr. Pilot says the Congress will form a government with absolute majority. ”We have already declared our resolve for people’s welfare.” The BJP regime was a “government of arrogant people”. It is set to be defeated. People are fed up, he states.
Tonk, with a sizeable Muslim population, is a keenly-watched contest since it’s between the State Congress chief and the BJP’s only Muslim face in the elections.
Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria casts his vote in Udaipur. He offers prayers at a Shiv temple in Udaipur before casting his vote.
Ms. Raje arrives at a polling booth in Jhalrapatan to cast her vote. ”This is the vote for development. We have worked hard. I am confident of people’s support,” she says.
Ms. Raje, who is the BJP’s chief ministerial candidate, is fighting against veteran BJP leader Jaswant Singh’s son Manvendra Singh in Jhalrapatan, the constituency she has represented since 2003.
Manvendra Singh switched to the Congress just before the election, making the fight tougher for Ms. Raje this time. She had won 63 per cent of the votes cast in 2013, winning the seat by a margin of 60,896.
Polling begins at 8:00 am.
Over 4.74 crore registered voters will exercise their franchise, with 1.44 lakh security personnel deployed at the polling booths and in the sensitive areas.
Votes will be cast at 51,687 polling booths, 259 of which will be managed exclusively bye women staff and security personnel. More than two lakh electronic voting machines (EVMs) will be used in the elections, while the voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) machines will be attached to them for the first time in the State, Chief Electoral Officer Anand Kumar says in Jaipur.
Election to Alwar district’s Ramgarh seat has been postponed owing to the death of Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Laxman Singh.
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