Vikrant Shekhawat : Dec 01, 2023, 04:30 PM
Rajasthan Election: The picture of power in Rajasthan has become clear after the counting of votes on December 3, but this time there is a close contest between Congress and BJP. The claims in the exit polls of different agencies regarding the Rajasthan Assembly elections on Thursday are completely different. In some exit polls, BJP is ahead and according to some surveys, there is a possibility of Congress retaining power. If we look at the data of Axis My India and Today's Chanakya, Congress has succeeded in changing the trend after thirty years whereas BJP does not seem to be successful in maintaining the trend of change of power every five years.Voting was held on 199 seats out of total 200 assembly seats in Rajasthan, hence 100 seats are required for majority. According to exit polls, Congress seems to be returning and BJP is far away from majority. BJP can get 80 to 100 seats while Congress can get 86 to 106 seats. According to Today's Chanakya, Congress is expected to get 102 seats and BJP 89 seats. Both the parties are estimated to have 12 seats plus-minus.If the exit poll figures are true, Congress can form the government again in Rajasthan. This will happen after 30 years in the political history of Rajasthan, when the government of a ruling party will be repeated. From 1993 to 2018, six elections have been held, in which BJP was successful thrice and Congress was successful in forming the government thrice. In this way, the tradition of change of power after every 5 years has been going on for three decades, but according to the exit poll, this time CM Gehlot is seen changing this tradition.Government changes in every election
- 1993: BJP managed to return to power by winning 95 seats while Congress got 76 seats.
- 1998: Congress won 153 seats and BJP won 33 seats. In this way Congress returned to power with an overwhelming majority.
- 2003: BJP won 120 seats while Congress won 56 seats. In this way, BJP won power by defeating Congress.
- 2008: Congress won 96 seats while BJP won 78 seats. Congress returned to power, but formed the government with others.
- 2013: BJP won 163 seats while Congress got 21 seats. BJP again captured power after five years.
- 2018: Congress won 100 seats while BJP got 73 seats. In this way Congress once again returned to power.