Rajasthan voters went to the polls at 7 a.m. on saturday to elect members of a new legislature, with the bharatiya janata party (BJP) hoping to remove the incumbent Congress. Polling will take place in 199 of the 200 seats, according to Chief Electoral Officer praveen Gupta. On december 3, the votes will be tallied. There are 1862 contenders in the race, with a total of 5,25,38,105 voters.

Among the congress leaders in the fray are chief minister ashok Gehlot, state congress chief Govind Singh Dotasra, assembly speaker CP Joshi, several other ministers including Shanti Dhariwal, BD Kalla, Bhanwar Singh Bhati, Saleh Mohammad, mamta Bhupesh, Pratap Singh Khachariyawas, Rajendra Yadav, Shakuntla Rawat, Udai Lal Anjana, Mahendrajeet Singh Malviya, ashok Chandna and former deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot

In the bjp, opposition leader Rajendra Rathore, deputy opposition leader and former state president Satish Poonia, former chief minister Vasundhara Raje, and MPs diya Kumari, Rajyavardhan Rathore, baba Balaknath, and Kirodi Lal meena are running.


CP Joshi arrives at polling booth in Chittorgarh to cast vote


'This is the festival of democracy', says CP Joshi

"This is the festival of democracy," CP Joshi stated, urging everyone to vote. Every voter should utilise their right to vote. "Every vote represents truth, justice, harmony, and good governance." "With this vote comes good governance or terrorism, truth or lie, justice or injustice." As a result, everyone should utilise their right to vote..."It appears that the bjp will come and the congress will go," he continued.





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