Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of Rajasthan on 1 December 2013. Results were announced on 8 December. The incumbent ruling party Indian National Congress, led by the Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, lost the elections to Vasundhara Raje-led BJP, who was being touted as the next incumbent.
Pre-poll surveys
Survey Date BJP INC Others (Include BSP) Source Headlines Today-C Voter September 2013 97 79 24 Times Now-India TV-C Voter September 2013 118 64 18 CNN-IBN-The Week-CSDS October 2013115-125 60-68 12-20 (BSP 4–8)
Election Polling was held on 1 December in 198 assembly seats out of 200 seats. Churu constituency polling was postponed to 13 December due to death of BSP candidate Jagdish Meghwal.
Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) along with EVMs was used in 1 assembly seat in Rajasthan elections. There were 2,087 candidates including 166 women and one eunuch candidate. INC and BJP contested on all 200 seats while BSP on 195 seats. 38 CPI(M), 23 CPI, 16 NCP, 666 other parties candidates and 758 Independents were also in foray. Over 4.08 crore voters including 1.92 crore women were eligible to exercise their vote. There were 47,223 polling booths. Total voting turnout was 74.38%, the highest ever in state assembly election. The highest turnout (85.52%) was recorded at Jaisalmer and the lowest (55.21%) at Bharatpur.
Parties contested PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contestedIndian National CongressAshok Gehlot200Bharatiya Janata PartyVasundhara Raje Scindia200 Bahujan Samaj Party Mayawati 195National People's Party P. A. Sangma134 Samajwadi Party Mulayam Singh Yadav 56Communist Party of India (Marxist)Sitaram Yechuri38National Unionist Zamindara Party B. D. Agarwal25Nationalist Congress Party Sharad Pawar16Other Parties and Independents none1346
Results The results were declared on 8 December. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot won from his Sardarpura constituency by a margin of 18,478 votes while Vasundhara Raje won from Jhalarpatan by 60,896 votes. The election also recorded best and worst performances for the BJP and the Congress respectively in the state. Influential Meena leader and MP from Dausa, Kirori Lal Meena received a big setback when his newly formed party, National People's Party won only four seats.
!colspan=10| |- ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Parties and coalitions ! colspan="3" |Popular vote ! colspan="4" |Seats |- ! Votes !! % !! ±pp!!Contested!! Won !! +/− || % |-style="text-align:right" | | style="text-align:left;" |Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)||13,939,203 |45.2||10.9 |200|| 163 || 85 || 81.5 |-style="text-align:right" | | style="text-align:left;" |Indian National Congress (INC)||10,204,694 |33.1|| 3.7 |200|| 21 || 75 || 10.5 |-style="text-align:right" | | style="text-align:left;" |Independents (IND)||2,533,224 |8.2|| 6.8 |758|| 7 || 7 || 3.5 |-style="text-align:right" | | style="text-align:left;" |National People's Party (NPP)||1,312,402 |4.3||4.3 |134|| 4 || 4 || 2.0 |-style="text-align:right" | | style="text-align:left;" |Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)||1,041,241 |3.4|| 4.2 |195|| 3 || 3 || 1.5 |-style="text-align:right" | | style="text-align:left;" |National Unionist Zamindara Party (NUZP)|| 312,653 |1.0||1.0 |25|| 2 || 2 || 1.0 |-style="text-align:right" | | style="text-align:left;" |Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) |269,002 |0.9 |0.7 |38 |0 |3 |0.0 |-style="text-align:right" | | style="text-align:left;" |Samajwadi Party (SP) |118,911 |0.4 |0.4 |56 |0 |1 |0.0 |-style="text-align:right" | | style="text-align:left;" |Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)) |59,673 |0.2 |0.3 |15 |0 |1 |0.0 |-style="text-align:right" | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" |Other parties and candidates |479,700 |1.4 |2.0 |573 |0 |1 |0.0 |-style="text-align:right" | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" |None of the Above (NOTA) |589,923 |1.9 |1.9 | colspan="4" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | |- |- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan="9" | |-style="text-align:right" | colspan="2" style="text-align:left; " |Total |30,860,626 |100.00 | style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | |2194 |200 |±0 |100.0 |- ! colspan="9" | |-style="text-align:right" | colspan="2" style="text-align:left; " |Valid votes |30,860,626 |99.89 | | colspan="4" rowspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | |-style="text-align:right" | colspan="2" style="text-align:left; " |Invalid votes |35,113 |0.11 | |-style="text-align:right" | colspan="2" style="text-align:left; " |Votes cast / turnout |30,895,739 |75.67 | |-style="text-align:right" | colspan="2" style="text-align:left; " |Abstentions |9,933,573 |24.33 | |-style="text-align:right" | colspan="2" style="text-align:left; " |Registered voters |40,829,312 | colspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | |- ! colspan="9" | |- | colspan="9" style="text-align:left; " |Source: Election Commission of India
Region-wise results +RegionSeatsBharatiya Janata PartyIndian National CongressOthersMarwad4640 215 151 Bagar2116 81 104Harouti5743 178 116Shekhawati169 083 014Mewar6055 364 341Total200163 9021 7516 Results by district +DistrictSeatsBJPINCINDOTHAjmer55000Alwar86101Anupgarh32001Balotra33000Banswara54100Baran44000Barmer43100Beawar22000Bharatpur44000Bhilwara55000Bikaner63210Bundi32100Chittorgarh55000Churu64101Dausa53002Deeg32100Dholpur41201Didwana Kuchaman55000Dudu11000Dungarpur44000Ganganagar43001Gangapur City22000Hanumangarh55000Jaipur109001Jaipur Rural65010Jaisalmer22000Jalore33000Jhalawar44000Jhunjhunu73121Jodhpur32100Jodhpur Rural55000Karauli41300Kekri11000Khairthal-Tijara33000Kota66000Kotputli-Behror21100Nagaur54010Neem Ka Thana22000Pali66000Phalodi22000Pratapgarh22000Rajsamand44000Salumbar11000Sanchore21100Sawai Madhopur22000Shahpura21100Sikar63210Sirohi33000Tonk44000Udaipur75110Total2001632179
Elected members