Cong single-largest party in Rajasthan with 99 seats; BJP gets 73

Jaipur, December 12

The Congress has emerged as the single-largest party in Rajasthan, winning 99 seats, while the BJP got 73, the State Election Commission Office said on Wednesday.

The Bahujan Samaj Party won six seats, CPI(M) two and Independents 13; other parties got six, according to the state Election Commission’s website.

The Congress is one short of a simple majority, 100 seats, to form the government in the state.

Voting was held in 199 of the 200 seats in the state on December 7. Election to Alwar’s Ramgarh constituency was countermanded after the death of the BSP candidate. The votes were counted on Tuesday.

In 2013, the BJP had won 163 seats and the Congress 21.

The focus in Rajasthan is now on who would be the Congress choice for chief minister between two-time CM Ashok Gehlot and the party’s state unit president Sachin Pilot.

The newly elected Congress legislators will meet on Wednesday to discuss this. The All India Congress Committee has sent KC Venugopal as observer.

Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje submitted her resignation to Governor Kalyan Singh on Tuesday. PTI