14th Rajasthan Assembly

The 14th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly was elected in 2013 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election.

14th Rajasthan Assembly
14th Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan
Type
Type	Unicameral
Term limits	5 years
History
Preceded by	13th Rajasthan Assembly
Succeeded by	15th Rajasthan Assembly
Leadership
Speaker	Kailash Chandra Meghwal, BJP since 22 January 2014
Deputy Speaker	Rao Rajendra Singh, BJP since 18 September 2015
Leader of the House (Chief Minister)	Vasundhara Raje Scindia, BJP since 13 December 2013
Leader of the Opposition	Rameshwar Lal Dudi, INC since 23 January 2014
Structure
Seats	200
Political groups	Government (161)   BJP (160)   NPP (1) Opposition (36)   INC (25)   BSP (2)   NUZP (2)   Independents (7) Vacant (3)   Vacant (3)
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	1 December 2013
Next election	7 December 2018
Meeting place
Vidhan Bhavan, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Website
http://rajassembly.nic.in/

History

Election

The results were declared on 8 December 2013.^[1] 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.^[2] The election also recorded best and worst performances for the BJP and the Congress respectively in the state.^[3] 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.^[4]

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Summary of the 1 December 2013 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election results

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−	%
	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	13,939,203	45.2	10.9	200	163	85	81.5
	Indian National Congress (INC)	10,204,694	33.1	3.7	200	21	75	10.5
	Independents (IND)	2,533,224	8.2	6.8	758	7	7	3.5
	National People's Party (NPP)	1,312,402	4.3	4.3	134	4	4	2.0
	Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)	1,041,241	3.4	4.2	195	3	3	1.5
	National Unionist Zamindara Party (NUZP)	312,653	1.0	1.0	25	2	2	1.0
	Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM)	269,002	0.9	0.7	38	0	3	0.0
	Samajwadi Party (SP)	118,911	0.4	0.4	56	0	1	0.0
	Janata Dal (United) (JD(U))	59,673	0.2	0.3	15	0	1	0.0
Other parties and candidates		479,700	1.4	2.0	573	0	1	0.0
None of the Above (NOTA)		589,923	1.9	1.9
Total		30,860,626	100.00		2194	200	±0	100.0
Valid votes		30,860,626	99.89
Invalid votes		35,113	0.11
Votes cast / turnout		30,895,739	75.67
Abstentions		9,933,573	24.33
Registered voters		40,829,312
Source: Election Commission of India[5][6]

Region-wise results

Region	Seats	Bharatiya Janata Party		Indian National Congress		Others
Marwad	46	40	21	5	15	1
Bagar	21	16	8	1	10	4
Harouti	57	43	17	8	11	6
Shekhawati	16	9	08	3	01	4
Mewar	60	55	36	4	34	1
Total	200	163	90	21	75	16

By-elections

• 2014 by-elections

• 2017 by-elections

• In the 2018 January by-elections Congress won Mandalgarh Assembly constituency that was previously held by BJP.

Composition

Rajasthan legislative assembly in January 2016

In 2013

Party	Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party	160
National Peoples Party	1
Indian National Congress	25
Bahujan Samaj Party	2
National Unionist Zamindara Party	2
Independents	7
Vacant	3
Total Seats	200

See also

• List of constituencies of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
• Third Ashok Gehlot ministry