15th Rajasthan Assembly

The 15th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly was elected in 2018.

15th Rajasthan Assembly
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Overview
Legislative body	Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Jurisdiction	Rajasthan, India
Term	15 January 2019 – 2023
Election	2018 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election
Government	Indian National Congress
Opposition	Bharatiya Janata Party
Website	Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Members	200
Chief Minister	Ashok Gehlot
Deputy Chief Minister	Vacant
Speaker	C.P. Joshi
Deputy Speaker	Vacant
Leader of the Opposition	Rajendra Singh Rathore
Deputy Leader of the Opposition	Satish Poonia

History

On 19 September 2022 it was reported that Ashok Gehlot was interested in running for the post of Congress president in the 2022 Indian National Congress presidential election. He officially confirmed on the 24th that he will be running for the post.^[1][2]

Post Gehlot announcing his intentions to run for the post, multiple MLA in Rajasthan expressed dissatisfaction. Concerns over the government power in Rajasthan grew within the party, with Pro-Gehlot MLA planning on submitting resignations if Sachin Pilot were to become the CM.^{[3][4][5][6][7][8]} On the 29th Gehlot met with Congress president Sonia Gandhi for an hour long meeting, post meeting Gehlot confirmed he will no longer be contesting for the post.^[9][10]

Composition

Rajasthan Assembly, June 2019

Rajasthan Assembly May 2022

• In 2018 BTP supported the Congress government.^[11]
• Ramgarh, Rajasthan Assembly constituency became vacant after 2018 election results were cancelled.

In 2018 ^[12][11]

Party		Seats	Total	Bench
	Indian National Congress	99	121	Government
	Bahujan Samaj Party	6
	Rashtriya Lok Dal	1
	Bharatiya Tribal Party	2
	Independent	13
	Bharatiya Janata Party	73	78	Opposition
	Rashtriya Loktantrik Party	3
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2
	Vacant	1	1	Vacant
Total Seats		200

Rajasthan Assembly, December 2018

• On 16 September 2019, all the six BSP MLAs joined the Congress, thus taking the strength of the Congress to 105 seats in the assembly.^[11]
• On 24 October 2019, Congress won Mandawa assembly constituency and RLP retained Khinwsar assembly constituency in the 2019 by-elections held on 21 October 2019 which took their tally to 107 and 3 respectively.
• In July CPM MLA Balwan Poonia pledged his support to Ashok Gehlot government.^[13]
• On 23 June 2021, 13 independent MLAs supported CM Gehlot's government.^[14]
• In 2021, BTP withdrew support to Congress.^[11]

In 2021 ^[14][11]

Party		Seats	Total	Bench
	Indian National Congress	107	122	Government
	Rashtriya Lok Dal	1
	Independent	13
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1
	Bharatiya Janata Party	72	78	Opposition
	Rashtriya Loktantrik Party	3
	Bharatiya Tribal Party	2
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1
Total Seats		200

• On 2 November 2021, after 2021 by-elections, Congress won Dhariawad constituency bypolls, taking tally of Congress to 108.

In 2022 ^[14][15][11]

Party		Seats	Total	Bench
	Indian National Congress	108	122	Government[16]
	Rashtriya Lok Dal	1
	Independent	13
	Bharatiya Janata Party	70	77	Opposition
	Rashtriya Loktantrik Party	3
	Bharatiya Tribal Party	2
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2
Vacant		1
Total Seats		200

Members of Legislative Assembly

District	No.	Constituency	Name[17][18]	Party		Remarks
Sri Ganganagar	1	Sadulshahar	Jagdish Chander		Indian National Congress
	2	Ganganagar	Raj Kumar Gaur		Independent
	3	Karanpur	Gurmeet Singh Kooner		Indian National Congress
	4	Suratgarh	Rampratap Kasniyan		Bharatiya Janata Party
	5	Raisinghnagar (SC)	Balveer Singh Luthra		Bharatiya Janata Party
	6	Anupgarh (SC)	Santosh		Bharatiya Janata Party
Hanumangarh	7	Sangaria	Gurdeep Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
	8	Hanumangarh	Vinod Kumar		Indian National Congress
	9	Pilibanga (SC)	Dharmendra Kumar		Bharatiya Janata Party
	10	Nohar	Amit Chachan		Indian National Congress
	11	Bhadra	Balwan Poonia		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Bikaner	12	Khajuwala (SC)	Govind Ram Meghwal		Indian National Congress
	13	Bikaner West	B. D. Kalla		Indian National Congress
	14	Bikaner East	Siddhi Kumari		Bharatiya Janata Party
	15	Kolayat	Bhanwar Singh Bhati		Indian National Congress
	16	Lunkaransar	Sumit Godara		Bharatiya Janata Party
	17	Dungargarh	Girdharilal Mahiya		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
	18	Nokha	Bihari Lal Bishnoi		Bharatiya Janata Party
Churu	19	Sadulpur	Krishna Poonia		Indian National Congress
	20	Taranagar	Narendra Budania		Indian National Congress
	21	Sardarshahar	Bhanwar Lal Sharma		Indian National Congress	Died on 9 October 2022[19]
			Anil Kumar Sharma			Won in 2022 bypoll[20]
	22	Churu	Rajendra Singh Rathore		Bharatiya Janata Party
	23	Ratangarh	Abhinesh maharshi		Bharatiya Janata Party
	24	Sujangarh (SC)	Bhanwarlal Meghwal		Indian National Congress	Died
			Manoj Meghwal			Elected in 2021 bypoll
Jhunjhunu	25	Pilani (SC)	J. P. Chandelia		Indian National Congress
	26	Surajgarh	Subhash Poonia		Bharatiya Janata Party
	27	Jhunjhunu	Brijendra Singh Ola		Indian National Congress
	28	Mandawa	Narendra Kumar		Bharatiya Janata Party	resigned
			Rita Choudhary		Indian National Congress	Elected in 2019 bypoll
	29	Nawalgarh	Rajkumar Sharma		Indian National Congress
	30	Udaipurwati	Rajendra Singh Gudha		Shiv Sena	Switched from BSP to INC[21]
	31	Khetri	Jitendra Singh		Indian National Congress
Sikar	32	Fatehpur	Hakam Ali Khan		Indian National Congress
	33	Lachhmangarh	Govind Singh Dotasra		Indian National Congress
	34	Dhod (SC)	Parasram Mordiya		Indian National Congress
	35	Sikar	Rajendra Pareek		Indian National Congress
	36	Dantaramgarh	Virendra Singh		Indian National Congress
	37	Khandela	Mahadeo Singh		Independent
	38	Neem Ka Thana	Suresh Modi		Indian National Congress
	39	Srimadhopur	Deependra Singh Shekhawat		Indian National Congress
Jaipur	40	Kotputli	Rajender Singh Yadav		Indian National Congress
	41	Viratnagar	Indraj Singh Gurjar		Indian national congress
	42	Shahpura	Alok Beniwal		Independent
	43	Chomu	Ramlal Sharma		Bharatiya Janata Party
	44	Phulera	Nirmal Kumawat		Bharatiya Janata Party
	45	Dudu (SC)	Babulal Nagar		Independent
	46	Jhotwara	Lalchand Kataria		Indian National Congress
	47	Amber	Satish Poonia		Bharatiya Janata Party
	48	Jamwa Ramgarh (ST)	Gopal Meena		Indian National Congress
	49	Hawa Mahal	Mahesh Joshi		Indian National Congress
	50	Vidhyadhar Nagar	Narpat Singh Rajvi		Bharatiya Janata Party
	51	Civil Lines	Pratap Singh Khachariyawas		Indian National Congress
	52	Kishanpole	Aminuddin Kagzi		Indian National Congress
	53	Adarsh Nagar	Rafeek Khan		Indian National Congress
	54	Malviya Nagar	Kalicharan Saraf		Bharatiya Janata Party
	55	Sanganer	Ashok Lahoty		Bharatiya Janata Party
	56	Bagru (SC)	Ganga Devi		Indian National Congress
	57	Bassi (ST)	Laxman Meena		Independent
	58	Chaksu (SC)	Ved Prakash Solanki		Indian National Congress
Alwar	59	Tijara	Sandeep Yadav		Indian National Congress	Switched from BSP to INC[21]
	60	Kishangarh Bas	Deepchand		Indian National Congress	Switched from BSP to INC[21]
	61	Mundawar	Manjeet Dharmpal Choudhary		Bharatiya Janata Party
	62	Behror	Baljeet Yadav		Independent
	63	Bansur	Shakuntala Rawat		Indian National Congress
	64	Thanagazi	Kanti Prasad Meena		Independent
	65	Alwar Rural (SC)	Tikaram Jully		Indian National Congress
	66	Alwar Urban	Sanjay Sharma		Bharatiya Janata Party
	67	Ramgarh	Shafia Zubair		Indian National Congress
	68	Rajgarh Laxmangarh (ST)	Johari Lal Meena		Indian National Congress
	69	Kathumar (SC)	Babulal		Indian National Congress
Bharatpur	70	Kaman	Zahida Khan		Indian National Congress
	71	Nagar	Wajib Ali		Indian National Congress	Switched from BSP to INC[21]
	72	Deeg-Kumher	Vishvendra Singh		Indian National Congress
	73	Bharatpur	Subhash Garg		Rashtriya Lok Dal
	74	Nadbai	Joginder Singh Awana		Indian National Congress	Switched from BSP to INC[21]
	75	Weir (SC)	Bhajan Lal Jatav		Indian National Congress
Dholpur	76	Bayana (SC)	Amar Singh Jatav		Indian National Congress
	77	Baseri (SC)	Khiladi Lal Bairwa		Indian National Congress
	78	Bari	Girraj Singh		Indian National Congress
	79	Dholpur	Shobharani Kushwah		Independent	Expelled from BJP[22]
	80	Rajakhera	Rohit Bohra		Indian National Congress
Karauli	81	Todabhim (ST)	Prithviraj Meena		Indian National Congress
	82	Hindaun (SC)	Bharosi Lal Jatav		Indian National Congress
	83	Karauli	Lakhan Singh Meena		Indian National Congress	Switched from BSP to INC[21]
	84	Sapotra (ST)	Ramesh Chand Meena		Indian National Congress
Dausa	85	Bandikui	Gajraj Khatana		Indian National Congress
	86	Mahuwa	Omprakash Hudla		Independent
	87	Sikrai (SC)	Mamta Bhupesh		Indian National Congress
	88	Dausa	Murari Lal Meena		Indian National Congress
	89	Lalsot (ST)	Parsadi Lal Meena		Indian National Congress
Sawai Madhopur	90	Gangapur	Ramkesh Meena		Independent
	91	Bamanwas (ST)	Indira Meena		Indian National Congress
	92	Sawai Madhopur	Danish Abrar		Indian National Congress
	93	Khandar (SC)	Ashok		Indian National Congress
Tonk	94	Malpura	Kanhiya Lal		Bharatiya Janata Party
	95	Niwai (SC)	Prasant Bairwa		Indian National Congress
	96	Tonk	Sachin Pilot		Indian National Congress
	97	Deoli-Uniara	Harish Meena		Indian National Congress
Ajmer	98	Kishangarh	Suresh Tak		Independent
	99	Pushkar	Suresh Singh Rawat		Bharatiya Janata Party
	100	Ajmer North	Vasudev Devnani		Bharatiya Janata Party
	101	Ajmer South (SC)	Anita Bhadel		Bharatiya Janata Party
	102	Nasirabad	Ramswaroop Lamba		Bharatiya Janata Party
	103	Beawar	Shankar Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
	104	Masuda	Rakesh Pareek		Indian National Congress
	105	Kekri	Raghu Sharma		Indian National Congress
Nagaur	106	Ladnun	Mukesh Bhakhar		Indian National Congress
	107	Deedwana	Chetan Choudhary		Indian National Congress
	108	Jayal (SC)	Manju Meghwal		Indian National Congress
	109	Nagaur	Mohan Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party
	110	Khinwsar	Hanuman Beniwal		Rashtriya Loktantrik Party	resignation
			Narayan Beniwal			Elected in 2019 bypoll
	111	Merta (SC)	Indira Devi		Rashtriya Loktantrik Party
	112	Degana	Vijaypal Mirdha		Indian National Congress
	113	Makrana	Roopa Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party
	114	Parbatsar	Ramniwas Gawdiya		Indian National Congress
	115	Nawan	Mahendra Choudhary		Indian National Congress
Pali	116	Jaitaran	Avinash Gehlot		Bharatiya Janata Party
	117	Sojat (SC)	Shobha Chouhan		Bharatiya Janata Party
	118	Pali	Gyanchand Parakh		Bharatiya Janata Party
	119	Marwar Junction	Khushveer Singh		Independent
	120	Bali	Pushpendra Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
	121	Sumerpur	Joraram Kumawat		Bharatiya Janata Party
Jodhpur	122	Phalodi	Pabba Ram Bishnoi		Bharatiya Janata Party
	123	Lohawat	Kishna Ram Bishnoi		Indian National Congress
	124	Shergarh	Meena Kanwar		Indian National Congress
	125	Osian	Divya Maderna		Indian National Congress
	126	Bhopalgarh (SC)	Pukhraj		Rashtriya Loktantrik Party
	127	Sardarpura	Ashok Gehlot		Indian National Congress
	128	Jodhpur	Manisha Panwar		Indian National Congress
	129	Soorsagar	Suryakanta Vyas		Bharatiya Janata Party
	130	Luni	Mahendra Bishnoi		Indian National Congress
	131	Bilara (SC)	Heera Ram		Indian National Congress
Jaisalmer	132	Jaisalmer	Rooparam		Indian National Congress
	133	Pokaran	Saleh Mohammad		Indian National Congress
Barmer	134	Sheo	Ameen Khan		Indian National Congress
	135	Barmer	Mewaram Jain		Indian National Congress
	136	Baytoo	Harish Chaudhary		Indian National Congress
	137	Pachpadra	Madan Prajapat		Indian National Congress
	138	Siwana	Hameersingh Bhayal		Bharatiya Janata Party
	139	Gudamalani	Hemaram Choudhary		Indian National Congress
	140	Chohtan (SC)	Padma Ram		Indian National Congress
Jalore	141	Ahore	Chhagan Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
	142	Jalore (SC)	Jogeshwar Garg		Bharatiya Janata Party
	143	Bhinmal	Poora Ram Choudhary		Bharatiya Janata Party
	144	Sanchore	Sukhram Bishnoi		Indian National Congress
	145	Raniwara	Narayan Singh Dewal		Bharatiya Janata Party
Sirohi	146	Sirohi	Sanyam Lodha		Independent
	147	Pindwara-Abu (ST)	Samaram Garasiya		Bharatiya Janata Party
	148	Reodar (SC)	Jagasi Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party
Udaipur	149	Gogunda (ST)	Pratap Lal Bheel		Bharatiya Janata Party
	150	Jhadol (ST)	Babulal Kharadi		Bharatiya Janata Party
	151	Kherwara (ST)	Dayaram Parmar		Indian National Congress
	152	Udaipur Rural (ST)	Phool Singh Meena		Bharatiya Janata Party
	153	Udaipur	Gulab Chand Kataria		Bharatiya Janata Party	Resigned on 16 February 2023[23]
			Vacant
	154	Mavli	Dharm Narayan		Bharatiya Janata Party
	155	Vallabhnagar	Gajendra Singh Shaktawat		Indian National Congress	Died
			Preeti Shaktawat			Elected in 2021 bypoll
	156	Salumber (ST)	Amrit Lal Meena		Bharatiya Janata Party
Pratapgarh	157	Dhariawad (ST)	Gautam Lal Meena		Bharatiya Janata Party
			Nagraj Meena		Indian National Congress	Elected in 2021 bypoll
Dungarpur	158	Dungarpur (ST)	Ganesh Ghogra		Indian National Congress
	159	Aspur (ST)	Gopi Chand Meena		Bharatiya Janata Party
	160	Sagwara (ST)	Ram Prasad		Bharatiya Tribal Party
	161	Chorasi (ST)	Rajkumar Roat		Bharatiya Tribal Party
Banswara	162	Ghatol (ST)	Harendra Ninama		Bharatiya Janata Party
	163	Garhi (ST)	Kailash Chandra Meena		Bharatiya Janata Party
	164	Banswara (ST)	Arjun Singh Bamnia		Indian National Congress
	165	Bagidora (ST)	Mahendra Jeet Singh Malviya		Indian National Congress
	166	Kushalgarh (ST)	Ramila Khadia		Independent
Chittorgarh	167	Kapasan (SC)	Arjun Lal Jingar		Bharatiya Janata Party
	168	Begun	Bidhuri Rajendra Singh		Indian National Congress
	169	Chittorgarh	Chandrabhan SIngh Aakya		Bharatiya Janata Party
	170	Nimbahera	Anjana Udailal		Indian National Congress
	171	Bari Sadri	Lalit Kumar		Bharatiya Janata Party
Pratapgarh	172	Pratapgarh (ST)	Ramlal Meena		Indian National Congress
Rajsamand	173	Bhim	Sudarshan Singh		Indian National Congress
	174	Kumbhalgarh	Surendra Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
	175	Rajsamand	Kiran Maheshwari		Bharatiya Janata Party	Died
			Deepti Maheshwari			Elected in 2021 bypoll
	176	Nathdwara	C. P. Joshi		Indian National Congress
Bhilwara	177	Asind	Jabbar Singh Sankhala		Bharatiya Janata Party
	178	Mandal	Ramlal Jat		Indian National Congress
	179	Sahara	Kailash Chandra Trivedi		Indian National Congress	Died
			Gayatri Devi Trivedi			Elected in 2021 bypoll
	180	Bhilwara	Vitthal Shankar Avasthi		Bharatiya Janata Party
	181	Shahpura	Kailash Chandra Meghwal		Bharatiya Janata Party
	182	Jahazpur	Gopichand Meena		Bharatiya Janata Party
	183	Mandalgarh	Gopal Lal Sharma		Bharatiya Janata Party
Bundi	184	Hindoli	Ashok Chandna		Indian National Congress
	185	Keshoraipatan (SC)	Chandrakanta Meghwal		Bharatiya Janata Party
	186	Bundi	Ashok Dogara		Bharatiya Janata Party
Kota	187	Pipalda	Ramnarayan Meena		Indian National Congress
	188	Sangod	Bharat Singh Kundanpur		Indian National Congress
	189	Kota North	Shanti Kumar Dhariwal		Indian National Congress
	190	Kota South	Sandeep Sharma		Bharatiya Janata Party
	191	Ladpura	Kalpana Devi		Bharatiya Janata Party
	192	Ramganj Mandi (SC)	Madan Dilawar		Bharatiya Janata Party
Baran	193	Anta	Pramod Jain Bhaya		Indian National Congress
	194	Kishanganj (ST)	Nirmala Sahariya		Indian National Congress
	195	Baran-Atru (SC)	Pana Chand Meghwal		Indian National Congress	Pana Chand Meghwal submitted his resignation in August 2022[24]
	196	Chhabra	Pratap Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
Jhalawar	197	Dag (SC)	Kaluram		Bharatiya Janata Party
	198	Jhalrapatan	Vasundhara Raje		Bharatiya Janata Party
	199	Khanpur	Narendra Nagar		Bharatiya Janata Party
	200	Manohar Thana	Govind Prasad		Bharatiya Janata Party

See also

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