Elections in Rajasthan

Elections in Rajasthan have been held since 1952 to elect members of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly and of Lok Sabha. There are 200 assembly constituencies and 25 Lok Sabha constituencies.

Main political parties

The Indian National Congress (INC) , Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Rastriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) are the three most dominant parties in the state. In the past, various parties such as Janata Party (JP), Janata Dal (JD), Swatantra Party, CPIM, Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) and Ram Rajya Parishad (RRP) have also been influential.

Lok Sabha elections

Till 1980

Year	Lok Sabha Election		Party-wise Details
1951	First Lok Sabha		Total: 20. INC: 9, RRP: 3, BJS: 1, KLP: 1, Independents: 6
1957	Second Lok Sabha		Total: 22. INC: 19, Independents: 3
1962	Third Lok Sabha		Total: 22. INC: 14, Swatantra Party: 3, BJS: 1, RRP: 1, Independents: 3
1967	Fourth Lok Sabha		Total: 23. INC: 10, Swatantra Party: 8, BJS: 3, Independents: 2
1971	Fifth Lok Sabha		Total: 23. INC: 14, BJS: 4, Swatantra Party: 3, Independents: 2
1977	Sixth Lok Sabha		Total: 25. Janata Party: 24, INC: 1
1980	Seventh Lok Sabha		Total: 25. INC: 18, JP: 4, JP(S) : 2, Congress(U):1

Total Seats- 25

Lok Sabha	Election Year	1st Party		2nd Party		Others
8th Lok Sabha	1984		INC 25
9th Lok Sabha	1989		BJP 13		JD 11	CPI(M) 1
10th Lok Sabha	1991		INC 13		BJP 12
11th Lok Sabha	1996		BJP 12		INC 12	AIIC(T) 1
12th Lok Sabha	1998		INC 19		BJP 5	AIIC(S) 1
13th Lok Sabha	1999		BJP 16		INC 9
14th Lok Sabha	2004		BJP 21		INC 4
15th Lok Sabha	2009		INC 20		BJP 4	Ind 1
16th Lok Sabha	2014		BJP 25
17th Lok Sabha	2019		BJP 24		RLP 1
18th Lok Sabha	2024		BJP 14		INC 8	BAP 1,CPI(M) 1, RLP 1

Legislative Assembly elections

The elections for the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly have been held since 1952.^[1][2][3]

Year	Legislative Assembly Term		Party-wise Details	Chief Minister	Party
1952	First Assembly		Total: 160. INC: 82, RRP: 24, BJS: 8	Tika Ram Paliwal Jai Narayan Vyas Mohan Lal Sukhadia	INC
1957	Second Assembly		Total: 176. INC: 119, RRP: 17, BJS: 6	Mohan Lal Sukhadia	INC
1962	Third Assembly		Total: 176. INC: 88, Swatantra Party: 36, BJS: 15	Mohan Lal Sukhadia	INC
1967	Fourth Assembly		Total: 184. INC: 89, Swatantra Party: 48, BJS: 22	Mohan Lal Sukhadia Barkatullah Khan	INC
1972	Fifth Assembly		Total: 184. INC: 145, Swatantra Party: 11, BJS: 8	Barkatullah Khan Hari Dev Joshi	INC
1977	Sixth Assembly		Total: 200. JP: 151, INC: 41	Bhairon Singh Shekhawat	JP
1980	Seventh Assembly		Total: 200. INC: 133, BJP: 32	Jagannath Pahadia Shiv Charan Mathur Hira Lal Devpura	INC
1985	Eighth Assembly		Total: 200. INC: 113, BJP: 39, Lok Dal: 27, JP: 10	Hari Dev Joshi Shiv Charan Mathur	INC
1990	Ninth Assembly		Total: 200. BJP: 85 + JD: 55, INC: 50	Bhairon Singh Shekhawat	BJP
1993	Tenth Assembly		Total: 200. BJP: 95, INC: 76	Bhairon Singh Shekhawat	BJP
1998	Eleventh Assembly		Total: 200. INC: 153, BJP: 33	Ashok Gehlot	INC
2003	Twelfth Assembly		Total: 200. BJP: 120, INC: 56	Vasundhara Raje	BJP
2008	Thirteenth Assembly		Total: 200. INC: 96, BJP: 78	Ashok Gehlot	INC
2013	Fourteenth Assembly		Total: 200. BJP: 163, INC: 21, BSP: 2, Ind: 7	Vasundhara Raje	BJP
2018	Fifteenth Assembly		Total: 200. INC: 100, BJP: 73, BSP: 6, CPI(M): 2, RLP: 3, BTP: 2, RLD: 1, Ind: 13	Ashok Gehlot	INC
2023	Sixteenth Assembly		Total: 200. BJP: 115, INC: 69, BAP: 3, BSP: 2, RLD: 1, RLP: 1, Ind: 8	Bhajan Lal Sharma	BJP

See also

• Rajasthan
• Outline of Rajasthan
• Raj Bhavan, Jaipur
• Rajasthan Police
• Bhajan Lal Sharma ministry
• Politics of Rajasthan
• Government of Rajasthan
• Rajasthan High Court
• List of tehsils of Rajasthan
• Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
• List of districts of Rajasthan
• List of governors of Rajasthan
• List of chief ministers of Rajasthan
• List of deputy chief ministers of Rajasthan
• Rajasthan Administrative Service
• Bureau of Investment Promotion
• List of urban local bodies in Rajasthan
• Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education
• Rajasthan Public Service Commission
• Rajasthan State Election Commission
• List of institutions of higher education in Rajasthan