Dec 11, 2018 05:36 PM IST | Source: Moneycontrol.com
Rajasthan Election Result 2018 LIVE: With Congress in the lead, Sachin Pilot & Ashok Gehlot hold closed-door meeting
Live updates of the 2018 Rajasthan Assembly election results. Congress is hoping to oust CM Vasundhara Raje-led BJP government in the state
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JUST IN: Sachin Pilot-Ashok Gehlot press conference likely soon
Congress' Harish Meena wins Deoli-Uniara
JUST IN: A closed-door meeting between Sachin Pilot and Ashok Gehlot, along with central observers, begins in Jaipur.
Sachin Pilot to News18: People want to talk about jobs and price rise, not about mandir-masjid
Water Resources Minister Rampratap, loses the Hanumangarh seat to Congress candidate Vinod Kumar with a margin of 15,522 votes.
State Gaupalan (cow protection) Minister Otaram loses the Sirohi seat to Independent candidate Sanyam Lodha with a margin of 10,253 votes, PTI reports. Lodha is a Congress rebel.
Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray: Voters have rejected what was unwanted, congratulations to them.
Rajasthan's Water Resources Minister and BJP leader Rampratap has lost the Hanumangarh seat to Congress candidate Vinod Kumar with a margin of 15,522 votes.
Rajasthan Assembly Speaker Kailash Meghwal wins from Shahpura with a margin of 74,542 votes, PTI reports.
Samajwadi Party spokesperson Ghanshyam Tiwari describes BJP’s performance as “a colossal defeat for Adityanath”, according to NDTV. The UP chief minister had campaigned in four of the five states where elections were held.
“What started in Gujarat with farmers not voting for the BJP has now become the youth not voting for the BJP,” says Tiwari. “The urban pockets are not voting for the BJP.”
Congress President Raul Gandhi is likely to hold a press conference at 5 pm.
Chief ministerial candidate Sachin Pilot thanked people for helping him win from Tonk. “Together, we will change Tonk and Rajasthan to lay the foundation for a new state in which all sections of society will prosper,” he said.
Sachin Pilot, who won from Tonk constituency, says Congress legislative party in the state will meet on Wednesday morning, PTI reports.
State Revenue Minister Amra Ram loses the Pachpadra seat to Congress candidate Madan Prajapat by a margin of 2,395 seats, PTI reports.
The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) attributed the BJP’s poor performance in the elections to its “arrogance” and said the results would predict a “farewell” for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the Lok Sabha elections, News18 reported. Party spokesperson Nawab Malik blamed the central government’s “anti-people and anti-farmer” policies for the defeat.
“It is, in fact, a 5-0 defeat for the BJP,” he says. “The people have voted against the arrogance of leaders of the BJP.”
Official ECI trends: Congress leading on 98 seats, BJP leading on 65 seats, BSP on 5, CPM on 2 and others on 16 seats in Rajasthan.
BJP candidate and Rajasthan Revenue Minister Amra Ram loses Pachpadra seat to Cong candidate Madan Prajapat by a margin of 2,395 seats.
JUST IN: Newly elected Congress MLAs of Rajasthan will meet in Jaipur tomorrow.
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee congratulates the winners and says that people have voted against the BJP.
“This is the people’s verdict and victory of the people of this country,” tweets the West Bengal chief minister. “Victory of democracy and victory against injustice, atrocities, destruction of institutions, misuse of agencies, no work for poor people, farmers, youth, Dalits, SC, ST, OBC, minorities and general caste.”
Ex-Maharashtra CM Ashok Chavan: This is a big blow for PM Narendra Modi and BJP. This is reflective of the country's mood against BJP.
Congress spokesperson Shama Mohammad: People have shown Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath that his divisive politics won't work.
All party meeting called by Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan begins in Parliament Annexe.
Sachin Pilot is on his way to meet Congress’ central observers Avinash Pandey and KC Venugopal. The observers will be meeting both Pilot and Ashok Gehlot separately. They will then meet the two together.
Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje retained the Jhalrapatan seat, beating Manvendra Singh by 45,000 votes.
State Congress President Sachin Pilot won from Tonk by a margin of more than 50,000 votes, while Ashok Gehlot was victorious from Sardarpura by over 30,000 votes, according to NDTV.