2023 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election


Legislative Assembly elections were held in Rajasthan on 25 November 2023 to elect 199 of the 200 members of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. The results were declared on 3 December 2023. The election for the Karanpur seat was adjourned following the death of Rajasthan PCC candidate Gurmeet Singh Kooner.
The BJP Rajasthan wrested power by winning 115 seats, unseating the Indian National Congress from power and continuing the trend of governments changing every five years in the state. Bhajan Lal Sharma became the Chief Minister of Rajasthan.

Background

The tenure of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly is scheduled to end on 14 January 2024. The previous assembly elections were held in December 2018. After the election, Indian National Congress formed the state government, with Ashok Gehlot becoming Chief Minister.

Schedule

The schedule of the election was announced by the Election Commission of India on 9 October 2023. However, the election date was postponed from 23 November 2023 to 25 November 2023.
Poll eventDateDay
Notification date30 October 2023Monday
Start of nomination30 October 2023Monday
Last date for filing nomination6 November 2023Monday
Scrutiny of nomination7 November 2023Tuesday
Last date for withdrawal of nomination9 November 2023Thursday
Date of poll25 November 2023Saturday
Date of Counting of Votes3 December 2023Sunday

Surveys and polls

Opinion polls

Polling agencyDate publishedMargin
of error		Sample SizeMajority
Polling agencyDate publishedMargin
of error		Sample SizeINCBJPOthersMajority
ABP News-CVoter25 July 2023±3–5%14,08578-88109-1191-7BJP
ABP News-CVoter9 October 2023±3–5%30,04459-69127-1372-7BJP
ABP News-CVoter4 November 2023±3–5%63,51667-77114-1245-13BJP

Polling agencyDate publishedMargin
of error		Sample SizeLead
Polling agencyDate publishedMargin
of error		Sample SizeINCBJPOthersLead
ABP News-CVoter25 July 2023±3–5%14,08541%45.8%13.2%4.8%
ABP News-CVoter9 October 2023±3–5%30,04442%46%12%4%
ABP News-CVoter4 November 2023±3–5%63,51641.7%44.8%13.5%3.1%

Exit polls

Exit polls were released on 30 November 2023.
Polling agencyMajority
Polling agencyINC+BJPOthersMajority
ABP News-CVoter71-9194-1149-19Hung
India Today-Axis My India86-10680-1009-18Hung
TV9 Bharatvarsh-Polstrat90-100100-1105-15BJP
Republic TV-Matrize65-75115-13012-19BJP
People's Insight791128BJP
Times Now-ETG56-72108-12813-21BJP
Jan Ki Baat62-85100-12214-15BJP
India TV-CNX94-10480-9014-18Hung
News24-Today's Chanakya101899INC
P-MARQ69-91105-1255-15BJP
Dainik Bhaskar85-9598-10510-15Hung
Poll of Polls8510510BJP
Actual Result7111514BJP