Rajasthan Election 2023: Vasundhra Raje's Name Missing From BJP's First List Of 41 Candidates

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today announced its first list of candidates for the Rajasthan assembly election. While the name of Vasundhara Raje is missing from the list, Member of Parliament Rajyavardhan Rathore has been given a ticket from the Jhotwara seat while Diya Kumari will contest from the Vidhyadhar Nagar seat, Baba Balaknath from Tijara, Hansraj Meena from Sapotra and Kirodi Lal Meena to contest from Sawai Madhopur. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore are among the seven BJP parliamentarians who will contest the Rajasthan Assembly polls. Diya Kumari is a member of the erstwhile Jaipur royal family.

Other names in the list include Santosh Meghwal from Sujangarh, Retd IAS Chandramohan Meena from Bassi, Rajkumari Jatav from Hindaun and Krishna Katara from Bagidora.

2 Ganganagar: Jaideep Bihani
11 Bhadra: Sanjeev Beniwal
17 Dungargarh: Tarachand Saraswat
24 Sujangarh (SC): Santosh Meghwal
27 Jhunjhunu: Bablu Chaudhary
28 Mandawa: Narendra Kumar, MP
29 Nawalgarh: Vikram Singh Jakhal
30 Udaipurwati: Shubhkaran Choudhary
32 Fatehpur: Shravan Choudhary
33 Lachhmangarh: Subhash Mahria
36 Danta Ramgarh: Gajanand Kumawat
40 Kotputli: Hansraj Patel Gurjar
45 Dudu (SC): Dr. Prem Chand Bairwa
46 Jhotwara: Rajyavardhan Rathod, MP
50 Vidhyadhar Nagar: Diya Kumari, MP
57 Bassi (ST): Chandramohan Meena, Retd., IAS
59 Tijara: Baba Balaknath, MP
63 Bansur: Devi Singh Shekhawat
65 Alwar Rural (SC): Jairam Jatav
71 Nagar: Jawahar Singh Bedam
75 Weir (SC): Bahadur Singh Koli
82 Hindaun (SC): Rajkumari Jatav
84 Sapotra (ST): Shri Hansraj Meena
85 Bandikui: Bhagchand Dakra
89 Lalsot (ST): Rambilas Meena
91 Bamanwas (ST): Rajendra Meena
92 Sawai Madhopur: Dr. Kirodi Lal Meena, MP
97 Deoli–Uniara: Shri Vijay Bainsla
98 Kishangarh: Bhagirath Choudhary, MP
105 Kekri: Shatrughan Gautam
131 Bilara (SC): Arjunlal Garg
136 Baytoo: Balaram Mundh
144 Sanchore: Devji Patel, MP
151 Kherwara (ST): Nanalal Aahri
158 Dungarpur (ST): Bansilal Katara
160 Sagwara (ST): Shankar Decha
161 Chorasi (ST): Sushil Katara
165 Bagidora (ST): Krishna Katara
166 Kushalgarh (ST): Bhimabhai Damor
178 Mandal: Udayalal Bhadana
179 Sahara: Ladulal Pitalia

BJP releases a list of 41 candidates for the upcoming election in Rajasthan.

Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore to contest from Jhotwara, Diya Kumari from Vidhyadhar Nagar, Baba Balaknath from Tijara, Hansraj Meena from Sapotra and Kirodi Lal Meena to contest from Sawai Madhopur. pic.twitter.com/S68CstH35Y — ANI (@ANI) October 9, 2023

The candidates' names were confirmed during a Central Election Committee (CEC) meeting on October 1, presided over by BJP President JP Nadda. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh were among the attendees.

The Election Commission of India today announced the election schedule for the Rajasthan assembly polls. All 200 seats in Rajasthan will see voting on November 23 while counting of votes will take place on December 3.