Congress emerges single largest party in Rajasthan

JAIPUR: Inflicting a shock defeat on BJP, the Congress ousted the Vasundhara Raje government from power, emerging the single largest party with 96 seats falling short of a majority by just 5 seats.
The ruling BJP, which depended heavily on Chief Minister Vasudhara Raje Scindia for a second term in office, got 78 seats in the 200-member House with a number of its prominent leaders suffering humiliating defeat at the hands of their rivals.
One Samajwadi Party and six BJP candidates also made it to the hung house.
Conceding defeat, Raje resigned from the post saying her party would work as a constructive opposition.
In the 2003 assembly election the BJP, which rode to power with a massive majority by winning 120 seats, under the leadership of Vasundhara Raje failed to tide over incumbency and charges of corruption.
In this election, several rebel candidates of both parties won at the cost of the official party candidates.