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The code came into force on October 9 when the poll schedule was announced by the Election Commission

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Among them is Chandrabhan Aakya who was replaced by the BJP with a relative of former vice president Bhairon Singh Shekhawat in Chittorgarh but contested on his own

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Rajasthan Assembly elections 2023: Vote share of BJP was around 41.69% and Congress at 39.53%, according to the Election Commission of India

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Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot tenders his resignation to Governor Kalraj Mishra. (Photo: ANI)

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The BJP crossed the halfway mark in Rajasthan, winning 106 seats out of the 199 where assembly elections took place

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In 2018, around 15 per cent or 320 candidates had criminal cases against them

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The counting of votes in Rajasthan concluded on December 3, with BJP winning the majority with 115 seats and the Congress securing 68 seats

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The Election Commission on Saturday said nearly 42 lakh Bihar electors were not found at their addresses while over 7.50 lakh were found to have enrolled themselves at multiple places.
During the ongoing special intensive revision of the voters' list of the state, 95.92 per cent of the nearly 7.90 crore electors have been covered, with six more days still left for the exercise.
The EC said it is making efforts to reach out to each voter with its booth-level officers and booth-level agents of political parties trying to ensure that no eligible elector is left out of the draft electoral roll to be published in August.
With six more days to go for filling up of enumeration forms, the Election Commission said efforts are being made to ensure that the remaining nearly 32 lakh electors are added to the draft roll.
Booth-level officers have already completed over three rounds of the house-to-house visits and have established contact with the electors.
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BJP leader Arvind Kumar Sharma mocked JD(U) ally Nitish Kumar's promise of free electricity in Bihar, saying it would be free only if supplied. 'Na bijli ayegi na bill ayega,' he quipped

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Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said the move to provide free electricity will benefit around 16.7 million families in Bihar

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Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar thanked the eligible voters of Bihar on Wednesday for their active participation in the "much-needed" cleaning of the electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR).
Kumar's remarks came in the backdrop of the Supreme Court hearing a clutch of pleas questioning the intent behind the SIR ahead of the Assembly polls in the state later this year.
Opposition parties have asserted that the ongoing exercise will disfranchise crores of eligible Indian citizens for the want of citizenship documents.
"I thank all eligible electors of Bihar for actively participating in the much-needed cleaning of the electoral rolls," the CEC told a group of booth-level officers during a training session here.
Separately, the Election Commission said only 6.85 per cent of  the 7.9 crore voters are yet to fill the enumeration forms under the SIR.
"As on today, 6,99,92,926 of the existing electors have given their enumeration form to be included in

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