BJP facing a major challenge - Voting 199 of the 200 Assembly seats

Jaipur: As polling began Friday morning for 199 Assembly seats out of the 200 seats in Rajasthan the assembly election is underway.

The Bharathiya Janata Party (BJP) is facing a major challenge as the northern state has always voted out the incumbent government for more than two decades.

Chief minister Vasundhara Raje, however is looking to hold on to power by riding on her government’s schemes and the work it had done for the people of Rajasthan.

The congress is counting on anti- incumbency to win in Rajasthan. In the last round of by elections in February, the congress wrested the Ajmer and Alwar Lok Sabha seats and the Mandalgarh assembly seat from the BJP.

The votes for Rajasthan will be counted on December 11 along with Mizoram, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana and Chattisgarh