Jhalrapatan, Rajasthan Assembly Election Result 2023: Vasundhara Raje defeats Ramlal of Cong by a margin of 5,3193 votes

BJP leader Vasundhara Raje won Rajasthan's Jhalrapatan assembly seat by 53,193 votes against her Congress rival Ramlal Chouhan, according to the Election Commission website.

The former chief minister secured 1,38,831 votes, while Chouhan got 85,638 the website showed.

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Vasundhara Raje has been winning from the Jhalrapatan Assembly constituency since 2003. In 2018, she secured 54 per cent votes, defeating then-Congress leader Manvendra Singh, now the BJP's candidate from the Siwana constituency.

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Gung-ho about her party's chances of returning to the hustings in Rajasthan, the former CM told ANI, "This is the power of my family (people of Jhalawar). It is their affection and blessings that brought me here again."

On her "I feel I can retire now" remark, as was reported by a section of the media, Raje said, "I would like to make it clear that I am not going anywhere. I have just filed my nomination. Don't entertain any thoughts of my retirement anytime soon."

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