How many gurjar candidate appeared in 2018 rajasthan election?
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The four major communities of Rajasthan — Rajput, Jats, Meenas, and Gujjars — voted in a mixed manner in the 2018 assembly election, which saw the BJP concede defeat, and the Congress return to power after five years.
Traditionally voters of the BJP, the Rajputs supported the Congress, resulting in a big defeat to leaders like Rao Rajendra Singh, the deputy speaker of the assembly, in Shahpura, besides cabinet minister Gajendra Singh Khimsar in Lohawat and MLA Rajpal Singh Shekhawat from Jhotwara. Two prominent Congress leaders from Rajput community, Deepinder Singh Shekawat and Bharat Singh, won.
Rajputs form 6% of Rajasthan’s population and play a decisive role in nearly 30 seats of the 200-member assembly.
In comparison to the Congress, the BJP usually gives more tickets to the community. This time, it gave was around 24 but only eight managed to win. The Congress gave tickets to 13 Rajput leaders, of which six won, which leaders said, was more than anticipated.Political analysts said the resentment among the Rajputs was clear. In the recent past, the community had raised annoyance on various issues starting with BJP’s treatment of veteran leader Jaswant Singh to whom it denied a ticket in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, the row over Bollywood film Padmaavat, inadequate representation in government; and outgoing chief minister Vasundhara Raje’s opposition to the appointment of Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat as state party chief.
The community leaders extended their support to the Congress in the February bypolls, helping them win two Lok Sabha seats and an assembly seat. Raje had stated that the results were a wake up call.
“The Rajput leaders in the BJP who lost were those who were close to the government. A section of the Rajput community has voted for the Congress. This happened in the bypolls in February and has been repeated,” said political analyst Narayan Bareth.