over 3 cr electors to vote in RAj 1st phase
Over 3.80 crore electors would exercise their franchise in first phase of Rajasthan polls to decide the fate of 239 candidates, including 20 each of the Congress and the BJP, who are in the fray.
The State will have a two-phase polling on 25 seats in the State, of which 20 lS constituencies are going to polls on April 17, while remaining five in the second phase on April 24. As many as 38,835 polling booths have been set up these 20 constituencies. There are 17 women contestants in the fray of these, six are from Congress, including three sitting MPs and one from BJP.
The three sitting women MPs include Girija Vyas from Chittorgarh, Jyoti Mirdha from Nagaur, Chandresh Katoch from Jodhpur while the new faces are Raj Bala Ola from Jhunjhunu, Munni Devi from Pali, and Reshma Malviya from Banswara. BJP has given ticket to one woman candidate Santosh Ahlawat from Jhunjhunu seat.