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Amber Election Results 2023 Live Updates: PRASHANT SHARMA Won Over SATISH POONIA
Satish Poonia`s Reign vs. Prashant Sharma`s Challenge: Unpacking the Amer Electoral Showdown
Amber Vidhan Sabha Election Result 2023: Amber, located in the Jaipur district of the Dhundhar region, is one of the hottest seats in the legislative assembly. In 2018, Satish Poonia of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerged victorious here. The main contest in the 2023 Vidhan Sabha election is between Prashant Sharma of the Congress and Satish Poonia of the BJP. The voter turnout on this seat in 2023 was 77.56%, a decrease of -2.73% from the 2018 assembly elections, where the voter turnout was 80.29%.
In the Amber Assembly Constituency of Rajasthan, as of the 20th and final round of vote counting, PRASHANT SHARMA from the Indian National Congress has emerged victorious with 108914 votes, securing a significant lead of 9092 votes over SATISH POONIA of the Bharatiya Janata Party, who got 99822 Votes.
As of the 20TH round of vote counting in the Amber Assembly Constituency in Rajasthan, PRASHANT SHARMA from the Indian National Congress is leading with 108914 votes, maintaining a margin of 9,092 votes over SATISH POONIA of the Bharatiya Janata Party, who is trailing with 9,092 votes.
1:22 P.m.: PRASHANT SHARMA from the Indian National Congress is trailing by -5844 votes against SATISH POONIA of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
11:57 am: SATISH POONIA from the Bharatiya Janata Party is leading by 42636 (+ 59) votes against PRASHANT SHARMA of the Indian National Congress.
In 2018, Satish Poonia of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) successfully secured a seat for the party. In the context of tourism, the Amer constituency is considered crucial in the state of Rajasthan. In the 2018 elections, Satish Poonia defeated Congress candidate Prashant Sharma by 13,276 votes. Poonia received 93,132 votes, while Sharma secured 79,856 votes. Currently, Satish Poonia is the MLA from Amer, serving as the former state president of the BJP and the current leader of the opposition.
In the upcoming elections, there is once again a direct contest between Congress's Prashant Sharma and BJP's Satish Poonia for the Amer seat. This time, there has been a decrease of 3.13% in voter turnout on the Amer seat.
Historically, Congress has won the Amer seat consecutively three times in 1998, 2003, and 2008. In the 1998 Assembly elections, Congress's Sahadev Sharma emerged victorious, while Lalchand Kataria secured the win in 2003