Sachin Pilots Congress home

Rajasthan continued its 'revolving door' tradition by voting out the Vasundhara Raje-led BJP government with 73 seats, and making way for a Congress government, giving it 99 of the 199 seats that went to the polls. Interestingly, the Congress, with 39.3 per cent vote share, got just 0.5 per cent more votes than the BJP, but still significantly higher than its 2013 share of 33.1 per cent.

Unlike arch-rival Ashok Gehlot, 67, who was the chief minister when the Congress sunk to its lowest depths in 2013 with just 21 seats, 65-year-old Raje almost matched her 2008 poll performance when the BJP bagged 78 seats. Only this time, she had the Congress's Sachin Pilot as her main rival.

"We have increased our tally five-fold, which is commendable, though we could have done better," says a jubilant Pilot, who, if made the CM at 41, may be among the