2008 elections in India

Multiple State Assemblies of India went to elections in 2008.

Legislative Assembly elections Polling Date(s) StateGovernment before Chief Minister beforeGovernment after Elected Chief Minister Maps23 February 2008Tripura Communist Party of India (Marxist)Manik Sarkar Communist Party of India (Marxist)Manik Sarkar3 March 2008Meghalaya D. D. Lapang Meghalaya Progressive AllianceDonkupar Roy5 March 2008Nagaland Democratic Alliance of NagalandNeiphiu Rio Democratic Alliance of NagalandNeiphiu Rio10 May 2008,16 May 2008 and 22 May 2008KarnatakaPresident's RuleB. S. Yediyurappa 14 and 20 November 2008 Chhattisgarh Raman Singh Raman Singh 27 November 2008 Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan Shivraj Singh Chouhan 29 November 2008 Delhi Sheila Dikshit Sheila Dikshit 2 December 2008 Mizoram Zoramthanga Lal Thanhawla 4 December 2008 Rajasthan Vasundhara Raje Ashok Gehlot 17,23 and 30 November and 7,13,17,24 DecemberJammu and Kashmir Ghulam Nabi Azad Omar Abdullah The first batch of elections for the year was announced by the Election Commission of India (ECI) on 14 January 2008. This included the elections to the Legislative Assemblies of the states of Meghalaya, Nagaland, and Tripura. Elections in all polling stations of all three states were conducted using electronic voting machines (EVMs).Elections to the state Assembly of Karnataka was announced by the ECI on 2 April 2008. This was the first election to be held under the new boundaries drawn up by the Delimitation Commission of India. The elections were split into three phases. Elections in all polling stations of the state were conducted using EVMs. Chhattisgarh

SN Party SeatsContested Seatswon Seats Changed VoteShare 1 Bharatiya Janata Party 90 50 0 40.33 2 Indian National Congress 87 38 + 1 38.63 3 Bahujan Samaj Party 90 2 0 6.11 Total 90

Delhi

SN Party SeatsContested Seatswon Seats Changed % Votes 1 Indian National Congress 69 43 - 4 40.31 2 Bharatiya Janata Party 69 23 + 3 36.34 3 Bahujan Samaj Party 69 2 + 2 14.05 4 Lok Janshakti Party 41 1 +1 1.35 4 Independent 1 0 3.92 Total 70

Jammu and Kashmir

SN Party Seatswon Seats Changed 1 Jammu & Kashmir National Conference 28 0 3 Indian National Congress 17 - 3 2 Peoples Democratic Party 21 + 5 4 Bharatiya Janata Party 11 + 10 5 Independents 4 - 9 6 J&K National Panthers Party 3 - 1 7 CPI(Marxist) 1 - 1 7 J&K Democratic Party Nationalist 1 + 1 7 People's Democratic Front 1 + 1 Total 87

Karnataka

SN Party Seatswon Seats Changed 1 Bharatiya Janata Party 110 + 31 2 Indian National Congress 80 + 15 3 Janata Dal (Secular) 28 4 Others 7 - 15 Total 224

Madhya Pradesh

SN Party SeatsContested Seatswon Seats Changed %Votes 1 Bharatiya Janata Party 228 143 - 30 37.64 2 Indian National Congress 228 71 + 33 32.39 3 Bahujan Samaj Party 228 7 + 5 8.97 4 Bharatiya Jan Shakti Party 201 5 + 5 4.71 5 Independents 3 + 1 8.23 6 Samajwadi Party 187 1 - 6 1.99 Total 230

Meghalaya

SN Party Seatswon SeatsChange 2 Nationalist Congress Party 15 + 1 3 United Democratic Party 11 + 2 4 Independents 5 0 5 Hill State People's Democratic Party 2 0 6 Bharatiya Janata Party 1 - 1 6 Khun Hynnieutrip National Awakaning Movement 1 - 1 1 Indian National Congress 25 + 3 Total 60

Mizoram

SN Party Seatswon SeatsChange 1 Indian National Congress 32 + 20 2 Mizo National Front 3 - 18 3 MPC 2 0 4 Zoram Nationalist Party 2 0 Total 40

Nagaland

SN Party Seatswon SeatsChange 1 Nagaland Peoples Front 26 + 7 4 Bharatiya Janata Party 2 - 5 2 Indian National Congress 23 - 2 3 Independents 7 + 3 4 Nationalist Congress Party 2 + 2 Total 60

Rajasthan

SN Party Seatswon Seats Changed 1 Indian National Congress 96 + 40 2 Bharatiya Janata Party 78 - 42 3 Independents 14 - 1 4 Bahujan Samaj Party 6 + 4 5 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3 + 2 6 Loktantrik Samajwadi Party 1 + 1 6 Janata Dal (United) 1 - 1 Total 199/200

Tripura

SN Party Seatswon SeatsChange 1 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 46 + 8 3 Revolutionary Socialist Party 2 0 4 Communist Party of India 1 0 2 Indian National Congress 10 - 3 4 Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra 1 - 5 Total 60

Local body elections 2008 Uttarakhand local body elections

See also N. Gopalaswami

References

External links

Election Commission of India