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2008 elections in India

Multiple State Assemblies of India went to elections in 2008.

2008 Indian elections
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Legislative Assembly elections

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Polling Date(s) State Government before Chief Minister before Government after Elected Chief Minister Maps
23 February 2008 Tripura Communist Party of India Manik Saha Communist Party of India Manik Sarkar  
3 March 2008 Meghalaya Indian National Congress D. D. Lapang Meghalaya Progressive Alliance Donkupar Roy  
5 March 2008 Nagaland Democratic Alliance of Nagaland Neiphiu Rio Democratic Alliance of Nagaland Neiphiu Rio  
10 May 2008,16 May 2008 and 22 May 2008 Karnataka President's Rule Bharatiya Janata Party B. S. Yediyurappa  
14 and 20 November 2008 Chhattisgarh Bharatiya Janata Party Raman Singh Bharatiya Janata Party Raman Singh  
27 November 2008 Madhya Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party Shivraj Singh Chouhan Bharatiya Janata Party Shivraj Singh Chouhan  
29 November 2008 Delhi Indian National Congress Sheila Dikshit Indian National Congress Sheila Dikshit  
2 December 2008 Mizoram Mizo National Front Zoramthanga Indian National Congress Lal Thanhawla  
4 December 2008 Rajasthan Bharatiya Janata Party Vasundhara Raje Indian National Congress Ashok Gehlot  
17,23 and 30 November and 7,13,17,24 December Jammu and Kashmir Indian National Congress Ghulam Nabi Azad Jammu & Kashmir National Conference Omar Abdullah  
Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party Indian National Congress

The first batch of elections for the year was announced[1] 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[2] 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.[3] The elections were split into three phases. Elections in all polling stations of the state were conducted using EVMs.

Chhattisgarh

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SN Party Seats
Contested 		Seats
won 		Seats
Changed 		Vote
Share
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

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SN Party Seats
Contested 		Seats
won 		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

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SN Party Seats
won 		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

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SN Party Seats
won 		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

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SN Party Seats
Contested 		Seats
won 		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

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SN Party Seats
won 		Seats
Change
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

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SN Party Seats
won 		Seats
Change
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

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SN Party Seats
won 		Seats
Change
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

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SN Party Seats
won 		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

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SN Party Seats
won 		Seats
Change
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

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "PRESS NOTE: Schedule for General Election to the Legislative Assemblies of Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 14 Jan 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 10, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-19.
  2. ^ "PRESS NOTE: Schedule for the General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 2 April 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 10, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-19.
  3. ^ "Election Commission of India Direction" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 20 March 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 19, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-19.
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