2008 elections in India

Multiple State Assemblies of India went to elections in 2008.

Legislative Assembly elections

The first batch of elections for the year were 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 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.

Elections in four states - Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram and Rajasthan - and in the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT) were announced^[4] by the ECI on 14 October 2008. Of these, only Chhattisgarh would have elections in two phases. All others would have a single phase election. Counting for all constituencies were held on the same day. All these elections were held in accordance with constituencies newly delimited by the Delimitation Commission of India. As has become the practice, EVMs would be used in all polling stations of all constituencies. Elections dates in Madhya Pradesh and Mizoram were subsequently amended by a new notice^[5] passed by the ECI on 29 October 2008.

On 19 October 2008, the ECI announced^[6] elections to the state Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir. EVMs were used in all polling stations across the state. Taking into account various factors including weather, academic schedules and law & order situation in the state, the election is scheduled as a 7 phase marathon.

State	Date of Polls	Seats (ACs)	Date of Counting	Incumbent	Election Winner
Tripura	Saturday, 23 February 2008	60	Friday, 7 Mar 2008	CPI(M)	CPI(M)
Meghalaya	Monday, 3 March 2008	60	Friday, 7 Mar 2008	INC	MPA^*1
Nagaland	Wednesday, 5 March 2008	60	Saturday, 8 March 2008	DAN	DAN^*2
Karnataka	Saturday, 10 May 2008 Friday, 16 May 2008 Thursday, 22 May 2008	240	Sunday, 25 May 2008	INC	BJP
Chhattisgarh	Friday, 14 November 2008 Thursday, 20 November 2008	90	Monday, 08 Dec 2008	BJP	BJP
Madhya Pradesh	Thursday, 27 November 2008	230	Monday, 8 December 2008	BJP	BJP
Delhi	Saturday, 29 November 2008	70	Monday, 8 December 2008	INC	INC
Mizoram	Tuesday, 2 December 2008	40	Monday, 08 Dec 2008	INC	INC
Rajasthan	Thursday, 4 December 2008	200	Monday, 8 December 2008	BJP	INC
Jammu and Kashmir	Monday, 17 November 2008 Sunday, 23 November 2008 Sunday, 30 November 2008 Sunday, 7 December 2008 Saturday 13 December 2008 Wednesday, 17 December 2008 Wednesday, 24 December 2008	87	Sunday, 28 December 2008	PDP+INC	NC+INC

^*1 In Meghalaya, the Indian National Congress (INC) was the single largest party and was invited by the Governor to form the Government. However, their Chief Minister D. D. Lapang was unable to secure enough support in the Assembly. The Meghalaya Progressive Alliance (MPA) is a post election alliance formed by the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), United Democratic Party (UDP), Hill State People's Democratic Party (HPDP) and others including two independents

^*2 In Nagaland, the Democratic Alliance of Nagaland (DAN) retained control of the government. The single largest party in the Nagaland Assembly was the Nagaland People's Front (NPF) whose leader formed the new Government.

Chhattisgarh

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

45

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
Bahujan Samaj Party	69	2	+ 2	14.05
4		41	1	+1	0.07
4	Independent		1	0	3.92
	Total		70

Jammu and Kashmir

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

See Also

• N. Gopalaswami

References

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.
4. "PRESS NOTE: Schedule for General Election to the Legislative Assemblies of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Rajasthan and NCT of Delhi" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 14 October 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 19, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-19.
5. "PRESS NOTE: Change of Schedule for holding General elections to the State Legislative Assemblies of Madhya Pradesh and Mizoram" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 29 October 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 19, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-19.
6. "PRESS NOTE: Schedule for General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu & Kashmir" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 19 Oct 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 19, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-19.

External links

• Election Commission of India