2008 elections in India

none 2008 Elections in India India 2007 elections in India 2007 2008 2009 elections in India 2009 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)Communist Party of India (Marxist)Manik Sarkar Communist Party of India (Marxist)Communist Party of India (Marxist)Manik Sarkar50px3 March 2008Meghalaya Indian National CongressD. D. Lapang Meghalaya Democratic AllianceMeghalaya Progressive AllianceDonkupar Roy50px5 March 2008Nagaland Naga People's FrontDemocratic Alliance of NagalandNeiphiu Rio Naga People's FrontDemocratic Alliance of NagalandNeiphiu Rio50px10 May 2008,16 May 2008 and 22 May 2008KarnatakaPresident's RuleBharatiya Janata PartyB. S. Yediyurappa 50px 14 and 20 November 2008 Chhattisgarh Bharatiya Janata Party Raman Singh Bharatiya Janata Party Raman Singh 50px 27 November 2008 Madhya Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party Shivraj Singh Chouhan Bharatiya Janata Party Shivraj Singh Chouhan 50px 29 November 2008 Delhi Indian National Congress Sheila Dikshit Indian National Congress Sheila Dikshit 50px 2 December 2008 Mizoram Mizo National Front Zoramthanga Indian National Congress Lal Thanhawla 50px 4 December 2008 Rajasthan Bharatiya Janata Party Vasundhara Raje Indian National Congress Ashok Gehlot 50px17,23 and 30 November and 7,13,17,24 DecemberJammu and Kashmir Indian National CongressGhulam Nabi Azad Jammu & Kashmir National Conference Omar Abdullah 50px Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party Indian National Congress The first batch of elections for the year was announcedhttp://eci.nic.in/press/current/PN140108.pdf PRESS NOTE: Schedule for General Election to the Legislative Assemblies of Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura 14 Jan 2008 Election Commission of India 2009-10-19 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090410063815/http://eci.nic.in/press/current/PN140108.pdf April 10, 2009 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 announcedhttp://eci.nic.in/press/current/PNKarnataka.pdf PRESS NOTE: Schedule for the General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka 2 April 2008 Election Commission of India 2009-10-19 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090410064450/http://eci.nic.in/press/current/PNKarnataka.pdf April 10, 2009 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.http://eci.nic.in/archivednews/pn200308.pdf Election Commission of India Direction 20 March 2008 Election Commission of India 2009-10-19 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090619074115/http://eci.nic.in/archivednews/pn200308.pdf June 19, 2009 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 File:India Mizoram Legislative Assembly 2008.svg 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 2 External links Election Commission of India Category:Elections in India by year