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 was announced by the Election Commission of India 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.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

SNPartySeats
Contested
Seats
won
Seats
Changed
Vote
Share
1Bharatiya Janata Party9050040.33
2Indian National Congress8738+ 138.63
3Bahujan Samaj Party90206.11
Total90

Delhi

SNPartySeats
Contested
Seats
won
Seats
Changed
% Votes
1Indian National Congress6943- 440.31
2Bharatiya Janata Party6923+ 336.34
3Bahujan Samaj Party692+ 214.05
4Lok Janshakti Party411+11.35
4Independent103.92
Total70

Jammu and Kashmir

SNPartySeats
won
Seats
Changed
1Jammu & Kashmir National Conference280
3Indian National Congress17- 3
2Peoples Democratic Party21+ 5
4Bharatiya Janata Party11+ 10
5Independents4- 9
6J&K National Panthers Party3- 1
7CPI1- 1
7J&K Democratic Party Nationalist1+ 1
7People's Democratic Front1+ 1
Total87

Karnataka

SNPartySeats
won
Seats
Changed
1Bharatiya Janata Party110+ 31
2Indian National Congress80+ 15
3Janata Dal (Secular)28
4Others7- 15
Total224

Madhya Pradesh

SNPartySeats
Contested
Seats
won
Seats
Changed
%
Votes
1Bharatiya Janata Party228143- 3037.64
2Indian National Congress22871+ 3332.39
3Bahujan Samaj Party2287+ 58.97
4Bharatiya Jan Shakti Party2015+ 54.71
5Independents3+ 18.23
6Samajwadi Party1871- 61.99
Total230

Meghalaya

SNPartySeats
won
Seats
Change
2Nationalist Congress Party15+ 1
3United Democratic Party11+ 2
4Independents50
5Hill State People's Democratic Party20
6Bharatiya Janata Party1- 1
6Khun Hynnieutrip National Awakaning Movement1- 1
1Indian National Congress25+ 3
Total60

Nagaland

SNPartySeats
won
Seats
Change
1Nagaland Peoples Front26+ 7
4Bharatiya Janata Party2- 5
2Indian National Congress23- 2
3Independents7+ 3
4Nationalist Congress Party2+ 2
Total60

Rajasthan

SNPartySeats
won
Seats
Changed
1Indian National Congress96+ 40
2Bharatiya Janata Party78- 42
3Independents14- 1
4Bahujan Samaj Party6+ 4
5Communist Party of India (Marxist)3+ 2
6Loktantrik Samajwadi Party1+ 1
6Janata Dal (United)1- 1
Total199/200

Tripura

SNPartySeats
won
Seats
Change
1Communist Party of India (Marxist)46+ 8
3Revolutionary Socialist Party20
4Communist Party of India10
2Indian National Congress10- 3
4Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra1- 5
Total60

Local body elections