2008 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election 2008

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All 230 assembly constituencies
116 seats needed for a majority
Registered36,266,969
Turnout69.63% Increase 2.38%
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan Suresh Pachouri Mayawati
Party BJP INC BSP
Leader's seat Budhni Did not contest Did not contest
Last election 173 38 2
Seats won 143 71 7
Seat change Decrease30 Increase33 Increase 5
Popular vote 9,493,641 8,170,318 2,262,119
Percentage 37.64% 32.39% 9%
Swing Decrease 4.86% Increase 0.78% Increase 1.71%

Seatwise Election Result Map

Structure of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly after the election

Chief Minister before election

Shivraj Singh Chouhan
BJP

Elected Chief Minister

Shivraj Singh Chouhan
BJP

The 2008 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election was declared by the Election Commission of India on 14 October 2008. Elections for 230 seats took place on 27 November 2008, and counting started on 8 December.[1][2][3][4] The Bharatiya Janata Party won a majority of seats and Shivraj Singh Chouhan was sworn in as the Chief Minister for the second time.[5]

  1. ^ "पाँच राज्यों में चुनाव घोषित" [Elections declared in five states] (in Hindi). 14 October 2008.
  2. ^ "Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly". Archived from the original on 6 October 2008.
  3. ^ "Assembly Election News". 24 July 2008. Archived from the original on 24 July 2008.
  4. ^ "Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha Election 2008 - List of Candidates". Archived from the original on 2008-11-09. Retrieved 2008-10-31.
  5. ^ "मध्‍यप्रदेश के माननीय मुख्‍यमंत्रियों/सदन का नेता की सूची" [List of the honorable Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh]. mpvidhansabha.nic.in (in Hindi). Retrieved 13 October 2021.