2008 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election

2008 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election

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All 90 seats to the Legislative Assembly 46 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	70.66% (0.64pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Raman Singh Ajit Jogi Mayawati Party BJP INC BSP Leader since 2003 1999 2003 Leader's seat Rajnandgaon Marwahi Last election 50 37 2 Seats won 50 38 2 Seat change 1 Percentage 40.33% 38.63% 6.11% Swing 1.07% 1.92% 1.66%
CM before election Raman Singh BJP Elected CM Raman Singh BJP

The Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election, 2008 was held on 14 and 20 November 2008, to select the 90 members of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly. The results of the election were announced on 8 December. The Bharatiya Janata Party won the popular vote and a majority of seats and the incumbent Chief Minister Raman Singh was sworn in as Chief minister for his second term.^[1]

Results

Party-wise

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Bharatiya Janata Party	4,332,834	40.35	50	0
	Indian National Congress	4,146,853	38.62	38	+1
	Bahujan Samaj Party	656,041	6.11	2	0
	Nationalist Congress Party	56,293	0.52	0	–1
	Others	635,584	5.92	0	0
	Independents	909,686	8.47	0	0
Total		10,737,291	100.00	90	0
Valid votes		10,737,291	99.93
Invalid/blank votes		7,896	0.07
Total votes		10,745,187	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		15,218,560	70.61
Source: ECI[2]

Region-wise

District-wise

Constituency-wise

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References