2008 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
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All 230 assembly constituencies 116 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 36,266,969 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 69.63%  2.38% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Seatwise Election Result Map | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Structure of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly after the election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
Parties
[edit]The election was mainly contested between two national parties, Bharatiya Janata Party and Indian National Congress. Other parties included Bahujan Samaj Party, Bharatiya Jan Shakti Party, and Samajwadi Party
Result
[edit]Source: ECI[6]
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| # | Party | Seats Contested |
Seats won |
Seats Changed |
Votes |
% Votes | |||
| 1 | Bharatiya Janata Party | 228 | 143 | - 30 | 9493641 | 37.64 | |||
| 2 | Indian National Congress | 228 | 71 | + 33 | 8170318 | 32.39 | |||
| 3 | Bahujan Samaj Party | 228 | 7 | + 5 | 2262119 | 8.97 | |||
| 4 | Bharatiya Jan Shakti Party | 201 | 5 | + 5 | 1189151 | 4.71 | |||
| 5 | Independents | 3 | + 1 | 2076453 | 8.23 | ||||
| 6 | Samajwadi Party | 187 | 1 | - 6 | 501324 | 1.90 | |||
| Total | 230 | ||||||||
| Valid votes | 2,52,23,101 | 99.91 | |||||||
| Invalid votes | 24875 | 0.09 | |||||||
| Votes cast / turnout | 2,52,50,951 | 69.63 | |||||||
| Abstentions | 1,10,16,018 | 30.37 | |||||||
| Registered voters | 3,62,66,969 | ||||||||
Region-wise break up
[edit]| Region | Total seats | BJP | INC | BSP | BJSP | IND | SP |
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| Bagelkhand | 22 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bhopal | 25 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bundelkhand | 26 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Gird | 34 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mahakoshal | 46 | 29 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malwa | 50 | 27 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Narmadapuram | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nimar | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 230 | 143 | 71 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
Elected Members
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "पाँच राज्यों में चुनाव घोषित" [Elections declared in five states] (in Hindi). 14 October 2008.
- ^ "Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly". Archived from the original on 6 October 2008.
- ^ "Assembly Election News". 24 July 2008. Archived from the original on 24 July 2008.
- ^ "Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha Election 2008 - List of Candidates". Archived from the original on 2008-11-09. Retrieved 2008-10-31.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2008 to the Legislative Assembly of madhy Pradesh" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-10-31. Retrieved 2008-11-27.