2008 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election

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2008 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election
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All 90 seats to the Legislative Assembly
46 seats needed for a majority
Turnout70.66% (Decrease2.svg 0.64%)
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Leader Raman Singh Ajit Jogi Mayawati
Party BJP INC BSP
Leader since200319992003
Leader's seatRajnandgaonMarwahi
Last election50372
Seats won50382
Seat changeSteady2.svgIncrease2.svg 1Steady2.svg
Percentage40.33%38.63%6.11%
SwingIncrease2.svg 1.07%Increase2.svg 1.92%Increase2.svg 1.66%
2008 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Election Results Map.svg
Seatwise map of the election results
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Structure of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly after the election
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]

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Results

Party-wise

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Bharatiya Janata Party 4,332,83440.35500
Indian National Congress 4,146,85338.6238Increase2.svg1
Bahujan Samaj Party 656,0416.1120
Nationalist Congress Party 56,2930.520Decrease2.svg1
Others635,5845.9200
Independents909,6868.4700
Total10,737,291100.00900
Valid votes10,737,29199.93
Invalid/blank votes7,8960.07
Total votes10,745,187100.00
Registered voters/turnout15,218,56070.61
Source: ECI [2]

Region-wise

DivisionSeats
BJP INC BSP
Surguja1495-
Central Chhattisgarh6430322
Bastar12111-
Total9050373

District-wise

DistrictSeats
BJP INC BSP
Koriya 33--
Surguja 844-
Jashpur 321-
Raigarh 514-
Korba 413-
Bilaspur 963-
Janjgir-Champa 6222
Mahasamund 4-4-
Raipur 1376-
Dhamtari 3-3-
Durg 1284-
Kawardha 211-
Rajnandgaon 642-
Kanker 33--
Bastar 66--
Dantewada 321-
Total9050382

Constituency-wise Result

ConstituencyWinnerRunner UpMargin
#NameCandidatePartyVotesCandidatePartyVotes
Koriya district
1 Bharatpur-Sonhat (ST)Phoolchand Singh BJP 35443Gulab Singh INC 281457298
2 Manendragarh Deepak Kumar Patel BJP 30912Ramanuj NCP 1663014282
3 Baikunthpur Bhaiyalal Rajwade BJP 36215Bedanti Tiwari INC 306795536
Surguja district
4 Premnagar Renuka Singh BJP 56652Naresh Kumar Rajwade INC 4054316109
5 Bhatgaon Ravi Shankar Tripathi BJP 35943Shyamlal Jaiswal INC 1851017433
6 Pratappur (ST) Prem Sai Singh Tekam INC 54108 Ram Sewak Paikra BJP 498634245
7 Ramanujganj (ST) Ramvichar Netam BJP 54562 Brihaspat Singh INC 503524210
8 Samri (ST)Siddha Nath Paikra BJP 31878 Chintamani Maharaj Ind 1947430498
9 Lundra (ST)Ramdev Ram INC 51558 Kamalbhan Singh Marabi BJP 433848174
10 Ambikapur T. S. Singh Deo INC 56043Anurag Singh Deo BJP 55063980
11 Sitapur (ST) Amarjeet Bhagat INC 36281Ganesh Ram Bhagat BJP 345441737
Jashpur district
12 Jashpur (ST)Jageshwar Ram Bhagat BJP 64553Vinay Bhagat INC 4878315770
13 Kunkuri (ST)Bharat Sai BJP 57113Uttamdan Minj INC 475219592
14 Pathalgaon (ST)Rampukar Singh Thakur INC 64543 Vishnudeo Sai BJP 546279916
Raigarh district
15 Lailunga (ST)Hriday Ram Rathiya INC 62107Satyanand Rathia BJP 4802614081
16 Raigarh Shakrajeet Nayak INC 72054Vijay Agrawal BJP 5911012944
17 Sarangarh (SC)Padma Mahnar INC 61659Shamsher Singh BJP 5081410845
18 Kharsia Nand Kumar Patel INC 81497Laxmi Devi Patel BJP 4806933428
19 Dharamjaigarh (ST)Om Prakash Rathia BJP 52435 Chanesh Ram Rathiya INC 490683367
Korba district
20 Rampur (ST) Nanki Ram Kanwar BJP 58415 Pyarelal Kanwar INC 500948321
21 Korba Jai Singh Agrawal INC 48277 Banwari Lal Agrawal BJP 47690587
22 Katghora Bodhram Kanwar INC 79049Jyotinand Dubey BJP 319636966
23 Pali-Tanakhar (ST)Ram Dayal Uike INC 56676 Hira Singh Markam GGP 2723329443
Bilaspur district
24 Marwahi (ST) Ajit Jogi INC 67523Dhyan Singh Porte BJP 2543142092
25 Kota Renu Jogi INC 55317Moolchand Khandelwal BJP 455069811
26 Lormi Dharmjeet Singh Thakur INC 48569Jawahar Sahu BJP 435804989
27 Mungeli (SC) Punnulal Mohle BJP 52074Churawan Mangeshkar INC 4174910325
28 Takhatpur Raju Singh BJP 43431Balram Singh INC 378385593
29 Bilha Dharamlal Kaushik BJP 62517Siyaram Kaushik INC 564476070
30 Bilaspur Amar Agrawal BJP 60784Anil Kumar Tah INC 514089376
31 Beltara Badridhar Diwan BJP 38867Bhuvneshwar Yadav INC 338914976
32 Masturi (SC)Krishnamurti Bandhi BJP 54002Madan Singh Dharia INC 447949208
Janjgir–Champa district
33 Akaltara Saurabh Singh BSP 37393Chunnilal Sahu INC 345052888
34 Janjgir-Champa Narayan Chandel BJP 42006Motilal Dewangan INC 408161190
35 Sakti Saroja Manharan Rathore INC 47368Megharam Sahu BJP 379769392
36 Chandrapur Yudhvir Singh Judev BJP 48843Nobel Kumar Verma NCP 3155317290
37 Jaijaipur Mahant Ramsunder Das INC 43346Keshav Prasad Chandra BSP 339079439
38 Pamgarh (SC)Dujaram Bouddh BSP 39534Ambesh Jangde BJP 335795955
Mahasamund district
39 Saraipali (SC)Haridas Bharadwaj INC 64456Nira Chauhan BJP 4823416222
40 Basna Devendra Bahadur Singh INC 52145Premshankar Patel BJP 3623815907
41 Khallari Paresh Bagbahara INC 66074Preetam Singh Diwan BJP 4356922505
42 Mahasamund Agni Chandrakar INC 52667Motilal Sahu BJP 476235044
Raipur district
43 Bilaigarh (SC)Shiv Kumar Dahria INC 55863Sangam Jangade BJP 4224113622
44 Kasdol Rajkamal Singhania INC 77661Yogesh Chandrakar BJP 5045527206
45 Baloda Bazar Laxmi Baghel BJP 56788 Ganesh Shankar Bajpai INC 516065182
46 Bhatapara Chaitram Sahu INC 58242Shivratan Sharma BJP 520106232
47 Dharsiwa Devjibhai Patel BJP 51396Chhatrapal Sirmour INC 450576339
48 Raipur Rural Nand Kumar Sahu BJP 46535 Satyanarayan Sharma INC 435562979
49 Raipur City West Rajesh Munat BJP 51391Santosh Agrawal INC 3654614845
50 Raipur City North Kuldeep Juneja INC 46982Sachhidanand Upasane BJP 455461436
51 Raipur City South Brijmohan Agrawal BJP 65686Yogesh Tiwari INC 4074724939
52 Arang (SC)Guru Rudra Kumar INC 34655Sanjay Dhidhi BJP 333181337
53 Abhanpur Chandra Shekhar Sahu BJP 56249Dhanendra Sahu INC 547591490
54 Rajim Amitesh Shukla INC 55803Santosh Upadhyay BJP 518873916
55 Bindrawagarh (ST)Damrudhar Pujari BJP 67505Omkar Shah INC 5080116704
Dhamtari district
56 Sihawa (ST)Ambika Markam INC 56048Pinky Shivraj Shah BJP 4115214896
57 Kurud Lekhram Sahu INC 64299 Ajay Chandrakar BJP 580946205
58 Dhamtari Gurumukh Singh Hora INC 76746Vipin Kumar Sahu BJP 4973927007
Durg district
59 Sanjari-Balod Madanlal Sahu BJP 56620Mohan Patel INC 499846636
60 Dondi Lohara (ST)Neelima Singh Tekam BJP 41534Anita Kumeti INC 375473987
61 Gunderdehi Virendra Sahu BJP 64010Ghanaram Sahu INC 614252585
62 Patan Vijay Baghel BJP 59000 Bhupesh Baghel INC 511587842
63 Durg Gramin Pratima Chandrakar INC 49710Preetpal Belchandan BJP 481531557
64 Durg City Hemchand Yadav BJP 53803 Arun Vora INC 53101702
65 Bhilai Nagar Badruddin Quraishi INC 52848 Premprakash Pandey BJP 439858863
66 Vaishali Nagar Saroj Pandey BJP 63078Brij Mohan Singh INC 4181121267
67 Ahiwara (SC)Domanlal Korsewada BJP 57795Oni Kumar Mahilang INC 4514412651
68 Saja Ravindra Choubey INC 63775Labhchand Bafna BJP 587205055
69 Bemetara Tamradhwaj Sahu INC 57082Awadhesh Singh Chandel BJP 506096473
70 Navagarh (SC) Dayaldas Baghel BJP 53519Dheeru Prasad Ghritlahare INC 470126507
Kawardha district
71 Pandariya Mohammad Akbar INC 72397Lalji Chandravanshi BJP 705361861
72 Kawardha Siyaram Sahu BJP 78817 Yogeshwar Raj Singh INC 6840910408
Rajnandgaon district
73 Khairagarh Komal Janghel BJP 62437Motilal Janghel INC 4289319544
74 Dongargarh (SC)Ramji Bharti BJP 57315Dinesh Patila INC 499007415
75 Rajnandgaon Raman Singh BJP 77230 Uday Mudliyar INC 4484132389
76 Dongargaon Kheduram Sahu BJP 61344Geeta Devi Singh INC 519379407
77 Khujji Bholaram Sahu INC 57594Jamnuadevi Thakur BJP 4147516119
78 Mohla-Manpur (ST)Shivraj Singh Usare INC 43890Darbar Singh Manda BJP 374496441
Kanker district
79 Antagarh (ST) Vikram Usendi BJP 37255Manturam Pawar INC 37146109
80 Bhanupratappur (ST)Brahmanand Netam BJP 41384 Manoj Singh Mandavi Ind 2590515479
81 Kanker (ST)Sumitra Markole BJP 46793Preeti Netam INC 2929017503
Bastar district
82 Keshkal (ST)Sewakram Netam BJP 46006Dhannu Markam INC 373928614
83 Kondagaon (ST) Lata Usendi BJP 44691 Mohan Markam INC 419202771
84 Narayanpur (ST) Kedar Nath Kashyap BJP 48459Rajnuram Netam INC 2682421635
85 Bastar (ST)Subhau Kashyap BJP 39991Lakeshwar Baghel INC 387901201
86 Jagdalpur Santosh Bafna BJP 55003Rekchand Jain INC 3747917524
87 Chitrakot (ST)Baiduram Kashyap BJP 31642Pratibha Shah INC 224119231
Dantewada district
88 Dantewada (ST) Bhima Mandavi BJP 36813Manish Kunjam CPI 2480512008
89 Bijapur (ST)Mahesh Gagda BJP 20049 Rajendra Pambhoi INC 952810521
90 Konta (ST) Kawasi Lakhma INC 21630Padam Nanda BJP 21438192

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References

  1. ↑ "How Raman Singh retained Chhattisgarh". Rediff.com. PTI. 12 December 2008. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  2. ↑ "State Election, 2008 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  3. ↑ Abhinandan Mishra (19 December 2013). "9 Ministers Inducted into Chhattisgarh Cabinet". The New Indian Express . Retrieved 25 February 2022.
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