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All 70 to the Delhi Legislative Assembly 36 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 57.60% (4.18%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Map of Delhi showing results of the 2008 Vidhan Sabha election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Legislative Assembly elections were held in Delhi on 29 November 2008 to elect 70 members of the Delhi Legislative Assembly.The voter turnout for the election was 57.60% an increase by 4.18% than the previous election in 2003. The Indian National Congress won the election comfortably winning 43 of the 70 seats, while the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party managed to win 23 seats. Sheila Dikshit of the Indian National Congress was sworn in as the Chief Minister for the third consecutive time.
Party | Seats Contested | Seats won | Seats Changed | % Votes | |||||
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Indian National Congress | 70 | 43 | - 4 | 40.31 | |||||
Bharatiya Janata Party | 70 | 23 | + 3 | 36.34 | |||||
Bahujan Samaj Party | 70 | 2 | + 2 | 14.05 | |||||
Lok Janshakti Party | 41 | 1 | +1 | 1.35 | |||||
Independent | 1 | 3.92 | |||||||
Total | 70 | 95.97 | |||||||
District | Seats | INC | BJP | Others |
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North Delhi | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
Central Delhi | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
North West Delhi | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
West Delhi | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
New Delhi | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
South West Delhi | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
South East Delhi | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
South Delhi | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
East Delhi | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
Shahdara | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
North East Delhi | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Total | 70 | 43 | 23 | 4 |
Assembly Constituency | Turnout (%) | Winner | Runner Up | Margin | |||||||||
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# | Name | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ||||
North Delhi District | |||||||||||||
1 | Narela | 56.8 | Jaswant Singh | INC | 34,662 | 31.66 | Sharad Chauhan | BSP | 33,830 | 30.90 | 832 | ||
Central Delhi District | |||||||||||||
2 | Burari | 55.9 | Shri Krishan | BJP | 32,006 | 30.10 | Deepak Tyagi | INC | 27,016 | 25.40 | 4,990 | ||
3 | Timarpur | 59.3 | Surinder Pal Singh | INC | 39,997 | 44.14 | Surya Prakash Khatri | BJP | 37,584 | 41.48 | 2,413 | ||
North Delhi District | |||||||||||||
4 | Adarsh Nagar | 59.12 | Mangat Ram Singhal | INC | 36,445 | 44.84 | Ravinder Singh | BJP | 31,993 | 39.29 | 4,512 | ||
5 | Badli | 57.1 | Devender Yadav | INC | 39,215 | 39.86 | Ajesh Yadav | BSP | 25,611 | 26.03 | 13,604 | ||
North West Delhi District | |||||||||||||
6 | Rithala | 63.4 | Kulwant Rana | BJP | 64,474 | 55.86 | Shambhu Dayal Sharma | INC | 38,128 | 32.86 | 26,346 | ||
North Delhi District | |||||||||||||
7 | Bawana(SC) | 52.6 | Surender Kumar | INC | 60,544 | 48.33 | Chand Ram | BJP | 43,402 | 34.65 | 17,142 | ||
North West Delhi District | |||||||||||||
8 | Mundka | 55 | Manoj Kumar | BJP | 47,355 | 45.83 | Prem Chander Kaushik | INC | 32,458 | 31.41 | 14,897 | ||
9 | Kirari | 57.9 | Anil Jha Vats | BJP | 30,005 | 32.73 | Pushpraj | NCP | 20,481 | 22.34 | 9,524 | ||
10 | Sultanpur Majra(SC) | 61.9 | Jai Kishan | INC | 39,542 | 48.19 | Nand Ram Bagri | AAP | 20,867 | 25.73 | 18,675 | ||
West Delhi District | |||||||||||||
11 | Nangloi Jat | 55.1 | Bijender Singh | INC | 48,009 | 50.65 | Raj Singh | BJP | 30,449 | 32.12 | 17,650 | ||
North West Delhi District | |||||||||||||
12 | Mangol Puri(SC) | 64.7 | Raj Kumar Chauhan | INC | 50,448 | 54.41 | Yogesh Aatray | BJP | 20,585 | 22.20 | 29,863 | ||
North Delhi District | |||||||||||||
13 | Rohini | 58.7 | Jai Bhagwan Aggarwal | BJP | 56,793 | 62.56 | Vijender Jindal | INC | 30,019 | 33.66 | 26,774 | ||
North West Delhi District | |||||||||||||
14 | Shalimar Bagh | 58.59 | Ravinder Nath Bansal | BJP | 49,976 | 57.63 | Ram Kailash Gupta | INC | 30,044 | 34.35 | 19,932 | ||
North Delhi District | |||||||||||||
15 | Shakur Basti | 58.27 | Shyam Lal Garg | BJP | 40,444 | 50.20 | S.C.Vats | INC | 36,444 | 45.23 | 4,000 | ||
North West Delhi District | |||||||||||||
16 | Tri Nagar | 63.37 | Anil Bharadwaj | INC | 41,891 | 46.26 | Nand Kishore Garg | BJP | 39,222 | 44.09 | 1,969 | ||
North Delhi District | |||||||||||||
17 | Wazirpur | 56.69 | Hari Shanker Gupta | INC | 39,977 | 45.29 | Mange Ram Garg | BJP | 36,837 | 41.09 | 3,140 | ||
18 | Model Town | 58.53 | Kanwar Karan Singh | INC | 39,935 | 46.37 | Bhola Nath Vij | BJP | 36,936 | 43.86 | 2,997 | ||
Central Delhi District | |||||||||||||
19 | Sadar Bazar | 60.1 | Rajesh Jain | INC | 47,508 | 53.44 | Jai Parkash | BJP | 33,419 | 37.59 | 14,089 | ||
20 | Chandni Chowk | 57.2 | Parlad Singh Sawhney | INC | 28,207 | 45.61 | Praveen Khandelwal | BJP | 20,188 | 32.64 | 8,019 | ||
21 | Matia Mahal | 56.3 | Shoaib Iqbal | LJP | 25,474 | 39.56 | Mehmood Zia | INC | 17,870 | 27.75 | 7,807 | ||
22 | Ballimaran | 59.6 | Haroon Yusuf | INC | 34,660 | 42.08 | Moti Lal Sodhi | BJP | 28,423 | 34.51 | 6,237 | ||
23 | Karol Bagh(SC) | 59.71 | Surender Pal Ratawal | BJP | 38,746 | 45.71 | Madan Khorwal | INC | 35,338 | 41.69 | 3,408 | ||
New Delhi District | |||||||||||||
24 | Patel Nagar(SC) | 56.5 | Rajesh Lilothia | INC | 44,022 | 50.43 | Anita Arya | BJP | 34,516 | 39.54 | 9,506 | ||
West Delhi District | |||||||||||||
25 | Moti Nagar | 61.6 | Subhash Sachdeva | BJP | 46,616 | 54.49 | Anjali Rai | INC | 31,619 | 36.96 | 14,997 | ||
26 | Madipur(SC) | 58.4 | Mala Ram Gangwal | INC | 40,698 | 48.75 | Kailash Sankla | BJP | 32,166 | 38.53 | 8,532 | ||
27 | Rajouri Garden | 62 | Dyanand Chandila | INC | 31,130 | 37.58 | Avtar Singh Hit | SAD(A) | 31,084 | 37.53 | 54 | ||
28 | Hari Nagar | 57.2 | Harsharan Singh Balli | BJP | 51,364 | 62.67 | Ramesh Lamba | INC | 22,606 | 27.58 | 28,758 | ||
29 | Tilak Nagar | 53.5 | O P Babbar | BJP | 38,320 | 52.33 | Anita Babbar | INC | 26,202 | 35.78 | 12,118 | ||
30 | Janakpuri | 61.2 | Jagdish Mukhi | BJP | 50,655 | 57.15 | Deepak Arora | INC | 33,203 | 37.46 | 17,458 | ||
South West Delhi District | |||||||||||||
31 | Vikaspuri | 55.6 | Nand Kishore | INC | 47,819 | 34.96 | Krishan Gahlot | BJP | 46,876 | 34.27 | 943 | ||
32 | Uttam Nagar | 62.4 | Mukesh Sharma | INC | 46,765 | 46.03 | Pawan Sharma | BJP | 39,582 | 38.96 | 7,183 | ||
33 | Dwarka | 62.4 | Mahabal Mishra | INC | 43,608 | 52.33 | Pradyuman Rajput | BJP | 29,627 | 35.56 | 13,981 | ||
34 | Matiala | 58.5 | Sumesh | INC | 52,411 | 40.14 | Kamal Jeet | BJP | 45,782 | 35.06 | 6,629 | ||
35 | Najafgarh | 59.1 | Bharat Singh | IND | 34,028 | 33.25 | Kanwal Singh Yadav | INC | 22,575 | 22.06 | 11,453 | ||
36 | Bijwasan | 59.1 | Sat Prakash Rana | BJP | 27,427 | 41.33 | Vijay Singh Lochav | AAP | 25,422 | 38.31 | 2,005 | ||
37 | Palam | 58.8 | Dharam Dev Solanki | BJP | 40,712 | 44.12 | Mahender Yadav | INC | 28,119 | 30.47 | 12,593 | ||
New Delhi District | |||||||||||||
38 | Delhi Cantonment | 56.6 | Karan Singh Tanwar | BJP | 23,696 | 55.58 | Ashok Ahuja | INC | 16,435 | 38.55 | 7,261 | ||
39 | Rajinder Nagar | 52.2 | Rama Kant Goswami | INC | 29,394 | 40.78 | Asha Yogi | BJP | 23,988 | 33.28 | 5,406 | ||
40 | New Delhi | 56.22 | Sheila Dikshit | INC | 39,778 | 52.20 | Vijay Jolly | BJP | 25,796 | 39.85 | 13,982 | ||
South East Delhi District | |||||||||||||
41 | Jangpura | 59.6 | Tarvinder Singh Marwah | INC | 37,261 | 57 | Manjinder Singh Sirsa | BJP | 23,310 | 35.96 | 13,956 | ||
42 | Kasturba Nagar | 53.2 | Neeraj Basoya | INC | 33,807 | 44.40 | Sushil Choudhary | BJP | 31,323 | 41.13 | 2,484 | ||
South Delhi District | |||||||||||||
43 | Malviya Nagar | 55.9 | Kiran Walia | INC | 31,823 | 39.43 | Ram Bhaj | BJP | 27,553 | 29.93 | 3,730 | ||
New Delhi District | |||||||||||||
44 | R K Puram | 52.7 | Barkha Singh | INC | 35,878 | 53.50 | Radhey Shyam Sharma | BJP | 26,561 | 39.60 | 9,317 | ||
South Delhi District | |||||||||||||
45 | Mehrauli | 45.9 | Yoganand Shastri | INC | 21,740 | 32.83 | Sher Singh Dagar | BJP | 20,632 | 31.15 | 1,108 | ||
46 | Chhatarpur | 56 | Balram Tanwar | INC | 32,406 | 37.22 | Brahm Singh Tanwar | BJP | 27,476 | 31.52 | 5,030 | ||
47 | Deoli(SC) | 56.4 | Arvinder Singh Lovely | INC | 41,497 | 43.41 | Shri Lal | BSP | 24,869 | 26.02 | 16,628 | ||
48 | Ambedkar Nagar(SC) | 57.4 | Ch Prem Singh | INC | 30,467 | 43.19 | Suresh Chand | BJP | 26,630 | 36.34 | 4,837 | ||
South East Delhi District | |||||||||||||
49 | Sangam Vihar | 51.4 | Dr Shiv Charan Lal Gupta | BJP | 20,332 | 27.37 | Amod Kumar Kanth | INC | 16,743 | 22.54 | 3,589 | ||
New Delhi District | |||||||||||||
50 | Greater Kailash | 54.4 | Vijay Kumar Malhotra | BJP | 42,206 | 52.94 | Jitender Kumar Kocher | INC | 30,987 | 38.87 | 11,219 | ||
South East Delhi District | |||||||||||||
51 | Kalkaji | 51.3 | Subhash Chopra | INC | 38,360 | 51.91 | Jai Gopal Abrol | BJP | 24,971 | 33.79 | 13,389 | ||
52 | Tughlakabad | 55.5 | Ramesh Bidhuri | BJP | 32,633 | 40.99 | Sahi Ram | BSP | 24,399 | 30.65 | 8,234 | ||
53 | Badarpur | 56.6 | Ram Singh Netaji | BSP | 53,416 | 47.30 | Ramvir Singh Bidhuri | INC | 40,111 | 35.52 | 13,205 | ||
54 | Okhla | 49 | Parvez Hashmi | INC | 29,303 | 28.53 | Asif Muhammad Khan | RJD | 28,762 | 28 | 541 | ||
East Delhi District | |||||||||||||
55 | Trilokpuri(SC) | 59.9 | Sunil Kumar | BJP | 30,781 | 37.28 | Sunil Kumar | INC | 30,147 | 36.51 | 634 | ||
56 | Kondli(SC) | 59.6 | Amrish Singh Gautam | INC | 36,580 | 45.26 | Dushyant Kumar Gautam | BJP | 21,594 | 26.72 | 14,986 | ||
57 | Patparganj | 54.5 | Anil Chaudhary | INC | 36,984 | 42.40 | Nakul Bharadwaj | BJP | 36,336 | 41.64 | 663 | ||
58 | Laxmi Nagar | 56.5 | Dr. Ashok Kumar Walia | INC | 54,352 | 59.58 | Murari Singh Panwar | INC | 31,855 | 34.99 | 22,397 | ||
Shahdara District | |||||||||||||
59 | Vishwas Nagar | 58.9 | Naseeb Singh | INC | 48,805 | 51.09 | Om Prakash Sharma | BJP | 39,176 | 41.01 | 9,629 | ||
East Delhi District | |||||||||||||
60 | Krishna Nagar | 61.6 | Harsh Vardhan | BJP | 47,852 | 45.50 | Deepika Khullar | INC | 44,648 | 42.45 | 3,204 | ||
61 | Gandhi Nagar | 63.5 | Arvinder Singh Lovely | INC | 59,795 | 64.25 | Kamal Kumar Jain | BJP | 27,870 | 29.94 | 31,923 | ||
Shahdara District | |||||||||||||
62 | Shahdara | 57.1 | Dr Narender Nath | INC | 39,194 | 44.89 | Jitender Singh Shunty | BJP | 37,658 | 43.13 | 1,536 | ||
63 | Seemapuri(SC) | 62.3 | Veer Singh Dhingan | INC | 43,864 | 49.13 | Chandra Pal Singh | BJP | 24,604 | 27.56 | 19,261 | ||
64 | Rohtas Nagar | 61.1 | Ram Babu Sharma | INC | 45,802 | 46.42 | Alok Kumar | BJP | 32,559 | 32.99 | 13,243 | ||
North East Delhi District | |||||||||||||
65 | Seelampur | 58 | Chaudhary Mateen Ahmed | INC | 47,820 | 54.65 | Sita Ram Gupta | BJP | 21,546 | 24.62 | 26,574 | ||
66 | Ghonda | 57.5 | Sahab Singh Chauhan | BJP | 35,226 | 38.46 | Bheeshma Sharma | INC | 34,646 | 37.82 | 580 | ||
Shahdara District | |||||||||||||
67 | Babarpur | 59.7 | Naresh Gaur | BJP | 31,954 | 35.1 | Hazi Dilashad Ali | BSP | 28,128 | 30.9 | 3,826 | ||
North East Delhi District | |||||||||||||
68 | Gokalpur(SC) | 61.6 | Surendra Kumar | BSP | 27,499 | 28.89 | Balzor Singh | INC | 24,442 | 25.68 | 3,057 | ||
69 | Mustafabad | 58 | Hasan Ahmed | INC | 39,838 | 40.70 | Yogender Kumar Sharma | BJP | 38,859 | 39.69 | 979 | ||
70 | Karawal Nagar | 53.2 | Mohan Singh Bisht | BJP | 43,980 | 42.80 | Satan Pal Dayma | IND | 22,852 | 22.24 | 21,128 |
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