Delhi Legislative Assembly election, 2008

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Delhi state assembly elections, 2008

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  2003 29 October 2008 2013  

All 70 to the Delhi Legislative Assembly
36 seats needed for a majority

  First party Second party
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Leader Sheila Dikshit Vijay Kumar Malhotra
Party INC BJP
Leader's seat New Delhi Greater Kailash
Seats before 47 20
Seats won 43 23
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 4Increase2.svg 3
Percentage 40.31% 36.34%

Chief Minister before election

Sheila Dikshit
INC

Elected Chief Minister

Sheila Dikshit
INC

The Delhi state assembly elections 2008, which were held on 29 October 2008 for Legislative Assembly of Delhi, led to the formation of Sheila Dikshit's government of Indian National Congress.

Sheila Dikshit Chief Minister of Delhi

Sheila Dikshit is an Indian politician who was the longest serving Chief Minister of Delhi, serving for a period of 15 years from 1998 to 2013. Dikshit led Congress party to three consecutive electoral victories in Delhi. In the December 2013 elections to the Delhi Legislative Assembly, Dikshit was defeated in New Delhi constituency by Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal, who replaced her as Delhi's chief minister.

Indian National Congress Major political party in India

The Indian National Congress(pronunciation ) is a broadly based political party in India. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Empire in Asia and Africa. From the late 19th century, and especially after 1920, under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, Congress became the principal leader of the Indian independence movement. Congress led India to independence from Great Britain, and powerfully influenced other anti-colonial nationalist movements in the British Empire.

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Results

SN Party Seats
Contested
Seats
won
Seats
Changed
% Votes
1 Indian National Congress 70 43 - 4 40.31
2 Bharatiya Janata Party 70 23 + 3 36.34
3 Bahujan Samaj Party 70 2 + 2 14.05
1 Lok Janshakti Party 41 1 +1 1.35
1 Independent 1 3.92
Total 70 95.97

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Elected MLAs

Indian National Congress
Bharatiya Janta Party
Bahujan Samaj Party
Lok Jan Shakti Party
Rashtriya Janata Dal
Independent 2008 Delhi assembly election map.svg
  Indian National Congress
  Bharatiya Janta Party
  Bahujan Samaj Party
  Lok Jan Shakti Party
  Rashtriya Janata Dal
  Independent
Assembly No. Assembly Name Winning Candidate Party No. of votes
1 Narela Jaswant Singh Indian National Congress 34662
2 Burari Shri Krishan Bharatiya Janta Party 32006
3 Timarpur Surendar Pal Singh Indian National Congress 39997
4 Adarsh Nagar Mangat Ram Singhal Indian National Congress 36445
5 Badli Devendar Yadav Indian National Congress 39215
6 Rithala Kulwant Rana Bharatiya Janta Party 64474
7 Bawana (SC) Surendar Kumar Indian National Congress 60544
8 Mundka Manoj Kumar Bharatiya Janta Party 47355
9 Kirari Anil Jha Bharatiya Janta Party 30005
10 Sultan Pur Majura (SC) Gaurav Srivastava Indian National Congress 39542
11 Nangloi Jat Bijender Singh Indian National Congress 48009
12 Mangol Puri (SC) Raj Kumar Chauhan Indian National Congress 50448
13 Rohini Jai Bhagwan Aggarwal Bharatiya Janta Party 55793
14 Shalimar Bagh Ravinder Nath Bansal Bharatiya Janta Party 49976
15 Shakur Basti Shyam Lal Garg Bharatiya Janta Party 40444
16 Tri Nagar Anil Bhardwaj Indian National Congress 41891
17 Wazirpur Hari Shankar Gupta Indian National Congress 39977
18 Model Town Kanwar Karan Singh Indian National Congress 39935
19 Sadar Bazar Rajesh Jain Indian National Congress 47508
20 Chandni Chowk Parlad Singh Sawhney Indian National Congress 28208
21 Matia Mahal Shoaib Iqbal Lok Jan Shakti Party 25474
22 Ballimaran Haroon Yusuf Indian National Congress 34660
23 Karol Bagh (SC) Surendar Pal Ratawal Bharatiya Janta Party 38746
24 Patel Nagar (SC) Rajesh Lilothiya Indian National Congress 44022
25 Moti Nagar Subash Sachdeva Bharatiya Janta Party 46616
26 Madipur (SC) Mala Ram Gangwal Indian National Congress 40698
27 Rajouri Garden Daya Nand Chandela Indian National Congress 31130
28 Hari Nagar Har Sharan Singh Balli Bharatiya Janta Party 51364
29 Tilak Nagar O P Babbar Bharatiya Janta Party 38320
30 Janakpuri Prof. Jagdish Mukhi Bharatiya Janta Party 50655
31 Vikaspuri Nand Kishore Indian National Congress 47819
32 Uttam Nagar Mukesh Sharma Indian National Congress 46765
33 Dwarka Parduymn Rajput Bharatiya Janta Party 43608
34 Matiala Sumesh Indian National Congress 52411
35 Najafgarh Pehelwan Bharat Singh Independent 34028
36 Bijawasan Sat Prakash Rana Bharatiya Janta Party 27427
37 Palam Dharam Dev Solanki Bharatiya Janta Party 40712
38 Delhi Cantt Karan Singh Tanwar Bharatiya Janta Party 23696
39 Rajinder Nagar Ramakant Goswami Indian National Congress 29394
40 New Delhi Sheila Dikshit Indian National Congress 39778
41 Jangpura Tarvinder Singh Marwah Indian National Congress
42 Kasturba Nagar Neeraj Basoya Indian National Congress 33807
43 Malviya Nagar Kiran Walia Indian National Congress 31283
44 R K Puram Barkha Singh Indian National Congress 35878
45 Mehrauli Dr.Yoganand Shastri Indian National Congress 21740
46 Chattarpur Balram Tanwar Indian National Congress 32406
47 Deoli (SC) Arvinder Singh Indian National Congress 41497
48 Ambedkar Nagar (SC) Chaudhary Prem Singh Indian National Congress 30467
49 Sangam Vihar Mr. Surjan Singh Gusain Bharatiya Janta Party 20332
50 Greater Kailash Vijay Kumar Malhotra Bharatiya Janta Party 42206
51 Kalkaji Subash Chopra Indian National Congress 38360
52 Tughlakabad Ramesh Bidhuri Bharatiya Janta Party 32633
53 Badarpur Ram Singh Netaji Bahujan Samaj Party 53416
54 Okhla Asif Mohd. Khan Rashtriya Janata Dal 29303
55 Trilokpuri (SC) Sunil Kumar Bharatiya Janta Party 30781
56 Kondli (SC) Amrish Singh Gautam Indian National Congress 36580
57 Pratapganj Anil Kumar Indian National Congress 36999
58 Laxmi Nagar Dr. Ashok Kumar Walia Indian National Congress 54252
59 Vishwas Nagar Naseeb Singh Indian National Congress 48805
60 Krishna Nagar Dr. Harsh Vardhan Bharatiya Janta Party 47852
61 Gandhi Nagar Arvinder Singh Lovely Indian National Congress 59795
62 Shahdara Dr. Narendra Nath Indian National Congress 39194
63 Seemapuri (SC) Ver Singh Dhinga Indian National Congress 43864
64 Rohtas Nagar Ram Babu Sharma Indian National Congress 45802
65 Seelampur Chaudhary Mateen Ahmed Indian National Congress 47820
66 Ghonda Shahb Singh Chauhan Bharatiya Janta Party 35226
67 Badarpur Naresh Gaur Bharatiya Janta Party 31954
68 Gokalpur (SC) Surendra Kumar Bahujan Samaj Party 27499
69 Mustafabad Hasan Ahmed Indian National Congress 39838
70 Karawal Nagar Mohan Singh Bisht Bharatiya Janta Party 43980

See also

First Legislative Assembly of Delhi

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Second Legislative Assembly of Delhi

The Second Legislative Assembly of Delhi was constituted in 1998 after Delhi Legislative Assembly election on 25 November 1998.

Third Legislative Assembly of Delhi

The Third Legislative Assembly of Delhi was constituted in 2003 after Delhi Legislative Assembly election held on 1 December 2003.

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References

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