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2008 Delhi state assembly elections
← 2003 29 November 2008 2013 →
All 70 to the Delhi Legislative Assembly
36 seats needed for a majority
Turnout57.60% (Increase4.18%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Sheila Dikshit Vijay Kumar Malhotra Mayawati
Party INC BJP BSP
Leader's seat New Delhi Greater Kailash Not Contested
Seats before 47 20 0
Seats won 43 23 2
Seat change Decrease 4 Increase 3 Increase 2
Popular vote 2,489,816 2,244,629 867,672
Percentage 40.31% 36.34% 14.05%
Swing Decrease 7.82% Increase 1.12% Increase 8.28%
Chief Minister before election

Sheila Dikshit
INC

Elected Chief Minister

Sheila Dikshit
INC

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

Results

Party Seats
Contested 		Seats
won 		Seats
Changed 		% Votes
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

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Results by districts

District Seats INC BJP Others
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

Results by constituency

  Indian National Congress
  Bharatiya Janta Party
  Bahujan Samaj Party
  Lok Jan Shakti Party
  Rashtriya Janata Dal
  Independent
Assembly Constituency Turnout
(%) 		Winner Runner Up Margin
# 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

See also

References

  1. ^ "Seat sharing in Delhi Assembly Elections 2008". Riafy. 27 November 2013. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013.

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