Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election 2008

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All 230 assembly constituencies 116 seats needed for a majority
Registered	36,266,969
Turnout	69.63% 2.38%
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan Suresh Pachouri Mayawati Party BJP INC BSP Leader's seat Budhni Did not contest Did not contest Last election 173 38 2 Seats won 143 71 7 Seat change 30 33 5 Popular vote 94,93,641 81,70,318 22,62,119 Percentage 37.64% 32.39% 9% Swing 4.86% 0.78% 1.71%
Chief Minister before election Shivraj Singh Chouhan BJP Elected Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan BJP

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

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

Source: ECI^[6]

#	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

Elected Members