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2008 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election

Legislative Assembly election in Chhattisgarh, India

Legislative Assembly election in Chhattisgarh, India

FieldValue
election_name2008 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election
countryIndia
typeParliamentary
previous_election2003 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election
previous_year2003
next_election2013 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election
next_year2013
seats_for_electionAll 90 seats to the Legislative Assembly
majority_seats46
election_date14 to 20 November 2008
ongoingNo
turnout70.66% ( 0.64%)
party1Bharatiya Janata Party
image1
leader1Raman Singh
leader_since12003
leaders_seat1Rajnandgaon
last_election150
seats150
seat_change1
percentage140.33%
swing11.07%
party2Indian National Congress
image2
leader2Ajit Jogi
leader_since21999
leaders_seat2Marwahi
last_election237
seats238
seat_change21
percentage238.63%
swing21.92%
party3Bahujan Samaj Party
image3
leader3Mayawati
leader_since32003
last_election32
percentage36.11%
seat_change3
seats32
swing31.66%
map_image2008 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Election Results Map.svg
map_size300px
map_captionSeatwise map of the election results
map2_imageIndia Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly 2008.svg
map2_captionStructure of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly after the election
map2_size300px
titleCM
before_electionRaman Singh
before_partyBharatiya Janata Party
after_electionRaman Singh
after_partyBharatiya Janata Party

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.

Results

Party-wise

Region-wise

DivisionSeatsBJPINCBSPTotal9050373
Bharatiya Janata Party}}"Indian National Congress}}"Bahujan Samaj Party}}"
Surguja1495-
Central Chhattisgarh6430322
Bastar12111-

District-wise

DistrictSeatsBJPINCBSPTotal9050382
Bharatiya Janata Party}}"Indian National Congress}}"Bahujan Samaj Party}}"
Koriya33--
Surguja844-
Jashpur321-
Raigarh514-
Korba413-
Bilaspur963-
Janjgir-Champa6222
Mahasamund4-4-
Raipur1376-
Dhamtari3-3-
Durg1284-
Kawardha211-
Rajnandgaon642-
Kanker33--
Bastar66--
Dantewada321-

Constituency-wise Result

ConstituencyWinnerRunner UpMargin#NameCandidatePartyVotesCandidatePartyVotesKoriya districtSurguja districtJashpur districtRaigarh districtKorba districtBilaspur districtJanjgir–Champa districtMahasamund districtRaipur districtDhamtari districtDurg districtKawardha districtRajnandgaon districtKanker districtBastar districtDantewada district
1Bharatpur-Sonhat (ST)Phoolchand SinghBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP35443Gulab SinghIndian National Congress}}"INC281457298
2ManendragarhDeepak Kumar PatelBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP30912RamanujNationalist Congress Party}}"NCP1663014282
3BaikunthpurBhaiyalal RajwadeBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP36215Bedanti TiwariIndian National Congress}}"INC306795536
4PremnagarRenuka SinghBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP56652Naresh Kumar RajwadeIndian National Congress}}"INC4054316109
5BhatgaonRavi Shankar TripathiBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP35943Shyamlal JaiswalIndian National Congress}}"INC1851017433
6Pratappur (ST)Prem Sai Singh TekamIndian National Congress}}"INC54108Ram Sewak PaikraBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP498634245
7Ramanujganj (ST)Ramvichar NetamBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP54562Brihaspat SinghIndian National Congress}}"INC503524210
8Samri (ST)Siddha Nath PaikraBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP31878Chintamani MaharajIndependent}}"Ind1947430498
9Lundra (ST)Ramdev RamIndian National Congress}}"INC51558Kamalbhan Singh MarabiBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP433848174
10AmbikapurT. S. Singh DeoIndian National Congress}}"INC56043Anurag Singh DeoBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP55063980
11Sitapur (ST)Amarjeet BhagatIndian National Congress}}"INC36281Ganesh Ram BhagatBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP345441737
12Jashpur (ST)Jageshwar Ram BhagatBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP64553Vinay BhagatIndian National Congress}}"INC4878315770
13Kunkuri (ST)Bharat SaiBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP57113Uttamdan MinjIndian National Congress}}"INC475219592
14Pathalgaon (ST)Rampukar Singh ThakurIndian National Congress}}"INC64543Vishnudeo SaiBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP546279916
15Lailunga (ST)Hriday Ram RathiyaIndian National Congress}}"INC62107Satyanand RathiaBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP4802614081
16RaigarhShakrajeet NayakIndian National Congress}}"INC72054Vijay AgrawalBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP5911012944
17Sarangarh (SC)Padma MahnarIndian National Congress}}"INC61659Shamsher SinghBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP5081410845
18KharsiaNand Kumar PatelIndian National Congress}}"INC81497Laxmi Devi PatelBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP4806933428
19Dharamjaigarh (ST)Om Prakash RathiaBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP52435Chanesh Ram RathiyaIndian National Congress}}"INC490683367
20Rampur (ST)Nanki Ram KanwarBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP58415Pyarelal KanwarIndian National Congress}}"INC500948321
21KorbaJai Singh AgrawalIndian National Congress}}"INC48277Banwari Lal AgrawalBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP47690587
22KatghoraBodhram KanwarIndian National Congress}}"INC79049Jyotinand DubeyBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP319636966
23Pali-Tanakhar (ST)Ram Dayal UikeIndian National Congress}}"INC56676Hira Singh MarkamGondwana Ganatantra Party}}"GGP2723329443
24Marwahi (ST)Ajit JogiIndian National Congress}}"INC67523Dhyan Singh PorteBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP2543142092
25KotaRenu JogiIndian National Congress}}"INC55317Moolchand KhandelwalBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP455069811
26LormiDharmjeet Singh ThakurIndian National Congress}}"INC48569Jawahar SahuBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP435804989
27Mungeli (SC)Punnulal MohleBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP52074Churawan MangeshkarIndian National Congress}}"INC4174910325
28TakhatpurRaju SinghBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP43431Balram SinghIndian National Congress}}"INC378385593
29BilhaDharamlal KaushikBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP62517Siyaram KaushikIndian National Congress}}"INC564476070
30BilaspurAmar AgrawalBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP60784Anil Kumar TahIndian National Congress}}"INC514089376
31BeltaraBadridhar DiwanBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP38867Bhuvneshwar YadavIndian National Congress}}"INC338914976
32Masturi (SC)Krishnamurti BandhiBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP54002Madan Singh DhariaIndian National Congress}}"INC447949208
33AkaltaraSaurabh SinghBahujan Samaj Party}}"BSP37393Chunnilal SahuIndian National Congress}}"INC345052888
34Janjgir-ChampaNarayan ChandelBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP42006Motilal DewanganIndian National Congress}}"INC408161190
35SaktiSaroja Manharan RathoreIndian National Congress}}"INC47368Megharam SahuBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP379769392
36ChandrapurYudhvir Singh JudevBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP48843Nobel Kumar VermaNationalist Congress Party}}"NCP3155317290
37JaijaipurMahant Ramsunder DasIndian National Congress}}"INC43346Keshav Prasad ChandraBahujan Samaj Party}}"BSP339079439
38Pamgarh (SC)Dujaram BouddhBahujan Samaj Party}}"BSP39534Ambesh JangdeBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP335795955
39Saraipali (SC)Haridas BharadwajIndian National Congress}}"INC64456Nira ChauhanBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP4823416222
40BasnaDevendra Bahadur SinghIndian National Congress}}"INC52145Premshankar PatelBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP3623815907
41KhallariParesh BagbaharaIndian National Congress}}"INC66074Preetam Singh DiwanBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP4356922505
42MahasamundAgni ChandrakarIndian National Congress}}"INC52667Motilal SahuBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP476235044
43Bilaigarh (SC)Shiv Kumar DahriaIndian National Congress}}"INC55863Sangam JangadeBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP4224113622
44KasdolRajkamal SinghaniaIndian National Congress}}"INC77661Yogesh ChandrakarBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP5045527206
45Baloda BazarLaxmi BaghelBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP56788Ganesh Shankar BajpaiIndian National Congress}}"INC516065182
46BhataparaChaitram SahuIndian National Congress}}"INC58242Shivratan SharmaBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP520106232
47DharsiwaDevjibhai PatelBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP51396Chhatrapal SirmourIndian National Congress}}"INC450576339
48Raipur RuralNand Kumar SahuBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP46535Satyanarayan SharmaIndian National Congress}}"INC435562979
49Raipur City WestRajesh MunatBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP51391Santosh AgrawalIndian National Congress}}"INC3654614845
50Raipur City NorthKuldeep JunejaIndian National Congress}}"INC46982Sachhidanand UpasaneBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP455461436
51Raipur City SouthBrijmohan AgrawalBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP65686Yogesh TiwariIndian National Congress}}"INC4074724939
52Arang (SC)Guru Rudra KumarIndian National Congress}}"INC34655Sanjay DhidhiBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP333181337
53AbhanpurChandra Shekhar SahuBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP56249Dhanendra SahuIndian National Congress}}"INC547591490
54RajimAmitesh ShuklaIndian National Congress}}"INC55803Santosh UpadhyayBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP518873916
55Bindrawagarh (ST)Damrudhar PujariBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP67505Omkar ShahIndian National Congress}}"INC5080116704
56Sihawa (ST)Ambika MarkamIndian National Congress}}"INC56048Pinky Shivraj ShahBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP4115214896
57KurudLekhram SahuIndian National Congress}}"INC64299Ajay ChandrakarBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP580946205
58DhamtariGurumukh Singh HoraIndian National Congress}}"INC76746Vipin Kumar SahuBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP4973927007
59Sanjari-BalodMadanlal SahuBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP56620Mohan PatelIndian National Congress}}"INC499846636
60Dondi Lohara (ST)Neelima Singh TekamBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP41534Anita KumetiIndian National Congress}}"INC375473987
61GunderdehiVirendra SahuBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP64010Ghanaram SahuIndian National Congress}}"INC614252585
62PatanVijay BaghelBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP59000Bhupesh BaghelIndian National Congress}}"INC511587842
63Durg GraminPratima ChandrakarIndian National Congress}}"INC49710Preetpal BelchandanBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP481531557
64Durg CityHemchand YadavBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP53803Arun VoraIndian National Congress}}"INC53101702
65Bhilai NagarBadruddin QuraishiIndian National Congress}}"INC52848Premprakash PandeyBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP439858863
66Vaishali NagarSaroj PandeyBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP63078Brij Mohan SinghIndian National Congress}}"INC4181121267
67Ahiwara (SC)Domanlal KorsewadaBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP57795Oni Kumar MahilangIndian National Congress}}"INC4514412651
68SajaRavindra ChoubeyIndian National Congress}}"INC63775Labhchand BafnaBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP587205055
69BemetaraTamradhwaj SahuIndian National Congress}}"INC57082Awadhesh Singh ChandelBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP506096473
70Navagarh (SC)Dayaldas BaghelBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP53519Dheeru Prasad GhritlahareIndian National Congress}}"INC470126507
71PandariyaMohammad AkbarIndian National Congress}}"INC72397Lalji ChandravanshiBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP705361861
72KawardhaSiyaram SahuBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP78817Yogeshwar Raj SinghIndian National Congress}}"INC6840910408
73KhairagarhKomal JanghelBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP62437Motilal JanghelIndian National Congress}}"INC4289319544
74Dongargarh (SC)Ramji BhartiBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP57315Dinesh PatilaIndian National Congress}}"INC499007415
75RajnandgaonRaman SinghBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP77230Uday MudliyarIndian National Congress}}"INC4484132389
76DongargaonKheduram SahuBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP61344Geeta Devi SinghIndian National Congress}}"INC519379407
77KhujjiBholaram SahuIndian National Congress}}"INC57594Jamnuadevi ThakurBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP4147516119
78Mohla-Manpur (ST)Shivraj Singh UsareIndian National Congress}}"INC43890Darbar Singh MandaBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP374496441
79Antagarh (ST)Vikram UsendiBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP37255Manturam PawarIndian National Congress}}"INC37146109
80Bhanupratappur (ST)Brahmanand NetamBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP41384Manoj Singh MandaviIndependent}}"Ind2590515479
81Kanker (ST)Sumitra MarkoleBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP46793Preeti NetamIndian National Congress}}"INC2929017503
82Keshkal (ST)Sewakram NetamBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP46006Dhannu MarkamIndian National Congress}}"INC373928614
83Kondagaon (ST)Lata UsendiBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP44691Mohan MarkamIndian National Congress}}"INC419202771
84Narayanpur (ST)Kedar Nath KashyapBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP48459Rajnuram NetamIndian National Congress}}"INC2682421635
85Bastar (ST)Subhau KashyapBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP39991Lakeshwar BaghelIndian National Congress}}"INC387901201
86JagdalpurSantosh BafnaBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP55003Rekchand JainIndian National Congress}}"INC3747917524
87Chitrakot (ST)Baiduram KashyapBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP31642Pratibha ShahIndian National Congress}}"INC224119231
88Dantewada (ST)Bhima MandaviBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP36813Manish KunjamCommunist Party of India}}"CPI2480512008
89Bijapur (ST)Mahesh GagdaBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP20049Rajendra PambhoiIndian National Congress}}"INC952810521
90Konta (ST)Kawasi LakhmaIndian National Congress}}"INC21630Padam NandaBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP21438192

References

References

  1. (12 December 2008). "How Raman Singh retained Chhattisgarh".
  2. "State Election, 2008 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh". [[Election Commission of India]].
  3. Abhinandan Mishra. (19 December 2013). "9 Ministers Inducted into Chhattisgarh Cabinet". [[The New Indian Express]].
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