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2008 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the Nagaland Legislative Assembly were held in March 2008 to elect members of the 60 constituencies in Nagaland, India. The Indian National Congress won the most votes, while the Nagaland Peoples Front won the most seats and Neiphiu Rio was appointed as the Chief Minister of Nagaland. The number of constituencies was set as 60 by the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission of India.

Voters queuing up in Jotsoma village (Western Angami Constituency) to cast their votes for the election.

Flag	Seats contested
Indian National Congress	Viswesül Pusa	60
Naga People's Front	Neiphiu Rio	56
Rashtriya Janata Dal	Lalu Prasad Yadav	25
Bharatiya Janata Party	Rajnath Singh	23
Nationalist Congress Party	P. A. Sangma	8
Janata Dal (Secular)	H. D. Deve Gowda	4
Janata Dal (United)	Nitish Kumar	3
Lok Jan Shakti Party	Ram Vilas Paswan	3
United Naga Democratic Party		2
Adarsh Political Party		1


	Indian National Congress	411,100	35.16	23	2
	Nagaland Peoples Front	380,964	32.58	26	7
	Bharatiya Janata Party	96,658	8.27	2	5
	Rashtriya Janata Dal	74,298	6.35	0	New
	Nationalist Congress Party	45,397	3.88	2	2
	Janata Dal (Secular)	3,671	0.31	0	New
	Janata Dal (United)	3,243	0.28	0	3
	Lok Jan Shakti Party	2,960	0.25	0	New
	United Naga Democratic Party	2,583	0.22	0	New
	Adarsh Political Party	81	0.01	0	New
	Independents	148,297	12.68	7	3
Total	1,169,252	100.00	60	0

1,169,252	99.84
1,896	0.16
1,171,148	100.00
1,302,266	89.93
Source: ECI

List of constituencies of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly
2008 elections in India

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