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{{Infobox Indian elections
| year = 2008
| type = 

| election_name     = Elections in India 
| country           = India 
| previous_election = 2007 elections in India 
| previous_year     = 2007
| election_date     = 2008
| next_election     = 2009 elections in India 
| next_year         = 2009
}}
{{Politics of India}}
Multiple '''State Assemblies of India''' went to [[elections in India|elections]] in 2008.

==Legislative Assembly elections==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Polling Date(s)
! State
! colspan="2" |Government before
! Chief Minister before
! colspan="2" |Government after
! Elected Chief Minister
! Maps
|- style="text-align:center;"
|23 February 2008
|[[2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|Tripura]]
| {{Party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
| align="left"|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|[[Manik Sarkar]]
| {{Party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
| align="left"|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|[[Manik Sarkar]]
|[[File:IN-TR.svg|50px]]
|- style="text-align:center;
|3 March 2008
|[[2008 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election|Meghalaya]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[D. D. Lapang]]
| {{Party color cell|Meghalaya Democratic Alliance}}
| align="left"|[[Meghalaya Progressive Alliance]]
|[[Donkupar Roy]]
|[[File:IN-ML.svg|50px]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
|5 March 2008
|[[2008 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election|Nagaland]]
| {{Party color cell|Naga People's Front}}
| align="left"|[[Democratic Alliance of Nagaland]]
|[[Neiphiu Rio]]
| {{Party color cell|Naga People's Front}}
| align="left"|[[Democratic Alliance of Nagaland]]
|[[Neiphiu Rio]]
|[[File:IN-NL.svg|50px]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
|10 May 2008,16 May 2008 and 22 May 2008
|[[2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|Karnataka]]
| bgcolor="#000000" |
| colspan="2" align="center" |[[President's rule|President's Rule]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|[[B. S. Yediyurappa]]
| [[File:IN-KA.svg|50px]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
|  14 and 20 November 2008
| [[2008 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election|Chhattisgarh]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Raman Singh]] 
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Raman Singh]]
| [[File:IN-CT.svg|50px]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 27 November 2008
| [[2008 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|Madhya Pradesh]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Shivraj Singh Chouhan]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Shivraj Singh Chouhan]]
| [[File:IN-MP.svg|50px]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
|  29 November 2008
| [[2008 Delhi Legislative Assembly election|Delhi]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|  [[Sheila Dikshit]] 
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Sheila Dikshit]] 
| [[File:IN-DL.svg|50px]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2 December 2008
| [[2008 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election|Mizoram]]
| {{Full party name with color|Mizo National Front}}
| [[Zoramthanga]] 
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Lal Thanhawla]]
| [[File:IN-MZ.svg|50px]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
|  4 December 2008
| [[2008 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|Rajasthan]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|  [[Vasundhara Raje]] 
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Ashok Gehlot]] 
|  |[[File:IN-RJ.svg|50px]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
|rowspan="2"|17,23 and 30 November and 7,13,17,24 December
|rowspan="2"|[[2008 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|rowspan="2"|[[Ghulam Nabi Azad]]
| {{Full party name with color|Jammu & Kashmir National Conference}} 
|rowspan="2"|[[Omar Abdullah]] 
|rowspan="2"|[[File:IN-JK.svg|50px]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| {{Full party name with color|Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party}}
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|}
The first batch of elections for the year was announced<ref name="eci-press-note-14jan">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/press/current/PN140108.pdf |title=PRESS NOTE: Schedule for General Election to the Legislative Assemblies of Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura |date=14 Jan 2008 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=2009-10-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410063815/http://eci.nic.in/press/current/PN140108.pdf |archive-date=April 10, 2009 }}</ref> by the [[Election Commission of India]] (ECI) on 14 January 2008. This included the elections to the [[Vidhan Sabha|Legislative Assemblies]] of the states of [[Meghalaya]], [[Nagaland]], and [[Tripura]]. Elections in all [[polling station]]s of all three states were conducted using [[Indian voting machines|electronic voting machines]] (EVMs).Elections to the state Assembly of [[Karnataka]] was announced<ref name="eci-press-note-2apr">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/press/current/PNKarnataka.pdf |title=PRESS NOTE: Schedule for the General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka |date=2 April 2008 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=2009-10-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410064450/http://eci.nic.in/press/current/PNKarnataka.pdf |archive-date=April 10, 2009 }}</ref> by the ECI on 2 April 2008. This was the first election to be held under the new boundaries drawn up by the [[Delimitation Commission of India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/archivednews/pn200308.pdf |title=Election Commission of India Direction |date=20 March 2008 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=2009-10-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619074115/http://eci.nic.in/archivednews/pn200308.pdf |archive-date=June 19, 2009 }}</ref> The elections were split into three phases. Elections in all [[polling station]]s of the state were conducted using EVMs.
=== Chhattisgarh ===

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
! SN
! Party
! Seats<br />Contested
! Seats<br />won
! Seats<br /> Changed
! Vote<br />Share
|-
|-  style="background: #90EE90;" 
|     1
|     [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|     90
|     50
|     0
|     40.33
|-
|    2
|    [[Indian National Congress]]
|    87
|    38
|    + 1
|    38.63
|-
|     3 
|     [[Bahujan Samaj Party]]
|     90 
|     2
|     0
|     6.11
|-
|     
|     '''Total'''
|
|     '''90'''
|
|     
|}

=== Delhi ===

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
! SN
! Party
! Seats<br />Contested
! Seats<br />won
! Seats<br /> Changed
! % Votes
|-
|- style="background: #90EE90;" 
|    1 
|    [[Indian National Congress]]
|    69
|    43
|    - 4
|    40.31
|-
|     2 
|     [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|     69
|     23
|     + 3
|     36.34
|- 
| 3
|     [[Bahujan Samaj Party]]
|     69
|     2
|     + 2
|     14.05
|-
|     4 
|     [[Lok Janshakti Party]]
|     41
|     1
|     +1
|    1.35
|-
|     4
|     [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|     
|     1
|     0
|     3.92
|-
|     
|     '''Total''' 
|    
|     '''70'''
|
| 
|}

=== Jammu and Kashmir ===

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
! SN
! Party
! Seats<br />won
! Seats<br /> Changed
|-
|- style="background: #90EE90;" 
|    1 
|    [[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference]]
|    28
|    0
|- style="background: #90EE90;" 
|     3 
|     [[Indian National Congress]]
|     17
|     - 3
|-
|     2 
|     [[Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party|Peoples Democratic Party]]
|     21
|     + 5
|-
|     4
|     [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|     11
|     + 10
|-
|     5 
|     [[Independent (politician)|Independents]]
|     4
|     - 9
|-
|     6 
|     J&K National Panthers Party
|     3
|     - 1
|-
|     7
|     CPI(Marxist)
|     1
|     - 1
|-
|     7 
|     J&K Democratic Party Nationalist
|     1
|     + 1
|-
|     7
|     People's Democratic Front
|     1
|     + 1
|-
|     
|     '''Total'''    
|     '''87'''
|     
|}

=== Karnataka ===

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
! SN
! Party
! Seats<br />won
! Seats<br /> Changed
|-
|- style="background: #90EE90;" 
|    1 
|    [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|    110
|    + 31
|-  
|     2 
|     [[Indian National Congress]]
|     80
|     + 15
|-
|     3 
|     [[Janata Dal (Secular)]]
|     28
|     
|-   -12
|     4
|     Others
|     7
|     - 15
|-
|     
|     '''Total'''    
|     '''224'''
|     
|}

=== Madhya Pradesh ===

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
! SN
! Party
! Seats<br />Contested
! Seats<br />won
! Seats<br /> Changed
! %<br />Votes
|-
|- style="background: #90EE90;" 
|    1 
|    [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|    228
|    143
|    - 30
|    37.64
|- 
|     2 
|     [[Indian National Congress]]
|     228
|     71
|     + 33
|     32.39
|-
|     3
|     [[Bahujan Samaj Party]]
|     228
|     7
|     + 5
|     8.97
|-
|     4
|     Bharatiya Jan Shakti Party
|     201 
|     5
|     + 5
|     4.71
|-
|     5 
|     [[Independent (politician)|Independents]]
|
|     3
|     + 1
|     8.23 
|-
|     6 
|     [[Samajwadi Party]]
|     187
|     1
|     - 6
|     1.99 
|-
|     
|     '''Total'''    
|     
|     '''230'''
|     
|
|}

=== Meghalaya ===

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
! SN
! Party
! Seats<br />won
! Seats<br />Change

|- style="background: #90EE90;" 
|    2
|    [[Nationalist Congress Party]]
|    15   
|    + 1
|-  style="background: #90EE90;" 
|    3 
|    [[United Democratic Party (Meghalaya)|United Democratic Party]]
|    11
|    + 2
|-   style="background: #90EE90;" 
|    4 
|    Independents
|    5
|    0
|-style="background: #90EE90;" 
|     5 
|     Hill State People's Democratic Party
|     2
|     0
|-style="background: #90EE90;" 
|      6
|     [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|     1
|     - 1
|-style="background: #90EE90;" 
|    6 
|    Khun Hynnieutrip National Awakaning Movement
|    1
|    - 1
|-
|     1 
|     [[Indian National Congress]]
|     25
|     + 3
|-
|     
|     '''Total'''    
|     '''60''' 
|    
|}

=== Mizoram ===

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
!colspan=4|[[File:India Mizoram Legislative Assembly 2008.svg]]
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
! SN
! Party
! Seats<br />won
! Seats<br />Change

|-style="background: #90EE90;" 
|     1 
|     [[Indian National Congress]]
|     32
|     + 20
|- 
|    2
|    [[Mizo National Front]]
|    3   
|    - 18
|-   
|    3 
|    MPC
|    2
|    0
|-    
|    4 
|    Zoram Nationalist Party
|    2
|    0

|-
|     
|     '''Total'''    
|     '''40''' 
|    
|}

=== Nagaland ===

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
! SN
! Party
! Seats<br />won
! Seats<br />Change

|-style="background: #90EE90;" 
|     1 
|     [[Nagaland Peoples Front]]
|     26
|     + 7
|- style="background: #90EE90;" 
|    4 
|    [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|    2
|    - 5
|-
|    2
|    [[Indian National Congress]]
|    23   
|    - 2
|-   
|    3 
|    Independents
|    7
|    + 3
|-    
|    4 
|    [[Nationalist Congress Party]]
|    2
|    + 2
|-
|     
|     '''Total'''    
|     '''60''' 
|    
|}

=== Rajasthan ===

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
! SN
! Party
! Seats<br />won
! Seats<br /> Changed
|-
|- style="background: #90EE90;" 
|    1 
|    [[Indian National Congress]]
|    96
|    + 40
|-
|     2 
|     [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|     78
|     - 42
|-
|     3
|     [[Independent (politician)|Independents]]
|     14
|     - 1
|-
|     4
|     [[Bahujan Samaj Party]]
|     6
|     + 4
|-
|     5 
|     [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|     3
|     + 2
|-
|     6
|     [[Loktantrik Samajwadi Party]]
|     1
|     + 1
|-
|     6
|     [[Janata Dal (United)]]
|     1
|     - 1
|-
|     
|     '''Total'''    
|     '''199/200'''
|     
|}

=== Tripura ===

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
! SN
! Party
! Seats<br />won
! Seats<br />Change
|-
|- style="background: #90EE90;" 
|    1 
|    [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|    46
|    + 8
|-style="background: #90EE90;" 
|    3 
|    [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]
|    2
|    0
|-style="background: #90EE90;" 
|    4 
|    [[Communist Party of India]]
|    1   
|    0   
|-
|     2 
|     [[Indian National Congress]]
|     10
|     - 3
|-
|     4 
|    [[Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra]]
|     1
|     - 5
|-
|     
|     '''Total'''    
|     '''60''' 
|    
|}

==Local body elections==
*[[2008 Uttarakhand local body elections]]

==See also==
*[[N. Gopalaswami]]

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
{{Commons}}
*[http://eci.nic.in  Election Commission of India]

{{Indian elections}}
{{Legislatures of India}}

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