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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 Contested
! Seats won
! Seats Changed
! Vote 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 Contested
! Seats won
! Seats 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 won
! Seats 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 won
! Seats 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 Contested
! Seats won
! Seats Changed
! % 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 won
! Seats 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 won
! Seats 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 won
! Seats 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 won
! Seats 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 won
! Seats 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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[[Category:Elections in India by year]]

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