# 2008 elections in India

Multiple State Assemblies of India went to elections in 2008.

## Legislative Assembly elections

| Polling Date(s) | State | Government before | Chief Minister before | Government after | Elected Chief Minister |
| 23 February 2008 | Tripura | Communist Party of India | Manik Sarkar | Communist Party of India | Manik Sarkar |
| 3 March 2008 | Meghalaya | Indian National Congress | D. D. Lapang | Meghalaya Progressive Alliance | Donkupar Roy |
| 5 March 2008 | Nagaland | Democratic Alliance of Nagaland | Neiphiu Rio | Democratic Alliance of Nagaland | Neiphiu Rio |
| 10 May 2008,16 May 2008 and 22 May 2008 | Karnataka | President's Rule | President's Rule | Bharatiya Janata Party | B. S. Yediyurappa |
| 14 and 20 November 2008 | Chhattisgarh | Bharatiya Janata Party | Raman Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | Raman Singh |
| 27 November 2008 | Madhya Pradesh | Bharatiya Janata Party | Shivraj Singh Chouhan | Bharatiya Janata Party | Shivraj Singh Chouhan |
| 29 November 2008 | Delhi | Indian National Congress | Sheila Dikshit | Indian National Congress | Sheila Dikshit |
| 2 December 2008 | Mizoram | Mizo National Front | Zoramthanga | Indian National Congress | Lal Thanhawla |
| 4 December 2008 | Rajasthan | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vasundhara Raje | Indian National Congress | Ashok Gehlot |
| 17,23 and 30 November and 7,13,17,24 December | Jammu and Kashmir | Indian National Congress | Ghulam Nabi Azad | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference | Omar Abdullah |
| 17,23 and 30 November and 7,13,17,24 December | Jammu and Kashmir | Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party | Ghulam Nabi Azad | Indian National Congress | Omar Abdullah |
The first batch of elections for the year was announced by the Election Commission of India (ECI) on 14 January 2008. This included the elections to the Legislative Assemblies of the states of Meghalaya, Nagaland, and Tripura. Elections in all polling stations of all three states were conducted using electronic voting machines (EVMs).Elections to the state Assembly of Karnataka was announced 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. The elections were split into three phases. Elections in all polling stations of the state were conducted using EVMs.

### Chhattisgarh

| SN | Party | Seats Contested | Seats won | Seats Changed | Vote Share |
| 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

| SN | Party | Seats Contested | Seats won | Seats Changed | % Votes |
| 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 | | 1 | 0 | 3.92 |
| | Total | | 70 | | |

### Jammu and Kashmir

| SN | Party | Seats won | Seats Changed |
| 1 | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference | 28 | 0 |
| 3 | Indian National Congress | 17 | - 3 |
| 2 | Peoples Democratic Party | 21 | + 5 |
| 4 | Bharatiya Janata Party | 11 | + 10 |
| 5 | 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

| SN | Party | Seats won | Seats Changed |
| 1 | Bharatiya Janata Party | 110 | + 31 |
| 2 | Indian National Congress | 80 | + 15 |
| 3 | Janata Dal (Secular) | 28 | |
| 4 | Others | 7 | - 15 |
| | Total | 224 | |

### Madhya Pradesh

| SN | Party | Seats Contested | Seats won | Seats Changed | % Votes |
| 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 | Independents | | 3 | + 1 | 8.23 |
| 6 | Samajwadi Party | 187 | 1 | - 6 | 1.99 |
| | Total | | 230 | | |

### Meghalaya

| SN | Party | Seats won | Seats Change |
| 2 | Nationalist Congress Party | 15 | + 1 |
| 3 | United Democratic Party | 11 | + 2 |
| 4 | Independents | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | Hill State People's Democratic Party | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1 | - 1 |
| 6 | Khun Hynnieutrip National Awakaning Movement | 1 | - 1 |
| 1 | Indian National Congress | 25 | + 3 |
| | Total | 60 | |

### Mizoram

Seats Change :
| 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

| SN | Party | Seats won | Seats Change |
| 1 | Nagaland Peoples Front | 26 | + 7 |
| 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

| SN | Party | Seats won | Seats Changed |
| 1 | Indian National Congress | 96 | + 40 |
| 2 | Bharatiya Janata Party | 78 | - 42 |
| 3 | 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

| SN | Party | Seats won | Seats Change |
| 1 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 46 | + 8 |
| 3 | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 2 | 0 |
| 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