Legislative Assembly election in Chhattisgarh, India
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.[1]
Results
Party-wise
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Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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| Bharatiya Janata Party | 4,332,834 | 40.35 | 50 | 0 |
| Indian National Congress | 4,146,853 | 38.62 | 38 | +1 |
| Bahujan Samaj Party | 656,041 | 6.11 | 2 | 0 |
| Nationalist Congress Party | 56,293 | 0.52 | 0 | –1 |
| Others | 635,584 | 5.92 | 0 | 0 |
| Independents | 909,686 | 8.47 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 10,737,291 | 100.00 | 90 | 0 |
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Valid votes | 10,737,291 | 99.93 | |
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Invalid/blank votes | 7,896 | 0.07 | |
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Total votes | 10,745,187 | 100.00 | |
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Registered voters/turnout | 15,218,560 | 70.61 | |
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Source: ECI[2] |
Region-wise
Division
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Seats
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BJP
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INC
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BSP
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Surguja
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14
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9
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5
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-
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Central Chhattisgarh
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64
|
30
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32
|
2
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Bastar
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12
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11
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1
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-
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Total
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90
|
50
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37
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3
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District-wise
Constituency-wise
[3]
References