2008 Delhi Legislative Assembly election

Legislative Assembly elections were held in Delhi on 29 November 2008 to elect 70 members of the Delhi Legislative Assembly. The voter turnout for the election was 57.60% an increase by 4.18% than the previous election in 2003. The Indian National Congress won the election comfortably winning 43 of the 70 seats, while the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party managed to win 23 seats. Sheila Dikshit of the Indian National Congress was sworn in as the Chief Minister for the third consecutive time.

2008 Delhi state assembly elections

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All 70 to the Delhi Legislative Assembly 36 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	57.60% (4.18%)
First party Second party   Leader Sheila Dikshit Vijay Kumar Malhotra Party INC BJP Leader's seat New Delhi Greater Kailash Seats before 47 20 Seats won 43 23 Seat change 4 3 Popular vote 2,489,816 2,244,629 Percentage 40.31% 36.34% Swing 7.82% 1.12%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Mayawati Ram Vilas Paswan Party BSP LJP Leader's seat Not Contested Not Contested Seats before 0 0 Seats won 2 1 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 867,672 83,185 Percentage 14.05% 1.35% Swing 8.28% 1.95%
Map of Delhi showing results of the 2008 Vidhan Sabha election
Chief Minister before election Sheila Dikshit INC Elected Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit INC

Parties and Alliances

Alliance/Party				Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Indian National Congress					Sheila Dikshit	70
	NDA		Bharatiya Janata Party			Vijay Kumar Malhotra	69	70
			Shiromani Akali Dal (Simranjit Singh Mann)			Avtar Singh Hit	1
	Bahujan Samaj Party					Mayawati	70
	Lok Jan Shakti Party					Ram Vilas Paswan	41
	Samajwadi Party					Mulayam Singh Yadav	36
	Nationalist Congress Party					Sharad Pawar	16
	Rashtriya Janata Dal					Lalu Prasad Yadav	11
	Janata Dal (United)					Nitish Kumar	11
	INDEPENDENTS						357

Results

Party	Seats Contested	Seats won	Seats Changed	% Votes
Indian National Congress	70	43	4	40.31
Bharatiya Janata Party	70	23	3	36.34
Bahujan Samaj Party	70	2	2	14.05
Lok Janshakti Party	41	1	1	1.35
Independent		1		3.92
Total		70		95.97

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Results by districts

District	Seats	INC	BJP	Others
North Delhi	8	6	2	0
Central Delhi	7	4	2	1
North West Delhi	7	3	4	0
West Delhi	7	3	4	0
New Delhi	6	4	2	0
South West Delhi	7	4	2	1
South East Delhi	7	4	2	1
South Delhi	5	5	0	0
East Delhi	6	4	2	0
Shahdara	5	4	1	0
North East Delhi	5	2	2	1
Total	70	43	23	4

Results by constituency

  Indian National Congress

  Bharatiya Janta Party

  Bahujan Samaj Party

  Lok Jan Shakti Party

  Rashtriya Janata Dal

  Independent

Assembly Constituency		Turnout (%)	Winner					Runner Up					Margin
#	Name		Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%
North Delhi District
1	Narela	56.8	Jaswant Singh		INC	34,662	31.66	Sharad Chauhan		BSP	33,830	30.90	832
Central Delhi District
2	Burari	55.9	Shri Krishan		BJP	32,006	30.10	Deepak Tyagi		INC	27,016	25.40	4,990
3	Timarpur	59.3	Surinder Pal Singh		INC	39,997	44.14	Surya Prakash Khatri		BJP	37,584	41.48	2,413
North Delhi District
4	Adarsh Nagar	59.12	Mangat Ram Singhal		INC	36,445	44.84	Ravinder Singh		BJP	31,993	39.29	4,512
5	Badli	57.1	Devender Yadav		INC	39,215	39.86	Ajesh Yadav		BSP	25,611	26.03	13,604
North West Delhi District
6	Rithala	63.4	Kulwant Rana		BJP	64,474	55.86	Shambhu Dayal Sharma		INC	38,128	32.86	26,346
North Delhi District
7	Bawana(SC)	52.6	Surender Kumar		INC	60,544	48.33	Chand Ram		BJP	43,402	34.65	17,142
North West Delhi District
8	Mundka	55	Manoj Kumar		BJP	47,355	45.83	Prem Chander Kaushik		INC	32,458	31.41	14,897
9	Kirari	57.9	Anil Jha Vats		BJP	30,005	32.73	Pushpraj		NCP	20,481	22.34	9,524
10	Sultanpur Majra(SC)	61.9	Jai Kishan		INC	39,542	48.19	Nand Ram Bagri		BJP	20,867	25.73	18,675
West Delhi District
11	Nangloi Jat	55.1	Bijender Singh		INC	48,009	50.65	Raj Singh		BJP	30,449	32.12	17,650
North West Delhi District
12	Mangol Puri(SC)	64.7	Raj Kumar Chauhan		INC	50,448	54.41	Yogesh Aatray		BJP	20,585	22.20	29,863
North Delhi District
13	Rohini	58.7	Jai Bhagwan Aggarwal		BJP	56,793	62.56	Vijender Jindal		INC	30,019	33.66	26,774
North West Delhi District
14	Shalimar Bagh	58.59	Ravinder Nath Bansal		BJP	49,976	57.63	Ram Kailash Gupta		INC	30,044	34.35	19,932
North Delhi District
15	Shakur Basti	58.27	Shyam Lal Garg		BJP	40,444	50.20	S.C.Vats		INC	36,444	45.23	4,000
North West Delhi District
16	Tri Nagar	63.37	Anil Bharadwaj		INC	41,891	46.26	Nand Kishore Garg		BJP	39,222	44.09	1,969
North Delhi District
17	Wazirpur	56.69	Hari Shanker Gupta		INC	39,977	45.29	Mange Ram Garg		BJP	36,837	41.09	3,140
18	Model Town	58.53	Kanwar Karan Singh		INC	39,935	46.37	Bhola Nath Vij		BJP	36,936	43.86	2,997
Central Delhi District
19	Sadar Bazar	60.1	Rajesh Jain		INC	47,508	53.44	Jai Parkash		BJP	33,419	37.59	14,089
20	Chandni Chowk	57.2	Parlad Singh Sawhney		INC	28,207	45.61	Praveen Khandelwal		BJP	20,188	32.64	8,019
21	Matia Mahal	56.3	Shoaib Iqbal		LJP	25,474	39.56	Mehmood Zia		INC	17,870	27.75	7,807
22	Ballimaran	59.6	Haroon Yusuf		INC	34,660	42.08	Moti Lal Sodhi		BJP	28,423	34.51	6,237
23	Karol Bagh(SC)	59.71	Surender Pal Ratawal		BJP	38,746	45.71	Madan Khorwal		INC	35,338	41.69	3,408
New Delhi District
24	Patel Nagar(SC)	56.5	Rajesh Lilothia		INC	44,022	50.43	Anita Arya		BJP	34,516	39.54	9,506
West Delhi District
25	Moti Nagar	61.6	Subhash Sachdeva		BJP	46,616	54.49	Anjali Rai		INC	31,619	36.96	14,997
26	Madipur(SC)	58.4	Mala Ram Gangwal		INC	40,698	48.75	Kailash Sankla		BJP	32,166	38.53	8,532
27	Rajouri Garden	62	Dyanand Chandila		INC	31,130	37.58	Avtar Singh Hit		SAD(A)	31,084	37.53	54
28	Hari Nagar	57.2	Harsharan Singh Balli		BJP	51,364	62.67	Ramesh Lamba		INC	22,606	27.58	28,758
29	Tilak Nagar	53.5	O P Babbar		BJP	38,320	52.33	Anita Babbar		INC	26,202	35.78	12,118
30	Janakpuri	61.2	Jagdish Mukhi		BJP	50,655	57.15	Deepak Arora		INC	33,203	37.46	17,458
South West Delhi District
31	Vikaspuri	55.6	Nand Kishore		INC	47,819	34.96	Krishan Gahlot		BJP	46,876	34.27	943
32	Uttam Nagar	62.4	Mukesh Sharma		INC	46,765	46.03	Pawan Sharma		BJP	39,582	38.96	7,183
33	Dwarka	62.4	Mahabal Mishra		INC	43,608	52.33	Pradyuman Rajput		BJP	29,627	35.56	13,981
34	Matiala	58.5	Sumesh Shokeen		INC	52,411	40.14	Kamal Jeet		BJP	45,782	35.06	6,629
35	Najafgarh	59.1	Bharat Singh		IND	34,028	33.25	Kanwal Singh Yadav		INC	22,575	22.06	11,453
36	Bijwasan	59.1	Sat Prakash Rana		BJP	27,427	41.33	Vijay Singh Lochav		INC	25,422	38.31	2,005
37	Palam	58.8	Dharam Dev Solanki		BJP	40,712	44.12	Mahender Yadav		INC	28,119	30.47	12,593
New Delhi District
38	Delhi Cantonment	56.6	Karan Singh Tanwar		BJP	23,696	55.58	Ashok Ahuja		INC	16,435	38.55	7,261
39	Rajinder Nagar	52.2	Rama Kant Goswami		INC	29,394	40.78	Asha Yogi		BJP	23,988	33.28	5,406
40	New Delhi	56.22	Sheila Dikshit		INC	39,778	52.20	Vijay Jolly		BJP	25,796	39.85	13,982
South East Delhi District
41	Jangpura	59.6	Tarvinder Singh Marwah		INC	37,261	57	Manjinder Singh Sirsa		BJP	23,310	35.96	13,956
42	Kasturba Nagar	53.2	Neeraj Basoya		INC	33,807	44.40	Sushil Choudhary		BJP	31,323	41.13	2,484
South Delhi District
43	Malviya Nagar	55.9	Kiran Walia		INC	31,823	39.43	Ram Bhaj		BJP	27,553	29.93	3,730
New Delhi District
44	R K Puram	52.7	Barkha Singh		INC	35,878	53.50	Radhey Shyam Sharma		BJP	26,561	39.60	9,317
South Delhi District
45	Mehrauli	45.9	Yoganand Shastri		INC	21,740	32.83	Sher Singh Dagar		BJP	20,632	31.15	1,108
46	Chhatarpur	56	Balram Tanwar		INC	32,406	37.22	Brahm Singh Tanwar		BJP	27,476	31.52	5,030
47	Deoli(SC)	56.4	Arvinder Singh Lovely		INC	41,497	43.41	Shri Lal		BSP	24,869	26.02	16,628
48	Ambedkar Nagar(SC)	57.4	Ch Prem Singh		INC	30,467	43.19	Suresh Chand		BJP	26,630	36.34	4,837
South East Delhi District
49	Sangam Vihar	51.4	Dr Shiv Charan Lal Gupta		BJP	20,332	27.37	Amod Kumar Kanth		INC	16,743	22.54	3,589
New Delhi District
50	Greater Kailash	54.4	Vijay Kumar Malhotra		BJP	42,206	52.94	Jitender Kumar Kocher		INC	30,987	38.87	11,219
South East Delhi District
51	Kalkaji	51.3	Subhash Chopra		INC	38,360	51.91	Jai Gopal Abrol		BJP	24,971	33.79	13,389
52	Tughlakabad	55.5	Ramesh Bidhuri		BJP	32,633	40.99	Sahi Ram		BSP	24,399	30.65	8,234
53	Badarpur	56.6	Ram Singh Netaji		BSP	53,416	47.30	Ramvir Singh Bidhuri		INC	40,111	35.52	13,205
54	Okhla	49	Parvez Hashmi		INC	29,303	28.53	Asif Muhammad Khan		RJD	28,762	28	541
East Delhi District
55	Trilokpuri(SC)	59.9	Sunil Kumar		BJP	30,781	37.28	Anjana		INC	30,147	36.51	634
56	Kondli(SC)	59.6	Amrish Singh Gautam		INC	36,580	45.26	Dushyant Kumar Gautam		BJP	21,594	26.72	14,986
57	Patparganj	54.5	Anil Chaudhary		INC	36,984	42.40	Nakul Bharadwaj		BJP	36,336	41.64	663
58	Laxmi Nagar	56.5	Dr. Ashok Kumar Walia		INC	54,352	59.58	Murari Singh Panwar		INC	31,855	34.99	22,397
Shahdara District
59	Vishwas Nagar	58.9	Naseeb Singh		INC	48,805	51.09	Om Prakash Sharma		BJP	39,176	41.01	9,629
East Delhi District
60	Krishna Nagar	61.6	Harsh Vardhan		BJP	47,852	45.50	Deepika Khullar		INC	44,648	42.45	3,204
61	Gandhi Nagar	63.5	Arvinder Singh Lovely		INC	59,795	64.25	Kamal Kumar Jain		BJP	27,870	29.94	31,923
Shahdara District
62	Shahdara	57.1	Dr Narender Nath		INC	39,194	44.89	Jitender Singh Shunty		BJP	37,658	43.13	1,536
63	Seemapuri(SC)	62.3	Veer Singh Dhingan		INC	43,864	49.13	Chandra Pal Singh		BJP	24,604	27.56	19,261
64	Rohtas Nagar	61.1	Ram Babu Sharma		INC	45,802	46.42	Alok Kumar		BJP	32,559	32.99	13,243
North East Delhi District
65	Seelampur	58	Chaudhary Mateen Ahmed		INC	47,820	54.65	Sita Ram Gupta		BJP	21,546	24.62	26,574
66	Ghonda	57.5	Sahab Singh Chauhan		BJP	35,226	38.46	Bheeshma Sharma		INC	34,646	37.82	580
Shahdara District
67	Babarpur	59.7	Naresh Gaur		BJP	31,954	35.1	Hazi Dilashad Ali		BSP	28,128	30.9	3,826
North East Delhi District
68	Gokalpur(SC)	61.6	Surendra Kumar		BSP	27,499	28.89	Balzor Singh		INC	24,442	25.68	3,057
69	Mustafabad	58	Hasan Ahmed		INC	39,838	40.70	Yogender Kumar Sharma		BJP	38,859	39.69	979
70	Karawal Nagar	53.2	Mohan Singh Bisht		BJP	43,980	42.80	Satan Pal Dayma		IND	22,852	22.24	21,128

See also

• First Legislative Assembly of Delhi
• Second Legislative Assembly of Delhi
• Third Legislative Assembly of Delhi
• Fourth Legislative Assembly of Delhi
• Fifth Legislative Assembly of Delhi
• Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi