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2008 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
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The 2008 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election was declared by the Election Commission of India on 14 October 2008. Elections for 230 seats took place on 27 November 2008, and counting started on 8 December.[1][2][3][4] The Bharatiya Janata Party won a majority of seats and Shivraj Singh Chouhan was sworn in as the Chief Minister for the second time.[5]
Quick Facts All 230 assembly constituencies 116 seats needed for a majority, Registered ...
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All 230 assembly constituencies 116 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Registered | 36,266,969 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 69.63% ( 2.38%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Seatwise Election Result Map | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() Structure of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly after the election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Parties
The election was mainly contested between two national parties, Bharatiya Janata Party and Indian National Congress. Other parties included Bahujan Samaj Party, Bharatiya Jan Shakti Party, and Samajwadi Party
Result
Source: ECI[6]
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# | Party | Seats Contested |
Seats won |
Seats Changed |
Votes |
% Votes | |||
1 | Bharatiya Janata Party | 228 | 143 | - 30 | 9493641 | 37.64 | |||
2 | Indian National Congress | 228 | 71 | + 33 | 8170318 | 32.39 | |||
3 | Bahujan Samaj Party | 228 | 7 | + 5 | 2262119 | 8.97 | |||
4 | Bharatiya Jan Shakti Party | 201 | 5 | + 5 | 1189151 | 4.71 | |||
5 | Independents | 3 | + 1 | 2076453 | 8.23 | ||||
6 | Samajwadi Party | 187 | 1 | - 6 | 501324 | 1.90 | |||
Total | 230 | ||||||||
Valid votes | 2,52,23,101 | 99.91 | |||||||
Invalid votes | 24875 | 0.09 | |||||||
Votes cast / turnout | 2,52,50,951 | 69.63 | |||||||
Abstentions | 1,10,16,018 | 30.37 | |||||||
Registered voters | 3,62,66,969 | ||||||||
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Region-wise break up
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Region | Total seats | BJP | INC | BSP | BJSP | IND | SP |
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Bagelkhand | 22 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bhopal | 25 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bundelkhand | 26 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Gird | 34 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Mahakoshal | 46 | 29 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Malwa | 50 | 27 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Narmadapuram | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Nimar | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 230 | 143 | 71 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
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Elected Members
More information Constituency, Reserved for (SC/ST/None) ...
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References
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