2008 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

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]

Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election 2008

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All 230 assembly constituencies 116 seats needed for a majority
Registered	36,266,969
Turnout	69.63% ( 2.38%)
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan Suresh Pachouri Mayawati Party BJP INC BSP Leader's seat Budhni Did not contest Did not contest Last election 173 38 2 Seats won 143 71 7 Seat change 30 33 5 Popular vote 9,493,641 8,170,318 2,262,119 Percentage 37.64% 32.39% 9.00% Swing 4.86% 0.78% 1.71%
Seatwise Election Result Map
Structure of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly after the election
Chief Minister before election Shivraj Singh Chouhan BJP Elected Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan BJP

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]

#	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

Region-wise break up

Region	Total seats	BJP	INC	BSP	BJSP	IND	SP
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

Elected Members

Constituency	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	Member	Party
Sheopur District
Sheopur	None	Brijraj Singh		Indian National Congress
Vijaypur	None	Ramniwas Rawat		Indian National Congress
Morena District
Sabalgarh	None	Suresh Chowdhary		Indian National Congress
Joura	None	Maniram Dhakad		Bahujan Samaj Party
Sumawali	None	Adal Singh Kansana		Indian National Congress
Morena	None	Paras Ram Mudgal		Bahujan Samaj Party
Dimani	None	Shiv Mangal Singh Tomar		Bharatiya Janata Party
Ambah	SC	Kamalesh Jatav		Bharatiya Janata Party
Bhind District
Ater	None	Arvind Singh Bhadouria		Bharatiya Janata Party
Bhind	None	Chaudhary Rakesh Singh Chaturvedi		Indian National Congress
Lahar	None	Govind Singh		Indian National Congress
Mehgaon	None	Rakesh Shukla		Bharatiya Janata Party
Gohad	SC	Makhan Lal Jatav		Indian National Congress
Gwalior District
Gwalior Rural	None	Madan Kushwah		Bahujan Samaj Party
Gwalior	None	Pradyumn Singh Tomar		Indian National Congress
Gwalior East	None	Anup Mishra		Bharatiya Janata Party
Gwalior South	None	Narayan Singh Kushwah		Bharatiya Janata Party
Bhitarwar	None	Lakhan Singh Yadav		Indian National Congress
Dabra	SC	Imarti Devi		Indian National Congress
Datia District
Sewda	None	Radhelal Baghel		Bahujan Samaj Party
Bhander	SC	Asha Ram Ahirwar		Bharatiya Janata Party
Datia	None	Narottam Mishra		Bharatiya Janata Party
Shivpuri District
Karera	SC	Khatik Ramesh Prasad		Bharatiya Janata Party
Pohari	None	Prahlad Bharti		Bharatiya Janata Party
Shivpuri	None	Makhan Lal Rathore		Bharatiya Janata Party
Pichhore	None	K. P. Singh Kakkajoo		Indian National Congress
Kolaras	None	Devendra Kumar Jain M		Bharatiya Janata Party
Guna District
Bamori	None	Kanhaiyalal Rameswar Agrawal M		Bharatiya Janata Party
Guna	SC	Rajendra Singh Saluja		Bharatiya Janshakti Party
Chachoura	None	Shivnarayan Meena		Indian National Congress
Raghogarh	None	Mool Singh		Indian National Congress
Ashoknagar District
Ashok Nagar	SC	Ladduram Kori		Bharatiya Janata Party
Chanderi	None	Rao Rajkumar Singh Mahuan		Bharatiya Janata Party
Mungaoli	None	Rao Deshraj Singh Yadav		Bharatiya Janata Party
Sagar District
Bina	SC	Vinod Panthi		Bharatiya Janata Party
Khurai	None	Arunodaya Choubey		Indian National Congress
Surkhi	None	Govindsingh Rajput		Indian National Congress
Deori	None	Dr. Bhanu Rana		Bharatiya Janata Party
Rehli	None	Gopal Bhargav		Bharatiya Janata Party
Naryoli	SC	Eng Pradeep Laria		Bharatiya Janata Party
Sagar	None	Shailendra Kumar Jain		Bharatiya Janata Party
Banda	None	Naryan Prajapati		Indian National Congress
Tikamgarh District
Tikamgarh	None	Yadvendra Singh		Indian National Congress
Jatara	SC	Khatik Harishankar		Bharatiya Janata Party
Prithvipur	None	Brajendra Singh		Indian National Congress
Niwari	None	Meera Deepak Yadav		Samajwadi Party
Khargapur	None	Ajay Yadav		Bharatiya Janshakti Party
Chhatarpur District
Maharajpur	None	Bhanwar Raja Manavendra Singh M		Independent
Chandla	SC	Ahirwar Ramdayal		Bharatiya Janata Party
Rajnagar	None	Kunwar Vikram Singh		Indian National Congress
Chhatarpur	None	Lalita Yadav		Bharatiya Janata Party
Bijawar	None	Asha Rani		Bharatiya Janata Party
Malhara	None	Rekha		Bharatiya Janshakti Party
Damoh District
Pathariya	None	Dr. Ramkrishna Kusmariya Babaji M		Bharatiya Janata Party
Damoh	None	Jayant Malaiya		Bharatiya Janata Party
Jabera	None	Ratnesh Saloman		Indian National Congress
Hatta	SC	Umadevi Khateek		Bharatiya Janata Party
Panna District
Pawai	None	Brijendra Pratap Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
Gunnaor	SC	Rajesh Kumar Verma		Bharatiya Janata Party
Panna	None	Shrikant Dubey		Indian National Congress
Satna District
Chitrakoot	None	Surendra Singh Gaharwar		Bharatiya Janata Party
Raigaon	SC	Jugul Kishor		Bharatiya Janata Party
Satna	None	Shankar Lal Tiwari		Bharatiya Janata Party
Nagod	None	Nagendra Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
Maihar	None	Moti Lal Tiwari		Bharatiya Janata Party
Amarpatan	None	Ramkhelawan Patel		Bharatiya Janata Party
Rampur-Baghelan	None	Ram Lakhan Singh		Bahujan Samaj Party
Rewa District
Sirmour	None	Rajkumar Urmaliya		Bahujan Samaj Party
Semariya	None	Abhay Kumar Mishra		Bharatiya Janata Party
Teonthar	None	Ram Garib Kol		Bahujan Samaj Party
Mauganj	None	Laxman Tiwari		Bharatiya Janshakti Party
Deotalab	None	Girish Gautam		Bharatiya Janata Party
Mangawan	SC	Panna Bai Prajapati		Bharatiya Janata Party
Rewa	None	Rajendra Shukla		Bharatiya Janata Party
Gurh	None	Nagendra Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
Sidhi District
Churhat	None	Ajay Arjun Singh		Indian National Congress
Sidhi	None	Kedar Nath Shukla		Bharatiya Janata Party
Sihawal	None	Viswamitra Pathak		Bharatiya Janata Party
Dhauhani	ST	Kunwar Singh Tekam		Bharatiya Janata Party
Singrauli District
Chitrangi	ST	Jagannath Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
Singrauli	None	Ram Lallu Bais		Bharatiya Janata Party
Devsar	SC	Ramcharitra S/o Rampyare		Bharatiya Janata Party
Shahdol District
Beohari	ST	Bali Singh Maravi		Bharatiya Janata Party
Jaisingnagar	ST	Sundar Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
Jaitpur	ST	Jai Singh Maravi		Bharatiya Janata Party
Kotma	None	Dilip Jaisawal		Bharatiya Janata Party
Anuppur District
Anuppur	ST	Bisahulal Singh		Indian National Congress
Pushprajgarh	ST	Sudama Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
Umaria District
Bandhavgarh	ST	Gyan Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
Manpur	ST	Meena Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
Katni District
Barwara	ST	Moti Kashyap		Bharatiya Janata Party
Vijayraghavgarh	None	Sanjay Pathak		Indian National Congress
Murwara	None	Giriraj Poddar		Bharatiya Janata Party
Bahoriband	None	Dr. Nishith Patel		Indian National Congress
Jabalpur District
Patan	None	Ajay Vishnoi		Bharatiya Janata Party
Bargi	None	Suraj Tiwari		Bharatiya Janata Party
Jabalpur East	SC	Lakhan Ghanghoria		Indian National Congress
Jabalpur North	None	Sharad Jain Advocate		Bharatiya Janata Party
Jabalpur Cantonment	None	Ishwardas Rohani		Bharatiya Janata Party
Jabalpur West	None	Harendra Jeet Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
Panagar	None	Narendra Tripathi		Bharatiya Janata Party
Sihora	ST	Nandini Maravi		Bharatiya Janata Party
Dindori District
Shahpura	ST	Ganga Bai Ureti		Indian National Congress
Dindori	ST	Omkar Singh Markam		Indian National Congress
Mandla District
Bichhiya	ST	Narayan Singh Patta		Indian National Congress
Niwas	ST	Rampyare Kulaste		Bharatiya Janata Party
Mandla	ST	Dev Singh Saiyam		Bharatiya Janata Party
Balaghat District
Baihar	ST	Bhagat Singh Netam		Bharatiya Janata Party
Lanji	None	Ramesh Dileep Bhatere		Bharatiya Janata Party
Paraswada	None	Ramkishor Kawre		Bharatiya Janata Party
Balaghat	None	Gourishankar Chaturbhuj Bisen M		Bharatiya Janata Party
Waraseoni	None	Pradeep Amritlal Jaiswal M		Indian National Congress
Katangi	None	Vishweshwar Bhagat		Indian National Congress
Seoni District
Barghat	ST	Kamal Marskole		Bharatiya Janata Party
Seoni	None	Neeta Pateriya		Bharatiya Janata Party
Keolari	None	Harvansh Singh		Indian National Congress
Lakhnadon	ST	Shashi Thakur		Bharatiya Janata Party
Narsinghpur District
Gotegaon	SC	Narmada Prasad Prajapati		Indian National Congress
Narsingpur	None	Sunil Jaiswal		Indian National Congress
Tendukheda	None	Rao-uday.pratap.singh		Indian National Congress
Gadarwara	None	Sadhana Sthapak		Indian National Congress
Chhindwara District
Junnardeo	ST	Tejilal Saryam		Indian National Congress
Amarwara	ST	Premnarayan Thakur		Bharatiya Janata Party
Chourai	None	Choudhary Mersingh		Indian National Congress
Saunsar	None	Nana Mohod		Bharatiya Janata Party
Chhindwara	None	Deepak Saxena		Indian National Congress
Parasia	SC	Tarachand Bawaria		Bharatiya Janata Party
Pandhurna	ST	Ramrao Kavdeti		Bharatiya Janata Party
Betul District
Multai	None	Sukhdeo Panse		Indian National Congress
Amla	SC	Chaitram Manekar		Bharatiya Janata Party
Betul	None	Alkesh Arya		Bharatiya Janata Party
Ghoradongri	ST	Gita Ramgilal Uikey		Bharatiya Janata Party
Bhainsdehi	ST	Dharmu Sing Sirsam		Indian National Congress
Harda District
Timarni	ST	Sanjay Shah Makdai		Independent
Harda	None	Kamal Patel		Bharatiya Janata Party
Hoshangabad District
Seoni-Malwa	None	Sartaj Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
Hoshangabad	None	Girja Shanker Sharma		Bharatiya Janata Party
Sohagpur	None	Vijaypal Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
Pipariya	SC	Thakur Das		Bharatiya Janata Party
Raisen District
Udaipura	None	Bhagwan Singh Rajpoot		Indian National Congress
Bhojpur	None	Surendra Patwa		Bharatiya Janata Party
Sanchi	SC	Dr. Prabhuram Choudhry		Indian National Congress
Silwani	None	Devendra Patel		Bharatiya Janshakti Party
Vidisha District
Vidisha	None	Raghavji		Bharatiya Janata Party
Basoda	None	Hari Singh Raghuvanshi M		Bharatiya Janata Party
Kurwai	SC	Hari Singh Sapre		Bharatiya Janata Party
Sironj	None	Laxmikant Sharma		Bharatiya Janata Party
Shamshabad	None	Surya Prakash Meena		Bharatiya Janata Party
Bhopal District
Berasia	SC	Brahmanand Ratnakar		Bharatiya Janata Party
Bhopal Uttar	None	Arif Aqueel		Indian National Congress
Nerela	None	Vishwas Sarang		Bharatiya Janata Party
Bhopal Dakshin-Paschim	None	Umashankar Gupta		Bharatiya Janata Party
Bhopal Madhya	None	Dhruv Narayan Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
Govindpura	None	Babulal Gaur		Bharatiya Janata Party
Huzur	None	Jeetendra Daga		Bharatiya Janata Party
Sehore District
Budhni	None	Shivraj Singh Chouhan		Bharatiya Janata Party
Ashta	SC	Ranjeet-singh Gunwan		Bharatiya Janata Party
Ichhawar	None	Karan Singh Verma		Bharatiya Janata Party
Sehore	None	Ramesh Saxena		Bharatiya Janata Party
Rajgarh District
Narsinghgarh	None	Mohan Sharma		Bharatiya Janata Party
Biaora	None	Purshottam Dangi		Indian National Congress
Rajgarh	None	Hemraj Kalponi		Indian National Congress
Khilchipur	None	Priyavrat Singh		Indian National Congress
Sarangpur	SC	Gautam Tetwal		Bharatiya Janata Party
Shajapur District
Susner	None	Santosh Joshi		Bharatiya Janata Party
Agar	SC	Laljiram Malviya		Bharatiya Janata Party
Shajapur	None	Karada Hukumsingh		Indian National Congress
Shujalpur	None	Jaswant Singh Hada		Bharatiya Janata Party
Kalapipal	None	Babulal Verma		Bharatiya Janata Party
Dewas District
Sonkatch	SC	Sajjan Singh Verma		Indian National Congress
Dewas	None	Tukoji Rao Pawar		Bharatiya Janata Party
Hatpipliya	None	Deepak Joshi		Bharatiya Janata Party
Khategaon	None	Brijmohan Dhoot		Bharatiya Janata Party
Bagli	ST	Champalal Dewda		Bharatiya Janata Party
Khandwa District
Mandhata	None	Lokendra Singh Tomar		Bharatiya Janata Party
Harsud	ST	Kunwar Vijay Shah		Bharatiya Janata Party
Khandwa	SC	Devendra Verma		Bharatiya Janata Party
Pandhana	ST	Anar Bhai Waskle		Bharatiya Janata Party
Burhanpur District
Nepanagar	ST	Rajendra Shyamlal Dadu		Bharatiya Janata Party
Burhanpur	None	Archana Chitnis		Bharatiya Janata Party
Khargone District
Bhikangaon	ST	Dhool Singh Dawar		Bharatiya Janata Party
Badwaha	None	Hitendra Singh Dhyan Singh Solanki		Bharatiya Janata Party
Maheshwar	SC	Vijayalaxmi Sadho		Indian National Congress
Kasrawad	None	Atma Ram Patel		Bharatiya Janata Party
Khargone	None	Balkrishna Patidar		Bharatiya Janata Party
Bhagwanpura	ST	Jamna Singh Solanki		Bharatiya Janata Party
Barwani District
Sendhawa	ST	Antar Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
Rajpur	ST	Devisingh Patel		Bharatiya Janata Party
Pansemal	ST	Bala Bachchan		Indian National Congress
Badwani	ST	Premsingh Patel		Bharatiya Janata Party
Alirajpur District
Alirajpur	ST	Nagarsingh Chouhan		Bharatiya Janata Party
Jobat	ST	Suluchana Rawat		Indian National Congress
Jhabua District
Jhabua	ST	Jewier Meda		Indian National Congress
Thandla	ST	Bhuriya Veersingh		Indian National Congress
Petlawad	ST	Walsingh Meda		Indian National Congress
Dhar District
Sardarpur	ST	Pratap Grewal		Indian National Congress
Gandhwani	ST	Umang Singhar		Indian National Congress
Kukshi	ST	Jamuna Devi		Indian National Congress
Manawar	ST	Ranjana Baghel		Bharatiya Janata Party
Dharampuri	ST	Panchilal Meda		Indian National Congress
Dhar	None	Neena Vikram Verma		Bharatiya Janata Party
Badnawar	None	Rajvardhan Singh Dattigaon		Indian National Congress
Indore District
Depalpur	None	Satyanarayan Patel		Indian National Congress
Indore-1	None	Sudarshan Gupta		Bharatiya Janata Party
Indore-2	None	Ramesh Mendola		Bharatiya Janata Party
Indore-3	None	Ashwin Joshi		Indian National Congress
Indore-4	None	Malini Laxman Singh Gaur		Bharatiya Janata Party
Indore-5	None	Mahendra Hardia		Bharatiya Janata Party
Dr. Ambedkar Nagar-Mhow	None	Kailash Vijayvargiya		Bharatiya Janata Party
Rau	None	Jitu Jirati		Bharatiya Janata Party
Sanwer	SC	Tulsi Silawat		Indian National Congress
Ujjain District
Nagada-Khachrod	None	Dilip Singh Gurjar		Indian National Congress
Mahidpur	None	Dr. Kalpana Parulekar		Indian National Congress
Tarana	SC	Rodmal Rathore		Bharatiya Janata Party
Ghatiya	SC	Ramlal Malviya		Indian National Congress
Ujjain North	None	Paras Jain		Bharatiya Janata Party
Ujjain South	None	Shiv Narayan Jagirdar		Bharatiya Janata Party
Badnagar	None	Shantilal Dhabai		Bharatiya Janata Party
Ratlam District
Ratlam Rural	ST	Laxmi Devi Kharadi		Indian National Congress
Ratlam City	None	Paras Dada		Independent
Sailana	ST	Prabhudayal Gehlot		Indian National Congress
Jaora	None	Mahendrasingh Kalukheda		Indian National Congress
Alot	SC	Manohar Untwal		Bharatiya Janata Party
Mandsaur District
Mandsaur	None	Yashpal Singh Sisodiya		Bharatiya Janata Party
Malhargarh	SC	Jagdish Devda		Bharatiya Janata Party
Suwasra	None	Radhe Shyam-nanalal Patidar		Bharatiya Janata Party
Garoth	None	Subhash Kumar Sojatia		Indian National Congress
Neemuch District
Manasa	None	Vijendrasingh Malaheda M		Indian National Congress
Neemuch	None	Khuman Singh Shivaji		Bharatiya Janata Party
Jawad	None	Om Prakash Sakhlecha		Bharatiya Janata Party