2008 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election

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]

2008 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election

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All 90 seats to the Legislative Assembly
46 seats needed for a majority
Turnout70.66% (Decrease0.64pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Raman Singh Ajit Jogi Mayawati
Party BJP INC BSP
Leader since 2003 1999 2003
Leader's seat Rajnandgaon Marwahi
Last election 50 37 2
Seats won 50 38 2
Seat change Steady Increase 1 Steady
Percentage 40.33% 38.63% 6.11%
Swing Increase 1.07% Increase 1.92% Increase 1.66%

Seatwise map of the election results

Structure of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly after the election

CM before election

Raman Singh
BJP

Elected CM

Raman Singh
BJP

Results

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Party-wise

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Bharatiya Janata Party4,332,83440.35500
Indian National Congress4,146,85338.6238+1
Bahujan Samaj Party656,0416.1120
Nationalist Congress Party56,2930.520–1
Others635,5845.9200
Independents909,6868.4700
Total10,737,291100.00900
Valid votes10,737,29199.93
Invalid/blank votes7,8960.07
Total votes10,745,187100.00
Registered voters/turnout15,218,56070.61
Source: ECI[2]

Region-wise

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Division Seats
BJP INC BSP
Surguja 14 9 5 -
Central Chhattisgarh 64 30 32 2
Bastar 12 11 1 -
Total 90 50 37 3

District-wise

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District Seats
BJP INC BSP
Koriya 3 3 - -
Surguja 8 4 4 -
Jashpur 3 2 1 -
Raigarh 5 1 4 -
Korba 4 1 3 -
Bilaspur 9 6 3 -
Janjgir-Champa 6 2 2 2
Mahasamund 4 - 4 -
Raipur 13 7 6 -
Dhamtari 3 - 3 -
Durg 12 8 4 -
Kawardha 2 1 1 -
Rajnandgaon 6 4 2 -
Kanker 3 3 - -
Bastar 6 6 - -
Dantewada 3 2 1 -
Total 90 50 38 2

Constituency-wise

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Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin
# Name Candidate Party Votes Candidate Party Votes
Koriya district
1 Bharatpur-Sonhat (ST) Phoolchand Singh BJP 35443 Gulab Singh INC 28145 7298
2 Manendragarh Deepak Kumar Patel BJP 30912 Ramanuj NCP 16630 14282
3 Baikunthpur Bhaiyalal Rajwade BJP 36215 Bedanti Tiwari INC 30679 5536
Surguja district
4 Premnagar Renuka Singh BJP 56652 Naresh Kumar Rajwade INC 40543 16109
5 Bhatgaon Ravi Shankar Tripathi BJP 35943 Shyamlal Jaiswal INC 18510 17433
6 Pratappur (ST) Prem Sai Singh Tekam INC 54108 Ram Sewak Paikra BJP 49863 4245
7 Ramanujganj (ST) Ramvichar Netam BJP 54562 Brihaspat Singh INC 50352 4210
8 Samri (ST) Siddha Nath Paikra BJP 31878 Chintamani Maharaj Ind 19474 30498
9 Lundra (ST) Ramdev Ram INC 51558 Kamalbhan Singh Marabi BJP 43384 8174
10 Ambikapur T. S. Singh Deo INC 56043 Anurag Singh Deo BJP 55063 980
11 Sitapur (ST) Amarjeet Bhagat INC 36281 Ganesh Ram Bhagat BJP 34544 1737
Jashpur district
12 Jashpur (ST) Jageshwar Ram Bhagat BJP 64553 Vinay Bhagat INC 48783 15770
13 Kunkuri (ST) Bharat Sai BJP 57113 Uttamdan Minj INC 47521 9592
14 Pathalgaon (ST) Rampukar Singh Thakur INC 64543 Vishnudeo Sai BJP 54627 9916
Raigarh district
15 Lailunga (ST) Hriday Ram Rathiya INC 62107 Satyanand Rathia BJP 48026 14081
16 Raigarh Shakrajeet Nayak INC 72054 Vijay Agrawal BJP 59110 12944
17 Sarangarh (SC) Padma Mahnar INC 61659 Shamsher Singh BJP 50814 10845
18 Kharsia Nand Kumar Patel INC 81497 Laxmi Devi Patel BJP 48069 33428
19 Dharamjaigarh (ST) Om Prakash Rathia BJP 52435 Chanesh Ram Rathiya INC 49068 3367
Korba district
20 Rampur (ST) Nanki Ram Kanwar BJP 58415 Pyarelal Kanwar INC 50094 8321
21 Korba Jai Singh Agrawal INC 48277 Banwari Lal Agrawal BJP 47690 587
22 Katghora Bodhram Kanwar INC 79049 Jyotinand Dubey BJP 31963 6966
23 Pali-Tanakhar (ST) Ram Dayal Uike INC 56676 Hira Singh Markam GGP 27233 29443
Bilaspur district
24 Marwahi (ST) Ajit Jogi INC 67523 Dhyan Singh Porte BJP 25431 42092
25 Kota Renu Jogi INC 55317 Moolchand Khandelwal BJP 45506 9811
26 Lormi Dharmjeet Singh Thakur INC 48569 Jawahar Sahu BJP 43580 4989
27 Mungeli (SC) Punnulal Mohle BJP 52074 Churawan Mangeshkar INC 41749 10325
28 Takhatpur Raju Singh BJP 43431 Balram Singh INC 37838 5593
29 Bilha Dharamlal Kaushik BJP 62517 Siyaram Kaushik INC 56447 6070
30 Bilaspur Amar Agrawal BJP 60784 Anil Kumar Tah INC 51408 9376
31 Beltara Badridhar Diwan BJP 38867 Bhuvneshwar Yadav INC 33891 4976
32 Masturi (SC) Krishnamurti Bandhi BJP 54002 Madan Singh Dharia INC 44794 9208
Janjgir–Champa district
33 Akaltara Saurabh Singh BSP 37393 Chunnilal Sahu INC 34505 2888
34 Janjgir-Champa Narayan Chandel BJP 42006 Motilal Dewangan INC 40816 1190
35 Sakti Saroja Manharan Rathore INC 47368 Megharam Sahu BJP 37976 9392
36 Chandrapur Yudhvir Singh Judev BJP 48843 Nobel Kumar Verma NCP 31553 17290
37 Jaijaipur Mahant Ramsunder Das INC 43346 Keshav Prasad Chandra BSP 33907 9439
38 Pamgarh (SC) Dujaram Bouddh BSP 39534 Ambesh Jangde BJP 33579 5955
Mahasamund district
39 Saraipali (SC) Haridas Bharadwaj INC 64456 Nira Chauhan BJP 48234 16222
40 Basna Devendra Bahadur Singh INC 52145 Premshankar Patel BJP 36238 15907
41 Khallari Paresh Bagbahara INC 66074 Preetam Singh Diwan BJP 43569 22505
42 Mahasamund Agni Chandrakar INC 52667 Motilal Sahu BJP 47623 5044
Raipur district
43 Bilaigarh (SC) Shiv Kumar Dahria INC 55863 Sangam Jangade BJP 42241 13622
44 Kasdol Rajkamal Singhania INC 77661 Yogesh Chandrakar BJP 50455 27206
45 Baloda Bazar Laxmi Baghel BJP 56788 Ganesh Shankar Bajpai INC 51606 5182
46 Bhatapara Chaitram Sahu INC 58242 Shivratan Sharma BJP 52010 6232
47 Dharsiwa Devjibhai Patel BJP 51396 Chhatrapal Sirmour INC 45057 6339
48 Raipur Rural Nand Kumar Sahu BJP 46535 Satyanarayan Sharma INC 43556 2979
49 Raipur City West Rajesh Munat BJP 51391 Santosh Agrawal INC 36546 14845
50 Raipur City North Kuldeep Juneja INC 46982 Sachhidanand Upasane BJP 45546 1436
51 Raipur City South Brijmohan Agrawal BJP 65686 Yogesh Tiwari INC 40747 24939
52 Arang (SC) Guru Rudra Kumar INC 34655 Sanjay Dhidhi BJP 33318 1337
53 Abhanpur Chandra Shekhar Sahu BJP 56249 Dhanendra Sahu INC 54759 1490
54 Rajim Amitesh Shukla INC 55803 Santosh Upadhyay BJP 51887 3916
55 Bindrawagarh (ST) Damrudhar Pujari BJP 67505 Omkar Shah INC 50801 16704
Dhamtari district
56 Sihawa (ST) Ambika Markam INC 56048 Pinky Shivraj Shah BJP 41152 14896
57 Kurud Lekhram Sahu INC 64299 Ajay Chandrakar BJP 58094 6205
58 Dhamtari Gurumukh Singh Hora INC 76746 Vipin Kumar Sahu BJP 49739 27007
Durg district
59 Sanjari-Balod Madanlal Sahu BJP 56620 Mohan Patel INC 49984 6636
60 Dondi Lohara (ST) Neelima Singh Tekam BJP 41534 Anita Kumeti INC 37547 3987
61 Gunderdehi Virendra Sahu BJP 64010 Ghanaram Sahu INC 61425 2585
62 Patan Vijay Baghel BJP 59000 Bhupesh Baghel INC 51158 7842
63 Durg Gramin Pratima Chandrakar INC 49710 Preetpal Belchandan BJP 48153 1557
64 Durg City Hemchand Yadav BJP 53803 Arun Vora INC 53101 702
65 Bhilai Nagar Badruddin Quraishi INC 52848 Premprakash Pandey BJP 43985 8863
66 Vaishali Nagar Saroj Pandey BJP 63078 Brij Mohan Singh INC 41811 21267
67 Ahiwara (SC) Domanlal Korsewada BJP 57795 Oni Kumar Mahilang INC 45144 12651
68 Saja Ravindra Choubey INC 63775 Labhchand Bafna BJP 58720 5055
69 Bemetara Tamradhwaj Sahu INC 57082 Awadhesh Singh Chandel BJP 50609 6473
70 Navagarh (SC) Dayaldas Baghel BJP 53519 Dheeru Prasad Ghritlahare INC 47012 6507
Kawardha district
71 Pandariya Mohammad Akbar INC 72397 Lalji Chandravanshi BJP 70536 1861
72 Kawardha Siyaram Sahu BJP 78817 Yogeshwar Raj Singh INC 68409 10408
Rajnandgaon district
73 Khairagarh Komal Janghel BJP 62437 Motilal Janghel INC 42893 19544
74 Dongargarh (SC) Ramji Bharti BJP 57315 Dinesh Patila INC 49900 7415
75 Rajnandgaon Raman Singh BJP 77230 Uday Mudliyar INC 44841 32389
76 Dongargaon Kheduram Sahu BJP 61344 Geeta Devi Singh INC 51937 9407
77 Khujji Bholaram Sahu INC 57594 Jamnuadevi Thakur BJP 41475 16119
78 Mohla-Manpur (ST) Shivraj Singh Usare INC 43890 Darbar Singh Manda BJP 37449 6441
Kanker district
79 Antagarh (ST) Vikram Usendi BJP 37255 Manturam Pawar INC 37146 109
80 Bhanupratappur (ST) Brahmanand Netam BJP 41384 Manoj Singh Mandavi Ind 25905 15479
81 Kanker (ST) Sumitra Markole BJP 46793 Preeti Netam INC 29290 17503
Bastar district
82 Keshkal (ST) Sewakram Netam BJP 46006 Dhannu Markam INC 37392 8614
83 Kondagaon (ST) Lata Usendi BJP 44691 Mohan Markam INC 41920 2771
84 Narayanpur (ST) Kedar Nath Kashyap BJP 48459 Rajnuram Netam INC 26824 21635
85 Bastar (ST) Subhau Kashyap BJP 39991 Lakeshwar Baghel INC 38790 1201
86 Jagdalpur Santosh Bafna BJP 55003 Rekchand Jain INC 37479 17524
87 Chitrakot (ST) Baiduram Kashyap BJP 31642 Pratibha Shah INC 22411 9231
Dantewada district
88 Dantewada (ST) Bhima Mandavi BJP 36813 Manish Kunjam CPI 24805 12008
89 Bijapur (ST) Mahesh Gagda BJP 20049 Rajendra Pambhoi INC 9528 10521
90 Konta (ST) Kawasi Lakhma INC 21630 Padam Nanda BJP 21438 192

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References

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  1. ^ "How Raman Singh retained Chhattisgarh". Rediff.com. PTI. 12 December 2008. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  2. ^ "State Election, 2008 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  3. ^ Abhinandan Mishra (19 December 2013). "9 Ministers Inducted into Chhattisgarh Cabinet". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 25 February 2022.