2008 Delhi Legislative Assembly election

The Delhi state assembly elections 2008, which were held on 29 November 2008 for Legislative Assembly of Delhi, led to the formation of Sheila Dikshit's government of Indian National Congress.

2008 Delhi state assembly elections

29 November 2008
All 70 to the Delhi Legislative Assembly 36 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	57.60% (4.18%)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Sheila Dikshit Vijay Kumar Malhotra Mayawati Party INC BJP BSP Leader's seat New Delhi Greater Kailash Not Contested Seats before 47 20 0 Seats won 43 23 2 Seat change 4 3 2 Popular vote 24,89,816 22,44,629 8,67,672 Percentage 40.31% 36.34% 14.05% Swing 7.82% 1.12% 8.28%
Chief Minister before election Sheila Dikshit INC Elected Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit INC

Results

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

Elected MLAs

  Indian National Congress

  Bharatiya Janta Party

  Bahujan Samaj Party

  Lok Jan Shakti Party

  Rashtriya Janata Dal

  Independent

Assembly No.	Assembly Name	Winning Candidate	Party	No. of votes
1	Narela	Jaswant Singh	Indian National Congress	34662
2	Burari	Shri Krishan	Bharatiya Janta Party	32006
3	Timarpur	Surendar Pal Singh	Indian National Congress	39997
4	Adarsh Nagar	Mangat Ram Singhal	Indian National Congress	36445
5	Badli	Devendar Yadav	Indian National Congress	39215
6	Rithala	Kulwant Rana	Bharatiya Janta Party	64474
7	Bawana (SC)	Surendar Kumar	Indian National Congress	60544
8	Mundka	Manoj Kumar	Bharatiya Janta Party	47355
9	Kirari	Anil Jha	Bharatiya Janta Party	30005
10	Sultan Pur Majura (SC)	Gaurav Srivastava	Indian National Congress	39542
11	Nangloi Jat	Bijender Singh	Indian National Congress	48009
12	Mangol Puri (SC)	Raj Kumar Chauhan	Indian National Congress	50448
13	Rohini	Jai Bhagwan Aggarwal	Bharatiya Janta Party	55793
14	Shalimar Bagh	Ravinder Nath Bansal	Bharatiya Janta Party	49976
15	Shakur Basti	Shyam Lal Garg	Bharatiya Janta Party	40444
16	Tri Nagar	Anil Bhardwaj	Indian National Congress	41891
17	Wazirpur	Hari Shankar Gupta	Indian National Congress	39977
18	Model Town	Kanwar Karan Singh	Indian National Congress	39935
19	Sadar Bazar	Rajesh Jain	Indian National Congress	47508
20	Chandni Chowk	Parlad Singh Sawhney	Indian National Congress	28208
21	Matia Mahal	Shoaib Iqbal	Lok Jan Shakti Party	25474
22	Ballimaran	Haroon Yusuf	Indian National Congress	34660
23	Karol Bagh (SC)	Surendar Pal Ratawal	Bharatiya Janta Party	38746
24	Patel Nagar (SC)	Rajesh Lilothiya	Indian National Congress	44022
25	Moti Nagar	Subash Sachdeva	Bharatiya Janta Party	46616
26	Madipur (SC)	Mala Ram Gangwal	Indian National Congress	40698
27	Rajouri Garden	Daya Nand Chandela	Indian National Congress	31130
28	Hari Nagar	Har Sharan Singh Balli	Bharatiya Janta Party	51364
29	Tilak Nagar	O P Babbar	Bharatiya Janta Party	38320
30	Janakpuri	Prof. Jagdish Mukhi	Bharatiya Janta Party	50655
31	Vikaspuri	Nand Kishore	Indian National Congress	47819
32	Uttam Nagar	Mukesh Sharma	Indian National Congress	46765
33	Dwarka	Parduymn Rajput	Bharatiya Janta Party	43608
34	Matiala	Sumesh	Indian National Congress	52411
35	Najafgarh	Bhai Bharat Singh	Independent	34028
36	Bijawasan	Sat Prakash Rana	Bharatiya Janta Party	27427
37	Palam	Dharam Dev Solanki	Bharatiya Janta Party	40712
38	Delhi Cantt	Karan Singh Tanwar	Bharatiya Janta Party	23696
39	Rajinder Nagar	Ramakant Goswami	Indian National Congress	29394
40	New Delhi	Sheila Dikshit	Indian National Congress	39778
41	Jangpura	Tarvinder Singh Marwah	Indian National Congress
42	Kasturba Nagar	Neeraj Basoya	Indian National Congress	33807
43	Malviya Nagar	Kiran Walia	Indian National Congress	31283
44	R K Puram	Barkha Singh	Indian National Congress	35878
45	Mehrauli	Dr. Yoganand Shastri	Indian National Congress	21740
46	Chattarpur	Balram Tanwar	Indian National Congress	32406
47	Deoli (SC)	Arvinder Singh	Indian National Congress	41497
48	Ambedkar Nagar (SC)	Chaudhary Prem Singh	Indian National Congress	30467
49	Sangam Vihar	Mr. Surjan Singh Gusain	Bharatiya Janta Party	20332
50	Greater Kailash	Vijay Kumar Malhotra	Bharatiya Janta Party	42206
51	Kalkaji	Subash Chopra	Indian National Congress	38360
52	Tughlakabad	Ramesh Bidhuri	Bharatiya Janta Party	32633
53	Badarpur	Ram Singh Netaji	Bahujan Samaj Party	53416
54	Okhla	Asif Mohd. Khan	Rashtriya Janata Dal	29303
55	Trilokpuri (SC)	Sunil Kumar	Bharatiya Janta Party	30781
56	Kondli (SC)	Amrish Singh Gautam	Indian National Congress	36580
57	Pratapganj	Anil Kumar	Indian National Congress	36999
58	Laxmi Nagar	Dr. Ashok Kumar Walia	Indian National Congress	54252
59	Vishwas Nagar	Naseeb Singh	Indian National Congress	48805
60	Krishna Nagar	Dr. Harsh Vardhan	Bharatiya Janta Party	47852
61	Gandhi Nagar	Arvinder Singh Lovely	Indian National Congress	59795
62	Shahdara	Dr. Narendra Nath	Indian National Congress	39194
63	Seemapuri (SC)	Ver Singh Dhinga	Indian National Congress	43864
64	Rohtas Nagar	Ram Babu Sharma	Indian National Congress	45802
65	Seelampur	Chaudhary Mateen Ahmed	Indian National Congress	47820
66	Ghonda	Shahb Singh Chauhan	Bharatiya Janta Party	35226
67	Badarpur	Naresh Gaur	Bharatiya Janta Party	31954
68	Gokalpur (SC)	Surendra Kumar	Bahujan Samaj Party	27499
69	Mustafabad	Hasan Ahmed	Indian National Congress	39838
70	Karawal Nagar	Mohan Singh Bisht	Bharatiya Janta Party	43980

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

External links

• Legislative Assembly of Delhi, Official website
• Official Member's list, Legislative Assembly of Delhi

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