2008 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election

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2008 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election

← 2003 November 14, 2008 (2008-11-14) to November 20, 2008 (2008-11-20) 2013 →
All 90 seats to the Legislative Assembly 46 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	70.66% (0.64pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Raman Singh Ajit Jogi Mayawati Party BJP INC BSP Leader since 7 December 2003 24 July 1999 18 September 2003 Leader's seat Rajnandgaon Marwahi Last election 50 37 2 Seats won 50 38 2 Seat change 1 Percentage 40.33% 38.63% 6.11% Swing 1.07% 1.92% 1.66%
Chief Minister before election Raman Singh BJP Elected Chief Minister Raman Singh BJP

The Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election, 2008 was held on 14 November 2008 and 20 November 2008, to select the 90 members of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly. The results of the election were announced on 8 December. Incumbent Chief Minister Raman Singh and his Bharatiya Janata Party won the elections.

Results[]

Party-wise Results[]

SN	Party	Seats Contested	Seats won	Seats Changed	Votes Polled	Vote Share
1	Bharatiya Janata Party	90	50		43,32,834	40.33
2	Indian National Congress	87	38	1	41,46,853	38.63
3	Bahujan Samaj Party	90	2		6,56,041	6.11
4	Nationalist Congress Party	3	0	1	56,293	0.50
	Total		90

Chhattisgarh New Ministers list 2008[]

• Dr Raman Singh(CM)
• Mr. Ajay Chandrakar Panchayat and Rural Development, Culture, Tourism, and Parliamentary Affairs
• Mr. Amar Agarwal Public Health and Family Welfare, Medical Education, commercial tax and labor
• Mr. Brij Mohan Agrawal Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Water Resources, Ayacut, religious trusts and charitable
• Shri Kedarnath Kashyap Tribal and Scheduled Caste Development, Backward Classes and Minorities Development, School of Education
• Mr. Prem Prakash Pandey Revenue and Disaster Management, Rehabilitation, Higher Education, Technical Education, and Manpower Planning, Science & Technology

External links[]

• Chhattisgarh legislative assembly election, 2008 results on Indian Elections
• chhattisgarh ministers 2014
• 9 Ministers Inducted int Chhattisgarh