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

14 to 20 November 2008

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%

CM before election

Raman Singh
BJP

Elected CM

Raman Singh
BJP

Results

Party-wise Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/โ€“
Bharatiya Janata Party4,332,83440.35500
Indian National Congress4,146,85338.6238+1
Bahujan Samaj Party656,0416.1120
Nationalist Congress Party56,2930.520โ€“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]

Elected members

Constituency Reserved for
(SC/ST/None)
Member Party
Bharatpur-sonhatSTPhoolchand Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
ManendragarhNoneDeepak Kumar Patel Bharatiya Janata Party
BaikunthpurNoneBhaiya Lal Rajwade Bharatiya Janata Party
PremnagarNoneRenuka Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
BhatgaonNoneRavi Shankar Tripathi Bharatiya Janata Party
PratappurSTDr. Premsai Singh Tekam Indian National Congress
RamanujganjSTRam Vichar Netam Bharatiya Janata Party
SamriSTSiddha Nath Paikra Bharatiya Janata Party
LundraSTRamdev Ram Indian National Congress
AmbikapurNoneT S Baba Indian National Congress
SitapurSTAmarjeet Bhagat Indian National Congress
JashpurSTJageswar Ram Bhagat Bharatiya Janata Party
KunkuriSTBharat Sai Bharatiya Janata Party
PathalgaonSTRampukar Singh Indian National Congress
LailungaSTHriday Ram Rathiya Indian National Congress
RaigarhNoneShakrajeet Nayak Indian National Congress
SarangarhSCPadma Ghanshaym Manher Indian National Congress
KharsiaNoneNand Kumar Patel Indian National Congress
DharamjaigarhSTOm Prakash Rathiya Bharatiya Janata Party
RampurSTNankiram Kanwar Bharatiya Janata Party
KorbaNoneJai Singh Bhaiya Indian National Congress
KatghoraNoneBodhram Kanwar Indian National Congress
Pali-tanakharSTRam Dayal Uike Indian National Congress
MarwahiSTAjit Jogi Indian National Congress
KotaNoneDr.renu Jogi Indian National Congress
LormiNoneDharamjeet Singh Indian National Congress
MungeliSCPunnulal Mohle Bharatiya Janata Party
TakhatpurNoneRaju Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
BilhaNoneDharam Lal Kaushik Bharatiya Janata Party
BilaspurNoneAmar Agrawal Bharatiya Janata Party
BeltaraNoneBadridhar Diwan Bharatiya Janata Party
MasturiSCDr. Krishna Murti Bandhi Bharatiya Janata Party
AkaltaraNoneSaurabh Singh Bahujan Samaj Party
Janjgir-champaNoneNarayan Chandel Bharatiya Janata Party
SaktiNoneSaroja Manharan Rathore Indian National Congress
ChandrapurNoneYuddhveer Singh Judev Bharatiya Janata Party
JaijaipurNoneMahant Ramsunder Das Indian National Congress
PamgarhSCDujram Bouddh Bahujan Samaj Party
SaraipaliSCDr. Haridas Bhardwaj Indian National Congress
BasnaNoneDevendra Bahadur Singh Indian National Congress
KhallariNoneParesh Bagbahara Indian National Congress
MahasamundNoneAgni Chandrakar Indian National Congress
BilaigarhSCDr Shiv Kumar Dahriya Indian National Congress
KasdolNoneRaj Kamal Singhaniya Indian National Congress
Baloda BazarNoneLaxmi Baghel Bharatiya Janata Party
BhataparaNoneChaitram Sahu Indian National Congress
DharsiwaNoneDevji Bhai Patel Bharatiya Janata Party
Raipur RuralNoneNand Kumar Sahu Bharatiya Janata Party
Raipur City WestNoneRajesh Moonat Bharatiya Janata Party
Raipur City NorthNoneKuldeep Singh Juneja Indian National Congress
Raipur City SouthNoneBrijmohan Agrawal Bharatiya Janata Party
ArangSCGuru Rudra Kumar Indian National Congress
AbhanpurNoneChandrashekar Sahu "champu" Bharatiya Janata Party
RajimNoneAmitesh Shukl Indian National Congress
BindranawagarhSTDamru Dhar Pujari Bharatiya Janata Party
SihawaSTAmbika Markam Indian National Congress
KurudNoneLekhram Sahu Indian National Congress
DhamtariNoneGurumukh Singh Hora Indian National Congress
Sanjari BalodNoneMadan Lal Sahu Bharatiya Janata Party
Dondi LoharaSTNeelima Singh Tekam Bharatiya Janata Party
GunderdehiNoneVirendra Kumar Sahu Bharatiya Janata Party
PatanNoneVijay Baghel Bharatiya Janata Party
Durg-ruralNonePratima Chandrakar Indian National Congress
Durg CityNoneHemchand Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party
Bhilai NagarNoneBadruddin Quraishi Indian National Congress
Vaishali NagarNoneSaroj Pandey Bharatiya Janata Party
AhiwaraSCDoman Lal Korsewada Bharatiya Janata Party
SajaNoneRavindra Choubey Indian National Congress
BemetaraNoneTamradhwaj Sahu Indian National Congress
NawagarhSCDyaldas Baghel Bharatiya Janata Party
PandariyaNoneAkbar Bhai Indian National Congress
KawardhaNoneDr. Siyaram Sahu Bharatiya Janata Party
KhairagarhNoneKomal Janghel Bharatiya Janata Party
DongargarhSCRamji Bharti Bharatiya Janata Party
RajnandgaonNoneDr. Raman Bharatiya Janata Party
DongargaonNoneKheduram Sahu Bharatiya Janata Party
KhujjiNoneBhola Ram Sahu Indian National Congress
Mohla-manpurSTShivraj Singh Usare Indian National Congress
AntagarhSTVikram Usendi Bharatiya Janata Party
BhanupratappurSTBramhanand Bharatiya Janata Party
KankerSTSumitra Markole Bharatiya Janata Party
KeshkalSTSewakram Netam Bharatiya Janata Party
KondagaonSTLata Usendi Bharatiya Janata Party
NarayanpurSTKedarnath Kashyap Bharatiya Janata Party
BastarSTDr Subhau Kashyap Bharatiya Janata Party
JagdalpurNoneSantosh Bafna Bharatiya Janata Party
ChitrakotSTBaiduram Kashyap Bharatiya Janata Party
DantewadaSTBhima Mandavi Bharatiya Janata Party
BijapurSTMahesh Gagda Bharatiya Janata Party
KontaSTLakhma Kawasi Indian National Congress

Cabinet of Ministers

Source:[3]

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

References

  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.
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