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Rajasthan assembly election, Dec 2008

The 13th Rajasthan legislative assembly. Polled.

Seats declared
200
101 needed for a majority
Largest party
INC
96 seats · short of a majority
Candidates
2,194
154 women, 28 elected
Turnout
66.12%
2.4 cr of 3.63 cr

The house

200 seats, each dot one assembly constituency

200SEATS
  • INC96
  • BJP78
  • IND14
  • BSP6
  • CPM3
  • LSWP1
  • SP1
  • JD(U)1

Biggest movements

Seat change against the previous Rajasthan assembly election (2003)

BJP
-42
INC
+40
BSP
+4
INLD
-4

Parties

Ordered by seats won

PartyWon+/−ContestedStrike rateVotesShareShare +/−Deposits lost
INCIndian National Congress96+4020036.8%88,35,10636.84%+1.1911
BJPBharatiya Janata Party78-4219335.4%81,99,83034.19%-5.0111
INDIndependent14+110233.0%36,05,67715.03%+3.66977
BSPBahujan Samaj Party6+41997.6%18,13,8977.56%+3.59173
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)3+2349.2%3,90,4401.63%+0.8629
LSWPLSWP1—209.0%2,11,1870.88%—15
SPSamajwadi Party1+1642.4%1,83,9100.77%-0.1062
JD(U)JD(U)1-1423.3%1,07,2410.45%-0.451
BJSHBJSH0—541.7%1,09,1170.46%—53
LJPLok Janshakti Party0—870.9%94,2790.39%—87
NCPNationalist Congress Party00391.6%72,2810.30%-0.3438
BHBPBHBP0—580.9%62,4600.26%—58
INLDIndian National Lok Dal0-4410.9%54,7830.23%-2.362
CPICommunist Party of India00212.1%54,2920.23%+0.0321
RJVPRJVP0—321.1%41,1280.17%—32
SHSShiv Sena00240.9%27,1570.11%-0.0924
JGPJanseva Gondwana Party0—260.7%20,4320.09%—26
CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L)0091.5%15,5870.07%+0.039
NLHPNLHP0—43.3%15,1260.06%—4
RLDRashtriya Lok Dal00170.6%11,7110.05%-0.3917
ABCDAABCDA0071.2%10,2100.04%+0.017
JD(S)JD(S)0051.5%9,1750.04%0.005
ABHMABHM00160.4%8,2930.04%0.0016
BRSPBahujan Republican Socialist Party0—80.5%5,2310.02%—8
IJPIJP0—100.4%4,8440.02%—10
RKSPRKSP0—40.7%3,4820.01%—4
BRVPBRVP0050.5%3,1830.01%-0.035
ASPAadim Samaj Party0—21.0%2,4640.01%—2
SAPSAP0—40.4%2,0970.01%—4
RSMDRSMD0—30.6%2,0700.01%—3
LKPTLKPT0—11.4%1,9900.01%—1
RDSDRDSD0—11.1%1,4160.01%—1
AIFBAIFB0—20.6%1,1530.01%—2
DKDDalit Kranti Dal0—20.3%7460.00%—2
FCIFCI0010.6%7050.00%0.001
BVVPBVVP0—10.4%4050.00%—1
IPCIndian Praja Congress0—20.1%3380.00%—2
DBSPDemocratic Bharatiya Samaj Party0—30.1%3170.00%—3
RSDRSD0—10.2%2670.00%—1
NPSFNPSF0—10.2%2570.00%—1

Vote share is the share of valid votes cast in Rajasthan at this election. A party’s national share is a different number and is never mixed with this one. Showing the 40 largest parties. The full list is at /api/elections/rajasthan-2008/parties?limit=500.

Largest victories of Dec 2008

All seats via API →
Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
BagidoraRajasthanINCMAHENDRAJEET SINGHJD(U)JEETMALKHANT44,68937.27%
Bikaner EastRajasthanBJPSIDHI KUMARIINCDR. TANVEER MALAWAT37,65336.62%
BeawarRajasthanBJPSHANKAR SINGHINDK. C. CHAUDHARY37,41435.38%
BaytooRajasthanINCCOL. SONARAMBJPKAILASH36,41832.29%
SagwaraRajasthanINCSURENDRA KUMARBJPKANAKMAL KATARA32,32627.08%
AntaRajasthanINCPRAMOD KUMAR (BHAYA)BJPRAGHUVEER SINGH KAUSHAL29,66826.40%
SanganerRajasthanBJPGHANSHYAM TIWARIINCSURESH MISHRA32,91225.81%
SikraiRajasthanINCMAMTA BHUPESHBJPGEETA VERMA27,14724.39%
NimbaheraRajasthanINCANJANA UDAILALBJPASHOKKUMAR NAVLAKHA38,51024.19%
BhadraRajasthanINDJAIDEEPINCSANJEEV KUMAR35,27522.86%

Closest results of Dec 2008

All seats via API →
Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
NathdwaraRajasthanBJPKALYAN SINGH CHOUHANINCC. P. JOSHI10.00%
LachhmangarhRajasthanINCGOVIND SINGH DOTASRAINDDINESH JOSHI340.03%
NasirabadRajasthanINCMAHENDRA SINGHBJPSANWAR LAL710.06%
ChomuRajasthanINCBHAGWAN SAHAY SAINIBJPRAM LAL SHARMA1350.11%
HanumangarhRajasthanINCVINOD KUMAR LILAWALIBJPRAMPRATAP3860.24%
PokaranRajasthanINCSALEH MOHAMMADBJPSHAITAN SINGH3390.33%
MandawaRajasthanINCRITA CHOUDHARYINDNARENDRA KUMAR4050.39%
BegunRajasthanINCRAJENDRA SINGHBJPCHUNNI LAL DHAKAR6430.45%
HAWAMAHALRajasthanINCBRIJ KISHORE SHARMABJPMANJU SHARMA5800.53%
LadpuraRajasthanBJPBHAWANI SINGH RAJAWATINCNAIMUDDIN (GUDDU)7500.61%