Rajasthan assembly election, Dec 2008
200 assembly constituencies in Rajasthan, 66.12% turnout.
Seats
200
Candidates
2,194
154 women, 28 elected
Turnout
66.12%
2.4 cr of 3.63 cr
Leading party
INC
96 of 200 seats
Party performance
Ordered by seats won in Rajasthan
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Votes | Share | Share +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INCIndian National Congress | 96 | +40 | 200 | 88,35,106 | 36.84% | +1.19 |
| BJPBharatiya Janata Party | 78 | -42 | 193 | 81,99,830 | 34.19% | -5.01 |
| INDIndependent | 14 | +1 | 1023 | 36,05,677 | 15.03% | +3.66 |
| BSPBahujan Samaj Party | 6 | +4 | 199 | 18,13,897 | 7.56% | +3.59 |
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 3 | +2 | 34 | 3,90,440 | 1.63% | +0.85 |
| LSWPLSWP | 1 | +1 | 20 | 2,11,187 | 0.88% | — |
| SPSamajwadi Party | 1 | +1 | 64 | 1,83,910 | 0.77% | -0.10 |
| JD(U)JD(U) | 1 | -1 | 4 | 1,07,241 | 0.45% | -0.45 |
| BJSHBJSH | 0 | 0 | 54 | 1,09,117 | 0.45% | — |
| LJPLok Janshakti Party | 0 | 0 | 87 | 94,279 | 0.39% | — |
| NCPNationalist Congress Party | 0 | 0 | 39 | 72,281 | 0.30% | -0.34 |
| BHBPBHBP | 0 | 0 | 58 | 62,460 | 0.26% | — |
| INLDIndian National Lok Dal | 0 | -4 | 4 | 54,783 | 0.23% | -2.35 |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 0 | 0 | 21 | 54,292 | 0.23% | +0.03 |
| RJVPRJVP | 0 | 0 | 32 | 41,128 | 0.17% | — |
| SHSShiv Sena | 0 | 0 | 24 | 27,157 | 0.11% | -0.08 |
| JGPJanseva Gondwana Party | 0 | 0 | 26 | 20,432 | 0.09% | — |
| CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L) | 0 | 0 | 9 | 15,587 | 0.06% | +0.03 |
| NLHPNLHP | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15,126 | 0.06% | — |
| RLDRashtriya Lok Dal | 0 | 0 | 17 | 11,711 | 0.05% | -0.39 |
| ABCDAABCDA | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10,210 | 0.04% | +0.01 |
| JD(S)JD(S) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9,175 | 0.04% | 0.00 |
| ABHMABHM | 0 | 0 | 16 | 8,293 | 0.03% | 0.00 |
| BRSPBahujan Republican Socialist Party | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5,231 | 0.02% | — |
| IJPIJP | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4,844 | 0.02% | — |
| RKSPRKSP | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3,482 | 0.01% | — |
| BRVPBRVP | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3,183 | 0.01% | -0.03 |
| ASPAadim Samaj Party | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2,464 | 0.01% | — |
| SAPSAP | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2,097 | 0.01% | — |
| RSMDRSMD | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2,070 | 0.01% | — |
| LKPTLKPT | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1,990 | 0.01% | — |
| RDSDRDSD | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1,416 | 0.01% | — |
| AIFBAIFB | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1,153 | 0.00% | — |
| DKDDalit Kranti Dal | 0 | 0 | 2 | 746 | 0.00% | — |
| FCIFCI | 0 | 0 | 1 | 705 | 0.00% | 0.00 |
| BVVPBVVP | 0 | 0 | 1 | 405 | 0.00% | — |
| IPCIndian Praja Congress | 0 | 0 | 2 | 338 | 0.00% | — |
| DBSPDemocratic Bharatiya Samaj Party | 0 | 0 | 3 | 317 | 0.00% | — |
| RSDRSD | 0 | 0 | 1 | 267 | 0.00% | — |
| NPSFNPSF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 257 | 0.00% | — |
- INC96 (48%)
- BJP78 (39%)
- IND14 (7%)
- BSP6 (3%)
- CPM3 (2%)
- LSWP1 (1%)
- Others2 (1%)
- INC96
- BJP78
- IND14
- BSP6
- CPM3
- LSWP1
- Others2
- INC96
- BJP78
- IND14
- BSP6
- CPM3
- LSWP1
- SP1
- JD(U)1
Constituency performance
From the 200 results in Rajasthan
Closest contest
Nathdwara
won by 1 (0.00%)
Biggest victory
Bagidora
won by 44,689 (37.27%)
Highest turnout
Sangaria
83.11%
Lowest turnout
Udaipur
7.88%
Seat change
Against Rajasthan's previous Vidhan Sabha election (2003), matched constituency-for-constituency
- Retained0 (0%)
- Changed hands0 (0%)
- New seat200 (100%)
0 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 0 changed hands. 200 did not exist at the previous election.
India’s constituencies have not been redrawn since the 2008 delimitation, so this compares the same seat boundary both times.
Vote share & turnout trend
Rajasthan, every Vidhan Sabha election on record
VOTE SHARE
- INC
- BJP
- IND
- BSP
TURNOUT
Assembly seat results
All 200 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–50 of 200
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adarsh Nagar | BJPASHOK PARNAMI | INCMAHIR AZAD | 1,7181.53% | 62.2% |
| Ahore | INCBHAG RAJ CHOWDHARY | BJPCHIRANJI LAL | 13,75113.05% | 55.1% |
| Ajmer North | BJPVASUDEV DEVNANI | INCDR. SHRIGOPAL BAHETI | 6880.77% | 56.5% |
| Ajmer South | BJPANITA BHADEL | INCDR. RAJKUMAR JAIPAL | 19,30621.73% | 56.9% |
| Alwar Rural | INCTIKA RAM | BJPDR.JAGDISH PRASAD | 8,52510.69% | 49.7% |
| Alwar Urban | BJPBANWARI LAL SINGHAL | INCNARENDRA SHARMA | 13,70813.47% | 57.6% |
| Amber | INCGANGA SAHAY | BJPNAVEEN PILANIA | 3,7973.01% | 68.5% |
| Anta | INCPRAMOD KUMAR (BHAYA) | BJPRAGHUVEER SINGH KAUSHAL | 29,66826.40% | 71.0% |
| Anupgarh | CPMPAWAN KUMAR DUGGAL | INCKULDEEP INDORA | 21,57016.62% | 72.4% |
| Asind | BJPRAMLAL GURJAR | INCHAGAMILAL | 4,1122.92% | 67.2% |
| Aspur | INCRAIYAJI | BJPPRAKRATI KHARADI | 14,54712.67% | 59.3% |
| Bagidora | INCMAHENDRAJEET SINGH | JD(U)JEETMALKHANT | 44,68937.27% | 69.3% |
| Bagru | INCGANGA DEVI | BJPRAKSHPAL KULDEEP | 3,5172.95% | 55.7% |
| Bali | BJPPUSHPENDRA SINGH | INCJAISINGH | 20,74614.38% | 59.0% |
| Bamanwas | INCNAWALKISHOR | LSWPSAMPAT LAL | 18,55217.90% | 59.9% |
| Bandikui | INDRAM KISHOR | BJPSHAILENDRA JOSHI | 12,95011.84% | 73.9% |
| Bansur | BJPROHITASH KUMAR | INCSHAKUNTALA | 12,97911.03% | 71.8% |
| Banswara | INCARJUN SINGH BAMANIYA | BJPDHANSINGH RAWAT | 15,84912.18% | 72.1% |
| Baran Atru | INCPANACHAND | BJPMADAN DILAWAR | 16,57414.12% | 67.5% |
| Bari | BSPGIRRAJ SINGH | BJSHJASWANT | 2,9302.58% | 77.1% |
| Bari Sadri | INCPRAKASH CHANDRA CHAUDHARY | BJPBHERU SINGH CHAUHAN | 26,58917.60% | 75.4% |
| Barmer | INCMEWARAM JAIN | BJPMRADUREKHA CHOUDHARY | 24,04420.21% | 66.0% |
| Baseri | BJPSUKHRAM | INDUSHA | 7,7449.83% | 62.3% |
| Bassi | INDANJU DEVI DHANKA | INDKANHAYA LAL | 21,93219.02% | 70.6% |
| Bayana | BJPGYARSARAM | BSPMUNNI DEVI | 8,7558.25% | 61.3% |
| Baytoo | INCCOL. SONARAM | BJPKAILASH | 36,41832.29% | 67.5% |
| Beawar | BJPSHANKAR SINGH | INDK. C. CHAUDHARY | 37,41435.38% | 58.2% |
| Begun | INCRAJENDRA SINGH | BJPCHUNNI LAL DHAKAR | 6430.45% | 73.4% |
| Behror | BJPDR.JASWANT SINGH YADAV | INCDR KARAN SINGH YADAV | 20,00417.82% | 69.0% |
| Bhadra | INDJAIDEEP | INCSANJEEV KUMAR | 35,27522.86% | 76.6% |
| Bharatpur | BJPVIJAY BANSAL (PAPPU) | BSPADITYA RAJ SHARMA | 23,48621.76% | 56.7% |
| Bhilwara | BJPVITTHAL SHANKAR AVASTHI | INCOM PRAKASH NARANIWAL | 17,27715.98% | 64.1% |
| Bhim | BJPHARI SINGH RAWAT(PANNA SINGH) | INCLAXMAN SINGH RAWAT(FATEH SINGH) | 7300.72% | 64.0% |
| Bhinmal | BJPPOORA RAM CHOUDHARY | INCSAMRJIT SINGH | 21,19917.04% | 62.2% |
| Bhopalgarh | BJPKAMSA | INCHEERA DEVI | 4,5013.93% | 52.8% |
| Bikaner East | BJPSIDHI KUMARI | INCDR. TANVEER MALAWAT | 37,65336.62% | 63.0% |
| Bikaner West | BJPGOPAL KRISHAN | INCDR BULAKIDAS KALLA | 18,86118.36% | 67.0% |
| Bilara | BJPARJUN LAL | INCSHANKAR LAL | 14,86312.11% | 56.5% |
| Bundi | BJPASHOK DOGARA | INCMAMTA SHARMA | 10,7437.95% | 65.4% |
| Chaksu | BJPPROMILA | INDASHOK TANWAR | 4,2383.87% | 66.0% |
| Chhabra | INCKARAN SINGH | BJPPRATAP SINGH | 6,9485.45% | 75.5% |
| Chittorgarh | INCSURENDRA SINGH | BJPSHRICHAND KRIPALANI | 11,5518.41% | 73.5% |
| Chohtan | INCPADMARAM | BJPTARUNRAI KAGA | 23,90318.68% | 66.0% |
| Chomu | INCBHAGWAN SAHAY SAINI | BJPRAM LAL SHARMA | 1350.11% | 74.8% |
| Chorasi | INCSHANKAR LAL AHARI | BJPSUSHIL KATARA | 6,2145.74% | 65.2% |
| Churu | INCHAZI MAQBOOL | BJPHARLAL SAHARAN | 8,1116.95% | 66.3% |
| Civil Lines | INCPRATAP SINGH KHACHARIYAWAS | BJPASHOK LAHOTI | 6,9615.96% | 60.8% |
| Dag | INCMADANLAL | BJPRAMLAL | 1,7091.31% | 69.6% |
| Danta Ramgarh | CPMAMRA RAM | INCNARAYAN SINGH | 4,9193.73% | 69.3% |
| Dausa | BSPMURARI LAL MEENA | INCRAM AVTAR CHOUDHARY | 1,1020.97% | 71.5% |
Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Rajasthan alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.
Frequently asked
Straight answers to the questions this result page exists to answer.
Who won the Rajasthan assembly election, Dec 2008?
Indian National Congress won 96 of 200 seats in Rajasthan, short of a majority on its own.
What was the voter turnout in the Rajasthan assembly election, Dec 2008?
Turnout was 66.12% — 2.4 cr of 3.63 cr registered electors voted.
How many assembly seats does Rajasthan have?
Rajasthan has 200 assembly seats.