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 51–100 of 200
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deedwana | INCRUPA RAM | BJPYOONUS KHAN | 16,48913.09% | 69.1% |
| Deeg-Kumher | BJPDR. DIGAMBER SINGH | INCVISHVENDRA SINGH | 3,5242.94% | 67.0% |
| Degana | BJPAJAY SINGH | INCRICHHPAL SINGH | 1,1740.93% | 64.5% |
| Deoli-Uniara | INCRAM NARAYAN MEENA | BJPNATHU SINGH GURJAR | 11,1047.99% | 65.2% |
| Dhariawad | INCNAGRAJ | BJPGOUTAM LAL MEENA | 17,67213.26% | 71.6% |
| Dhod | CPMPEMA RAM | INCPARASRAM MORDIYA | 3,1452.38% | 69.5% |
| Dholpur | BJPABDUL SAGEER KHAN | INCASHOK SHARMA | 1,5541.60% | 71.6% |
| Dudu | INCBABU LAL NAGAR | BJPBABU LAL BACHHER | 5,3134.15% | 70.5% |
| Dungargarh | INCMANGLARAM | INDKISHNARAM | 10,6188.71% | 71.0% |
| Dungarpur | INCLAL SHANKER GATIYA | BJPSUSHILA BHIL | 11,62110.88% | 61.4% |
| Fatehpur | INCBHANWARUKHAN | BJPNAND KISHORE MAHARIA | 8,2647.80% | 61.6% |
| Gangapur | BSPRAMKESH | BJPMAN SINGH | 11,37110.36% | 63.9% |
| Garhi | INCKANTA GARASIYA | BJPDHARMENDRA RATHORE | 25,43318.79% | 67.1% |
| Ghatol | INDNANALAL | BJPNAVNEETLAL | 20,62214.61% | 75.0% |
| Gogunda | INCMANGI LAL GARASIYA | BJPHUNSA RAM GARASIYA | 10,1128.23% | 66.3% |
| Gudha Malani | INCHEMARAM CHOUDHARY | BJPLADURAM | 9,2777.15% | 76.0% |
| Hanumangarh | INCVINOD KUMAR LILAWALI | BJPRAMPRATAP | 3860.24% | 78.8% |
| HAWAMAHAL | INCBRIJ KISHORE SHARMA | BJPMANJU SHARMA | 5800.53% | 57.8% |
| Hindaun | INCBHAROSI LAL | BJPRAJKUMARI | 1,8551.69% | 62.3% |
| Hindoli | BJPPRABHU LAL | INCHARIMOHAN | 6,0804.42% | 72.3% |
| Jahazpur | BJPSHIVJIRAM MEENA | INCDHIRAJ GURJAR | 1,8651.45% | 73.5% |
| Jaisalmer | BJPCHHOTU SINGH | INCSUNITA | 5,7754.87% | 75.0% |
| Jaitaran | INDDILIP CHOUDHARY | BJPSURENDRA GOYAL | 6,4084.67% | 65.2% |
| Jalore | INCRAMLAL MEGHWAL | BJPJOGESHWAR GARG | 16,26516.02% | 53.4% |
| Jamwa Ramgarh | INCGOPAL MEENA | BJPJAGDISH NARAYAN | 1,5531.44% | 68.8% |
| Jayal | INCMANJU DEVI | BJPMANJU | 10,0049.47% | 58.1% |
| Jhadol | BJPBABU LAL KHARADI | INCHEERA LAL | 7,3195.86% | 70.4% |
| Jhalrapatan | BJPVASUNDHARA RAJE | INCMOHAN LAL | 32,58122.60% | 68.8% |
| Jhotwara | BJPRAJPAL SINGH SHEKHAWAT | INCLAL CHAND KATARIA | 2,4551.65% | 61.7% |
| Jhunjhunu | INCBRIJENDRA SINGH OLA | BJPDR. MOOL SINGH SHEKHAWAT | 9,3168.25% | 63.5% |
| Jodhpur | BJPKAILASH BHANSALI | INCJUGAL KABRA | 8,5998.70% | 54.5% |
| Kaman | INCZAHIDA | BJPNASRU KHAN | 7,8656.47% | 72.6% |
| KAPASIN | INCSHANKAR | INDARJUN LAL | 6,6545.18% | 61.1% |
| Karauli | BJPROHINI KUMARI | BSPDARSHAN SINGH | 1,2560.98% | 75.3% |
| Kathumar | BJPBABU LAL | INCRAMESH KHINCHI | 1,6931.57% | 69.6% |
| Kekri | INCRAGHUNANDAN | BJPRINKU KANWAR | 12,6599.67% | 68.5% |
| Keshoraipatan | INCC L PREMI | BJPGOPAL PACHERWAL | 3,4162.87% | 59.8% |
| Khajuwala | BJPVISHWANATH | INDGOVIND RAM | 8670.91% | 58.0% |
| Khandar | INCASHOK | BJPHARI NARAYAN | 10,63210.44% | 58.4% |
| Khandela | BJPBANSHIDHAR | INCMAHADEV SINGH | 9,8988.29% | 67.0% |
| Khanpur | BJPANIL KUMAR | INCMEENAKSHEE CHANDRAWAT | 4,9553.79% | 70.4% |
| Kherwara | INCDAYARAM PARMAR | BJPNANA LAL AHARI | 14,75710.78% | 65.7% |
| Khetri | INCJITENDRA SINGH | BJPDHARMPAL | 11,06711.12% | 64.0% |
| Khinwsar | BJPHANUMAN BAINIWAL | BSPDURGSINGH | 24,44318.85% | 67.3% |
| Kishanganj | INCNIRMALA | BJPHEMRAJ | 16,37816.06% | 64.0% |
| Kishangarh | INCNATHU RAM SINODIYA | BJPBHAGIRATH CHOUDHARY | 9,7247.23% | 66.4% |
| Kishangarh Bas | BJPRAMHAET SINGH | INCDEEP CHAND | 2,1101.77% | 70.5% |
| KISHANPOLE | BJPMOHAN LAL GUPTA | INCASK ALI TAK | 4,7394.12% | 62.7% |
| Kolayat | BJPDEVI SINGH BHATI | INCHUKAMA RAM | 21,34618.87% | 65.2% |
| Kota North | INCSHANTI KUMAR DHARIWAL | BJPSUMAN SHRINGI | 21,73117.55% | 60.4% |
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.