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Chhattisgarh Assembly Election, 2008

90 seats · 35 changed party since 2003

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Party standings

Chhattisgarh Assembly Election, 2008 · 3 parties won seats

Derived
Bharatiya Janata Party — 50 seatsIndian National Congress — 38 seatsBahujan Samaj Party — 2 seats4690of 90 seats
  • BJP50
  • INC38
  • BSP2

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
BJPBharatiya Janata Party5056%43,33,93440.3%90
INCIndian National Congress3842%41,50,37738.6%87
BSPBahujan Samaj Party22%6,56,2106.1%90
INDIndependent00%9,09,6868.5%386
GGPGarvi Gujarat Party00%1,71,1211.6%54
CPICommunist Party of India00%1,20,1841.1%21

+ 35 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Chhattisgarh Assembly Election, 2008 · winner by seat

90 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

House composition

Majority line at 46

2008 · selected
Majority 46
BJP50INC38BSP2
2003 · previous
Majority 46

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 2003 → 2008

2003 2008· by party
50%38%25%13%0%
39.3
40.3
36.7
38.6
4.4
6.1
7.1
8.5
7.0
0.5
BJPINCBSPINDNCP

Seat change

2008 seats minus 2003 seats

seats lostseats gained
BJP
50 → 50
0
INC
37 → 38
+1
BSP
2 → 2
0
NCP
1 → 0
−1

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 2003 → 2008

share lostshare gained
INC
36.7% → 38.6%
+1.9%
BSP
4.4% → 6.1%
+1.7%
IND
7.1% → 8.5%
+1.4%
BJP
39.3% → 40.3%
+1.1%
SHS
0.0% → 0.5%
+0.5%
SP
1.0% → 0.5%
−0.4%
NCP
7.0% → 0.5%
−6.5%

Biggest BJP–INC swings

Seats where the BJP-vs-INC vote gap moved most, 2003 → 2008. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (BJP share − INC share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward BJP; to the left, toward INC.

toward INCtoward BJP
Manendragarh
+48.7%
Chandrapur
+36.7%
Konta
+34.5%
Khairagarh
+32.0%
Ambikapur
−30.9%
Dantewada
+29.8%
Bijapur
+29.6%
Dhamtari
−29.2%
Sihawa
−27.4%
Rajnandgaon
+24.9%
Khallari
−23.9%
Samri
+21.7%

All constituencies · 2008

90 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 2003