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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 2008

230 seats · 68 changed party since 2003

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Party standings

Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 2008 · 6 parties won seats

Derived
Bharatiya Janata Party — 143 seatsIndian National Congress — 71 seatsBahujan Samaj Party — 7 seatsBJSH — 5 seatsIndependent — 3 seatsSamajwadi Party — 1 seat116230of 230 seats
  • BJP143
  • INC71
  • BSP7
  • BJSH5
  • IND3
  • SP1

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
BJPBharatiya Janata Party14362%94,93,64137.6%228
INCIndian National Congress7131%81,70,31832.4%228
BSPBahujan Samaj Party73%22,62,1199.0%228
BJSHBJSH52%11,89,1514.7%201
INDIndependent31%20,76,4538.2%1398
SPSamajwadi Party10%5,01,3242.0%187
GGPGarvi Gujarat Party00%4,27,3131.7%88

+ 48 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 2008 · winner by seat

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

House composition

Majority line at 116

2008 · selected
Majority 116
BJP143INC71BSP7BJSH5IND3SP1
2003 · previous
Majority 116

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 2003 → 2008

2003 2008· by party
50%38%25%13%0%
42.5
37.6
31.6
32.4
7.3
9.0
0.0
4.7
7.7
8.2
3.7
2.0
BJPINCBSPBJSHINDSP

Seat change

2008 seats minus 2003 seats

seats lostseats gained
BJP
173 → 143
−30
INC
38 → 71
+33
BSP
2 → 7
+5
BJSH
0 → 5
+5
IND
2 → 3
+1
SP
7 → 1
−6
GGP
3 → 0
−3
RSMD
2 → 0
−2
JDU
1 → 0
−1
NCP
1 → 0
−1

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 2003 → 2008

share lostshare gained
BJSH
0.0% → 4.7%
+4.7%
BSP
7.3% → 9.0%
+1.7%
INC
31.6% → 32.4%
+0.8%
LJP
0.0% → 0.7%
+0.7%
GMS
0.0% → 0.7%
+0.7%
IND
7.7% → 8.2%
+0.5%
GGP
2.0% → 1.7%
−0.3%
RSMD
1.3% → 1.0%
−0.3%
NCP
1.3% → 0.3%
−1.0%
SP
3.7% → 2.0%
−1.7%

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
Guna
−57.1%
Burhanpur
+47.0%
Tikamgarh
−46.9%
Khurai
−41.0%
Jhabua
−40.7%
Kolaras
−34.2%
Bhind
−32.7%
Dindori
−32.0%
Kasrawad
+30.9%
Amla
+30.7%
Sardarpur
−30.7%
Niwari
+30.4%

Closest races · 2008

Ranked by margin as a share of valid votes · tap a seat for full results

All constituencies · 2008

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