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Rajasthan Assembly Election, 2008

200 seats · 107 changed party since 2003

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Party standings

Rajasthan Assembly Election, 2008 · 8 parties won seats

Derived
Indian National Congress — 96 seatsBharatiya Janata Party — 78 seatsIndependent — 14 seatsBahujan Samaj Party — 6 seatsCommunist Party of India (Marxist) — 3 seatsLSWP — 1 seatSamajwadi Party — 1 seat1 other parties — 1 seat101200of 200 seats
  • INC96
  • BJP78
  • IND14
  • BSP6
  • CPM3
  • LSWP1
  • SP1
  • Others1

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
INCIndian National Congress9648%88,72,18436.8%200
BJPBharatiya Janata Party7839%82,58,96634.3%193
INDIndependent147%36,05,18615.0%1023
BSPBahujan Samaj Party63%18,32,1957.6%199
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)32%3,90,4401.6%34
LSWPLSWP11%2,11,1900.9%20
SPSamajwadi Party11%1,83,9100.8%64
JDUJanata Dal (United)11%1,07,2410.4%4

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

Constituency map

Rajasthan Assembly Election, 2008 · winner by seat

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

House composition

Majority line at 101

2008 · selected
Majority 101
INC96BJP78IND14BSP6CPM3LSWP1SP1JDU1
2003 · previous
Majority 101

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 2003 → 2008

2003 2008· by party
40%30%20%10%0%
35.6
36.8
39.2
34.3
11.4
15.0
4.0
7.6
INCBJPINDBSP

Seat change

2008 seats minus 2003 seats

seats lostseats gained
INC
56 → 96
+40
BJP
120 → 78
−42
IND
13 → 14
+1
BSP
2 → 6
+4
CPM
1 → 3
+2
LSWP
0 → 1
+1
SP
0 → 1
+1
JDU
2 → 1
−1
INLD
4 → 0
−4
RSNM
1 → 0
−1

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 2003 → 2008

share lostshare gained
BSP
4.0% → 7.6%
+3.6%
IND
11.4% → 15.0%
+3.6%
INC
35.6% → 36.8%
+1.2%
LSWP
0.0% → 0.9%
+0.9%
CPM
0.8% → 1.6%
+0.8%
BJSH
0.0% → 0.5%
+0.5%
LJP
0.0% → 0.4%
+0.4%
NCP
0.6% → 0.3%
−0.3%
LJNSP
0.4% → 0.0%
−0.4%
RLD
0.4% → 0.0%
−0.4%

Biggest INC–BJP swings

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

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

toward BJPtoward INC
Sagwara
+69.8%
Sikrai
+46.2%
Barmer
+45.9%
Behror
−44.3%
Dungargarh
+42.6%
Taranagar
−42.5%
Mahuwa
+41.5%
Sawai Madhopur
+41.3%
Sanchore
+40.7%
Todabhim
+39.8%
Nokha
+39.7%
Bharatpur
−34.9%

Closest races · 2008

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

All constituencies · 2008

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