2008 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election

Legislative Assembly elections were held in Indian state of Rajasthan on 4 December 2008. Results were announced on 8 December. The incumbent ruling party BJP lost to Congress.

2008 Rajasthan state assembly elections

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All 200 seats to the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
101 seats needed for a majority
Turnout66.49% (Decrease0.69%)
 First partySecond party
 
LeaderAshok GehlotVasundhara Raje
PartyINCBJP
Leader since1 December 19988 December 2003
Leader's seatSardarpuraJhalrapatan
Last election56120
Seats won9678
Seat changeIncrease 40Decrease 42
Popular vote8,872,1848,258,966
Percentage36.82%34.27%

 Third party
 
LeaderMayawati
PartyBSP
Leader since18 September 2003
Leader's seatNot Contested
Last election2
Seats won6
Seat changeIncrease 4
Popular vote1,832,195
Percentage7.60%

Chief Minister before election

Vasundhara Raje Scindia
BJP

Elected Chief Minister

Ashok Gehlot
INC

Results

Party-wise list of elected MLAs

SNPartySeats
won
Seats
Changed
1Indian National Congress96+ 40
2Bharatiya Janata Party78- 42
3Independents14- 1
4Bahujan Samaj Party6+ 4
5Communist Party of India (Marxist)3+ 2
6Loktantrik Samajwadi Party1+ 1
7Janata Dal (United)1- 1
8Samajwadi Party1+1
Total200

Elected members

#ConstituencyWinnerPartyVotesRunner UpPartyVotesMargin
Ganganagar District
1SadulshaharSantosh Kumar SaharanINC49,174Gurjant SinghBJP46,2992,875
2GanganagarRadheshyam GanganagarBJP48,453Rajkumar GaurINC36,40912,044
3KaranpurGurmeet Singh KoonerIND46,032Surendra Pal SinghBJP39,9376,095
4SuratgarhGanga JalINC43,590Rajender Singh BhaduIND33,7819,809
5Raisinghnagar (SC)Daulat RajINC66,261NihalchandBJP61,2195,042
6Anupgarh (SC)Pawan Kumar DuggalCPI(M)48,647Kuldeep IndoraINC26,89721,570
Hanumangarh District
7SangariaParam NavadeepINC36,802Damyanti BeniwalBJP28,6858,117
8HanumangarhVinod Kumar LilawaliINC61,079Ram PratapBJP60,693386
9Pilibanga (SC)Aad RamINC52,745Dharmendra KumarBJP46,2716,474
10NoharAbhishek MatoriaBJP57,023Suchitra AryaINC46,74610,277
11BhadraJaideepIND76,071Sanjeev BeniwalINC40,79635,275
Bikaner District
12Khajuwala (SC)Vishwanath MeghwalBJP25,985Govind Ram MeghwalINC25,118867
13Bikaner WestGopal KrishanBJP56,572Bulaki Das KallaINC3771118,861
14Bikaner EastSidhi KumariBJP60,591Tanveer MalawatINC22,93837,653
15KolayatDevi Singh BhatiBJP62,078Hukama RamINC40,73221,346
16LunkaransarVirendra BeniwalINC47,050Laxmi NarayanINLD23,44723,603
17DungargarhMangal Ram GodaraINC54,868Kishna RamIND44,25010,618
18NokhaKanhaya Lal JhanwarIND49,736Rameshwar Lal DudiINC47,5192,277
Churu District
19SadulpurKamla KaswanBJP47,244Virendra SinghBSP40,6496,595
20TaranagarRajendra Singh RathoreBJP54,517Chandrashekhar BaidINC36,90417,613
21SardarshaharAshok KumarBJP73,902Bhanwar Lal SharmaINC64,1289,774
22ChuruHaji Maqbool MandelaINC56,458Harlal SaharanBJP48,3478,111
23RatangarhRaj Kumar RinwaBJP54,860Abhinesh MaharshiINC37,00917,851
24Sujangarh (SC)Master Bhanwarlal MeghwalINC56,292Khemaram MeghwalBJP42,23114,061
Jhunjhunu District
25Pilani (SC)SunderlalBJP43,507Hanuman PrasadINC40,2603,246
26SurajgarhSharwan KumarINC44,985Santosh AhlawatBJP37,7717,214
27JhunjhunuBrijendra Singh OlaINC38,571Dr. Mool Singh ShekhawatBJP29,2559,316
28MandawaRita ChoudharyINC28,502Narendra KumarIND28,097405
29NawalgarhRajkumar SharmaBSP50,273Pratibha SinghINC36,19314,080
30UdaipurwatiRajendra Singh GudhaBSP28,478Vijendra SinghINC20,6417,837
31KhetriJitendra SinghINC33,639Dharampal GurjarBJP22,57211,067
Sikar District
32FatehpurBhanwaru KhanINC47,590Nand Kishore MahariaBJP39,3268,264
33LachhmangarhGovind Singh DotasaraINC31,705Dinesh JoshiIND31,67132
34Dhod (SC)Pema RamCPI(M)47,840Parasram MordiyaINC44,6953,145
35SikarRajendra PareekINC46,976Mahesh SharmaBJP39,2107,766
36DantaramgarhAmra RamCPI(M)45,909Narayan SinghINC40,9904,919
37KhandelaBanshidhar BajiyaBJP49,398Mahadev SinghINC39,5009,898
38Neem Ka ThanaRamesh Chand KhandelwalINC64,075Prem Singh BajoreBJP41,41622,659
39SrimadhopurDeependra Singh ShekhawatINC36,590Harlal Singh KharraBJP29,3577,233
Jaipur District
40KotputliRamswaroop KasanaLSP22,328Rajender Singh YadavINC21,435893
41ViratnagarPhoolchand BhindaBJP26,660RamachandraINC22,5824,078
42Shahpura(Jaipur)Rao Rajendra SinghBJP44,536Alok BeniwalINC37,3217,215
43ChomuBhagwan Sahai SainiINC45,380Ramlal SharmaBJP45,245135
44PhuleraNirmal KumawatBJP59,140Dr. Hari SinghINC56,4302,710
45Dudu (SC)Babulal NagarINC63,287Babu Lal BachherBJP57,9745,313
46JhotwaraRajpal Singh ShekhawatBJP68,851Lalchand KatariaINC66,3962,455
47AmberGanga SahayINC53,179Naveen PilaniaBJP49,3823,797
48Jamwa Ramgarh (ST)Gopal MeenaINC36,451Jagdish NarayanBJP34,3981,553
49Hawa MahalBrij Kishore SharmaINC44,926Manju SharmaBJP44,346580
50Vidhyadhar NagarNarpat Singh RajviBJP64,263Vikram Singh ShekhawatINC55,2239,040
51Civil LinesPratap Singh KhachariyawasINC58,166Ashok LahotyBJP51,2056,961
52KishanpoleMohan Lal GuptaBJP56,245Ask Ali TakINC51,5064,739
53Adarsh NagarAshok ParnamiBJP52,983Mahir AzadINC51,2651,718
54Malviya NagarKalicharan SarafBJP62,011Rajiv AroraINC44,45317,558
55SanganerGhanshyam TiwariBJP75,729Suresh MishraINC42,81732,912
56Bagru (SC)Ganga Devi VermaINC57,036Rakshpal KuldeepBJP53,5193,517
57Bassi (ST)Anju Devi DhankaIND54,098Kanhaiya LalIND32,16621,932
58Chaksu (SC)PromilaBJP37,562Ashok TanwarIND33,3244,238
Alwar District
59TijaraAimanuddin Ahmad KhanINC27,567Fazal HussainBSP20,7366,831
60Kishangarh BasRamhet Singh YadavBJP31,594Deep Chand KhairiyaINC29,4842,110
61MundawarO.P. YadavINC51,790Manjeet Dharmpal ChoudharyBJP53,9643,226
62BehrorJaswant Singh YadavBJP56,890Karan Singh YadavINC36,88620,004
63BansurRohitash KumarBJP41,361Shakuntala RawatINC28,38212,979
64ThanagaziHem Singh BhadanaBJP35,271Kanti Prasad MeenaIND33,9761,295
65Alwar Rural (SC)Tika Ram JullyINC35,896Jagdish PrasadBJP27,3718,525
66Alwar UrbanBhanwari Lal SinghalBJP49,075Narendra SharmaINC35,36713,708
67RamgarhGyan Dev AhujaBJP61,493Zubair KhanINC45,41116,082
68Rajgarh Laxmangarh (ST)Suraj Bhan DhankaSP45,002Johari Lal MeenaINC44,065937
69Kathumar (SC)Babulal ManagerBJP49,572Ramesh KhinchiINC47,8791,693
Bharatpur District
70KamanZahida KhanINC57,332Nasru KhanBJP49,4677,865
71NagarAnita GurjarBJP22,942Attar Singh BhadanaINC18,3584,584
72Deeg-KumherDigamber SinghBJP52,669Vishvendra SinghINC49,1453,524
73BharatpurVijay BansalBJP52,595Aditya Raj SharmaBSP29,10923,486
74NadbaiKrishnendra KaurBJP45,945Yashwant Singh RamuBSP39,3156,180
75Weir (SC)Bahadur Singh KoliBJP33,981Atar Singh PagariyaINC29,5164,465
76Bayana (SC)GyarsaramBJP32,016Munni DeviBSP23,2618,755
Dholpur District
77Baseri (SC)Sukhram KoliBJP28,109UshaIND20,6358,755
78BariGirraj Singh MalingaBSP35,895Jasvant SinghBJSH32,9652,930
79DholpurAbdul Sageer KhanBJP28,077Ashok SharmaINC26,5231,554
80RajakheraRavindra Singh BoharaBJP38,237Pradhymn SinghINC35,3332,904
Karauli District
81Todabhim (ST)Kirodi Lal MeenaIND87,239Matadeen MeenaIND53,32733,912
82Hindaun (SC)Bharosi LalINC30,374Rajkumari JatavBJP28,5191,855
83KarauliRohini KumariBJP44,937Darshan Singh GurjarBSP43,6811,256
84Sapotra (ST)Ramesh Chand MeenaBSP37,878MukhrajINC29,5498,329
Dausa District
85BandikuiRam KishorIND42,200Shailendra JoshiBJP29,25012,950
86MahuwaGolamaIND51,610Vijay Shankar BoharaBSP27,47924,131
87Sikrai (SC)Mamta BhupeshINC54,470Geeta VermaBJP27,32327,147
88DausaMurari Lal MeenaBSP43,387Ram Avtar ChoudharyINC42,2851,102
89Lalsot (ST)Parsadi Lal MeenaIND49,263Babu Lal DhankaSP32,25817,005
Sawai Madhopur District
90GangapurRamkesh MeenaBSP42,547Mansingh GurjarBJP31,17611,371
91Bamanwas (ST)Nawal Kishore MeenaINC45,204Sampat Lal MeenaLSP26,65218,552
92Sawai MadhopurAlauddin AzadINC37,952Kirodi Lal MeenaIND34,9982,954
93Khandar (SC)Ashok BairwaINC44,440Hari NarayanBJP61,07910,632
Tonk District
94MalpuraRanveer PhalwanIND31,365Dr. ChandrabhanINC27,5523,813
95Niwai (SC)Kamla BairwaINC40,105Satish ChandelBJP37,6672,438
96TonkZakia InamINC48,452Mahaveer PrasadBJP37,91610,536
97Deoli-UniaraRam Narayan MeenaINC55,085Nathu Singh GurjarBJP43,98111,104
Ajmer District
98KishangarhNathu Ram SinodiyaINC65,042Bhagirath ChoudharyBJP55,3189,724
99PushkarNaseem Akhtar InsafINC42,881Bhanwar Singh PalaraBJP36,3476,534
100Ajmer NorthVasudev DevnaniBJP41,907Shrigopal BahetiINC41,219688
101Ajmer South (SC)Anita BhadelBJP44,902Dr. Rajkumar JaipalINC25,59619,306
102NasirabadMahendra SinghINC52,815Sanwar Lal JatBJP52,74471
103BeawarShankar SinghBJP57,912K. C. ChaudharyIND20,49837,414
104MasudaBrahmdev KumawatIND42,170Ram ChandraINC34,4927,678
105KekriRaghu SharmaINC47,174Rinku KanwarBJP34,51412,659
Nagaur District
106LadnunHajiram BurdakIND48,875Manohar SinghBJP40,6778,198
107DeedwanaRupa RamINC61,529Yunus KhanBJP45,04016,489
108Jayal (SC)Manju DeviINC43,202Manju BaghmarBJP33,19810,004
109NagaurHabibur Rahman Ashrafi LambaBJP53,469Harendra MirdhaINC46,5696,900
110KhinvsarHanuman BeniwalBJP58,760Durg SinghBSP34,31724,443
111Merta (SC)SukharamBJP58,476Pancharam IndawarINC34,43624,040
112DeganaAjay Singh KilakBJP49,472Richpal Singh MirdhaINC48,2981,174
113MakranaZakir Hussain GesawatINC42,906Shreeram BincharBJP33,1519,755
114ParbatsarMansingh KinsariyaBJP26,704Lachchha Ram BadardaIND25,0121,692
115NawanMahendra ChaudharyINC62,963Harish ChandBJP41,11621,847
Pali District
116JaitaranDilip ChoudharyIND43,077Surendra GoyalBJP36,4096,668
117Sojat (SC)Sanjana AgriBJP32,610Ratan PanwarINC26,7095,901
118PaliGyanchand ParakhBJP49,686Bheemraj BhatiIND41,9967,690
119Marwar JunctionKesaram ChoudharyBJP54,737Kushveer SinghINC52,9551,782
120BaliPushpendra SinghBJP61,229Jai SinghINC40,48320,746
121SumerpurBina KakINC43,268Shankar Singh RajpurohitBJP34,4518,817
Jodhpur District
122PhalodiOm JoshiINC51,354Pabba Ram BishnoiBJP44,4526,902
123LohawatGajendra Singh KhimsarBJP44,437Malaram VishnoiINC36,7427,695
124ShergarhBabu Singh RathoreBJP55,085Ummed Singh RathoreINC52,7832,302
125OsianMahipal MadernaINC37,212Shambhu SinghIND33,8143,398
126Bhopalgarh (SC)Kamasa MeghwalBJP48,311Heera DeviINC43,0104,501
127SardarpuraAshok GehlotINC55,516Rajendra GehlotBJP40,17615,340
128JodhpurKailash BhansaliBJP49,122Jugal KabraINC40,5238,599
129SoorsagarSuryakanta VyasBJP49,154Sayeed AnsariINC43,6575,497
130LuniMalkhan Singh BishnoiINC63,316Jogaram PatelBJP47,81715,499
131Bilara (SC)Arjun Lal GargBJP61,462Shankar LalINC46,59914,863
Jaisalmer District
132JaisalmerChhotu Singh BhatiBJP34,072SunitaINC28,2975,775
133PokaranSaleh MohammadINC42,756Shaitan SinghBJP42,417339
Barmer District
134SheoAmeen KhanINC75,787Jalam SinghBJP45,92729,860
135BarmerMewaram JainINC62,219Mradureka ChowdharyBJP38,17524,044
136BaytooCol. Sonaram Choudhary (Retd.)INC62,207Kailash ChoudharyBJP25,78936,418
137PachpadraMadan PrajapatINC51,702Amara RamBJP39,57712,125
138SiwanaKan SinghBJP32,040Mahendra KumarINC28,0583,982
139GudamalaniHemaram ChoudharyINC62,166Ladu RamBJP52,8899,277
140Chohtan (SC)Padma RamINC69,400Tarun Rai KagaBJP45,49723,526
Jalore District
141AhoreBhag Raj ChowdharyINC36,253Chiranji LalBJP22,50213,751
142Jalore (SC)Ramlal MeghwalINC52,741Jogeshwar GargBJP36,47616,265
143BhinmalPoora Ram ChoudharyBJP59,669Samarjit SinghINC38,47021,199
144SanchoreJeevaram ChoudharyIND55,257Sukhram BishnoiINC51,6433,614
145RaniwaraRatan DewasiINC46,716Narayan Singh DewalBJP26,91419,802
Sirohi District
146SirohiOtaram DevasiBJP56,400Sanyam LodhaINC47,8308,570
147Pindwara-Abu (ST)Gangaben GarasiyaINC40,018Durgaram GarasiyaBJP36,6723,346
148Reodar (SC)Jagasi Ram KoliBJP47,402Neeraj DangiINC44,1643,238
Udaipur District
149Gogunda (ST)Mangi Lal GarasiyaINC56,157Hunsa Ram GarasiyaBJP46,04510,112
150Jhadol (ST)Babulal KharadiBJP46,654Heeralal DangiINC39,3557,319
151Kherwara (ST)Dayaram ParmarINC68,702Nanalal AhariBJP53,94514,757
152Udaipur Rural (ST)Sajjan KataraINC55,494Vandana MeenaBJP44,79810,696
153UdaipurGulab Chand KatariaBJP65,796Trilok PurbiaINC41,19724,509
154MavliPushkar Lal DangiINC58,289Dharmnarayan JoshiBJP53,5564,733
155VallabhnagarGajendra Singh ShaktawatINC59,995Randhir Singh BhindarBJP53,3356,660
156Salumber (ST)Raghuveer MeenaINC65,140Narendra Kumar MeenaBJP41,78723,353
Pratapgarh District
157Dhariawad (ST)Nagraj MeenaINC66,147Gotam Lal MeenaBJP48,47517,672
Dungarpur District
158Dungarpur (ST)Lalshankar GhatiyaINC48,536Sushila BhilBJP36,91511,621
159Aspur (ST)Raiyaji MeenaINC59,159Prakrati KharadiBJP44,61214,547
160Sagwara (ST)Surendra KumarINC73,408Kanak Mal KataraBJP41,08232,326
161Chorasi (ST)Shankar Lal AhariINC46,023Sushil KataraBJP39,8096,214
Banswara District
162Ghatol (ST)Nanalal NinamaIND53,262Navnit LalBJP32,64020,622
163Garhi (ST)Kanta GarasiyaINC63,360Dharmendra RathoreBJP37,92725,433
164Banswara (ST)Arjun Singh BamniyaINC47,753Dhan Singh RawatBJP31,90415,849
165Bagidora (ST)Mahendrajeet Singh MalviyaINC76,113JeetmalkhantJD(U)31,42444,689
166Kushalgarh (ST)Fateh SinghJD(U)37,610SavlalINC36,653957
Chittorgarh District
167Kapasan (SC)Shankar Lal BairwaINC50,147Arjun Lal JingarIND43,4936,654
168BegunRajendra Singh BidhuriINC59,106Chunni Lal DhakarBJP58,463643
169ChittorgarhSurendra Singh JadawatINC67,959Shrichand KriplaniBJP56,40811,551
170NimbaheraUdai Lal AnjanaINC95,622Ashok Kumar NavlakhaBJP57,11238,510
171Bari SadriPrakash ChaudharyINC80,402Bheru Singh ChauhanBJP53,81326,589
Pratapgarh District
172Pratapgarh (ST)Nandlal MeenaBJP65,134Bhadurlal MeenaINC51,29113,843
Rajsamand District
173BhimHarisingh RawatBJP38,262Lakshman Singh RawatINC37,532730
174KumbhalgarhGanesh Singh ParmarINC50,193Surendra Singh RathoreBJP46,0194,174
175RajsamandKiran MaheshwariBJP54,275Hari Singh RathoreINC48,8175,458
176NathdwaraKalyansingh ChauhanBJP62,216C.P. JoshiINC62,2151
Bhilwara District
177AsindRam Lal GurjarBJP63,325Hagamilal MewaraINC59,2134,112
178MandalRamlal JatINC58,696Kalu Lal GurjarBJP56,8302,316
179SaharaKailash Chandra TrivediINC59,874Ratan Lal JatBJP46,36813,506
180BhilwaraVitthal Shankar AvasthiBJP59,490Om Prakash NaraniwalINC42,21317,277
181Shahpura(Bhilwara)Mahaveer Prasad MochiINC53,233Shrikishan SongaraBJP46,8556,378
182JahazpurShivajiram MeenaBJP56,339Dheeraj GurjarINC54,4741,855
183MandalgarhPradeep Kumar SinghINC35,675Kirti KumariBJP34,1871,488
Bundi District
184HindoliPrabhu Lal SainiBJP46,123Harimohan SharmaINC40,0436,080
185Keshoraipatan (SC)Chunni Lal PremiINC49,047Gopal PacherwalBJP45,6313,416
186BundiAshok DogaraBJP56,992Mamta SharmaINC46,24910,743
Kota District
187PipaldaPremchandINC38,709Manvendra SinghBJP27,83610,873
188SangodBharat Singh KundanpurINC52,294Heera Lal NagarBJP42,9309,364
189Kota NorthShanti DhariwalINC68,560Suman ShringiBJP46,82921,731
190Kota SouthOm BirlaBJP74,381RamkishanINC50,12924,252
191LadpuraBhawani Singh RajawatBJP58,395NaimuddinINC57,645750
192Ramganj Mandi (SC)Chandrakanta MeghwalBJP45,106RamgopalINC43,2321,874
Baran District
193AntaPramod Jain BhayaINC56,519Raghuveer Singh KaushalBJP26,85129,668
194KishanganjNirmala SahariyaINC52,578Hemraj MeenaBJP36,20016,378
195Baran-Atru (SC)Panachand MeghwalINC64,697Madan DilawarBJP48,12316,574
196ChhabraKaran Singh RathoreINC58,771Pratap Singh SinghviBJP51,8236,948
Jhalawar District
197Dag (SC)Madan LalINC58,537Ram LalBJP56,8281,701
198JhalrapatanVasundhara RajeBJP81,593Mohan LalINC49,01232,581
199KhanpurAnil KumarBJP63,664Meenakshi ChandrawatINC58,7094,955
200Manohar ThanaKailash Chand MeenaINC70,151Shyam SunderBJP57,04713,104

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