Delhi Assembly Election Results 2008

The 8th elections for Delhi Legislative Assembly held in 2008 made Sheila Dikshit of the Congress continue her role as Chief Minister of Delhi for her 3rd consecutive term from 2008 to 2013. 70 MLAs were elected from 70 Assembly constituencies, 58 comprising general constituencies and 12 belonging to the Scheduled Caste category. A total of 61,77,344 valid votes were cast. The INC won the majority number of seats numbering 42, followed by the BJP with 23 seats, BSP with 2 seats and others won 2 seats.

Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's tenure as CM after the 2008 election was significant. She introduced her internationally-acclaimed 'Bhagidari' initiative across Delhi. In this system, the common man of Delhi had a responsible role to play in the city's governance. She also initiated the Right to Information Act. She also successfully organized the Commonwealth Games in Delhi. Her scheme of democratic decentralization and open administration has been much appreciated for its immense success.

See Also: Delhi Assembly Election Results 2013

Delhi Legislative Assembly Election in 2008 Party Wise

Party	Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	23
Lok Jan Shakti Party (LJP)	1
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)	2
Indian National Congress (INC)	43
Independent (IND)	1
Total	70

Delhi Assembly Election Results 2008...

List of Successful Candidates in Delhi Assembly Election in 2008

A. C. No.	Assembly Constituency Name	Category	Winner Candidates Name	Gender	Party	Votes	Runner up	Gender	Party	Votes
1	Narela	GEN	Jaswant Singh	M	INC	34662	Sharad Kumar	M	BSP	33827
2	Burari	GEN	Shri Krishan	M	BJP	32006	Deepak Tyagi	M	INC	27016
3	Timarpur	GEN	Surinder Pal Singh	M	INC	39997	Surya Prakash Khatri	M	BJP	37584
4	Adarsh Nagar	GEN	Mangatram Singhal	M	INC	36445	Ravinder Singh (Khurana)	M	BJP	31933
5	Badli	GEN	Devender Yadav	M	INC	39215	Ajesh Yadav	M	BSP	25611
6	Rithala	GEN	Kulwant Rana	M	BJP	64474	Shambhu Dayal Sharma	M	INC	38128
7	Bawana	(SC)	Surender Kumar	M	INC	60544	Chand Ram	M	BJP	43402
8	Mundka	GEN	Manoj Kumar	M	BJP	47355	Prem Chander Kaushik	M	INC	32458
9	Kirari	GEN	Anil Jha	M	BJP	30005	Pushpraj	M	NCP	20481
10	Sultanpur Majra	(SC)	Jai Kishan	M	INC	39542	Nand Ram Bagri	M	BJP	20867
11	Nangloi Jat	GEN	Bijender Singh	M	INC	48009	Raj Singh	M	BJP	30449
12	Mangol Puri	(SC)	Raj Kumar Chauhan	M	INC	50448	Yogesh Aatray	M	BJP	20585
13	Rohini	GEN	Jai Bhagwan Aggarwal	M	BJP	55793	Vijender Jindal	M	INC	30019
14	Shalimar Bagh	GEN	Ravinder Nath Bansal	M	BJP	49976	Ram Kailash Gupta	M	INC	30044
15	Shakur Basti	GEN	Shyam Lal Garg	M	BJP	40444	S. C. Vats	M	INC	36444
16	Tri Nagar	GEN	Hari Shankar Gupta	M	INC	41891	Nand Kishore Garg	M	BJP	39922
17	Wazirpur	GEN	Anil Bhardwaj	M	INC	39977	Mange Ram Garg	M	BJP	36837
18	Model Town	GEN	Kanwar Karan Singh	M	INC	39935	Bhola Nath Vij	M	BJP	36938
19	Sadar Bazar	GEN	Rajesh Jain	M	INC	47508	Jai Prakash	M	BJP	33419
20	Chandni Chowk	GEN	Parlad Singh Sawhney	M	INC	28208	Praveen Khandelwal	M	BJP	20188
21	Matia Mahal	GEN	Shoaib Iqbal	M	LJP	25474	Mehmood Zia	M	INC	17870
22	Ballimaran	GEN	Haroon Yusuf	M	INC	34660	Moti Lal Sodhi	M	BJP	28423
23	Karol Bagh	(SC)	S P Ratawal	M	BJP	38746	Madan Khorwal	M	INC	35338
24	Patel Nagar	(SC)	Rajesh Lilothia	M	INC	44022	Anita Arya	F	BJP	34516
25	Moti Nagar	GEN	Subhash Sachdeva	M	BJP	46616	Anjali Rai	F	INC	31619
26	Madipur	(SC)	Mala Ram Gangwal	M	INC	40698	Kailash Sankla	M	BJP	32166
27	Rajouri Garden	GEN	A Dayanand Chandila	M	INC	31130	Avtar Singh Hit	M	SAD(M)	31084
28	Hari Nagar	GEN	Harsharan Singh Balli	M	BJP	51364	Ramesh Lamba	M	INC	22606
29	Tilak Nagar	GEN	O.P. Babber	M	BJP	38320	Dr. Anita Babbar	F	INC	26202
30	Janakpuri	GEN	Prof. Jagdish Mukhi	M	BJP	50655	Deepak Arora	M	INC	33203
31	Vikaspuri	GEN	Nand Kishore	M	INC	47819	Krishan Gahlot	M	BJP	46876
32	Uttam Nagar	GEN	Mukesh Sharma	M	INC	46765	Pawan Sharma	M	BJP	39582
33	Dwarka	GEN	Mahabal Mishra	M	INC	43608	Parduymn Rajput	M	BJP	29627
By Polls in 2008	Dwarka	GEN	Parduymn Rajput	M	BJP	35891	Tilotma Chodhary	F	INC	24526
34	Matiala	GEN	Sumesh	M	INC	52411	Kamal Jeet	F	BJP	45782
35	Najafgarh	GEN	Bharat Singh	M	IND	34028	Kanwal Singh Yadav	M	INC	22575
36	Bijwasan	GEN	Sat Prakash Rana	M	BJP	27427	Vijay Singh Lochav	M	INC	25422
37	Palam	GEN	Dharam Deo Solanki	M	BJP	40712	Mahender Yadav	M	INC	28119
38	Delhi Cantt	GEN	Karan Singh Tanwar	M	BJP	23696	Ashok Ahuja	M	INC	16435
39	Rajinder Nagar	GEN	Ramakant Goswami	M	INC	29394	Asha Yogi	F	BJP	23988
40	New Delhi	GEN	Smt. Sheila Dikshit	F	INC	39778	Vijay Jolly	M	BJP	25796
41	Jangpura	GEN	Tarvinder Singh Marwah	M	INC	37261	Manjinder Singh Sirsa	M	BJP	23310
42	Kasturba Nagar	GEN	Neeraj Basoya	M	INC	33807	Sushil Choudhary	M	BJP	31323
43	Malviya Nagar	GEN	Prof.(Smt.) Kiran Walia	F	INC	31283	Ram Bhaj	M	BJP	27551
44	R.K. Puram	GEN	Smt. Barkha Singh	F	INC	35878	Radhey Shyam Sharma	M	BJP	26561
45	Mehrauli	GEN	Dr. Yoganand Shastri	M	INC	21740	Sher Singh Dagar	M	BJP	20632
46	Chhatarpur	GEN	Balram Tanwar	M	INC	32406	Brahm Singh Tanwar	M	BJP	27376
47	Deoli	(SC)	Arvinder Singh	M	INC	41497	Lal	M	BSP	24869
48	Ambedkar Nagar	(SC)	Ch. Prem Singh	M	INC	30467	Suresh Chand	M	BJP	25630
49	Sangam Vihar	GEN	S. C. L. Gupta	M	BJP	20332	Amod Kumar Kanth	M	INC	16743
50	Greater Kailash	GEN	Vijay Kumar Malhotra	M	BJP	42206	Jitender Kumar Kocher	M	INC	30987
51	Kalkaji	GEN	Subhash Chopra	M	INC	38360	Jai Gopal Abrol	M	BJP	24971
52	Tughlakabad	GEN	Ramesh Bidhuri	M	BJP	32633	Sahi Ram	M	BSP	24399
53	Badarpur	GEN	Ram Singh Netaji	M	BSP	53416	Rambir Singh Bidhuri	M	INC	40111
54	Okhla	GEN	Asif Mohd. Khan	M	RJD	29303	Asif Mohd.Khan	M	RJD	28762
By Polls in 2009	Okhla	GEN	Asif Mohd. Khan	M	RJD	23394	Braham Singh	M	BSP	18387
55	Trilokpuri	(SC)	Sunil Kumar	M	BJP	30781	Anjana	F	INC	30147
56	Kondli	(SC)	Amrish Singh Gautam	M	INC	36580	Dushyant Gautam	M	BJP	21594
57	Patparganj	GEN	Anil Kumar	M	INC	36999	Nakul Bhardwaj	M	BJP	36336
58	Laxmi Nagar	GEN	Dr. A K Walia	M	INC	54252	Murari Singh Panwar	M	BJP	31855
59	Vishwas Nagar	GEN	Naseeb Singh	M	INC	48805	Om Prakash Sharma	M	BJP	39176
60	Krishna Nagar	GEN	Dr.Harsh Vardhan	M	BJP	47852	Deepika Khullar	F	INC	44648
61	Gandhi Nagar	GEN	Arvinder Singh Lovely	M	INC	59795	Kamal Kumar Jain	M	BJP	27870
62	Shahdara	GEN	Dr. Narender Nath	M	INC	39194	Jitender Singh Shunty	M	BJP	37658
63	Seemapuri	(SC)	Veer Singh Dhingan	M	INC	43864	Chandra Pal Singh	M	BJP	24604
64	Rohtas Nagar	GEN	Ram Babu Sharma	M	INC	45802	Alok Kumar	M	BJP	32559
By Polls in 2009	Rohtas Nagar	GEN	Vipin Sharma	M	INC	57848	Divy Jayaswal	M	BJP	34299
65	Seelampur	GEN	Ch. Mateen Ahmed	M	INC	47820	Sita Ram Gupta	M	BJP	21546
66	Ghonda	GEN	Sahab Singh Chauhan	M	BJP	35226	Bheeshma Sharma	M	INC	34646
67	Babarpur	GEN	Naresh Gaur	M	BJP	31954	Hazi Dilshad Ali	M	BSP	28128
68	Gokalpur	(SC)	Surendra Kumar	M	BSP	27499	Balzor Singh	M	INC	24442
69	Mustafabad	GEN	Hasan Ahmed	M	INC	39838	Yogender Kumar Sharma	M	BJP	38859
70	Karawal Nagar	GEN	Mohan Singh Bisht	M	BJP	43980	Satan Pal Dayma	M	IND	22852

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