Multiple State Assemblies of India went to

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in 2008.

Legislative Assembly elections

The first batch of elections for the year was announced by the

Election Commission of India The Election Commission of India (ECI) is a constitutional body established by Constitution of India, the Constitution of the Republic of India empowered to conduct free and fair elections in the Republic of India. It is headed by a Chief Ele ...

(ECI) on 14 January 2008. This included the elections to the Legislative Assemblies of the states of

Meghalaya Meghalaya (; "the abode of clouds") is a states and union territories of India, state in northeast India. Its capital is Shillong. Meghalaya was formed on 21 January 1972 by carving out two districts from the Assam: the United Khasi Hills an ...

Nagaland Nagaland () is a States and union territories of India, state in the northeast India, north-eastern region of India. It is bordered by the Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh to the north, Assam to the west, Manipur to the south, and the Naga Sel ...

, and

Tripura Tripura () is a States and union territories of India, state in northeastern India. The List of states and union territories of India by area, third-smallest state in the country, it covers ; and the seventh-least populous state with a populat ...

. Elections in all

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s of all three states were conducted using electronic voting machines (EVMs).Elections to the state Assembly of

Karnataka Karnataka ( ) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed as Mysore State on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, States Re ...

was announced by the ECI on 2 April 2008. This was the first election to be held under the new boundaries drawn up by the

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Legislative Assembly elections

Chhattisgarh

Delhi

Jammu and Kashmir

Karnataka

Madhya Pradesh

Meghalaya

Mizoram

Nagaland

Rajasthan

Tripura

Local body elections

See also

References

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