The Fourth Legislative Assembly of Delhi was constituted in October 2008 after the

2008 Delhi Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in Delhi on 29 November 2008 to elect 70 members of the Delhi Legislative Assembly. The voter turnout for the election was 57.60% an increase by 4.18% than the previous election in 2003 Delhi Legislativ ...

Election and government formation

In all, 7 national parties, 8 state parties, 53 registered (unrecognised) parties and other independent candidates contested for the 70 assembly seats of the Assembly. With 43 seats, INC emerged as the single largest party, much ahead of the required half way mark to form the government.

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was followed by BJP with 23 seats. Being the single largest party, INC approached the

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and made claim to form a government. INC hence formed the government with

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as the Chief Minister.

Electors

Candidates

Important members

List of members

Default sort, in ascending order of constituency.

References

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