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Elections to the Nagaland Legislative Assembly were held in March 2008 to elect members of the 60 constituencies in Nagaland, India. The Indian National Congress won the most votes, while the Nagaland Peoples Front won the most seats and Neiphiu Rio was appointed as the Chief Minister of Nagaland. The number of constituencies was set as 60 by the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission of India.
2008 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election
← 2003
5 March 2008
2013 →
All 60 seats in the Nagaland Legislative Assembly 31 seats needed for a majority
Registered
1,302,266
Turnout
86.19%
Majority party
Minority party
Leader
Neiphiu Rio
Viswesül Pusa
Party
NPF
INC
Alliance
NDA
UPA
Leader since
2002
1993
Leader's seat
Northern Angami-II
South Angami-II
Seats before
19
21
Seats won
26
23
Seat change
7
2
Popular vote
32.58%
35.16
CM before election
President's rule
Elected CM
Neiphiu Rio NPF
Parties contested
Party
Flag
Symbol
Leader
Seats contested
Indian National Congress
Viswesül Pusa
60
Naga People's Front
Neiphiu Rio
56
Rashtriya Janata Dal
Lalu Prasad Yadav
25
Bharatiya Janata Party
Rajnath Singh
23
Nationalist Congress Party
P. A. Sangma
8
Janata Dal (Secular)
H. D. Deve Gowda
4
Janata Dal (United)
Nitish Kumar
3
Lok Jan Shakti Party
Ram Vilas Paswan
3
United Naga Democratic Party
2
Adarsh Political Party
1
Result
Party
Votes
%
Seats
+/–
Indian National Congress
411,100
35.16
23
2
Nagaland Peoples Front
380,964
32.58
26
7
Bharatiya Janata Party
96,658
8.27
2
5
Rashtriya Janata Dal
74,298
6.35
0
New
Nationalist Congress Party
45,397
3.88
2
2
Janata Dal (Secular)
3,671
0.31
0
New
Janata Dal (United)
3,243
0.28
0
3
Lok Jan Shakti Party
2,960
0.25
0
New
United Naga Democratic Party
2,583
0.22
0
New
Adarsh Political Party
81
0.01
0
New
Independents
148,297
12.68
7
3
Total
1,169,252
100.00
60
0
Valid votes
1,169,252
99.84
Invalid/blank votes
1,896
0.16
Total votes
1,171,148
100.00
Registered voters/turnout
1,302,266
89.93
Source: ECI
Results by constituency
Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency