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

2008 Delhi Legislative Assembly election The Delhi state assembly elections 2008, which were held on 29 November 2008 for Legislative Assembly of Delhi, led to the formation of Sheila Dikshit's government of Indian National Congress. Results Results by districts Results by con ...

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,

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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

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with 23 seats. Being the single largest party,

approached the

Lieutenant Governor of Delhi The Lieutenant Governor of Delhi is the constitutional head of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. The post was first established in September 1966, when The Delhi Administration Act, 1966 came into effect. Thus the former Delhi Legislativ ...

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and made claim to form a government.

hence formed the government with

Sheila Dikshit Sheila Dikshit () (née Kapoor; 31 March 1938 – 20 July 2019) was an Indian politician. The longest-serving Chief Minister of Delhi, as well as the longest-serving female chief minister of any Indian state, she served for a period of 15 yea ...

as the Chief Minister.

Electors

Candidates

Important members

List of members

Default sort, in ascending order of constituency.

References

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