2002 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election
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The 2002 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election were the 1st Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) elections of the state of Uttarakhand in India, when the Indian National Congress emerged as the largest party with 36 seats in the 70-seat legislature in the election. The Bharatiya Janata Party became the official opposition, holding 19 seats.
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70 seats in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly 36 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Interim Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly (2000-2002)
| Party | Seats | |
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| Bharatiya Janata Party | 23 | |
| Samajwadi Party | 3 | |
| Bahujan Samaj Party | 2 | |
| Indian National Congress | 2 | |
Parties and alliances
Indian National Congress
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Contesting Seats | |
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| Indian National Congress |  |
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N. D. Tiwari | 70 | |
National Democratic Alliance
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Contesting Seats | |
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| Bharatiya Janata Party |  |
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Bhagat Singh Koshyari | 69 | |
Others
| Party | flag | Symbol | Leader | Contesting Seats | |
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| Bahujan Samaj Party |  |
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Mayawati | 68 | |
| Uttarakhand Kranti Dal |  |
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62 | ||
| Nationalist Congress Party |  |
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Sharad Pawar | 26 | |
Results
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| Rank | Party | Seats Contested | Seats Won | % Votes | % Votes in Seats Contested |
Leader in the House | |
| 1 | Indian National Congress (INC) | 70 | 36 | 26.91% | 26.91% | Narayan Datt Tiwari | |
| 2 | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | 69 | 19 | 25.45% | 25.81% | Matbar Singh Kandari | |
| 3 | Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) | 68 | 07 | 10.93% | 11.20% | Narayan Pal | |
| 4 | Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKD) | 62 | 04 | 5.49% | 6.36% | Kashi Singh Airy | |
| 5 | Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) | 26 | 01 | 1.50% | 4.02% | Balvir Singh Negi | |
| 6 | Independents | – | 03 | 16.30% | 16.63% | N/A | |
| Total | – | 70 | – | – | |||
List of elected Assembly members
Summarize
Perspective
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References
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