The 2002 Uttaranchal Legislative Assembly election were the 1st Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) elections of the state of Uttaranchal in India, when the Indian National Congress emerged as the largest party and won a majority with 36 seats in the 70-seat legislature in the election. The Bharatiya Janata Party became the official opposition, holding 19 seats.
This was the first time state assembly elections were held in Uttarakhand. It was the only Uttarakhand state election where the sitting chief minister did not lose his seat. This was also the only time the Nationalist Congress Party would win a seat in Uttarakhand. This would be the last time until 2017 that a party would secure a majority of seats and the only time the Indian National Congress managed to do so.
Interim Uttaranchal Legislative Assembly (2000-2002) Party SymbolSeatsBharatiya Janata Party23Samajwadi Party3Bahujan Samaj Party2Indian National Congress2
Parties and alliances
PartyFlagSymbolLeaderContesting SeatsIndian National CongressN. D. Tiwari 70
PartyFlagSymbolLeaderContesting SeatsBharatiya Janata PartyBhagat Singh Koshyari69
Others Party flag Symbol Leader Contesting Seats Bahujan Samaj Party Mayawati 68 Uttarakhand Kranti Dal Kashi Singh Airy 62Nationalist Congress PartySharad Pawar26
Results
Rank Party Seats Contested Seats Won % Votes % Votes in Seats Contested Leader in the House1Indian National Congress (INC)703626.91%26.91%Narayan Datt Tiwari2Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)691925.45%25.81%Matbar Singh Kandari3Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)680710.93%11.20%Narayan Pal4Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKD)62045.49%6.36%Kashi Singh Airy5Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)26011.50%4.02%Balvir Singh Negi6Independents–0316.30%16.63%N/A Total –70––
List of elected Assembly members
S. No.ConstituencyElected MemberParty affiliation 1 Purola (SC) Mal Chand BJP 2 Gangotri Vijaypal Singh Sajwan INC 3 Yamunotri Pritam Singh Panwar UKD 4 Pratapnagar Phul Singh Bisht INC 5 Tehri Kishore Upadhyaya INC 6 Ghansali Balvir Singh Negi NCP 7 Devprayag Mantri Prasad Naithani INC 8 Narendranagar Subodh Uniyal INC 9 Dhanaulti (SC) Kaul Das INC 10 Chakrata (ST) Pritam Singh INC 11 Vikasnagar Nav Prabhat INC 12 Sahaspur (SC) Sadhu Ram INC 13 Lakshman Chowk Dinesh Agrawal INC 14 Dehradun Harbans Kapoor BJP 15 Rajpur Hira Singh Bisht INC 16 Mussoorie Jot Singh Gunsola INC 17 Rishikesh Shoorveer Singh Sajwan INC 18 Doiwala Trivendra Singh Rawat BJP 19 Bhagwanpur (SC) Chandra Shekhar BJP 20 Roorkee Suresh Chand Jain BJP 21 Iqbalpur Yashveer Singh BSP 22 Manglaur Muhammad Nizamuddin BSP 23 Landhaura (SC) Hari Das BSP 24 Laksar Pranav Singh 'Champion' Independent 25 Bahadarabad Muhammad Shahzad BSP 26 Haridwar Madan Kaushik BJP 27 Laldhang Taslim Ahmad BSP 28 Yamkeshwar Vijaya Barthwal BJP 29 Kotdwar Surendra Singh Negi INC 30 Dhumakot Lt. Gen. Tejpal Singh Rawat (Retd.) INC 31 Bironkhal Amrita Rawat INC 32 Lansdowne Dr. Harak Singh Rawat INC 33 Pauri Narendra Singh Bhandari INC 34 Sringar (SC) Sundar Lal Mandrawal INC 35 Thalisain Ganesh Godiyal INC 36 Rudraprayag Matbar Singh Kandari BJP 37 Kedarnath Asha Nautiyal BJP 38 Badrinath Dr. Anusuya Prasad Maikhuri INC 39 Nandaprayag Mahendra Bhatt BJP 40 Karnaprayag Anil Nautiyal BJP 41 Pindar (SC) Govind Lal BJP 42 Kapkot Bhagat Singh Koshyari BJP 43 Kanda Ummed Singh Majila INC 44 Bageshwar (SC) Ram Prasad Tamta INC 45 Dwarahat Bipin Chandra Tripathi UKD 46 Bhikiyasain Dr. Pratap Singh Bisht INC 47 Salt Ranjit Singh Rawat INC 48 Ranikhet Ajay Bhatt BJP 49 Someshwar (SC) Pradeep Tamta INC 50 Almora Kailash Sharma BJP 51 Jageshwar Govind Singh Kunjwal INC 52 Mukteshwar (SC) Yashpal Arya INC 53 Dhari Harish Chandra Durgapal INC 54 Haldwani Dr. Indira Hridayesh INC 55 Nainital Dr. Narayan Singh Jantwal UKD 56 Ramnagar Yogambar Singh Rawat INC 57 Jaspur Dr. Shailendra Mohan Singhal Independent 58 Kashipur Harbhajan Singh Cheema BJP 59 Bajpur Arvind Pandey BJP 60 Pantnagar–Gadarpur Premanand Mahajan BSP 61 Rudrapur–Kichha Tilak Raj Behar INC 62 Sitarganj (SC) Narayan Pal BSP 63 Khatima (ST) Gopal Singh Rana INC 64 Champawat Hemesh Kharkwal INC 65 Lohaghat Mahendra Singh Mahra INC 66 Pithoragarh Prakash Pant BJP 67 Gangolihat (SC) Narayan Ram Arya INC 68 Didihat Bishan Singh Chuphal BJP 69 Kanalichhina Kashi Singh Airy UKD 70 Dharchula (ST) Gagan Singh Rajwar Independent
See also 1st Uttarakhand Assembly Tiwari ministry Elections in Uttarakhand Politics of Uttarakhand 2002 elections in India
References
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