2002 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election

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2002 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election
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  Interim Assembly 14 February 2002 (2002-02-14) 2007  

70 seats in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
36 seats needed for a majority
Turnout54.34%
 Majority partyMinority partyThird party
  Shri Narayan Dutt Tiwari.jpg Bhagatsinghkoshyari.jpg Mayawati.jpg
Leader Narayan Datt Tiwari Bhagat Singh Koshyari Mayawati
Party INC BJP BSP
Alliance - NDA -
Leader since200220012002
Leader's seat Ramnagar
( by-election )
Kapkot Did not contest
Seats won36197
Popular vote7,69,9917,28,1343,12,842
Percentage26.91%25.45%10.93%

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Chief Minister before election

Bhagat Singh Koshyari
BJP

Elected Chief Minister

Narayan Datt Tiwari
INC

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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2002 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election result (vote percentage)
INC
26.91%
BJP
25.45%
BSP
10.93%
SP
6.27%
UKD
5.49%
NCP
1.50%
Others
23.45%
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RankPartySeats ContestedSeats Won % Votes % Votes in
Seats Contested
Leader in the House
1 Indian National Congress (INC)703626.91%26.91% Narayan Datt Tiwari
2 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)691925.45%25.81% Matbar Singh Kandari
3 Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)680710.93%11.20% Narayan Pal
4 Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKD)62045.49%6.36% Kashi Singh Airy
5 Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)26011.50%4.02% Balvir Singh Negi
6 Independents 0316.30%16.63%N/A
Total70

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 Yashvir Singh BSP
22 Manglaur Muhammad Nizamuddin BSP
23 Landhaura (SC) Hari Das BSP
24 Laksar Pranav Singh 'Champion' Independent
25 Bahadarabad Muhammad ShahzadBSP
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

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