2002 elections in India

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Elections in the Republic of India in 2002 included elections to seven state legislative assemblies and the elections for the posts of President and vice-president.

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Results

Date(s)StateGovernment before electionChief Minister before electionGovernment after electionChief Minister after electionMaps
13 February 2002 Punjab Shiromani Akali Dal Parkash Singh Badal Indian National Congress Amarinder Singh IN-PB.svg
14 to 21 February 2002 Manipur President's Rule Indian National Congress Okram Ibobi Singh IN-MN.svg
14 February 2002 Uttarakhand Bharatiya Janata Party Bhagat Singh Koshyari Indian National Congress N. D. Tiwari IN-UT.svg
March 2002 Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party Rajnath Singh Bahujan Samaj Party Mayawati IN-UP.svg
breakaway factions of INC and BSP and other small parties. Bharatiya Janata Party
30 May 2002 Goa Bharatiya Janata Party Manohar Parrikar Bharatiya Janata Party Manohar Parrikar IN-GA.svg
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
16 September 2002 to 8 October 2002 Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Farooq Abdullah Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party Mufti Mohammad Sayeed IN-JK.svg
Indian National Congress
12 December 2002 Gujarat Bharatiya Janata Party Narendra Modi Bharatiya Janata Party Narendra Modi IN-GJ.svg

Legislative Assembly elections

Goa

RankPartySeats ContestedSeats Won
1 Bharatiya Janata Party 3917
2 Indian National Congress 4016
4 United Goans Democratic Party 103
3 Maharashtrawadi Gomantak 252
5 Nationalist Congress Party 201
6 Independent 481
Total 40

Gujarat

PartySeats won
Bharatiya Janata Party 127
Indian National Congress 51
Janata Dal (United) 2
Independents2

Jammu & Kashmir

Summary of the Jammu and Kashmir state assembly election results
India Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly 2002.svg
PartySeatsPreviously+/–Vote %Vote Share
National Conference 2857Decrease2.svg2928.24%7,49,825
Indian National Congress 207Increase2.svg1324.24%6,43,751
People's Democratic Party 16-Increase2.svg169.28%2,46,480
Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party 41Increase2.svg33.83%1,01,830
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 200.88%23493
Bharatiya Janata Party 18Decrease2.svg78.57%2,27,633
Bahujan Samaj Party 14Decrease2.svg34.50%1,19,492
Democratic Movement 10.62%16,366
Jammu and Kashmir Awami League 1100.91%24,121
Independents1316.50%4,38,287
Total (turnout 43.70%)8787--
Valid votes26,55,57099.90
Invalid votes5840.10
Votes cast / turnout26,56,62743.70
Abstentions24,94,17056.30%
Registered voters60,78,570
Source:Election Commission of India [1]

Manipur

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Indian National Congress 345,66026.1820+9
Federal Party of Manipur 239,44418.1413+7
Manipur State Congress Party 163,75812.407–16
Bharatiya Janata Party 126,0449.554–2
Nationalist Congress Party 124,5839.443–2
Samata Party 109,9128.333+2
Communist Party of India 58,1024.405+5
Democratic Revolutionary Peoples Party 51,9163.932+2
Manipur National Conference 53,1464.031New
Manipur Peoples Party 40,0063.032–2
Janata Dal (United) 2,0700.160–1
Naga National Party 6300.050New
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3400.0300
Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) 1660.010New
Lok Shakti 450.000New
Independents4,3430.330–1
Total1,320,165100.00600
Valid votes1,320,16599.23
Invalid/blank votes10,2940.77
Total votes1,330,459100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,472,91990.33
Source: ECI [2]

Punjab

Summary of results of the Punjab Legislative Assembly election, 2002 [3]
Political Party
No. of Candidates
Seats won
Number of Votes
% of Votes
Indian National Congress 105623,682,87735.81%
Shiromani Akali Dal 92413,196,92431.08%
Bharatiya Janata Party 233583,2145.67%
Communist Party of India 112220,7852.15%
Independents 27491,159,55211.27%
Total [4] 923117 10,284,686

Uttar Pradesh

Party NameSeats
Samajwadi Party 143
Bahujan Samaj Party 98
Indian National Congress 25
Bharatiya Janata Party 88
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2
Janata Dal (United) 2
Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha 1
Akhil Bharatiya Loktantrik Congress 2
Apna Dal 3
National Loktantrik Party 1
Rashtriya Lok Dal 14
Rashtriya Parivartan Dal 1
Rashtriya Kranti Party 4
Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) 1
Independents16
Total403
Elections.in [5] EIC [6]

Uttarakhand

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

Presidential election

An election was held on 15 July 2002 to elect the President of India. On 18 July 2002, the results were declared. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam became the 11th President by beating his nearest rival Lakshmi Sahgal. [7]

States No. of MLA/MPsValue of each VoteTotal (Votes)Total (Values) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (Votes)A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (Values) Lakshmi Sahgal (Votes)Lakshmi Sahgal (Values)Invalid (Votes)Invalid (Values)Valid (Votes)Valid (Values)
Members of Parliament 776708760538,080638451,7048056,6404229,73671850,8344
Andhra Pradesh 29414828341,88426439,0722296172,51626639,368
Arunachal Pradesh 6085745657456000057456
Assam 12611611913,80411313,1081116558011413,224
Bihar 24317323440,48221537,195172,941234623240,136
Chhattisgarh 901299011,6108510,9650056458510,965
Goa 4020397803468036024037740
Gujarat 18214717926,31317425,5782294344117625,872
Haryana 90112869,632869,6320000869,632
Himachal Pradesh 6851643,264623,162151151633,213
Jammu and Kashmir 8772785,616725,18421444288745,328
Jharkhand 811767913,9047413,0245880007913,904
Karnataka 22413122028,82020226,462131,703565521528,165
Kerala 14015213820,9769714,744395,928230413620,672
Madhya Pradesh 23013122929,99921628,2962262111,44121828,558
Maharashtra 28817528049,00026446,20091,57571,22527347,775
Manipur 6018581,0445090047247254972
Meghalaya 6017569525390111723454918
Mizoram 4084032040320000042320
Nagaland 60960540544860065454486
Orissa 14714914621,75413019,370121,788459614221,158
Punjab 11711611012,7608710,09291,044141,624961,1136
Rajasthan 20012919725,41318924,3812258677419124,639
Sikkim 32732224302100021430210
Tamil Nadu 23417623341,11121738,192101,76061,05622739,952
Tripura 6026601,56017442411,066252581,508
Uttarakhand 7064694,416634,03231923192664,224
Uttar Pradesh 40320839782,57638680,288241691,87238880,704
West Bengal 29415129244,0929013,59019729,747575528743,337
Delhi 7058704,060653,77021163174673,886
Pondicherry 14712714518,4151474480023228448
TOTALS4,8964,7851,075,8194,152922,884459107,36617445,5694,6111,030,250
Source: Election Commission of India

Vice-Presidential election

An election was held on 12 August 2002 to elect the newly vacated post of Vice-President of India. Bhairon Singh Shekhawat defeated Sushil Kumar Shinde to become 11th Vice President of India. [8] Incumbent VP Krishan Kant did not contest the election and died before the election occurred.

Result of the Indian vice-presidential election, 2002 [8] [9]
Candidate
Party
Electoral Votes
% of Votes
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat BJP 45459.82
Sushil Kumar Shinde INC 30540.18
Total759100.00
Valid Votes75999.09
Invalid Votes70.91
Turnout76696.96
Abstentions243.04
Electors790

References

  1. "Jammu & Kashmir 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  2. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2002 to the Legislative Assembly of Manipur". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  3. "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2002 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB" (PDF). Election Commission of India
  4. The total includes votes and contestants of all parties, even those who failed to win any seat.
  5. "Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 2002". elections.in. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  6. "Election Commission of India : Statistical Report on General Election, 2002 to The Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh" (PDF). eci.nic.in.
  7. "A P J Abdul Kalam elected 11th President of India". Rediff.com . 18 July 2002. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  8. 1 2 "BACKGROUND MATERIAL REGARDING FOURTEENTH ELECTION TO THE OFFICE OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT, 2012, ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  9. "Shekhawat is Vice-President, 22 MPs didn't cast vote". The Tribune . 12 August 2002. Retrieved 25 May 2016.