2002 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election

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.

2002 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election

14 February 2002 (2002-02-14)

70 seats in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
36 seats needed for a majority
Turnout54.34%
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Narayan Datt Tiwari Bhagat Singh Koshyari Mayawati
Party INC BJP BSP
Alliance - NDA -
Leader since 2002 2001 2002
Leader's seat Ramnagar
(by-election)
Kapkot Did not contest
Seats won 36 19 7
Popular vote 7,69,991 7,28,134 3,12,842
Percentage 26.91% 25.45% 10.93%

Uttarakhand

Chief Minister before election

Bhagat Singh Koshyari
BJP

Elected Chief Minister

Narayan Datt Tiwari
INC

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