Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election, 2002

Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election, 2002

14 February 2002

70 assembly constituencies 36 seats needed for a majority   Majority party Minority party   Leader N. D. Tiwari B. S. Koshyari Party INC BJP Alliance none none Leader since 2002 2001 Leader's seat Kashipur Kapkot Seats won 36 19 Percentage 26.91% 25.45%

Chief Minister before election B. S. Koshyari BJP Elected Chief Minister N. D. Tiwari INC

Uttarakhand state assembly election, 2002 were the First Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) elections of the state 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.

Results

Rank	Party	Seats Contested	Seats Won	% Votes	% Votes in Seats Contested
1	Indian National Congress (INC)	70	36	26.91%	26.91%
2	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	69	19	25.45%	25.81%
3	Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)	68	7	10.93%	11.20%
4	Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKD)	62	4	5.49%	6.36%
5	Independents	70	4	-	-
	Total		70

Key post holders in the Assembly

• Speaker : Yashpal Arya
• Deputy Speaker : Vacant
• Leader of the House: N. D. Tiwari
• Leader of the Opposition : B. S. Koshyari
• Principal Secretary :^[1]

References

1. Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly

Result

Interim Government of Uttaranchal