Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election, 2002
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70 assembly constituencies 36 seats needed for a majority |
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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 |
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| 1 | Indian National Congress (INC) | 70 | 36 | 26.91% | 26.91% |
| 2 | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | 69 | 26 | 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]
