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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.

Legislative Assembly elections

Goa

Main article: 2002 Goa Legislative Assembly election
Rank Party Seats Contested Seats Won
1 Bharatiya Janata Party 39 17
2 Indian National Congress 40 16
4 United Goans Democratic Party 10 3
3 Maharashtrawadi Gomantak 25 2
5 Nationalist Congress Party 20 1
6 Independent 48 1
Total 40

Gujarat

Main article: 2002 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election
Party Seats won
Bharatiya Janata Party 127
Indian National Congress 51
Janata Dal (United) 2
Independents 2

Jammu & Kashmir

Main article: 2002 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election

Manipur

Main article: 2002 Manipur Legislative Assembly election
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Indian National Congress345,66026.1820+9
Federal Party of Manipur239,44418.1413+7
Manipur State Congress Party163,75812.407–16
Bharatiya Janata Party126,0449.554–2
Nationalist Congress Party124,5839.443–2
Samata Party109,9128.333+2
Communist Party of India58,1024.405+5
Democratic Revolutionary Peoples Party51,9163.932+2
Manipur National Conference53,1464.031New
Manipur Peoples Party40,0063.032–2
Janata Dal (United)2,0700.160–1
Naga National Party6300.050New
Communist Party of India (Marxist)3400.0300
Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)1660.010New
Lok Shakti450.000New
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[1]

Punjab

Main article: 2002 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
Summary of results of the Punjab Legislative Assembly election, 2002[2]
Political Party
 No. of Candidates
 Seats won
 Number of Votes
 % of Votes
Indian National Congress 105 62 3,682,877 35.81%
Shiromani Akali Dal 92 41 3,196,924 31.08%
Bharatiya Janata Party 23 3 583,214 5.67%
Communist Party of India 11 2 220,785 2.15%
Independents 274 9 1,159,552 11.27%
Total[3] 923 117 10,284,686

Uttar Pradesh

Main article: 2002 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
Party Name Seats
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
Independents 16
Total 403
Elections.in[4] EIC[5]

Uttarakhand

Main article: 2002 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election
Rank Party Seats Contested Seats Won % Votes % Votes in
Seats Contested 		Leader in the House
1 Indian National Congress (INC) 70 36 26.91% 26.91% Narayan Datt Tiwari
2 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 69 19 25.45% 25.81% Matbar Singh Kandari
3 Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) 68 07 10.93% 11.20% Narayan Pal
4 Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKD) 62 04 5.49% 6.36% Kashi Singh Airy
5 Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) 26 01 1.50% 4.02% Balvir Singh Negi
6 Independents – 03 16.30% 16.63% N/A
Total – 70 – –

Presidential election

Main article: 2002 Indian 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.[6]

States No. of MLA/MPs Value of each Vote Total (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 776 708 760 538,080 638 451,704 80 56,640 42 29,736 718 50,8344
Andhra Pradesh 294 148 283 41,884 264 39,072 2 296 17 2,516 266 39,368
Arunachal Pradesh 60 8 57 456 57 456 0 0 0 0 57 456
Assam 126 116 119 13,804 113 13,108 1 116 5 580 114 13,224
Bihar 243 173 234 40,482 215 37,195 17 2,941 2 346 232 40,136
Chhattisgarh 90 129 90 11,610 85 10,965 0 0 5 645 85 10,965
Goa 40 20 39 780 34 680 3 60 2 40 37 740
Gujarat 182 147 179 26,313 174 25,578 2 294 3 441 176 25,872
Haryana 90 112 86 9,632 86 9,632 0 0 0 0 86 9,632
Himachal Pradesh 68 51 64 3,264 62 3,162 1 51 1 51 63 3,213
Jammu and Kashmir 87 72 78 5,616 72 5,184 2 144 4 288 74 5,328
Jharkhand 81 176 79 13,904 74 13,024 5 880 0 0 79 13,904
Karnataka 224 131 220 28,820 202 26,462 13 1,703 5 655 215 28,165
Kerala 140 152 138 20,976 97 14,744 39 5,928 2 304 136 20,672
Madhya Pradesh 230 131 229 29,999 216 28,296 2 262 11 1,441 218 28,558
Maharashtra 288 175 280 49,000 264 46,200 9 1,575 7 1,225 273 47,775
Manipur 60 18 58 1,044 50 900 4 72 4 72 54 972
Meghalaya 60 17 56 952 53 901 1 17 2 34 54 918
Mizoram 40 8 40 320 40 320 0 0 0 0 42 320
Nagaland 60 9 60 540 54 486 0 0 6 54 54 486
Orissa 147 149 146 21,754 130 19,370 12 1,788 4 596 142 21,158
Punjab 117 116 110 12,760 87 10,092 9 1,044 14 1,624 96 1,1136
Rajasthan 200 129 197 25,413 189 24,381 2 258 6 774 191 24,639
Sikkim 32 7 32 224 30 210 0 0 2 14 30 210
Tamil Nadu 234 176 233 41,111 217 38,192 10 1,760 6 1,056 227 39,952
Tripura 60 26 60 1,560 17 442 41 1,066 2 52 58 1,508
Uttarakhand 70 64 69 4,416 63 4,032 3 192 3 192 66 4,224
Uttar Pradesh 403 208 397 82,576 386 80,288 2 416 9 1,872 388 80,704
West Bengal 294 151 292 44,092 90 13,590 197 29,747 5 755 287 43,337
Delhi 70 58 70 4,060 65 3,770 2 116 3 174 67 3,886
Pondicherry 147 127 145 18,415 147 448 0 0 2 32 28 448
TOTALS 4,896 4,785 1,075,819 4,152 922,884 459 107,366 174 45,569 4,611 1,030,250
Source: Election Commission of India

Vice-Presidential election

Main article: 2002 Indian 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.[7] Incumbent VP Krishan Kant did not contest the election and died before the election occurred.

Result of the Indian vice-presidential election, 2002[7][8]
Candidate
 Party
 Electoral Votes
 % of Votes
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat BJP 454 59.82
Sushil Kumar Shinde INC 305 40.18
Total 759 100.00
Valid Votes 759 99.09
Invalid Votes 7 0.91
Turnout 766 96.96
Abstentions 24 3.04
Electors 790

References

  1. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2002 to the Legislative Assembly of Manipur". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  2. ^ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2002 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB" (PDF). Election Commission of India
  3. ^ The total includes votes and contestants of all parties, even those who failed to win any seat.
  4. ^ "Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 2002". elections.in. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
  5. ^ "Election Commission of India : Statistical Report on General Election, 2002 to The Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh" (PDF). eci.nic.in.
  6. ^ "A P J Abdul Kalam elected 11th President of India". Rediff.com. July 18, 2002. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 28, 2016.
  7. ^ a b "BACKGROUND MATERIAL REGARDING FOURTEENTH ELECTION TO THE OFFICE OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT, 2012, ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  8. ^ "Shekhawat is Vice-President, 22 MPs didn't cast vote". The Tribune. August 12, 2002. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
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