2002 elections in India explained

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

See main article: 2002 Goa Legislative Assembly election.

RankPartySeats ContestedSeats Won
1Bharatiya Janata Party3917
2Indian National Congress4016
4United Goans Democratic Party103
3Maharashtrawadi Gomantak252
5Nationalist Congress Party201
6Independent481
Total 40

Gujarat

See main article: 2002 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election.

Party Seats won
127
51
2
Independents 2

Jammu & Kashmir

See main article: 2002 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election.

Manipur

See main article: 2002 Manipur Legislative Assembly election.

Punjab

See main article: 2002 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. |- align=center!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" class="unsortable"|!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Political Party
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |No. of Candidates
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seats won
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Number of Votes
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |% of Votes
|-| |align="left"|Indian National Congress||105||62||3,682,877||35.81%|-| |align="left"|Shiromani Akali Dal||92||41||3,196,924||31.08%|-| |align="left"|Bharatiya Janata Party||23||3||583,214||5.67%|-| |align="left"|Communist Party of India||11||2||220,785||2.15%|-| |align="left"|Independents||274||9||1,159,552||11.27%|-||align="left"|Total[1] ||923||117|| 10,284,686|||-|}

Uttar Pradesh

See main article: 2002 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.

Party NameSeats
Samajwadi Party143
Bahujan Samaj Party98
Indian National Congress25
88
2
Janata Dal (United)2
1
Akhil Bharatiya Loktantrik Congress2
Apna Dal3
National Loktantrik Party1
Rashtriya Lok Dal14
Rashtriya Parivartan Dal1
Rashtriya Kranti Party4
Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)1
Independents16
Total403
Elections.in[2] EIC[3]

Uttarakhand

See main article: 2002 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election.

RankPartySeats ContestedSeats Won% Votes% Votes in
Seats Contested		Leader in the House
1Indian National Congress (INC)703626.91%26.91%Narayan Datt Tiwari
2Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)691925.45%25.81%Matbar Singh Kandari
3Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)680710.93%11.20%Narayan Pal
4Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKD)62045.49%6.36%Kashi Singh Airy
5Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)26011.50%4.02%Balvir Singh Negi
6Independents–0316.30%16.63%N/A
Total –70––

Presidential election

See 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.[4]

StatesNo. 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)
776708760538,080638451,7048056,6404229,73671850,8344
29414828341,88426439,0722296172,51626639,368
6085745657456000057456
12611611913,80411313,1081116558011413,224
24317323440,48221537,195172,941234623240,136
901299011,6108510,9650056458510,965
4020397803468036024037740
18214717926,31317425,5782294344117625,872
90112869,632869,6320000869,632
6851643,264623,162151151633,213
8772785,616725,18421444288745,328
811767913,9047413,0245880007913,904
22413122028,82020226,462131,703565521528,165
14015213820,9769714,744395,928230413620,672
23013122929,99921628,2962262111,44121828,558
28817528049,00026446,20091,57571,22527347,775
6018581,0445090047247254972
6017569525390111723454918
4084032040320000042320
60960540544860065454486
14714914621,75413019,370121,788459614221,158
11711611012,7608710,09291,044141,624961,1136
20012919725,41318924,3812258677419124,639
32732224302100021430210
23417623341,11121738,192101,76061,05622739,952
6026601,56017442411,066252581,508
7064694,416634,03231923192664,224
Uttar Pradesh40320839782,57638680,288241691,87238880,704
29415129244,0929013,59019729,747575528743,337
7058704,060653,77021163174673,886
14712714518,4151474480023228448
TOTALS 4,8964,7851,075,8194,152922,884459107,36617445,5694,6111,030,250
align=left colspan=13Source: Election Commission of India

Vice-Presidential election

See 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.[5] Incumbent VP Krishan Kant did not contest the election and died before the election occurred.|- align=center!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" class="unsortable"|!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Candidate
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Party
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Electoral Votes
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |% of Votes
|-| |align="left"|Bhairon Singh Shekhawat||align="left"|BJP||454||59.82|-| |align="left"|Sushil Kumar Shinde||align="left"|INC||305||40.18|-| colspan="5" style="background:#e9e9e9;"||-! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"| Total! style="text-align:right;"|759! style="text-align:right;"|100.00|-| colspan="5" style="background:#e9e9e9;"| |-|-|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Valid Votes||759||99.09|-|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Invalid Votes||7||0.91|-|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Turnout||766||96.96|-|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Abstentions||24||3.04|-|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Electors||790|| style="background:#e9e9e9;"||-|}

Notes and References

  1. The total includes votes and contestants of all parties, even those who failed to win any seat.
  2. Web site: Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 2002. elections.in. 2017-03-14.
  3. Web site: Election Commission of India : Statistical Report on General Election, 2002 to The Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh . eci.nic.in.
  4. News: A P J Abdul Kalam elected 11th President of India . . July 18, 2002 . May 28, 2016 . March 4, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100014/http://www.rediff.com/news/2002/jul/18prez2.htm . dead .
  5. Web site: BACKGROUND MATERIAL REGARDING FOURTEENTH ELECTION TO THE OFFICE OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT, 2012, ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA . 2016-05-25 . 2016-03-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305153944/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/President_VP_Elec2012/Vice%20Presidentail%20Election%20Background.pdf . dead .

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