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Elections in India India 2001 elections in India 2001 2002 2003 elections in India 2003
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.
Results
Date(s)StateGovernment before electionChief Minister before electionGovernment after electionChief Minister after electionMaps 13 February 2002 Punjab Shiromani Akali Dal Parkash Singh Badal Indian National CongressAmarinder Singh 50px14 to 21 February 2002ManipurPresident's RuleIndian National CongressOkram Ibobi Singh50px 14 February 2002 Uttarakhand Bharatiya Janata Party Bhagat Singh Koshyari Indian National Congress N. D. Tiwari 50px March 2002Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata PartyRajnath Singh Bahujan Samaj Party Mayawati 50pxOthers breakaway factions of INC and BSP and other small parties. Bharatiya Janata Party 30 May 2002Goa Bharatiya Janata PartyManohar Parrikar Bharatiya Janata PartyManohar Parrikar 50px Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party 16 September 2002 to 8 October 2002Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir National Conference 2Farooq Abdullah Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic PartyMufti Mohammad Sayeed50px Indian National Congress 12 December 2002 Gujarat Bharatiya Janata Party Narendra Modi Bharatiya Janata Party Narendra Modi50px
Legislative Assembly elections
Goa
2002 Goa Legislative Assembly election
Rank Party Seats Contested Seats Won1Bharatiya Janata Party39172Indian National Congress40164United Goans Democratic Party1033Maharashtrawadi Gomantak2525Nationalist Congress Party2016Independent481 Total 40
Gujarat
2002 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election
Party Seats won Bharatiya Janata Party 127 Indian National Congress 51 Janata Dal (United) 2 Independents 2
Jammu & Kashmir
2002 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election
Summary of the Jammu and Kashmir state assembly election results
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! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" |Party
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" |Seats
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" |Previously
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" |+/–
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" |Vote %
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" |Vote Share
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| style="text-align:left;" |National Conference
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 28
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 57
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 29
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 28.24%
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 7,49,825
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| style="text-align:left;" |Indian National Congress
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 20
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 7
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 13
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 24.24%
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 6,43,751
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| style="text-align:left;" |People's Democratic Party
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 16
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | -
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 16
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 9.28%
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 2,46,480
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| style="text-align:left;" |Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 4
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 1
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 3
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 3.83%
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 1,01,830
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| style="text-align:left;" |Communist Party of India (Marxist)
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 2
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" |
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 0.88%
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 23493
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| style="text-align:left;" |Bharatiya Janata Party
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 1
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 8
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 7
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 8.57%
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 2,27,633
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| style="text-align:left;" |Bahujan Samaj Party
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 1
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 4
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 3
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 4.50%
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 1,19,492
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| style="text-align:left;" |Democratic Movement
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 1
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" |
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" |
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 0.62%
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 16,366
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| style="text-align:left;" |Jammu and Kashmir Awami League
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 1
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 1
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 0.91%
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 24,121
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| style="text-align:left;" | Independents
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 13
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" |
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" |
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 16.50%
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 4,38,287
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| style="text-align:left;background-color:#E9E9E9" |Total (turnout 43.70%)
! style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"| 87
! style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"| 87
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! style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"| -
! style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"| -
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| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" |Valid votes
| align="right" |26,55,570
| align="right" |99.90
| colspan="4" rowspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |
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| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" |Invalid votes
| align="right" |584
| align="right" |0.10
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| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" |Votes cast / turnout
| align="right" |26,56,627
| align="right" |43.70
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| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" |Abstentions
| align="right" | 24,94,170
| align="right" | 56.30%
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| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" |Registered voters
| align="right" | 60,78,570
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| style="text-align:left;" colspan=12 |Source:Election Commission of IndiaJammu & Kashmir 2014 https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3797-jammu-kashmir-2014/ 2021-09-12 Election Commission of India en-IN
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Manipur
2002 Manipur Legislative Assembly election
Indian National Congress 345660 20 +9 Federal Party of Manipur 239444 13 +7 Manipur State Congress Party 163758 7 –16 Bharatiya Janata Party 126044 4 –2 Nationalist Congress Party 124583 3 –2 Samata Party 109912 3 +2 Communist Party of India 58102 5 +5 Democratic Revolutionary Peoples Party 51916 2 +2 Manipur National Conference 53146 1 New Manipur Peoples Party 40006 2 –2 Janata Dal (United) 2070 0 –1 Naga National Party 630 0 New Communist Party of India (Marxist) 340 0 0 Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) 166 0 New Lok Shakti 45 0 New Independents 4343 0 –1 0 10294 1472919 ECIhttps://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3709-manipur-2002/ Statistical Report on General Election, 2002 to the Legislative Assembly of Manipur Election Commission of India 1 January 2022
Punjab
2002 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
Summary of results of the Punjab Legislative Assembly election, 2002https://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2002/Stat_rep_2002_PB.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2002 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB Election Commission of India yes
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!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
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| Indian National Congress
|align="left"|Indian National Congress||105||62||3,682,877||35.81%
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| Shiromani Akali Dal
|align="left"|Shiromani Akali Dal||92||41||3,196,924||31.08%
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| Bharatiya Janata Party
|align="left"|Bharatiya Janata Party||23||3||583,214||5.67%
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| Communist Party of India
|align="left"|Communist Party of India||11||2||220,785||2.15%
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| Independent (politician)
|align="left"|Independents||274||9||1,159,552||11.27%
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|align="left"|TotalThe total includes votes and contestants of all parties, even those who failed to win any seat.||923||117|| 10,284,686||
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Uttar Pradesh
2002 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
Party nameSeatsSamajwadi Party143Bahujan Samaj Party98Indian National Congress25Bharatiya Janata Party 88Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2Janata Dal (United)2Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha 1Akhil Bharatiya Loktantrik Congress2Apna Dal3National Loktantrik Party1Rashtriya Lok Dal14Rashtriya Parivartan Dal1Rashtriya Kranti Party4Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)1Independents16Total403Elections.inhttp://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/2002-election-results.html Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 2002 elections.in 2017-03-14 EIChttp://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2002/Stat_rep_UP_2002.pdf Election Commission of India : Statistical Report on General Election, 2002 to The Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh eci.nic.in
Uttarakhand
2002 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election
Rank Party Seats Contested Seats Won % Votes % Votes in Seats Contested Leader in the House1Indian National Congress (INC)703626.91%26.91%Narayan Datt Tiwari2Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)691925.45%25.81%Matbar Singh Kandari3Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)680710.93%11.20%Narayan Pal4Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKD)62045.49%6.36%Kashi Singh Airy5Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)26011.50%4.02%Balvir Singh Negi6Independents–0316.30%16.63%N/A Total –70––
Presidential election
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.http://www.rediff.com/%0D%0Anews/2002/jul/18prez2.htm A P J Abdul Kalam elected 11th President of India Rediff.com 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
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)Members of Parliament 776708760538,080638451,7048056,6404229,73671850,8344Andhra Pradesh 29414828341,88426439,0722296172,51626639,368Arunachal Pradesh 6085745657456000057456Assam 12611611913,80411313,1081116558011413,224Bihar 24317323440,48221537,195172,941234623240,136Chhattisgarh 901299011,6108510,9650056458510,965Goa 4020397803468036024037740Gujarat 18214717926,31317425,5782294344117625,872Haryana 90112869,632869,6320000869,632Himachal Pradesh 6851643,264623,162151151633,213Jammu and Kashmir 8772785,616725,18421444288745,328Jharkhand 811767913,9047413,0245880007913,904Karnataka 22413122028,82020226,462131,703565521528,165Kerala 14015213820,9769714,744395,928230413620,672Madhya Pradesh 23013122929,99921628,2962262111,44121828,558Maharashtra 28817528049,00026446,20091,57571,22527347,775Manipur 6018581,0445090047247254972Meghalaya 6017569525390111723454918Mizoram 4084032040320000042320Nagaland 60960540544860065454486Orissa 14714914621,75413019,370121,788459614221,158Punjab 11711611012,7608710,09291,044141,624961,1136Rajasthan 20012919725,41318924,3812258677419124,639Sikkim 32732224302100021430210Tamil Nadu 23417623341,11121738,192101,76061,05622739,952Tripura 6026601,56017442411,066252581,508Uttarakhand 7064694,416634,03231923192664,224Uttar Pradesh40320839782,57638680,288241691,87238880,704West Bengal 29415129244,0929013,59019729,747575528743,337Delhi 7058704,060653,77021163174673,886Pondicherry 14712714518,4151474480023228448TOTALS 4,8964,7851,075,8194,152922,884459107,36617445,5694,6111,030,250Source: Election Commission of India
Vice-Presidential election
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.http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/President_VP_Elec2012/Vice%20Presidentail%20Election%20Background.pdf 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 Incumbent VP Krishan Kant did not contest the election and died before the election occurred.
Result of the Indian vice-presidential election, 2002https://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020813/main4.htm Shekhawat is Vice-President, 22 MPs didn’t cast vote The Tribune August 12, 2002 May 25, 2016 yes
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!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Candidate
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Party
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Electoral Votes
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |% of Votes
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| Bharatiya Janata Party
|align="left"|Bhairon Singh Shekhawat||align="left"|BJP||454||59.82
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| Indian National Congress
|align="left"|Sushil Kumar Shinde||align="left"|INC||305||40.18
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! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"| Total
! style="text-align:right;"|759
! style="text-align:right;"|100.00
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| colspan="5" style="background:#e9e9e9;"|
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|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Valid Votes||759||99.09
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|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Invalid Votes||7||0.91
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|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Turnout||766||96.96
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|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Abstentions||24||3.04
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|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Electors||790|| style="background:#e9e9e9;"|
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