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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Vice-presidential election in India}}<br />
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{{Infobox election<br />
| election_name = 2002 Indian vice presidential election<br />
| country = India<br />
| type = presidential<br />
| ongoing = no<br />
| previous_election = 1997 Indian vice-presidential election<br />
| previous_year = 1997<br />
| next_election = 2007 Indian vice presidential election<br />
| next_year = 2007<br />
| election_date = 12 August 2002<br />
| image1 = [[File:Bhairon Singh Shekhawat.jpg|160x150px]]<br />
| nominee1 = '''[[Bhairon Singh Shekhawat]]'''<br />
| party1 = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
| alliance1 = National Democratic Alliance (India)<br />
| home_state1 = [[Rajasthan]]<br />
| electoral_vote1 = '''454'''<br />
| percentage1 = '''59.82%'''<br />
| image2 = [[File:Sushilkumar Shinde.JPG|160x150px]]<br />
| nominee2 = [[Sushil Kumar Shinde]]<br />
| party2 = Indian National Congress<br />
| home_state2 = [[Maharashtra]]<br />
| electoral_vote2 = 305<br />
| percentage2 = 40.18% <br />
| title = [[Vice President of India|Vice President]]<br />
| before_election = ''Vacant, last held by'' <br /> [[Krishan Kant]]<br />
| before_party = Janata Dal<br />
| after_election = [[Bhairon Singh Shekhawat]]<br />
| after_party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]<br />
}}<br />
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The '''2002 Indian vice presidential election''' was held on 12 August 2002 to elect the newly vacated post of the [[vice president of India]]. [[Bhairon Singh Shekhawat]] defeated [[Sushil Kumar Shinde]] to become [[List of Vice Presidents of India|11th]] vice president of India.<ref name=eci>{{Cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/President_VP_Elec2012/Vice%20Presidentail%20Election%20Background.pdf |title=BACKGROUND MATERIAL REGARDING FOURTEENTH ELECTION TO THE OFFICE OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT, 2012, ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA |access-date=2016-05-25 |archive-date=2016-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305153944/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/President_VP_Elec2012/Vice%20Presidentail%20Election%20Background.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Incumbent VP [[Krishan Kant]] did not contest the election and died before the election occurred.<br />
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==Candidates==<br />
<gallery perrow="2"><br />
File:Bhairon Singh Shekhawat.jpg|{{center|[[List of current Indian leaders of the Opposition|Leader of Opposition]] of the [[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://vicepresidentofindia.nic.in/former-vice-president/sh-bhairon-singh-shekhawat |title=Sh. Bhairon Singh Shekhawat |website=vicepresidentofindia.nic.in |publisher=[[Vice President of India]]/[[National Informatics Centre]] |access-date=May 26, 2016}}</ref><br />'''[[Bhairon Singh Shekhawat]]'''}}<br />
File:Sushilkumar Shinde.JPG|{{center|Member of [[Lok Sabha]] for [[Solapur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Solapur]]<br />'''[[Sushil Kumar Shinde]]'''}}<br />
</gallery><br />
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==Results==<br />
{{election table|title=Result of the Indian vice-presidential election, 2002<ref name= eci /><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020813/main4.htm |title=Shekhawat is Vice-President, 22 MPs didn’t cast vote |newspaper=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]] |date=August 12, 2002 |access-date=May 25, 2016}}</ref>|sortable=yes}}<br />
|- align=center<br />
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" class="unsortable"|<!-- color --><br />
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Candidate<br /><br />
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Party<br /><br />
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Electoral Votes<br /><br />
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |% of Votes<br /><br />
|-<br />
| {{party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|align="left"|[[Bhairon Singh Shekhawat]]||align="left"|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]||454||59.82<br />
|-<br />
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|align="left"|[[Sushil Kumar Shinde]]||align="left"|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]||305||40.18<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="5" style="background:#e9e9e9;"|<br />
|-<br />
! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"| Total<br />
! style="text-align:right;"|759<br />
! style="text-align:right;"|100.00<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="5" style="background:#e9e9e9;"| <br />
|-<br />
|-<br />
|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Valid Votes||759||99.09<br />
|-<br />
|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Invalid Votes||7||0.91<br />
|-<br />
|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Turnout||766||96.96<br />
|-<br />
|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Abstentions||24||3.04<br />
|-<br />
|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Electors||790|| style="background:#e9e9e9;"|<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[2002 Indian presidential election]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
{{Indian vice presidential elections}}<br />
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[[Category:Vice-presidential elections in India]]<br />
[[Category:2002 elections in India|India]]</div>
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