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{{Short description|Indian state election}}
{{more citations needed|date=April 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2002 Uttaranchal Legislative Assembly election
| country = India
| flag_year = 2002
| type = Legislative
| ongoing = no
| party_colour =
| previous_election =
| previous_year =
| next_election = 2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election
| next_year = 2007
| seats_for_election = 70 seats in the [[Uttaranchal Legislative Assembly]]
| majority_seats = 36
| election_date = {{Start date|df=yes|2002|02|14}}
| turnout = '''54.34%'''
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| alliance1 =
| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Shri Narayan Dutt Tiwari.jpg|bSize=100|cWidth=80|cHeight=100|oLeft=10|oTop=10}}
| leader1 = [[Narayan Datt Tiwari]]
| leader_since1 = 2002
| leaders_seat1 = [[Ramnagar (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Ramnagar]]<br />(''[[List of by-elections to the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly#2002–07|by-election]]'')
| last_election1 =
| seats_before1 =
| seats_needed1 =
| seats1 = '''36'''
| seats_after1 =
| seat_change1 =
| popular_vote1 = '''7,69,991'''
| percentage1 = '''26.91%'''
| swing1 =

| party2 = Bharatiya Janata Party
| alliance2 =
| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Bhagatsinghkoshyari.jpg|bSize=100|cWidth=80|cHeight=100|oLeft=10|oTop=0}}
| leader2 = [[Bhagat Singh Koshyari]]
| leader_since2 = 2001
| leaders_seat2 = [[Kapkot (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Kapkot]]
| last_election2 =
| seats_before2 =
| seats_needed2 =
| seats2 = 19
| seats_after2 =
| seat_change2 =
| popular_vote2 = 7,28,134
| percentage2 = 25.45%
| swing2 =

| party3 = Bahujan Samaj Party
| alliance3 =
| image3 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Narayan-Pal.jpg|bSize=100|cWidth=80|cHeight=100|oLeft=10|oTop=10}}
| image3_size = 100px
| leader3 = [[Narayan Pal]]
| leader_since3 = 2002
| leaders_seat3 = [[Sitarganj (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Sitarganj]]
| last_election3 =
| seats_before3 =
| seats_needed3 =
| seats3 = 7
| seats_after3 =
| seat_change3 =
| popular_vote3 = 3,12,842
| percentage3 = 10.93%
| swing3 =

| map_image = Uttarakhand in India.png
| map_size = 200px
| map_caption = [[Uttaranchal]]
| title = [[List of Chief Ministers of Uttaranchal|Chief Minister]]
| post title =
| before_election = [[Bhagat Singh Koshyari]]
| after_election = [[Narayan Datt Tiwari]]
| before_party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| after_party = [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| result =
}}

The '''2002 Uttaranchal Legislative Assembly election''' were the [[1st Uttarakhand Assembly|1st Vidhan Sabha]] ([[State Legislative Assembly (India)|Legislative Assembly]]) elections of the state of [[Uttaranchal]] in [[India]], when the [[Indian National Congress]] emerged as the largest party and won a majority with 36 seats in the 70-seat legislature in the election. The [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] became the official opposition, holding 19 seats.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Elections Uttaranchal|url=https://m.rediff.com/election/utanch_hdln.htm|access-date=2021-07-08|website=Rediff}}</ref>

== Interim Uttaranchal Legislative Assembly (2000-2002) ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="2" |Party
! Symbol
!Seats
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[File:Bharatiya Janata Party (icon).svg|50px]]
|23
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Samajwadi Party}}" |
|[[Samajwadi Party]]
|[[File:Samajwadi Party.png|50px]]
|3
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}" |
|[[Bahujan Samaj Party]]
|[[File:Elephant Bahujan Samaj Party.svg|50px]]
|2
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[File:Indian National Congress hand logo.svg|50px]]
|2
|}

== Parties and alliances ==

==={{legend2|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|[[Indian National Congress]]}}===

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!colspan="2"|Party
!Flag
!Symbol
!Leader
!Contesting Seats
|-
|{{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[File:Indian National Congress Flag.svg|50px]]
|[[File:Hand INC.svg|50px]]
|[[N. D. Tiwari]]
| 70
|-
|}

==={{legend2|{{party color|National Democratic Alliance}}|[[National Democratic Alliance]]}}===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!colspan="2"|Party
!Flag
!Symbol
!Leader
!Contesting Seats
|-
|{{party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[File:BJP flag.svg|50px]]
|[[File:Lotus flower symbol.svg|50px]]
|[[Bhagat Singh Koshyari]]
|69
|}

===Others===
{| class="wikitable" width="60%"
!colspan="2"|Party
! flag
! Symbol
! Leader
! Contesting Seats
|-
| {{party color cell|Bahujan Samaj Party}}
| [[Bahujan Samaj Party]]
| [[File:Elephant Bahujan Samaj Party.svg|50px]]
| [[File:Indian Election Symbol Elephant.png|50x50px|centre]]
| [[Mayawati]]
| 68
|-
| {{party color cell|Uttarakhand Kranti Dal}}
| [[Uttarakhand Kranti Dal]]
| [[File:UKD-flag.gif|50px]]
| [[File:Chair (Indian Election Symbol).svg|50px]]
| [[Kashi Singh Airy]]
| 62
|-
|{{party color cell|Nationalist Congress Party}}
|[[Nationalist Congress Party]]
|[[File:NCP-flag.svg|85px]]
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Clock.png|50px]]
|[[Sharad Pawar]]
|26
|}

==Results==

{{bar box
|title=2002 Uttaranchal Legislative Assembly election result (vote percentage)
|float = center
|caption=
|width=600px
|barwidth=600px
|bars=
{{bar percent|INC|#00BFFF|26.91}}
{{bar percent|BJP|#FF9933|25.45}}
{{bar percent|BSP|#0000FF|10.93}}
{{bar percent|SP|#FF0000|6.27}}
{{bar percent|UKD|#336666|5.49}}
{{bar percent|NCP|#00B2B2|1.50}}
{{bar percent|Others|silver|23.45}}
}}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
!colspan=8|[[File:India Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly 2002.svg]]
|-
! align="center" | Rank
! align="center" | Party
! align="center" | Seats Contested
! align="center" | Seats Won
! align="center" | % Votes
! align="center" | % Votes in <br /> Seats Contested
! align="center" | Leader in the House
|- style="background: #90EE90;"
|1||align="left"|[[Indian National Congress]] (INC)||70||36||26.91%||26.91%||[[Narayan Datt Tiwari]]
|-
|2||align="left"|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP)||69||19||25.45%||25.81%||[[Matbar Singh Kandari]]
|-
|3||align="left"|[[Bahujan Samaj Party]] (BSP)||68||07||10.93%||11.20%||[[Narayan Pal]]
|-
|4||align="left"|[[Uttarakhand Kranti Dal]] (UKD)||62||04||5.49%||6.36%||[[Kashi Singh Airy]]
|-
|5||align="left"|[[Nationalist Congress Party]] (NCP)||26||01||1.50%||4.02%||[[Balvir Singh Negi]]
|-
|6||align="left"|[[Independent politician|Independents]]||–||03||16.30%||16.63%||N/A
|-
| ||align="centre"|'''Total''' ||–||'''70'''||–||–||
|}

==List of elected Assembly members==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#E9E9E9;"
!S. No.
!Constituency
!Elected Member
!Party affiliation
|-
| 1 || [[Purola (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Purola]] (SC) || [[Mal Chand]] || bgcolor=#FF9933 | BJP
|-
| 2 || [[Gangotri (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Gangotri]] || [[Vijaypal Singh Sajwan]] || bgcolor=#00BFFF | INC
|-
| 3 || [[Yamunotri (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Yamunotri]] || [[Pritam Singh Panwar]] || style="background: #336666; color: white" | UKD
|-
| 4 || [[Pratapnagar (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Pratapnagar]] || [[Phul Singh Bisht]] || bgcolor=#00BFFF | INC
|-
| 5 || [[Tehri (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Tehri]] || [[Kishore Upadhyaya]] || bgcolor=#00BFFF | INC
|-
| 6 || [[Ghansali (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Ghansali]] || [[Balvir Singh Negi]] || bgcolor=#00B2B2 | NCP
|-
| 7 || [[Devprayag (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Devprayag]] || [[Mantri Prasad Naithani]] || bgcolor=#00BFFF | INC
|-
| 8 || [[Narendranagar (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Narendranagar]] || [[Subodh Uniyal]] || bgcolor=#00BFFF | INC
|-
| 9 || [[Dhanaulti (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Dhanaulti]] (SC) || [[Kaul Das]] || bgcolor=#00BFFF | INC
|-
| 10 || [[Chakrata (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Chakrata]] (ST) || [[Pritam Singh (Uttarakhand politician)|Pritam Singh]] || bgcolor=#00BFFF | INC
|-
| 11 || [[Vikasnagar (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Vikasnagar]] || [[Nav Prabhat]] || bgcolor=#00BFFF | INC
|-
| 12 || [[Sahaspur (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Sahaspur]] (SC) || [[Sadhu Ram (politician)|Sadhu Ram]] || bgcolor=#00BFFF | INC
|-
| 13 || [[Lakshman Chowk (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Lakshman Chowk]] || [[Dinesh Agrawal]] || bgcolor=#00BFFF | INC
|-
| 14 || [[Dehradun (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Dehradun]] || [[Harbans Kapoor]] || bgcolor=#FF9933 | BJP
|-
| 15 || [[Rajpur (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Rajpur]] || [[Hira Singh Bisht]] || bgcolor=#00BFFF | INC
|-
| 16 || [[Mussoorie (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Mussoorie]] || [[Jot Singh Gunsola]] || bgcolor=#00BFFF | INC
|-
| 17 || [[Rishikesh (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Rishikesh]] || [[Shoorveer Singh Sajwan]] || bgcolor=#00BFFF | INC
|-
| 18 || [[Doiwala (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Doiwala]] || [[Trivendra Singh Rawat]] || bgcolor=#FF9933 | BJP
|-
| 19 || [[Bhagwanpur (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Bhagwanpur]] (SC) || [[Chandra Shekhar (Uttarakhand politician)|Chandra Shekhar]]|| bgcolor=#FF9933 | BJP
|-
| 20 || [[Roorkee (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Roorkee]] || [[Suresh Chand Jain]] || bgcolor=#FF9933 | BJP
|-
| 21 || [[Iqbalpur (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Iqbalpur]] || [[Yashveer Singh (Uttarakhand politician)|Yashveer Singh]] || style="background: #0000FF; color: white" | BSP
|-
| 22 || [[Manglaur (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Manglaur]] || [[Muhammad Nizamuddin]] || style="background: #0000FF; color: white" | BSP
|-
| 23 || [[Landhaura (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Landhaura]] (SC) || [[Hari Das]] || style="background: #0000FF; color: white" | BSP
|-
| 24 || [[Laksar (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Laksar]] || [[Pranav Singh|Pranav Singh 'Champion']]|| bgcolor=#DDDDDD | Independent
|-
| 25 || [[Bahadarabad (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Bahadarabad]] || [[Muhammad Shahzad (politician)|Muhammad Shahzad]]|| style="background: #0000FF; color: white" | BSP
|-
| 26 || [[Haridwar (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Haridwar]] || [[Madan Kaushik]] || bgcolor=#FF9933 | BJP
|-
| 27 || [[Laldhang (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Laldhang]] || [[Taslim Ahmad]] || style="background: #0000FF; color: white" | BSP
|-
| 28 || [[Yamkeshwar (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Yamkeshwar]] || [[Vijaya Barthwal]] || bgcolor=#FF9933 | BJP
|-
| 29 || [[Kotdwar (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Kotdwar]] || [[Surendra Singh Negi]] || bgcolor=#00BFFF | INC
|-
| 30 || [[Dhumakot (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Dhumakot]] || Lt. Gen. [[Tejpal Singh Rawat]] (Retd.) || bgcolor=#00BFFF | INC
|-
| 31 || [[Bironkhal (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Bironkhal]] || [[Amrita Rawat]] || bgcolor=#00BFFF | INC
|-
| 32 || [[Lansdowne (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Lansdowne]] || Dr. [[Harak Singh Rawat]] || bgcolor=#00BFFF | INC
|-
| 33 || [[Pauri (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Pauri]] || [[Narendra Singh Bhandari]] || bgcolor=#00BFFF | INC
|-
| 34 || [[Srinagar (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Sringar]] (SC) || [[Sundar Lal Mandrawal]] || bgcolor=#00BFFF | INC
|-
| 35 || [[Thalisain (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Thalisain]] || [[Ganesh Godiyal]] || bgcolor=#00BFFF | INC
|-
| 36 || [[Rudraprayag (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Rudraprayag]] || [[Matbar Singh Kandari]] || bgcolor=#FF9933 | BJP
|-
| 37 || [[Kedarnath (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Kedarnath]] || [[Asha Nautiyal]] || bgcolor=#FF9933 | BJP
|-
| 38 || [[Badrinath (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Badrinath]] || Dr. [[Anusuya Prasad Maikhuri]] || bgcolor=#00BFFF | INC
|-
| 39 || [[Nandaprayag (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Nandaprayag]] || [[Mahendra Bhatt]] || bgcolor=#FF9933 | BJP
|-
| 40 || [[Karnaprayag (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Karnaprayag]] || [[Anil Nautiyal]] || bgcolor=#FF9933 | BJP
|-
| 41 || [[Pindar (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Pindar]] (SC) || [[Govind Lal]] || bgcolor=#FF9933 | BJP
|-
| 42 || [[Kapkot (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Kapkot]] || [[Bhagat Singh Koshyari]] || bgcolor=#FF9933 | BJP
|-
| 43 || [[Kanda (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Kanda]] || [[Ummed Singh Majila]] || bgcolor=#00BFFF | INC
|-
| 44 || [[Bageshwar (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Bageshwar]] (SC) || [[Ram Prasad Tamta]] || bgcolor=#00BFFF | INC
|-
| 45 || [[Dwarahat (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Dwarahat]] || [[Bipin Chandra Tripathi]] || style="background: #336666; color: white" | UKD
|-
| 46 || [[Bhikiyasain (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Bhikiyasain]] || Dr. [[Pratap Singh Bisht]] || bgcolor=#00BFFF | INC
|-
| 47 || [[Salt (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Salt]] || [[Ranjit Singh Rawat]] || bgcolor=#00BFFF | INC
|-
| 48 || [[Ranikhet (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Ranikhet]] || [[Ajay Bhatt (politician)|Ajay Bhatt]] || bgcolor=#FF9933 | BJP
|-
| 49 || [[Someshwar (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Someshwar]] (SC) || [[Pradeep Tamta]] || bgcolor=#00BFFF | INC
|-
| 50 || [[Almora (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Almora]] || [[Kailash Sharma]] || bgcolor=#FF9933 | BJP
|-
| 51 || [[Jageshwar (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Jageshwar]] || [[Govind Singh Kunjwal]] || bgcolor=#00BFFF | INC
|-
| 52 || [[Mukteshwar (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Mukteshwar]] (SC) || [[Yashpal Arya]] || bgcolor=#00BFFF | INC
|-
| 53 || [[Dhari (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Dhari]] || [[Harish Chandra Durgapal]] || bgcolor=#00BFFF | INC
|-
| 54 || [[Haldwani (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Haldwani]] || Dr. [[Indira Hridayesh]] || bgcolor=#00BFFF | INC
|-
| 55 || [[Nainital (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Nainital]] || Dr. [[Narayan Singh Jantwal]] || style="background: #336666; color: white" | UKD
|-
| 56 || [[Ramnagar (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Ramnagar]] || [[Yogambar Singh Rawat]] || bgcolor=#00BFFF | INC
|-
| 57 || [[Jaspur (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Jaspur]] || Dr. [[Shailendra Mohan Singhal]] || bgcolor=#DDDDDD | Independent
|-
| 58 || [[Kashipur, Uttarakhand Assembly constituency|Kashipur]] || [[Harbhajan Singh Cheema]] || bgcolor=#FF9933 | BJP
|-
| 59 || [[Bajpur (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Bajpur]] || [[Arvind Pandey]] || bgcolor=#FF9933 | BJP
|-
| 60 || [[Pantnagar–Gadarpur (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Pantnagar–Gadarpur]] || [[Premanand Mahajan]] || style="background: #0000FF; color: white" | BSP
|-
| 61 || [[Rudrapur–Kichha (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Rudrapur–Kichha]] || [[Tilak Raj Behar]] || bgcolor=#00BFFF | INC
|-
| 62 || [[Sitarganj (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Sitarganj]] (SC) || [[Narayan Pal]] || style="background: #0000FF; color: white" | BSP
|-
| 63 || [[Khatima (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Khatima]] (ST) || [[Gopal Singh Rana]] || bgcolor=#00BFFF | INC
|-
| 64 || [[Champawat (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Champawat]] || [[Hemesh Kharkwal]] || bgcolor=#00BFFF | INC
|-
| 65 || [[Lohaghat (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Lohaghat]] || [[Mahendra Singh Mahra]] || bgcolor=#00BFFF | INC
|-
| 66 || [[Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Pithoragarh]] || [[Prakash Pant]] || bgcolor=#FF9933 | BJP
|-
| 67 || [[Gangolihat (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Gangolihat]] (SC) || [[Narayan Ram Arya]] || bgcolor=#00BFFF | INC
|-
| 68 || [[Didihat (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Didihat]] || [[Bishan Singh Chuphal]] || bgcolor=#FF9933 | BJP
|-
| 69 || [[Kanalichhina (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Kanalichhina]] || [[Kashi Singh Airy]] || style="background: #336666; color: white" | UKD
|-
| 70 || [[Dharchula (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Dharchula]] (ST) || [[Gagan Singh Rajwar]] || bgcolor=#DDDDDD | Independent
|}
<ref>{{Cite web|date=|title=प्रथम विधान सभा: विधान सभा|url=http://ukvidhansabha.uk.gov.in/pages/display/118-first-vidhan-sabha|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421194601/http://ukvidhansabha.uk.gov.in/pages/display/118-first-vidhan-sabha|archive-date=2014-04-21|access-date=2021-07-08|website=ukvidhansabha.uk.gov.in|language=hindi}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[1st Uttarakhand Assembly]]
*[[Tiwari ministry (Uttarakhand)|Tiwari ministry]]
*[[Elections in Uttarakhand]]
*[[Politics of Uttarakhand]]
*[[2002 elections in India]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://ceo.uk.gov.in/files/AC2002/Stat_rep_2002_UT.pdf Result]
*[https://cdnbbsr.s3waas.gov.in/s3cbf8710b43df3f2c1553e649403426df/uploads/2025/05/20250513373557352.pdf Elections results]

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IgnacioGrishin at 10:19, 21 April 2026