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{{Infobox election
| election_name = Elections in India
| country = India
| previous_election = 2001 elections in India
| previous_year = 2001
| election_date = 2002
| next_election = 2003 elections in India
| next_year = 2003
}}
{{Politics of India}}

'''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==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! Date(s)
!State
! colspan="2" |Government before election
!Chief Minister before election
! colspan="2" |Government after election
!Chief Minister after election
!Maps
|-
| 13 February 2002
| [[2002 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|Punjab]]
| {{Full party name with color|Shiromani Akali Dal}}
| [[Parkash Singh Badal]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Amarinder Singh]]
| [[File:IN-PB.svg|50px]]
|-
|14 to 21 February 2002
|[[2002 Manipur Legislative Assembly election|Manipur]]
| bgcolor="#000000" |
| colspan="2" align="center" |[[President's rule|President's Rule]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Okram Ibobi Singh]]
|[[File:IN-MN.svg|50px]]
|-
| 14 February 2002
| [[2002 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election|Uttarakhand]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Bhagat Singh Koshyari]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| [[N. D. Tiwari]]
| [[File:IN-UT.svg|50px]]
|-
|rowspan="2"| March 2002
|rowspan="2"|[[2002 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|Uttar Pradesh]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|rowspan="2"|[[Rajnath Singh]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}
|rowspan="2"|[[Mayawati]]
|rowspan="2"|[[File:IN-UP.svg|50px]]
|-
|{{party color cell|Others}}
| breakaway factions of [[Indian National Congress|INC]] and [[Bahujan Samaj Party|BSP]] and other small parties.
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|rowspan="2"| 30 May 2002
|rowspan="2"|[[2002 Goa Legislative Assembly election|Goa]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|rowspan="2"|[[Manohar Parrikar]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|rowspan="2"|[[Manohar Parrikar]]
|rowspan="2"|[[File:IN-GA.svg|50px]]
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}
| {{Full party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | 16 September 2002 to 8 October 2002
| rowspan="2" |[[2002 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| {{Full party name with color|Jammu and Kashmir National Conference|rowspan=2}}
| rowspan="2" |[[Farooq Abdullah]]
| {{Full party name with color|Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party}}
| rowspan="2" |[[Mufti Mohammad Sayeed]]
| rowspan="2" |[[File:IN-JK.svg|50px]]
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| 12 December 2002
| [[2002 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|Gujarat]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Narendra Modi]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Narendra Modi]]
|[[File:IN-GJ.svg|50px]]
|}

==Legislative Assembly elections==
===Goa===
{{Main|2002 Goa Legislative Assembly election}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
! align="center" | Rank
! align="center" | Party
! align="center" | Seats Contested
! align="center" | Seats Won
|- style="background: #90EE90;"
|1||align="left"|'''[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]'''||39||'''17'''
|-
|2||align="left"|'''[[Indian National Congress]]'''||40||'''16'''
|-style="background:
|- style="background: #90EE90;"
|4||align="left"|'''[[United Goans Democratic Party]]'''||10||'''3'''
|- style="background: #90EE90;"
|3||align="left"|'''[[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak]]'''||25||'''2'''
|-"background: #90EE90;"
|5||align="left"|'''[[Nationalist Congress Party]]'''||20||'''1'''
|-style="background:
|6||align="left"|'''[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]'''||48||'''1'''
|-
| ||align="centre"|'''Total '''|| ||'''40'''
|}

===Gujarat===
{{Main|2002 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party !! Seats won
|-
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] || 127
|-
| [[Indian National Congress]] || 51
|-
| [[Janata Dal (United)]] || 2
|-
| Independents || 2
|}

===Jammu & Kashmir===
{{Main|2002 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election}}
{{election table|title=Summary of the [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] state assembly [[2014 Jammu and Kashmir state assembly election|election results]]}}
!colspan=10|[[File:India Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly 2002.svg]]
|-
! 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
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference|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;" | {{decrease}}29
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 28.24%
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 7,49,825
|-
| 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;" | {{increase}}13
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 24.24%
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 6,43,751
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party|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;" | {{increase}}16
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 9.28%
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 2,46,480
|-
| 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;" | {{increase}}3
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 3.83%
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 1,01,830
|-
| 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
|-
| 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;" | {{decrease}}7
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 8.57%
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 2,27,633
|-
| 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;" | {{decrease}}3
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 4.50%
| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 1,19,492
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Democratic Movement (India)|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
|-
| 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
|-
| 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
|-
| 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
! style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|
! style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"| -
! style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"| -
|-
! colspan="9" |
|-
| 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" |
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" |Invalid votes
| align="right" |584
| align="right" |0.10
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" |'''Votes cast / turnout'''
| align="right" |'''26,56,627'''
| align="right" |'''43.70 '''
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" |Abstentions
| align="right" | 24,94,170
| align="right" | 56.30%
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" |'''Registered voters'''
| align="right" | '''60,78,570 '''
|colspan="1" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|
|-
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan=12 |Source:[[Election Commission of India]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jammu & Kashmir 2014|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3797-jammu-kashmir-2014/|access-date=2021-09-12|website=Election Commission of India|language=en-IN}}</ref>
|}

===Manipur===
{{Main|2002 Manipur Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|image=
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=345660|seats1=20|sc1=+9
|party2=[[Federal Party of Manipur]]|votes2=239444|seats2=13|sc2=+7
|party3=[[Manipur State Congress Party]]|votes3=163758|seats3=7|sc3=–16
|party4=[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]|votes4=126044|seats4=4|sc4=–2
|party5=[[Nationalist Congress Party]]|votes5=124583|seats5=3|sc5=–2
|party6=[[Samata Party]]|votes6=109912|seats6=3|sc6=+2
|party7=[[Communist Party of India]]|votes7=58102|seats7=5|sc7=+5
|party8=[[Democratic Revolutionary Peoples Party]]|votes8=51916|seats8=2|sc8=+2
|party9=[[Manipur National Conference]]|votes9=53146|seats9=1|sc9=New
|party10=[[Manipur Peoples Party]]|votes10=40006|seats10=2|sc10=–2
|party11=[[Janata Dal (United)]]|votes11=2070|seats11=0|sc11=–1
|party12=[[Naga National Party]]|votes12=630|seats12=0|sc12=New
|party13=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]|votes13=340|seats13=0|sc13=0
|party14=[[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]]|votes14=166|seats14=0|sc14=New
|party15=[[Lok Shakti]]|votes15=45|seats15=0|sc15=New
|party16=Independents|votes16=4343|seats16=0|sc16=–1
|total_sc=0
|invalid=10294
|electorate=1472919
|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3709-manipur-2002/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2002 to the Legislative Assembly of Manipur |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=1 January 2022}}</ref>
}}

===Punjab===
{{Main|2002 Punjab Legislative Assembly election}}
{{election table|title=Summary of results of the Punjab Legislative Assembly election, 2002<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2002/Stat_rep_2002_PB.pdf |title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2002 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB}} [[Election Commission of India]]</ref>|sortable=yes}}
|- 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 
|-
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|align="left"|[[Indian National Congress]]||105||62||3,682,877||35.81%
|-
| {{party color cell|Shiromani Akali Dal}}
|align="left"|[[Shiromani Akali Dal]]||92||41||3,196,924||31.08%
|-
| {{party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|align="left"|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]||23||3||583,214||5.67%
|-
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
|align="left"|[[Communist Party of India]]||11||2||220,785||2.15%
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent (politician)}}
|align="left"|[[Independent (politician)|Independents]]||274||9||1,159,552||11.27%
|-
|
|align="left"|'''Total'''<ref>The total includes votes and contestants of all parties, even those who failed to win any seat.</ref>||'''923'''||'''117'''||''' 10,284,686'''||
|-
|}

===Uttar Pradesh===
{{Main|2002 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style=text-align:right
!Party name
!Seats
|-
|align=left|[[Samajwadi Party]]
|143
|-
|align=left|[[Bahujan Samaj Party]]
|98
|-
|align=left|[[Indian National Congress]]
|25
|-
|align=left|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|88
|-
|align=left|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|2
|-
|align=left|[[Janata Dal (United)]]
|2
|-
|align=left|[[Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha]]
|1
|-
|align=left|[[Akhil Bharatiya Loktantrik Congress]]
|2
|-
|align=left|[[Apna Dal (Kamerawadi)|Apna Dal]]
|3
|-
|align=left|[[National Loktantrik Party]]
|1
|-
|align=left|[[Rashtriya Lok Dal]]
|14
|-
|align=left|[[Rashtriya Parivartan Dal]]
|1
|-
|align=left|[[Rashtriya Kranti Party]]
|4
|-
|align=left|[[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]]
|1
|-
|align=left|Independents
|16
|- class=sortbottom
|align=left|'''Total'''
|'''403'''
|- class=sortbottom
|colspan=2 align=left|Elections.in<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/2002-election-results.html|title=Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 2002|website=elections.in|access-date=2017-03-14}}</ref> EIC<ref>{{cite web | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2002/Stat_rep_UP_2002.pdf | title=Election Commission of India : Statistical Report on General Election, 2002 to The Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh | website=eci.nic.in}}</ref>
|}

===Uttarakhand===
{{Main|2002 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
! align="center" | Rank
! align="center" | Party
! align="center" | Seats Contested
! align="center" | Seats Won
! align="center" | % Votes
! align="center" | % Votes in 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!!–!!–!!
|}

== Presidential election ==
{{Main|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 [[List of Presidents of India|11th]] President by beating his nearest rival [[Lakshmi Sahgal]].<ref name=rediff>{{cite news |url=http://www.rediff.com/%0D%0Anews/2002/jul/18prez2.htm |title=A P J Abdul Kalam elected 11th President of India |website=[[Rediff.com]] |date=July 18, 2002 |access-date=May 28, 2016 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100014/http://www.rediff.com/news/2002/jul/18prez2.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
![[States of India|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)
|-
|[[Member of Parliament (India)|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 (state)|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, India|Orissa]]
|147
|149
|146
|21,754
|130
|19,370
|12
|1,788
|4
|596
|142
|21,158
|-
|[[Punjab (India)|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
|-
|[[Puducherry (union territory)|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'''
|-
|align=left colspan=13|Source: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304022508/http://164.100.47.5/presidentelection/PRESDENT2002w.htm Election Commission of India]
|}

== Vice-Presidential election ==
{{Main|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 [[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.
{{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}}
|- 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 
|-
| {{party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|align="left"|[[Bhairon Singh Shekhawat]]||align="left"|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]||454||59.82
|-
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|align="left"|[[Sushil Kumar Shinde]]||align="left"|[[Indian National Congress|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;"|
|-
|}

==References==
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{{Indian elections}}

[[Category:2002 elections in India]]
[[Category:2002 elections in Asia|India]]
[[Category:2002 in India]]
[[Category:Elections in India by year]]

2002 elections in India - Revision history

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