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70 seats in theUttaranchal Legislative Assembly 36 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The2002 Uttaranchal Legislative Assembly election were the1st Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) elections of the state ofUttaranchal inIndia, when theIndian National Congress emerged as the largest party and won a majority with 36 seats in the 70-seat legislature in the election. TheBharatiya Janata Party became the official opposition, holding 19 seats.[1]
| Party | Symbol | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bharatiya Janata Party | .svg) | 23 | |
| Samajwadi Party |  | 3 | |
| Bahujan Samaj Party |  | 2 | |
| Indian National Congress |  | 2 | |
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Contesting Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian National Congress |  |  | N. D. Tiwari | 70 | |
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Contesting Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bharatiya Janata Party |  |  | Bhagat Singh Koshyari | 69 | |
| Party | flag | Symbol | Leader | Contesting Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bahujan Samaj Party | |  | Mayawati | 68 | |
| Uttarakhand Kranti Dal |  | .svg) | Kashi Singh Airy | 62 | |
| Nationalist Congress Party |  |  | Sharad Pawar | 26 | |
| INC | 26.91% | |||
| BJP | 25.45% | |||
| BSP | 10.93% | |||
| SP | 6.27% | |||
| UKD | 5.49% | |||
| NCP | 1.50% | |||
| Others | 23.45% | |||
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| Rank | Party | Seats Contested | Seats Won | % Votes | % Votes in Seats Contested | Leader in the House | |
| 1 | Indian National Congress (INC) | 70 | 36 | 26.91% | 26.91% | Narayan Datt Tiwari | |
| 2 | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | 69 | 19 | 25.45% | 25.81% | Matbar Singh Kandari | |
| 3 | Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) | 68 | 07 | 10.93% | 11.20% | Narayan Pal | |
| 4 | Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKD) | 62 | 04 | 5.49% | 6.36% | Kashi Singh Airy | |
| 5 | Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) | 26 | 01 | 1.50% | 4.02% | Balvir Singh Negi | |
| 6 | Independents | – | 03 | 16.30% | 16.63% | N/A | |
| Total | – | 70 | – | – | |||
