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
Legislative Assembly elections
Goa
Gujarat
Jammu & Kashmir
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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
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! 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
, -
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...
, 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
, -
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)) is a Communism in India, communist List of political parties in India, political party in India. It is the largest communist party in India in terms of membership and electora ...
, 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
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ...
, 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
, -
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Bahujan Samaj Party
The Bahujan Samaj Party ( BSP) is a political party in India that was formed to represent Bahujans (literally means "community in majority"), referring to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes (OBC), along with Religious ...
, 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;" ,
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, 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", -
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! colspan="9" ,
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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" ,
, -
, 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
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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
, colspan="1" style="background-color:#E9E9E9",
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, style="text-align:left;" colspan=12 , Source:
Election Commission of India
The Election Commission of India (ECI) is a constitutional body established by Constitution of India, the Constitution of the Republic of India empowered to conduct free and fair elections in the Republic of India. It is headed by a Chief Ele ...
Manipur
Punjab
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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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,
, align="left",
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...
, , 105, , 62, , 3,682,877, , 35.81%
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,
, align="left",
Shiromani Akali Dal
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) (translation: ''Supreme Eternal Party'') is a centre-right Sikh-centric state political party in Punjab, India. The party is the second-oldest in India, after Congress, being founded in 1920. Although there are ma ...
, , 92, , 41, , 3,196,924, , 31.08%
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,
, align="left",
Bharatiya Janata Party
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ...
, , 23, , 3, , 583,214, , 5.67%
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,
, align="left",
Communist Party of India
The Communist Party of India (CPI) is a political party in India. The CPI considers the Foundation of the Communist Party of India, December 26, 1925 Cawnpore (Kanpur) conference as its foundation date. Between 1946 and 1951, the CPI led m ...
, , 11, , 2, , 220,785, , 2.15%
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,
, align="left",
Independents, , 274, , 9, , 1,159,552, , 11.27%
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, align="left", Total
[The 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
Uttarakhand
Presidential election
An election was held on 15 July 2002 to elect the
President of India
The president of India (ISO 15919, ISO: ) is the head of state of the Republic of India. The president is the nominal head of the executive, the first citizen of the country, and the commander-in-chief, supreme commander of the Indian Armed ...
. On 18 July 2002, the results were declared.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam became the
11th President by beating his nearest rival
Lakshmi Sahgal
Lakshmi Sahgal () (born Lakshmi Swaminathan; 24 October 1914 – 23 July 2012) was an Indian politician and activist. She was a revolutionary of the Indian independence movement, an officer of the Indian National Army, and the Minister of Women ...
.
Vice-Presidential election
An election was held on 12 August 2002 to elect the newly vacated post of
Vice-President of India
The vice president of India (ISO: ) is the deputy to the head of state of the Republic of India, i.e. the president of India. The office of vice president is the second-highest constitutional office after the president and ranks second in the ...
.
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (23 October 1923 – 15 May 2010) was an Indian politician who served as the vice president of India. He served in that position from August 2002, when he was elected to a five-year term by the electoral college fol ...
defeated
Sushil Kumar Shinde to become
11th Vice President of India.
Incumbent VP
Krishan Kant
Krishan Kant (28 February 1927 – 27 July 2002) was an Indian politician who served as the vice president of India from 1997 until his death in 2002. Prior to his vice presidency, Kant was the governor of Andhra Pradesh from 1990 to 1997. He ...
did not contest the election and died before the election occurred.
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!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , Party
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , Electoral Votes
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , % of Votes
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,
, align="left",
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (23 October 1923 – 15 May 2010) was an Indian politician who served as the vice president of India. He served in that position from August 2002, when he was elected to a five-year term by the electoral college fol ...
, , align="left",
BJP, , 454, , 59.82
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, align="left",
Sushil Kumar Shinde, , align="left",
INC, , 305, , 40.18
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, colspan="5" style="background:#e9e9e9;",
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! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;", Total
! style="text-align:right;", 759
! style="text-align:right;", 100.00
, -
, colspan="5" style="background:#e9e9e9;",
, -
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, colspan="3" style="text-align:left;", Valid Votes, , 759, , 99.09
, -
, 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
, -
, 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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