# 2002 elections in 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.

## Legislative Assembly elections
### Goa

| Rank | Party | Seats Contested | Seats Won |
| 1 | Bharatiya Janata Party | 39 | 17 |
| 2 | Indian National Congress | 40 | 16 |
| 4 | United Goans Democratic Party | 10 | 3 |
| 3 | Maharashtrawadi Gomantak | 25 | 2 |
| 5 | Nationalist Congress Party | 20 | 1 |
| 6 | Independent | 48 | 1 |
| | Total | | 40 |

### Gujarat

| Party | Seats won |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 127 |
| Indian National Congress | 51 |
| Janata Dal (United) | 2 |
| Independents | 2 |

### Manipur

| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
| | Indian National Congress | 345,660 | 26.18 | 20 | +9 |
| | Federal Party of Manipur | 239,444 | 18.14 | 13 | +7 |
| | Manipur State Congress Party | 163,758 | 12.40 | 7 | –16 |
| | Bharatiya Janata Party | 126,044 | 9.55 | 4 | –2 |
| | Nationalist Congress Party | 124,583 | 9.44 | 3 | –2 |
| | Samata Party | 109,912 | 8.33 | 3 | +2 |
| | Communist Party of India | 58,102 | 4.40 | 5 | +5 |
| | Democratic Revolutionary Peoples Party | 51,916 | 3.93 | 2 | +2 |
| | Manipur National Conference | 53,146 | 4.03 | 1 | New |
| | Manipur Peoples Party | 40,006 | 3.03 | 2 | –2 |
| | Janata Dal (United) | 2,070 | 0.16 | 0 | –1 |
| | Naga National Party | 630 | 0.05 | 0 | New |
| | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 340 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 |
| | Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) | 166 | 0.01 | 0 | New |
| | Lok Shakti | 45 | 0.00 | 0 | New |
| | Independents | 4,343 | 0.33 | 0 | –1 |
| Total | Total | 1,320,165 | 100.00 | 60 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 1,320,165 | 99.23 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 10,294 | 0.77 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 1,330,459 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 1,472,919 | 90.33 | | |
| Source: ECI ||||||

### Punjab

Summary of results of the Punjab Legislative Assembly election, 2002 :
| Political Party | No. of Candidates | Seats won | Number of Votes | % of Votes |
| Indian National Congress | 105 | 62 | 3,682,877 | 35.81% |
| Shiromani Akali Dal | 92 | 41 | 3,196,924 | 31.08% |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 23 | 3 | 583,214 | 5.67% |
| Communist Party of India | 11 | 2 | 220,785 | 2.15% |
| Independents | 274 | 9 | 1,159,552 | 11.27% |
| Total | 923 | 117 | 10,284,686 | |

### Uttar Pradesh

| Party Name | Seats |
| Samajwadi Party | 143 |
| Bahujan Samaj Party | 98 |
| Indian National Congress | 25 |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 88 |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 2 |
| Janata Dal (United) | 2 |
| Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha | 1 |
| Akhil Bharatiya Loktantrik Congress | 2 |
| Apna Dal | 3 |
| National Loktantrik Party | 1 |
| Rashtriya Lok Dal | 14 |
| Rashtriya Parivartan Dal | 1 |
| Rashtriya Kranti Party | 4 |
| Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) | 1 |
| Independents | 16 |
| Total | 403 |
| Elections.in EIC ||

### Uttarakhand

| 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 | – | – | |

## 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 11th President by beating his nearest rival Lakshmi Sahgal.
| 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) |
| 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 | 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 | 147 | 149 | 146 | 21,754 | 130 | 19,370 | 12 | 1,788 | 4 | 596 | 142 | 21,158 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Source: Election Commission of India |||||||||||||

## 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 11th Vice President of India. Incumbent VP Krishan Kant did not contest the election and died before the election occurred.
Result of the Indian vice-presidential election, 2002 :
| | Candidate | Party | Electoral Votes | % of Votes |
| | Bhairon Singh Shekhawat | BJP | 454 | 59.82 |
| | Sushil Kumar Shinde | INC | 305 | 40.18 |
| Total | Total | Total | 759 | 100.00 |
| Valid Votes | Valid Votes | Valid Votes | 759 | 99.09 |
| Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 7 | 0.91 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 766 | 96.96 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | 24 | 3.04 |
| Electors | Electors | Electors | 790 | |