1st_Uttarakhand_Assembly
The 2002 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election were the First Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) elections of the state when the Indian National Congress emerged as the largest party with 36 seats in the 70-seat legislature in the election. The Bharatiya Janata Party became the official opposition, holding 19 seats.
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First Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| Houses | Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly |
| History | |
| Preceded by | Interim Uttarakhand Assembly |
| Succeeded by | 2nd Uttarakhand Assembly |
| Leadership | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 71[†] |
Political groups | Government (36)
Opposition (19)
Others (15)
Nominated (1)
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Length of term | 2002–2007 |
| Elections | |
| first-past-the-post | |
Last election | 14 February 2002 |
Next election | 21 February 2007 |
| Meeting place | |
| Vidhan Sabha Bhavan, Dehradun, Uttarakhand | |
| Website | |
| Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly | |
| Constitution | |
| Constitution of India | |
| Footnotes | |
| ^† 70 seats are open for the direct election while 1 seat is reserved for the member of Anglo-Indian community. | |
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More information Rank, Party ...
| Rank | Party | Abbr. | Seats | Leader in the House |
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| 1 | Indian National Congress | INC | 36 | Narayan Datt Tiwari |
| 2 | Bharatiya Janata Party | BJP | 19 | Bhagat Singh Koshyari (2002–2003) Matbar Singh Kandari (2003–2007) |
| 3 | Bahujan Samaj Party | BSP | 07 | Narayan Pal |
| 4 | Uttarakhand Kranti Dal | UKD | 03 | Bipin Chandra Tripathi |
| 5 | Nationalist Congress Party | NCP | 01 | Balvir Singh Negi |
| 6 | Independent | Ind. | 03 | N/A |
| 7 | Nominated | Nom. | 01 | Russell Valentine Gardner |
| Total | 71 |
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- Speaker : Yashpal Arya
- Deputy Speaker : Vacant
- Leader of the House: Narayan Datt Tiwari
- Leader of the Opposition : Bhagat Singh Koshyari (2002–2003)
Matbar Singh Kandari (2003–2004) - Chief Secretary :[1]
More information S. No., Constituency ...
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By-elections
More information S. No., Constituency ...
| S. No. | Constituency | Elected Member | Party affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 56 | Ramnagar | Narayan Datt Tiwari | INC |
| 28 | Kotdwar | Surendra Singh Negi | INC |
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- § – Disqualified from office
- ‡ – Resigned from office
- "Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly". Archived from the original on 2012-04-09. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
