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| seats_for_election = All 403 seats of the [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
| seats_for_election = All 403 seats of the [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
| majority_seats = 202
| majority_seats = 202
| election_date =
| election_date = February - March 2002
| opinion_polls =
| opinion_polls =
| turnout = 53.80% ({{decrease}} 1.93%)
| turnout = 53.80% ({{decrease}} 1.93%)

Revision as of 17:11, 16 October 2022

2002 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

← 1996 February - March 2002 2007 →

All 403 seats of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
202 seats needed for a majority
Turnout53.80% (Decrease 1.93%)
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Mulayam Singh Yadav Mayawati
Party SP BSP
Leader's seat Did not contest Harora
Jahangirganj
Last election 110 66
Seats won 143 98
Seat change Increase 36 Increase 32
Popular vote 13,612,509 12,374,388
Percentage 25.37% 23.06%
Swing Increase 3.57% Increase 3.42%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Rajnath Singh Pramod Tiwari
Party BJP INC
Alliance NDA -
Leader's seat Haidergarh Rampur Khas
Last election 156 33
Seats won 88 25
Seat change Decrease 68 Decrease 8
Popular vote 10,776,078 4,810,231
Percentage 20.08% 8.96%
Swing Decrease 12.44% Increase 0.61%

  Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Chaudhary Ajit Singh Kalyan Singh
Party RLD Rashtriya Kranti Party
Leader's seat Not Contested Atrauli
Last election New party New party
Seats won 14 4
Seat change Increase 14 Increase 4
Popular vote 1,332,810 1,812,535
Percentage 2.48% 3.38%
Swing Increase 2.48% Increase 3.38%

Chief Minister before election

Rajnath Singh
Bharatiya Janata Party

Elected Chief Minister

Mayawati
Bahujan Samaj Party

Elections to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held in 2002. Following a spell of 56 days of President’s Rule from 3 March to 2 May 2002, Mayawati became Chief Minister on 3 May 2002 for the third time after the BJP extended support to the BSP. BJP state president Kalraj Mishra resigned, and was replaced by Vinay Katiyar, who thought up slogans like "Haathi nahin Ganesh hai, Brahma Vishnu Mahesh hai" to defend the alliance. But the problems kept mounting, and Mayawati resigned in August 2003.

On 29 August 2003, Mulayam Singh Yadav was sworn in as the Chief Minister with the support of BSP dissidents and ran the government until 2007. It is said that BJP leaders convinced Vajpayee that Yadav would help in the 2004 Lok Sabha elections — Mulayam did not, however, help, and while the NDA lost power at the Centre. Some BJP leaders continue to believe that Mulayam would have been marginalized had he not been helped in 2003.[1]

Results

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[2] EIC[3]

References

  1. ^ "Uttar Pradesh: A political history". indianexpress.com/. 11 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 2002". elections.in. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Election Commission of India : Statistical Report on General Election, 2002 to The Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh" (PDF). eci.nic.in.