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 | |
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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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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.
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 |
S. No. | Constituency | Elected Member | Party affiliation |
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56 | Ramnagar | Narayan Datt Tiwari | INC |
28 | Kotdwar | Surendra Singh Negi | INC |