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.

First Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Type
Type
HousesUttarakhand Legislative Assembly
History
Preceded byInterim Uttarakhand Assembly
Succeeded by2nd Uttarakhand Assembly
Leadership
Speaker
Yashpal Arya (2002–2007), INC
Leader of the House
Narayan Datt Tiwari (2002–2007), INC
Leader of the Opposition
Bhagat Singh Koshyari (2002–2003), BJP
Matbar Singh Kandari (2003–2007), BJP
Structure
Seats71[†]
Political groups
Government (36)
  •      INC (36)

Opposition (19)

  •      BJP (19)

Others (15)

Nominated (1)

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.
This article is part of a series on
Government and Politics of Uttarakhand
State of Uttarakhand
उत्तराखण्ड राज्य

Party position in the Assembly
Rank Party Abbr. Seats Leader in the House
1Indian National CongressINC36Narayan Datt Tiwari
2Bharatiya Janata PartyBJP19Bhagat Singh Koshyari (2002–2003)
Matbar Singh Kandari (2003–2007)
3Bahujan Samaj PartyBSP07Narayan Pal
4Uttarakhand Kranti DalUKD03Bipin Chandra Tripathi
5Nationalist Congress PartyNCP01Balvir Singh Negi
6IndependentInd.03N/A
7NominatedNom.01Russell Valentine Gardner
Total 71

Key post holders in the Assembly

List of the First Assembly members

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S. No. Constituency Elected Member Party affiliation
1Purola (SC)Mal ChandBJP
2GangotriVijaypal Singh SajwanINC
3YamunotriPritam Singh PanwarUKD
4PratapnagarPhul Singh BishtINC
5TehriKishore UpadhyayaINC
6GhansaliBalvir Singh NegiNCP
7DevprayagMantri Prasad NaithaniINC
8NarendranagarSubodh UniyalINC
9Dhanaulti (SC)Kaul DasINC
10Chakrata (ST)Pritam SinghINC
11VikasnagarNav PrabhatINC
12Sahaspur (SC)Sadhu RamINC
13Lakshman ChowkDinesh AgrawalINC
14DehradunHarbans KapoorBJP
15RajpurHira Singh BishtINC
16MussoorieJot Singh GunsolaINC
17RishikeshShoorveer Singh SajwanINC
18DoiwalaTrivendra Singh RawatBJP
19Bhagwanpur (SC)Chandra ShekharBJP
20RoorkeeSuresh Chand JainBJP
21IqbalpurYashvir SinghBSP
22ManglaurMuhammad NizamuddinBSP
23Landhaura (SC)Hari DasBSP
24LaksarPranav Singh 'Champion'Independent
25BahadrabadMuhammad ShahzadBSP
26HaridwarMadan KaushikBJP
27LaldhangTaslim AhmadBSP
28YamkeshwarVijaya BarthwalBJP
29KotdwarSurendra Singh NegiINC
30DhumakotLt. Gen. Tejpal Singh Rawat (Retd.)INC
31BironkhalAmrita RawatINC
32LansdowneDr. Harak Singh RawatINC
33PauriNarendra Singh BhandariINC
34Sringar (SC)Sundar Lal MandrawalINC
35ThalisainGanesh Prasad GodiyalINC
36RudraprayagMatbar Singh KandariBJP
37KedarnathAsha NautiyalBJP
38BadrinathDr. Anusuya Prasad MaikhuriINC
39NandaprayagMahendra BhattBJP
40KarnaprayagAnil NautiyalBJP
41Pindar (SC)Govind LalBJP
42KapkotBhagat Singh KoshyariBJP
43KandaUmmed Singh MajilaINC
44Bageshwar (SC)Ram Prasad TamtaINC
45DwarahatBipin Chandra TripathiUKD
46BhikiyasainDr. Pratap Singh BishtINC
47SaltRanjit Singh RawatINC
48RanikhetAjay BhattBJP
49Someshwar (SC)Pradeep TamtaINC
50AlmoraKailash SharmaBJP
51JageshwarGovind Singh KunjwalINC
52Mukteshwar (SC)Yashpal AryaINC
53DhariHarish Chandra DurgapalINC
54HaldwaniDr. Indira HridayeshINC
55NainitalDr. Narayan Singh JantwalUKD
56RamnagarYogambar Singh Rawat‡INC
57JaspurDr. Shailendra Mohan SinghalIndependent
58KashipurHarbhajan Singh CheemaBJP
59BajpurArvind PandeyBJP
60Pantnagar–GadarpurPremanand MahajanBSP
61Rudrapur–KichhaTilak Raj BeharINC
62Sitarganj (SC)Narayan PalBSP
63Khatima (ST)Gopal Singh RanaINC
64ChampawatHemesh KharkwalINC
65LohaghatMahendra Singh Mahra (Mahu Bhai)INC
66PithoragarhPrakash PantBJP
67Gangolihat (SC)Narayan Ram AryaINC
68DidihatBishan Singh ChuphalBJP
69KanalichhinaKashi Singh AiryUKD
70Dharchula (ST)Gagan Singh RajwarIndependent
71Anglo-IndianRussell Valentine GardnerNominated

By-election
S. No. Constituency Elected Member Party affiliation
56RamnagarNarayan Datt TiwariINC

See also

Notes
  • ‡ – Resigned from office

References
  1. "Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly". Archived from the original on 2012-04-09. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
  2. http://ukvidhansabha.uk.gov.in/pages/display/118-first-vidhan-sabha
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