1st Uttarakhand Assembly
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First Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| Houses | Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly |
| History | |
| Preceded by | Interim Uttaranchal 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 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 |
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State of Uttarakhand उत्तराखण्ड राज्य |
The 2002 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election (also Uttaranchal Legislative Assembly until 2007) 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 71-seat legislature in the election. The Bharatiya Janata Party became the official opposition, holding 19 seats.[1]
Party position in the Assembly
[edit]| Rank | Party | Abbr. | Seats | Leader in the House |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indian National Congress | INC | 37 | 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 | 04 | Bipin Chandra Tripathi (2002-2004) Kashi Singh Airy (2004-2007) |
| 5 | Nationalist Congress Party | NCP | 01 | Balvir Singh Negi |
| 6 | Independent | Ind. | 03 | N/A |
| Total | 71 |
Key post holders in the Assembly
[edit]- 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 : Madhukar Gupta[2]
Members of the First Uttaranchal Assembly
[edit]By-elections
[edit]| S. No. | Constituency | Elected Member | Party affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 56 | Ramnagar | Narayan Datt Tiwari | INC |
| 45 | Dwarahat | Pushpesh Tripathi | UKD |
| 28 | Kotdwar | Surendra Singh Negi | INC |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- § – Disqualified from office
- ‡ – Resigned from office
References
[edit]- ↑ "Elections Uttaranchal". Rediff. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
- ↑ "Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly". Archived from the original on 2012-04-09. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
- ↑ "प्रथम विधान सभा: उत्तराखण्ड विधान सभा".
