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		<title>-&gt;MPGuy2824: /* Manipur */ added information from 2002 Manipur Legislative Assembly election. see that page&#039;s history for attribution</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;autocomment&quot;&gt;Manipur: &lt;/span&gt; added information from &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/2002_Manipur_Legislative_Assembly_election&quot; title=&quot;2002 Manipur Legislative Assembly election&quot;&gt;2002 Manipur Legislative Assembly election&lt;/a&gt;. see that page&amp;#039;s history for attribution&lt;/p&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Elections in the Republic of India&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; in &amp;#039;&amp;#039;2002&amp;#039;&amp;#039; included elections to seven state legislative assemblies and the elections for the posts of President and vice-president.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Legislative Assembly elections==&lt;br /&gt;
===Goa===&lt;br /&gt;
{{Main|2002 Goa Legislative Assembly election}}&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable sortable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
! align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; | Rank&lt;br /&gt;
! align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; | Party&lt;br /&gt;
! align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; | Seats Contested&lt;br /&gt;
! align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; | Seats Won&lt;br /&gt;
|- style=&amp;quot;background: #90EE90;&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;
|1||align=&amp;quot;left&amp;quot;|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;||39||&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;17&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|2||align=&amp;quot;left&amp;quot;|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Indian National Congress]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;||40||&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;16&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-style=&amp;quot;background: &lt;br /&gt;
|- style=&amp;quot;background: #90EE90;&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;
|4||align=&amp;quot;left&amp;quot;|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[United Goans Democratic Party]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;||10||&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;3&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|- style=&amp;quot;background: #90EE90;&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;
|3||align=&amp;quot;left&amp;quot;|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;||25||&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;2&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&amp;quot;background: #90EE90;&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;
|5||align=&amp;quot;left&amp;quot;|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Nationalist Congress Party]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;||20||&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;1&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-style=&amp;quot;background:&lt;br /&gt;
|6||align=&amp;quot;left&amp;quot;|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;||48||&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;1&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| ||align=&amp;quot;centre&amp;quot;|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Total &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;|| ||&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;40&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Gujarat===&lt;br /&gt;
{{Main|2002 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election}}&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable sortable&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Party !! Seats won&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] || 127&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| [[Indian National Congress]] || 51&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| [[Janata Dal (United)]] || 2&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| Independents || 2&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Jammu &amp;amp; Kashmir===&lt;br /&gt;
{{Main|2002 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Manipur===&lt;br /&gt;
{{Main|2002 Manipur Legislative Assembly election}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election results&lt;br /&gt;
|image=&lt;br /&gt;
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=345660|seats1=20|sc1=+9&lt;br /&gt;
|party2=[[Federal Party of Manipur]]|votes2=239444|seats2=13|sc2=+7&lt;br /&gt;
|party3=[[Manipur State Congress Party]]|votes3=163758|seats3=7|sc3=–16&lt;br /&gt;
|party4=[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]|votes4=126044|seats4=4|sc4=–2&lt;br /&gt;
|party5=[[Nationalist Congress Party]]|votes5=124583|seats5=3|sc5=–2&lt;br /&gt;
|party6=[[Samata Party]]|votes6=109912|seats6=3|sc6=+2&lt;br /&gt;
|party7=[[Communist Party of India]]|votes7=58102|seats7=5|sc7=+5&lt;br /&gt;
|party8=[[Democratic Revolutionary Peoples Party]]|votes8=51916|seats8=2|sc8=+2&lt;br /&gt;
|party9=[[Manipur National Conference]]|votes9=53146|seats9=1|sc9=New&lt;br /&gt;
|party10=[[Manipur Peoples Party]]|votes10=40006|seats10=2|sc10=–2&lt;br /&gt;
|party11=[[Janata Dal (United)]]|votes11=2070|seats11=0|sc11=–1&lt;br /&gt;
|party12=[[Naga National Party]]|votes12=630|seats12=0|sc12=New&lt;br /&gt;
|party13=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]|votes13=340|seats13=0|sc13=0&lt;br /&gt;
|party14=[[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]]|votes14=166|seats14=0|sc14=New&lt;br /&gt;
|party15=[[Lok Shakti]]|votes15=45|seats15=0|sc15=New&lt;br /&gt;
|party16=Independents|votes16=4343|seats16=0|sc16=–1&lt;br /&gt;
|total_sc=0&lt;br /&gt;
|invalid=10294&lt;br /&gt;
|electorate=1472919&lt;br /&gt;
|source=ECI&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3709-manipur-2002/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2002 to the Legislative Assembly of Manipur |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=1 January 2022}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Punjab===&lt;br /&gt;
{{Main|2002 Punjab Legislative Assembly election}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{election table|title=Summary of results of the Punjab Legislative Assembly election, 2002&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2002/Stat_rep_2002_PB.pdf |title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2002 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB}} [[Election Commission of India]]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;|sortable=yes}}&lt;br /&gt;
|- align=center&lt;br /&gt;
!style=&amp;quot;background-color:#E9E9E9&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;unsortable&amp;quot;|&amp;lt;!-- color --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
!style=&amp;quot;background-color:#E9E9E9&amp;quot; align=center|Political Party&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
!style=&amp;quot;background-color:#E9E9E9&amp;quot; |No. of Candidates&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
!style=&amp;quot;background-color:#E9E9E9&amp;quot; |Seats won&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
!style=&amp;quot;background-color:#E9E9E9&amp;quot; |Number of Votes&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
!style=&amp;quot;background-color:#E9E9E9&amp;quot; |% of Votes&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;left&amp;quot;|[[Indian National Congress]]||105||62||3,682,877||35.81%&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| {{party color cell|Shiromani Akali Dal}}&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;left&amp;quot;|[[Shiromani Akali Dal]]||92||41||3,196,924||31.08%&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| {{party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;left&amp;quot;|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]||23||3||583,214||5.67%&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India}}&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;left&amp;quot;|[[Communist Party of India]]||11||2||220,785||2.15%&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| {{party color cell|Independent (politician)}}&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;left&amp;quot;|[[Independent (politician)|Independents]]||274||9||1,159,552||11.27%&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;left&amp;quot;|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Total&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;The total includes votes and contestants of all parties, even those who failed to win any seat.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;||&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;923&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;||&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;117&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;||&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; 10,284,686&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;||&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Uttar Pradesh===&lt;br /&gt;
{{Main|2002 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election}}&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable sortable&amp;quot; style=text-align:right&lt;br /&gt;
!Party Name&lt;br /&gt;
!Seats&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left|[[Samajwadi Party]]&lt;br /&gt;
|143&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left|[[Bahujan Samaj Party]]&lt;br /&gt;
|98&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left|[[Indian National Congress]]&lt;br /&gt;
|25&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]] &lt;br /&gt;
|88&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] &lt;br /&gt;
|2&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left|[[Janata Dal (United)]]&lt;br /&gt;
|2&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left|[[Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha]] &lt;br /&gt;
|1&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left|[[Akhil Bharatiya Loktantrik Congress]]&lt;br /&gt;
|2&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left|[[Apna Dal]]&lt;br /&gt;
|3&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left|[[National Loktantrik Party]]&lt;br /&gt;
|1&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left|[[Rashtriya Lok Dal]]&lt;br /&gt;
|14&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left|[[Rashtriya Parivartan Dal]]&lt;br /&gt;
|1&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left|[[Rashtriya Kranti Party]]&lt;br /&gt;
|4&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left|[[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]]&lt;br /&gt;
|1&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left|Independents&lt;br /&gt;
|16&lt;br /&gt;
|- class=sortbottom&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Total&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;403&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|- class=sortbottom&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=2 align=left|Elections.in&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/2002-election-results.html|title=Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 2002|website=elections.in|access-date=2017-03-14}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; EIC&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2002/Stat_rep_UP_2002.pdf | title=Election Commission of India : Statistical Report on General Election, 2002 to The Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh | website=eci.nic.in}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Uttarakhand===&lt;br /&gt;
{{Main|2002 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election}}&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable sortable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align: center;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
! align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; | Rank&lt;br /&gt;
! align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; | Party&lt;br /&gt;
! align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; | Seats Contested&lt;br /&gt;
! align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; | Seats Won&lt;br /&gt;
! align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; | % Votes&lt;br /&gt;
! align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; | % Votes in &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt; Seats Contested&lt;br /&gt;
! align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot; | Leader in the House&lt;br /&gt;
|- style=&amp;quot;background: #90EE90;&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;
|1||align=&amp;quot;left&amp;quot;|[[Indian National Congress]] (INC)||70||36||26.91%||26.91%||[[Narayan Datt Tiwari]]&lt;br /&gt;
|- &lt;br /&gt;
|2||align=&amp;quot;left&amp;quot;|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP)||69||19||25.45%||25.81%||[[Matbar Singh Kandari]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|3||align=&amp;quot;left&amp;quot;|[[Bahujan Samaj Party]] (BSP)||68||07||10.93%||11.20%||[[Narayan Pal]]&lt;br /&gt;
|- &lt;br /&gt;
|4||align=&amp;quot;left&amp;quot;|[[Uttarakhand Kranti Dal]] (UKD)||62||04||5.49%||6.36%||[[Kashi Singh Airy]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|5||align=&amp;quot;left&amp;quot;|[[Nationalist Congress Party]] (NCP)||26||01||1.50%||4.02%||[[Balvir Singh Negi]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|6||align=&amp;quot;left&amp;quot;|[[Independent politician|Independents]]||–||03||16.30%||16.63%||N/A&lt;br /&gt;
|- &lt;br /&gt;
! !!align=&amp;quot;centre&amp;quot;|Total !!–!!70!!–!!–!!&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Presidential election ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Main|2002 Indian presidential election}}&lt;br /&gt;
An election was held on 15 July 2002 to elect the [[President of India]]. On 18 July 2002, the results were declared. [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]] became the [[List of Presidents of India|11th]] President by beating his nearest rival [[Lakshmi Sahgal]].&amp;lt;ref name=rediff&amp;gt;{{cite news |url=http://www.rediff.com/%0D%0Anews/2002/jul/18prez2.htm |title=A P J Abdul Kalam elected 11th President of India |website=[[Rediff.com]] |date=July 18, 2002 |access-date=May 28, 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
![[States of India|States]]&lt;br /&gt;
!No. of MLA/MPs&lt;br /&gt;
!Value of each Vote&lt;br /&gt;
!Total (Votes)&lt;br /&gt;
!Total (Values)&lt;br /&gt;
![[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]] (Votes)&lt;br /&gt;
!A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (Values)&lt;br /&gt;
![[Lakshmi Sahgal]] (Votes)&lt;br /&gt;
!Lakshmi Sahgal (Values)&lt;br /&gt;
!Invalid (Votes)&lt;br /&gt;
!Invalid (Values)&lt;br /&gt;
!Valid (Votes)&lt;br /&gt;
!Valid (Values)&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Member of Parliament (India)|Members of Parliament]]	&lt;br /&gt;
|776&lt;br /&gt;
|708&lt;br /&gt;
|760&lt;br /&gt;
|538,080&lt;br /&gt;
|638&lt;br /&gt;
|451,704&lt;br /&gt;
|80&lt;br /&gt;
|56,640&lt;br /&gt;
|42&lt;br /&gt;
|29,736&lt;br /&gt;
|718&lt;br /&gt;
|50,8344&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Andhra Pradesh]] 	&lt;br /&gt;
|294&lt;br /&gt;
|148&lt;br /&gt;
|283&lt;br /&gt;
|41,884&lt;br /&gt;
|264&lt;br /&gt;
|39,072&lt;br /&gt;
|2&lt;br /&gt;
|296&lt;br /&gt;
|17&lt;br /&gt;
|2,516&lt;br /&gt;
|266&lt;br /&gt;
|39,368&lt;br /&gt;
|-	&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Arunachal Pradesh]]	&lt;br /&gt;
|60&lt;br /&gt;
|8&lt;br /&gt;
|57&lt;br /&gt;
|456&lt;br /&gt;
|57&lt;br /&gt;
|456&lt;br /&gt;
|0&lt;br /&gt;
|0&lt;br /&gt;
|0&lt;br /&gt;
|0&lt;br /&gt;
|57&lt;br /&gt;
|456&lt;br /&gt;
|-	&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Assam]] 	&lt;br /&gt;
|126&lt;br /&gt;
|116&lt;br /&gt;
|119&lt;br /&gt;
|13,804&lt;br /&gt;
|113&lt;br /&gt;
|13,108&lt;br /&gt;
|1&lt;br /&gt;
|116&lt;br /&gt;
|5&lt;br /&gt;
|580&lt;br /&gt;
|114&lt;br /&gt;
|13,224&lt;br /&gt;
|-	&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Bihar]] 	&lt;br /&gt;
|243&lt;br /&gt;
|173&lt;br /&gt;
|234&lt;br /&gt;
|40,482&lt;br /&gt;
|215&lt;br /&gt;
|37,195&lt;br /&gt;
|17&lt;br /&gt;
|2,941&lt;br /&gt;
|2&lt;br /&gt;
|346&lt;br /&gt;
|232&lt;br /&gt;
|40,136&lt;br /&gt;
|-	&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Chhattisgarh]] 	&lt;br /&gt;
|90&lt;br /&gt;
|129&lt;br /&gt;
|90&lt;br /&gt;
|11,610&lt;br /&gt;
|85&lt;br /&gt;
|10,965&lt;br /&gt;
|0&lt;br /&gt;
|0&lt;br /&gt;
|5&lt;br /&gt;
|645&lt;br /&gt;
|85&lt;br /&gt;
|10,965&lt;br /&gt;
|-	&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Goa]] 	&lt;br /&gt;
|40&lt;br /&gt;
|20&lt;br /&gt;
|39&lt;br /&gt;
|780&lt;br /&gt;
|34&lt;br /&gt;
|680&lt;br /&gt;
|3&lt;br /&gt;
|60&lt;br /&gt;
|2&lt;br /&gt;
|40&lt;br /&gt;
|37&lt;br /&gt;
|740&lt;br /&gt;
|-	&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Gujarat]]	&lt;br /&gt;
|182&lt;br /&gt;
|147&lt;br /&gt;
|179&lt;br /&gt;
|26,313&lt;br /&gt;
|174&lt;br /&gt;
|25,578&lt;br /&gt;
|2&lt;br /&gt;
|294&lt;br /&gt;
|3&lt;br /&gt;
|441&lt;br /&gt;
|176&lt;br /&gt;
|25,872&lt;br /&gt;
|-	&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Haryana]]	&lt;br /&gt;
|90&lt;br /&gt;
|112&lt;br /&gt;
|86&lt;br /&gt;
|9,632&lt;br /&gt;
|86&lt;br /&gt;
|9,632&lt;br /&gt;
|0&lt;br /&gt;
|0&lt;br /&gt;
|0&lt;br /&gt;
|0&lt;br /&gt;
|86&lt;br /&gt;
|9,632&lt;br /&gt;
|-	&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Himachal Pradesh]]	&lt;br /&gt;
|68&lt;br /&gt;
|51&lt;br /&gt;
|64&lt;br /&gt;
|3,264&lt;br /&gt;
|62&lt;br /&gt;
|3,162&lt;br /&gt;
|1&lt;br /&gt;
|51&lt;br /&gt;
|1&lt;br /&gt;
|51&lt;br /&gt;
|63&lt;br /&gt;
|3,213&lt;br /&gt;
|-	&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]	&lt;br /&gt;
|87&lt;br /&gt;
|72&lt;br /&gt;
|78&lt;br /&gt;
|5,616&lt;br /&gt;
|72&lt;br /&gt;
|5,184&lt;br /&gt;
|2&lt;br /&gt;
|144&lt;br /&gt;
|4&lt;br /&gt;
|288&lt;br /&gt;
|74&lt;br /&gt;
|5,328&lt;br /&gt;
|-	&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Jharkhand]]	&lt;br /&gt;
|81&lt;br /&gt;
|176&lt;br /&gt;
|79&lt;br /&gt;
|13,904&lt;br /&gt;
|74&lt;br /&gt;
|13,024&lt;br /&gt;
|5&lt;br /&gt;
|880&lt;br /&gt;
|0&lt;br /&gt;
|0&lt;br /&gt;
|79&lt;br /&gt;
|13,904&lt;br /&gt;
|-	&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Karnataka]]	&lt;br /&gt;
|224&lt;br /&gt;
|131&lt;br /&gt;
|220&lt;br /&gt;
|28,820&lt;br /&gt;
|202&lt;br /&gt;
|26,462&lt;br /&gt;
|13&lt;br /&gt;
|1,703&lt;br /&gt;
|5&lt;br /&gt;
|655&lt;br /&gt;
|215&lt;br /&gt;
|28,165&lt;br /&gt;
|-	&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Kerala]]	&lt;br /&gt;
|140&lt;br /&gt;
|152&lt;br /&gt;
|138&lt;br /&gt;
|20,976&lt;br /&gt;
|97&lt;br /&gt;
|14,744&lt;br /&gt;
|39&lt;br /&gt;
|5,928&lt;br /&gt;
|2&lt;br /&gt;
|304&lt;br /&gt;
|136&lt;br /&gt;
|20,672&lt;br /&gt;
|-	&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Madhya Pradesh]]	&lt;br /&gt;
|230&lt;br /&gt;
|131&lt;br /&gt;
|229&lt;br /&gt;
|29,999&lt;br /&gt;
|216&lt;br /&gt;
|28,296&lt;br /&gt;
|2&lt;br /&gt;
|262&lt;br /&gt;
|11&lt;br /&gt;
|1,441&lt;br /&gt;
|218&lt;br /&gt;
|28,558&lt;br /&gt;
|-	&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Maharashtra]]	&lt;br /&gt;
|288&lt;br /&gt;
|175&lt;br /&gt;
|280&lt;br /&gt;
|49,000&lt;br /&gt;
|264&lt;br /&gt;
|46,200&lt;br /&gt;
|9&lt;br /&gt;
|1,575&lt;br /&gt;
|7&lt;br /&gt;
|1,225&lt;br /&gt;
|273&lt;br /&gt;
|47,775&lt;br /&gt;
|-	&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Manipur]]	&lt;br /&gt;
|60&lt;br /&gt;
|18&lt;br /&gt;
|58&lt;br /&gt;
|1,044&lt;br /&gt;
|50&lt;br /&gt;
|900&lt;br /&gt;
|4&lt;br /&gt;
|72&lt;br /&gt;
|4&lt;br /&gt;
|72&lt;br /&gt;
|54&lt;br /&gt;
|972&lt;br /&gt;
|-	&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Meghalaya]]	&lt;br /&gt;
|60&lt;br /&gt;
|17&lt;br /&gt;
|56&lt;br /&gt;
|952&lt;br /&gt;
|53&lt;br /&gt;
|901&lt;br /&gt;
|1&lt;br /&gt;
|17&lt;br /&gt;
|2&lt;br /&gt;
|34&lt;br /&gt;
|54&lt;br /&gt;
|918&lt;br /&gt;
|-	&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Mizoram]]	&lt;br /&gt;
|40&lt;br /&gt;
|8&lt;br /&gt;
|40&lt;br /&gt;
|320&lt;br /&gt;
|40&lt;br /&gt;
|320&lt;br /&gt;
|0&lt;br /&gt;
|0&lt;br /&gt;
|0&lt;br /&gt;
|0&lt;br /&gt;
|42&lt;br /&gt;
|320&lt;br /&gt;
|-	&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Nagaland]] 	&lt;br /&gt;
|60&lt;br /&gt;
|9&lt;br /&gt;
|60&lt;br /&gt;
|540&lt;br /&gt;
|54&lt;br /&gt;
|486&lt;br /&gt;
|0&lt;br /&gt;
|0&lt;br /&gt;
|6&lt;br /&gt;
|54&lt;br /&gt;
|54&lt;br /&gt;
|486&lt;br /&gt;
|-	&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Orissa, India|Orissa]] 	&lt;br /&gt;
|147&lt;br /&gt;
|149&lt;br /&gt;
|146&lt;br /&gt;
|21,754&lt;br /&gt;
|130&lt;br /&gt;
|19,370&lt;br /&gt;
|12&lt;br /&gt;
|1,788&lt;br /&gt;
|4&lt;br /&gt;
|596&lt;br /&gt;
|142&lt;br /&gt;
|21,158&lt;br /&gt;
|-	&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Punjab (India)|Punjab]] 	&lt;br /&gt;
|117&lt;br /&gt;
|116&lt;br /&gt;
|110&lt;br /&gt;
|12,760&lt;br /&gt;
|87&lt;br /&gt;
|10,092&lt;br /&gt;
|9&lt;br /&gt;
|1,044&lt;br /&gt;
|14&lt;br /&gt;
|1,624&lt;br /&gt;
|96&lt;br /&gt;
|1,1136&lt;br /&gt;
|-	&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Rajasthan]] 	&lt;br /&gt;
|200&lt;br /&gt;
|129&lt;br /&gt;
|197&lt;br /&gt;
|25,413&lt;br /&gt;
|189&lt;br /&gt;
|24,381&lt;br /&gt;
|2&lt;br /&gt;
|258&lt;br /&gt;
|6&lt;br /&gt;
|774&lt;br /&gt;
|191&lt;br /&gt;
|24,639&lt;br /&gt;
|-	&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Sikkim]] 	&lt;br /&gt;
|32&lt;br /&gt;
|7&lt;br /&gt;
|32&lt;br /&gt;
|224&lt;br /&gt;
|30&lt;br /&gt;
|210&lt;br /&gt;
|0&lt;br /&gt;
|0&lt;br /&gt;
|2&lt;br /&gt;
|14&lt;br /&gt;
|30&lt;br /&gt;
|210&lt;br /&gt;
|-	&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Tamil Nadu]] 	&lt;br /&gt;
|234&lt;br /&gt;
|176&lt;br /&gt;
|233&lt;br /&gt;
|41,111&lt;br /&gt;
|217&lt;br /&gt;
|38,192&lt;br /&gt;
|10&lt;br /&gt;
|1,760&lt;br /&gt;
|6&lt;br /&gt;
|1,056&lt;br /&gt;
|227&lt;br /&gt;
|39,952&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Tripura]] 	&lt;br /&gt;
|60&lt;br /&gt;
|26&lt;br /&gt;
|60&lt;br /&gt;
|1,560&lt;br /&gt;
|17&lt;br /&gt;
|442&lt;br /&gt;
|41&lt;br /&gt;
|1,066&lt;br /&gt;
|2&lt;br /&gt;
|52&lt;br /&gt;
|58&lt;br /&gt;
|1,508&lt;br /&gt;
|-	&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Uttarakhand]] 	&lt;br /&gt;
|70&lt;br /&gt;
|64&lt;br /&gt;
|69&lt;br /&gt;
|4,416&lt;br /&gt;
|63&lt;br /&gt;
|4,032&lt;br /&gt;
|3&lt;br /&gt;
|192&lt;br /&gt;
|3&lt;br /&gt;
|192&lt;br /&gt;
|66&lt;br /&gt;
|4,224&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Uttar Pradesh]]&lt;br /&gt;
|403&lt;br /&gt;
|208&lt;br /&gt;
|397&lt;br /&gt;
|82,576&lt;br /&gt;
|386&lt;br /&gt;
|80,288&lt;br /&gt;
|2&lt;br /&gt;
|416&lt;br /&gt;
|9&lt;br /&gt;
|1,872&lt;br /&gt;
|388&lt;br /&gt;
|80,704&lt;br /&gt;
|-	&lt;br /&gt;
|[[West Bengal]] 	&lt;br /&gt;
|294&lt;br /&gt;
|151&lt;br /&gt;
|292&lt;br /&gt;
|44,092&lt;br /&gt;
|90&lt;br /&gt;
|13,590&lt;br /&gt;
|197&lt;br /&gt;
|29,747&lt;br /&gt;
|5&lt;br /&gt;
|755&lt;br /&gt;
|287&lt;br /&gt;
|43,337&lt;br /&gt;
|-	&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Delhi]] 	&lt;br /&gt;
|70&lt;br /&gt;
|58&lt;br /&gt;
|70&lt;br /&gt;
|4,060&lt;br /&gt;
|65&lt;br /&gt;
|3,770&lt;br /&gt;
|2&lt;br /&gt;
|116&lt;br /&gt;
|3&lt;br /&gt;
|174&lt;br /&gt;
|67&lt;br /&gt;
|3,886&lt;br /&gt;
|-	&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Puducherry (union territory)|Pondicherry]] 	&lt;br /&gt;
|147&lt;br /&gt;
|127&lt;br /&gt;
|145&lt;br /&gt;
|18,415&lt;br /&gt;
|147&lt;br /&gt;
|448&lt;br /&gt;
|0&lt;br /&gt;
|0&lt;br /&gt;
|2&lt;br /&gt;
|32&lt;br /&gt;
|28&lt;br /&gt;
|448&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;TOTALS&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; 	&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;4,896&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;4,785&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;1,075,819&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;4,152&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;922,884&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;459&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;107,366&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;174&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;45,569&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;4,611&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;1,030,250&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|align=left colspan=13|Source: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304022508/http://164.100.47.5/presidentelection/PRESDENT2002w.htm Election Commission of India]&lt;br /&gt;
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== Vice-Presidential election ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Main|2002 Indian vice presidential election}}&lt;br /&gt;
An election was held on 12 August 2002 to elect the newly vacated post of [[Vice-President of India]]. [[Bhairon Singh Shekhawat]] defeated [[Sushil Kumar Shinde]] to become [[List of Vice Presidents of India|11th]] Vice President of India.&amp;lt;ref name=eci&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/President_VP_Elec2012/Vice%20Presidentail%20Election%20Background.pdf |title=BACKGROUND MATERIAL  REGARDING FOURTEENTH ELECTION TO THE OFFICE OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT, 2012, ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA |access-date=2016-05-25 |archive-date=2016-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305153944/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/President_VP_Elec2012/Vice%20Presidentail%20Election%20Background.pdf |url-status=dead }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Incumbent VP [[Krishan Kant]] did not contest the election and died before the election occurred.&lt;br /&gt;
{{election table|title=Result of the Indian vice-presidential election, 2002&amp;lt;ref name= eci /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020813/main4.htm |title=Shekhawat is Vice-President, 22 MPs didn’t cast vote |newspaper=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]] |date=August 12, 2002 |access-date=May 25, 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;|sortable=yes}}&lt;br /&gt;
|- align=center&lt;br /&gt;
!style=&amp;quot;background-color:#E9E9E9&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;unsortable&amp;quot;|&amp;lt;!-- color --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
!style=&amp;quot;background-color:#E9E9E9&amp;quot; align=center|Candidate&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
!style=&amp;quot;background-color:#E9E9E9&amp;quot; |Party&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
!style=&amp;quot;background-color:#E9E9E9&amp;quot; |Electoral Votes&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
!style=&amp;quot;background-color:#E9E9E9&amp;quot; |% of Votes&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| {{party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;left&amp;quot;|[[Bhairon Singh Shekhawat]]||align=&amp;quot;left&amp;quot;|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]||454||59.82&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}&lt;br /&gt;
|align=&amp;quot;left&amp;quot;|[[Sushil Kumar Shinde]]||align=&amp;quot;left&amp;quot;|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]||305||40.18&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=&amp;quot;5&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;background:#e9e9e9;&amp;quot;|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align:left;&amp;quot;| Total&lt;br /&gt;
! style=&amp;quot;text-align:right;&amp;quot;|759&lt;br /&gt;
! style=&amp;quot;text-align:right;&amp;quot;|100.00&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| colspan=&amp;quot;5&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;background:#e9e9e9;&amp;quot;| &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align:left;&amp;quot;|Valid Votes||759||99.09&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align:left;&amp;quot;|Invalid Votes||7||0.91&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align:left;&amp;quot;|Turnout||766||96.96&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align:left;&amp;quot;|Abstentions||24||3.04&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;text-align:left;&amp;quot;|Electors||790|| style=&amp;quot;background:#e9e9e9;&amp;quot;|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
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==References==&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:State Assembly elections in India]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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