Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election, 2002

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Jammu and Kashmir state assembly elections, 2002

← 1996 16 September 2002 to 8 October 2002 2008 →

all 87 seats in Legislative Assembly
44 seats needed for a majority
Turnout 45%
  First party Second party Third party
  Farooq Abdullah.jpg Flag of the Indian National Congress.svg Flag of the JKPDP.png
Leader Farooq Abdullah - Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
Party JKN INC PDP
Last election 57 7 -
Seats won 28 20 16
Seat change Decrease 29 Increase 13 Increase 16

  Fourth party Fifth party
  BJP election symbol.svg
Party BJP JKNPP
Last election 8 4
Seats won 1 3
Seat change Decrease 7 Decrease 2

Chief Minister before election

Farooq Abdullah
JKN

Elected Chief Minister

Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
PDP

Elections for the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir were held in September -October 2002 in four phases.[1][2] Mufti Mohammad Sayeed became Chief Minister of Jammu Kashmir after the elections.[3] Electronic Voting Machines were used for first time in Jammu Kashmir assembly elections in 2002.[4] The international community also appreciated the credibility of the elections and the results that followed it. The elections was seen as a victory of the ballot over the bullet.[5][6] United States lauded 2002 elections of the state.[7][8] There were 1.7 million voters in the state for 2002 elections.[9][10]

Voting

The first phase voting took place on 16 September 2002.[11] There was a polling station for just 11 voters in Zanskar.[4] BJP contested on 52 seats while Jammu State Morcha contested on 12 seats.[12][13] National Conference president Omar Abdullah contested from Ganderbal seat.[14] Separatists had varied views on the elections ranging from voting to boycott of elections.[15][16][17]

Results

The four stages of the elections were held as follows:

Voting stages
Date Seats Turnout
Monday 16 September 23 47.28%
Sunday 24 November 28 42%
Sunday 1 October 5 41%
Sunday 8 October 18 46%
Total 87 45%
Source:[18]

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