Gujarat assembly election, Dec 2002
182 assembly constituencies in Gujarat, 61.52% turnout.
Seats
182
Candidates
1,000
37 women, 12 elected
Turnout
61.52%
2.04 cr of 3.32 cr
Leading party
BJP
127 of 182 seats
Party performance
Ordered by seats won in Gujarat
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Votes | Share | Share +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJPBharatiya Janata Party | 127 | +10 | 182 | 1,01,94,353 | 49.85% | +5.04 |
| INCIndian National Congress | 51 | -2 | 180 | 80,33,104 | 39.28% | +4.44 |
| INDIndependent | 2 | -1 | 344 | 11,69,711 | 5.72% | +0.48 |
| JD(U)JD(U) | 2 | +2 | 29 | 1,75,024 | 0.86% | — |
| NCPNationalist Congress Party | 0 | 0 | 81 | 3,49,021 | 1.71% | — |
| BNPBNP | 0 | 0 | 26 | 2,34,166 | 1.15% | — |
| SAPSAP | 0 | 0 | 26 | 67,414 | 0.33% | +0.28 |
| BSPBahujan Samaj Party | 0 | 0 | 34 | 66,429 | 0.32% | +0.25 |
| SPSamajwadi Party | 0 | -1 | 48 | 66,181 | 0.32% | -0.07 |
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30,626 | 0.15% | +0.03 |
| SHSShiv Sena | 0 | 0 | 9 | 20,636 | 0.10% | +0.08 |
| SJPRSJPR | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10,395 | 0.05% | — |
| JD(S)JD(S) | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8,286 | 0.04% | — |
| RPIRPI | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5,279 | 0.03% | 0.00 |
| PRBPPRBP | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4,791 | 0.02% | — |
| RGJPRGJP | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4,133 | 0.02% | — |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3,716 | 0.02% | -0.04 |
| ABJSABJS | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2,513 | 0.01% | +0.01 |
| LSWPLSWP | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1,773 | 0.01% | 0.00 |
| RKEPRKEP | 0 | 0 | 3 | 810 | 0.00% | — |
| RPIKHRPIKH | 0 | 0 | 1 | 331 | 0.00% | — |
- BJP127 (70%)
- INC51 (28%)
- IND2 (1%)
- JD(U)2 (1%)
- BJP127
- INC51
- IND2
- JD(U)2
- BJP127
- INC51
- IND2
- JD(U)2
Constituency performance
From the 182 results in Gujarat
Closest contest
UMBERGAON
won by 73 (0.06%)
Biggest victory
ELLIS BRIDGE
won by 57,790 (56.19%)
Highest turnout
KADI
79.38%
Lowest turnout
CHORASI
35.67%
Seat change
Against Gujarat's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1998), matched constituency-for-constituency
- Retained104 (57%)
- Changed hands78 (43%)
104 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 78 changed hands.
India’s constituencies have not been redrawn since the 2008 delimitation, so this compares the same seat boundary both times.
Vote share & turnout trend
Gujarat, every Vidhan Sabha election on record
VOTE SHARE
- BJP
- INC
- IND
- JD(U)
TURNOUT
Assembly seat results
All 182 seats, alphabetical · showing 151–182 of 182
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHAHER KOTDA | BJPVAGHELA JITENDRAKUMAR UMAKANT | INCDESHBHAKTA SHASHANK MANHARKUMAR | 2,4043.54% | 60.4% |
| SHAHPUR | BJPPATEL KAUSHIKKUMAR JAMNADAS (KAUSHIK PATEL) | INCSHAH PANKAJKUMAR JAYANTILAL (PANKAJ SHAH) | 2,0743.43% | 66.7% |
| SHEHRA | BJPAHIR (BHARWAD) JETHABHAI GHELABHAI | INCCHAUHAN CHHATRASINH KALUSINH | 57,06447.15% | 67.4% |
| SIDHPUR | INCBALVANTSINH CHANDANSINH RAJPUT | BJPJAYNARAYAN NARMADA SHANKAR VYAS | 10,2788.71% | 75.0% |
| SIHOR | BJPNAKARANI KESHUBHAI HIRAJIBHAI | INCVAGHANI NANUBHAI VITHALBHAI | 6,2926.14% | 60.0% |
| SOJITRA | BJPAMBALAL ASHABHAI ROHIT | INCBHARATKUMAR YOGENDRABHAI MAKWANA | 12,92213.39% | 67.8% |
| SOMNATH | INCBARAD JESABHAI BHANABHAI | BJPGOHEL CHUNILAL KANJI | 7,3625.98% | 65.8% |
| SONGADH | INCVASAVA NAGARBHAI DIVELIYABHAI | BJPCHAUDHARI HARSADBHAI RAMJIBHAI | 21,47021.62% | 64.6% |
| SURAT CITY EAST | INCGILITWALA MANISH NATVARLAL | BJPKHASI GULABDAS NAGINDAS | 1,9522.92% | 48.7% |
| SURAT CITY NORTH | BJPGEJERA DHIRUBHAI HARIBHAI | INCPATEL MOHANBHAI DHANJIBHAI | 12,51812.04% | 52.2% |
| SURAT CITY WEST | BJPCHAPATWALA BHAVNABEN HEMANTBHAI | INCDESAI NAISHADH BHUPATBHAI | 29,06029.09% | 38.6% |
| TALAJA | BJPGOHIL SHIVABHAI JERAMBHAI | INCSHYAL MAVJIBHAI POLABHAI | 7,3409.76% | 46.0% |
| TALALA | BJPPARAMAR GOVINDBHAI VARJANGBHAI | INCBARAD JASUBHAI DHANABHAI | 6260.51% | 74.6% |
| TANKARA | BJPKUNDARIYA MOHANBHAI KALYANJI | INCKAGATHARA LALITKUMAR KARAMSHIBHAI | 10,8538.86% | 67.9% |
| THASRA | BJPCHAUHAN BHAGVANSINH RAYSINH | INCPARMAR RAMSINH PRABHATBHAI | 16,08513.79% | 65.6% |
| UMBERGAON | INCSHANKARBHAI MANGLABHAI VARLI | BJPPATKAR RAMANLAL NANUBHAI | 730.06% | 55.8% |
| UMRETH | BJPPATEL VISHNUBHAI CHHOTABHAI | INCSHELAT SUBHASH CHANDRA S. SHELAT | 15,37014.85% | 71.7% |
| UNA | INCVANSH PUNJABHAI BHIMABHAI | BJPANDANI ASHVINBHAI RAMJIBHAI | 2,4762.00% | 64.9% |
| UNJHA | BJPPATEL NARAYANBHAI LALLUBHAI | INCPATEL JAYPRAKASH KASHIRAM | 44,58939.50% | 64.7% |
| UPLETA | BJPPRAVINBHAI MOHANBHAI MAKADIA | INCPATEL MOHANBHAI LALAJIBHAI | 9,96812.28% | 60.8% |
| VADGAM | INCDOLAT BHAI PARMAR | BJPSHRIMALI BABULAL CHELABHAI | 14,00011.26% | 68.3% |
| VAGDOD | INCTHAKOR JODHAJI GALABJI | BJPDESAI RANCHHODBHAI MAHIJIBHAI | 21,69820.00% | 61.9% |
| VAGHODIA | BJPMADHUBHAI SHRIVASTAV | INCPATEL PRAVINBHAI SHANKARBHAI | 31,61430.34% | 64.3% |
| VAGRA | INCRASHIDA IQBAL PATEL | BJPMANAHARBHAI BHAGAWANSANG GOHIL | 1,1831.05% | 74.9% |
| VAV | INCRAJPUT HEMAJI DARGHAJI | BJPPATEL PARABATBHAI SAVABHAI | 11,8268.43% | 69.6% |
| VIJAPUR | BJPPATEL KANTIBHAI RAMABHAI | INCRAVAL NARESHKUMAR GANGARAM | 26,70621.76% | 70.8% |
| VIRAMGAM | BJPDODIYA VAJUBHAI PARMABHAI | INCVADLANI PREMJIBHAI SHIVABHAI | 3,0642.93% | 67.1% |
| VISAVADAR | BJPBHALALA KANUBHAI MEPABHAI | INCAMBALIYA KESHUBHAI NARANBHAI | 18,81920.55% | 61.6% |
| VISNAGAR | BJPPATEL PRAHLADBHAI MOHANLAL | INCPATEL KIRITBHAI ISHVAR BHAI | 16,86612.80% | 70.5% |
| VYARA | INCCHAUDHARY TUSHARBHAI AMARSINHBHAI | INDGAMIT PRATAPBHAI BABUBHAI | 28,39625.95% | 65.8% |
| WADHWAN | BJPKELA DHANRAJBHAI GOVINDBHAI | INCZALA RANJITSINH JILUBHA | 17,74415.32% | 60.9% |
| WANKANER | BJPSOMANI JYOTSANABEN JITENDRABHAI | INCPEERZADA MAHMAD JAVID ABDUL MUTLEEB | 9,6218.42% | 73.2% |
Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Gujarat alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.
Frequently asked
Straight answers to the questions this result page exists to answer.
Who won the Gujarat assembly election, Dec 2002?
Bharatiya Janata Party won 127 of 182 seats in Gujarat, a clear majority.
What was the voter turnout in the Gujarat assembly election, Dec 2002?
Turnout was 61.52% — 2.04 cr of 3.32 cr registered electors voted.
How many assembly seats does Gujarat have?
Gujarat has 182 assembly seats.
