Uttar Pradesh assembly election, Feb 2002

403 assembly constituencies in Uttar Pradesh, 53.78% turnout.

Seats

403

Candidates

5,524

343 women, 26 elected

Turnout

53.78%

5.37 cr of 9.98 cr

Leading party

143 of 403 seats

Party performance

Ordered by seats won in Uttar Pradesh

Party	Won	+/−	Contested	Votes	Share	Share +/−
SP Samajwadi Party	143	+33	390	1,36,12,509	25.37%	+3.57
BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	98	+31	401	1,23,74,388	23.06%	+3.42
BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	88	-86	320	1,07,76,078	20.09%	-12.43
INC Indian National Congress	25	-8	401	48,08,772	8.96%	+0.62
IND Independent	16	+3	2348	41,10,200	7.66%	+1.14
RLD Rashtriya Lok Dal	14	+14	38	13,32,810	2.48%	—
RTKP RTKP	4	+4	335	18,12,535	3.38%	—
AD AD	3	+3	227	11,61,145	2.16%	+1.40
JD(U)JD(U)	2	+2	16	3,13,860	0.59%	—
ABLTC ABLTC	2	+2	25	2,81,608	0.52%	—
CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2	-2	6	1,63,462	0.30%	-0.46
NLP NLP	1	+1	129	3,80,964	0.71%	+0.44
LJNSP LJNSP	1	+1	18	3,19,099	0.59%	—
RPD RPD	1	+1	61	2,34,289	0.44%	—
JP JP	1	+1	23	1,45,856	0.27%	+0.14
SJPR SJPR	1	0	21	1,30,536	0.24%	-0.34
ABHM ABHM	1	+1	15	95,550	0.18%	+0.17
INLD Indian National Lok Dal	0	0	96	2,86,627	0.53%	—
SD SD	0	0	14	2,45,954	0.46%	—
SAP SAP	0	-2	9	2,12,286	0.40%	0.00
NCP Nationalist Congress Party	0	0	78	1,48,573	0.28%	—
BKD BKD	0	0	39	1,08,722	0.20%	+0.20
PMSP Pragatisheel Manav Samaj Party	0	0	18	71,284	0.13%	+0.11
CPI Communist Party of India	0	-1	5	69,548	0.13%	-0.46
CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L)	0	0	33	64,996	0.12%	+0.05
SHS Shiv Sena	0	0	39	38,668	0.07%	-0.06
ASP Aadim Samaj Party	0	0	49	28,076	0.05%	—
MC Malwa Congress	0	0	20	25,795	0.05%	—
KMBP KMBP	0	0	4	23,705	0.04%	—
MNVP MNVP	0	0	44	22,215	0.04%	—
RJD Rashtriya Janata Dal	0	0	25	22,020	0.04%	—
MUL Indian Union Muslim League	0	0	18	20,769	0.04%	+0.04
BKRP BKRP	0	0	24	17,756	0.03%	—
RPI RPI	0	0	25	17,084	0.03%	0.00
UPRP Uttar Pradesh Republican Party	0	0	25	16,280	0.03%	+0.02
RDMP RDMP	0	0	6	15,885	0.03%	—
PVP Paschimanchal Vikas Party	0	0	1	12,426	0.02%	—
GGP GGP	0	0	8	11,262	0.02%	+0.02
LPSP LPSP	0	0	13	9,955	0.02%	—
LPIV LPIV	0	0	4	9,415	0.02%	—

SP143 (35%)
BSP98 (24%)
BJP88 (22%)
INC25 (6%)
IND16 (4%)
RLD14 (3%)
Others19 (5%)

SP143
BSP98
BJP88
INC25
IND16
RLD14
Others19

SP143
BSP98
BJP88
INC25
IND16
RLD14
RTKP4
AD3
Others12

Constituency performance

From the 403 results in Uttar Pradesh

Closest contest

DHANAPUR

won by 26 (0.02%)

Biggest victory

KUNDA

won by 81,678 (75.85%)

Highest turnout

THAKURDWARA

78.71%

Lowest turnout

ALLAHABAD NORTH

25.48%

Seat change

Against Uttar Pradesh's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1996), matched constituency-for-constituency

Retained141 (35%)
Changed hands221 (55%)
New seat41 (10%)

141 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 221 changed hands. 41 did not exist at the previous election.

India’s constituencies have not been redrawn since the 2008 delimitation, so this compares the same seat boundary both times.

Vote share & turnout trend

Uttar Pradesh, every Vidhan Sabha election on record

VOTE SHARE

TURNOUT

Assembly seat results

All 403 seats, alphabetical · showing 401–403 of 403

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
VARANASI SOUTH	BJPSHYAM DEW RAI CHAUDHARI (DADA)	SPRAKESH JAIN	20,80525.20%	30.3%
ZAHOORABAD	BSPKALI CHARAN	SPSHIV PUJAN	6,2234.09%	58.3%
ZAMANIA	SPKAILASH	BJPAROON	8,2885.56%	57.7%

Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Uttar Pradesh 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 Uttar Pradesh assembly election, Feb 2002?

Samajwadi Party won 143 of 403 seats in Uttar Pradesh, short of a majority on its own.

What was the voter turnout in the Uttar Pradesh assembly election, Feb 2002?

Turnout was 53.78% — 5.37 cr of 9.98 cr registered electors voted.

How many assembly seats does Uttar Pradesh have?

Uttar Pradesh has 403 assembly seats.