First Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| Houses | Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly |
| History | |
| Preceded by | Interim Uttarakhand Assembly |
| Succeeded by | 2nd Uttarakhand Assembly |
| Leadership | |
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| 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 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.