1st Uttarakhand Assembly

First Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
Houses	Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
History
Preceded by	Interim Uttarakhand Assembly
Succeeded by	2nd Uttarakhand Assembly
Leadership
Speaker	Yashpal Arya, INC
Leader of the House	Narayan Datt Tiwari, INC
Leader of the Opposition	Bhagat Singh Koshyari (2002–2003), BJP Matbar Singh Kandari (2003–2007) , BJP
Structure
Seats	71[†]
Political groups	Government (36)   INC (36) Opposition (19)   BJP (19) Others (15)   BSP (7)   UKD (4)   NCP (1)   Independent (3) Nominated (1)   Nominated (1)
Length of term	2002–2007
Elections
Voting system	first-past-the-post
Last election	14 February 2002
Next election	21 February 2007
Meeting place
Vidhan Sabha 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.

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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 70-seat legislature in the election. The Bharatiya Janata Party became the official opposition, holding 19 seats.

Party position in the Assembly[]

Key post holders in the Assembly[]

• Speaker : Yashpal Arya
• Deputy Speaker : Vacant
• Leader of the House: Narayan Datt Tiwari
• Leader of the Opposition : Bhagat Singh Koshyari (2002–2003)
  Matbar Singh Kandari (2003–2004)
• Chief Secretary :^[1]

List of the First Assembly members[]

By-elections[]

^[2]

See also[]

• 2002 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election
• Tiwari ministry
• Politics of Uttarakhand

Notes[]

• ^§ – Disqualified from office
• ^‡ – Resigned from office

References[]