2002 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election information
Dissolution of Gujrat Legislative Assembly in 2002
2002 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election
← 1998
12 December 2002 (2002-12-12)[1]
2007 →
182 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Gujarat 92 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
61.54% (2.24%)
First party
Second party
Leader
Narendra Modi
Shankersinh Vaghela
Party
BJP
INC
Leader since
2001
Leader's seat
Maninagar
Did not contest
Last election
117
53
Seats after
127
51
Seat change
10
2
Percentage
49.85%
39.28%
Swing
5.04%
4.43%
Chief Minister before election
Narendra Modi
BJP
Chief Minister of Gujarat
Narendra Modi
BJP
The 2002 Gujarat Legislative Assembly elections were held in December 2002; they necessitated by the resignation of Chief Minister Narendra Modi and the dissolution of the legislative assembly in July 2002, 8 months before its term was due to expire. Modi resigned due to widespread allegations that he had taken insufficient action to prevent the riots that took place a few months earlier. The Bharatiya Janata Party was led by Modi, with the Indian National Congress being the chief opposition.
As a result of those communal riots, a major issue in the election was the place of Muslims in Gujarati society. Seeking to capitalize on the sentiments stirred up by the riots caused by burning of a train coach containing Hindu kar sevaks (including children) coming from Ayodhya.[2][3][4]
The legislative assembly of Gujarat is elected from 182 constituencies, which were contested by a total of 21 parties and several hundred independent candidates. The Bharatiya Janata Party won 127 seats, thus achieving an absolute majority in the assembly. Modi was sworn in for a second term as chief minister.
^"Schedule for election to Gujarat Legislative Assembly". Press Information Bureau. 18 November 2002.
^Brasted, Howard V (2005). Nelly Lahoud, A H Johns (ed.). Islam in World Politics. Routledge. p. 119. ISBN 978-0415324113. the successful anti-Muslim campaign run in Gujarat in December 2002 by its provincial chief minister Narendra Modi – a hardline Hindu nationalist preacher turned politician – has ominous implicitions.
^Corbridge, Stuart; John Harriss; Craig Jeffrey (2012). India Today: Economy, Politics and Society. Polity Press. p. 185. ISBN 978-0745661124. December 2002, the BJP – led by Narendra Modi, who conducted a vicious campaign, making many stridently anti-Muslim statements
^Hardgrave Jr., Robert L. (2005). "Hindu Nationalism and the BJP: Transforming Religion and Politics in India". In Dossani, Rafiq; Rowen, Henry S. (eds.). Prospects For Peace in South Asia. Stanford University Press. pp. 210–211. ISBN 9780804750851. In the campaign, Modi fused religion and politics and, as a spur to anti-Muslim sentiment, made Islamic terrorism and its ties to Pakistan a central plank in the BJP platform" etc
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