2002 Indian vice presidential election
{{Short description|Vice-presidential election in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2002 Indian vice presidential election
| country = India
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1997 Indian vice-presidential election
| previous_year = 1997
| next_election = 2007 Indian vice presidential election
| next_year = 2007
| election_date = 12 August 2002
| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image=The Vice President Shri Bhairon Singh Shekhawat in a Traditional Rajasthani Turban during a book release function in New Delhi on January 27, 2004.jpg|bSize=100|cWidth=80|cHeight=100|oLeft=14|oTop=05}}
| nominee1 = Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
| party1 = Bharatiya Janata Party
| alliance1 = National Democratic Alliance (India)
| home_state1 = Rajasthan
| electoral_vote1 = 454
| percentage1 = 59.82%
| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Sushilkumar Shinde.JPG|bSize=100|cWidth=80|cHeight=100|oLeft=14|oTop=05}}
| alliance2 = INC Alliance
| nominee2 = Sushil Kumar Shinde
| party2 = Indian National Congress
| home_state2 = Maharashtra
| electoral_vote2 = 305
| percentage2 = 40.18%
| title = Vice President
| before_election = Vacant, last held by
Krishan Kant
| before_party = Janata Dal
| after_election = Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
| after_party = BJP
}}
The 2002 Indian vice presidential election was held on 12 August 2002 to elect the newly vacated post of the vice president of India. Bhairon Singh Shekhawat defeated Sushil Kumar Shinde to become 11th vice president of India.{{Cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/President_VP_Elec2012/Vice%20Presidentail%20Election%20Background.pdf |title=BACKGROUND MATERIAL REGARDING FOURTEENTH ELECTION TO THE OFFICE OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT, 2012, ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA |access-date=2016-05-25 |archive-date=2016-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305153944/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/President_VP_Elec2012/Vice%20Presidentail%20Election%20Background.pdf |url-status=dead }} Incumbent VP Krishan Kant did not contest the election and died before the election occurred. Sekhawat got nearly 60% of votes, which was lowest among any winning candidates.
Candidates
File:Bhairon Singh Shekhawat.jpg|{{center|Leader of Opposition of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly{{cite web |url=http://vicepresidentofindia.nic.in/former-vice-president/sh-bhairon-singh-shekhawat |title=Sh. Bhairon Singh Shekhawat |website=vicepresidentofindia.nic.in |publisher=Vice President of India/National Informatics Centre |access-date=May 26, 2016}}
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat}}
File:Sushilkumar Shinde.JPG|{{center|Member of Lok Sabha for Solapur
Sushil Kumar Shinde}}
Results
{{election table|title=Result of the Indian vice-presidential election, 2002{{cite news |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020813/main4.htm |title=Shekhawat is Vice-President, 22 MPs didn’t cast vote |newspaper=The Tribune |date=August 12, 2002 |access-date=May 25, 2016}}|sortable=yes}}
|- align=center
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" class="unsortable"|
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Candidate
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Party
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Electoral Votes
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |% of Votes
|-
| {{party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|align="left"|Bhairon Singh Shekhawat||align="left"|BJP||454||59.82
|-
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|align="left"|Sushil Kumar Shinde||align="left"|INC||305||40.18
|-
| colspan="5" style="background:#e9e9e9;"|
|-
! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"| Total
! style="text-align:right;"|759
! style="text-align:right;"|100.00
|-
| colspan="5" style="background:#e9e9e9;"|
|-
|-
|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Valid Votes||759||99.09
|-
|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Invalid Votes||7||0.91
|-
|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Turnout||766||96.96
|-
|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Abstentions||24||3.04
|-
|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Electors||790|| style="background:#e9e9e9;"|
|-
|}
See also
References
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