Gujarat legislative assembly election, 2002

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182 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Gujarat
92 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Leader	Narendra Modi
Party	BJP	INC
Leader since	2001
Leader's seat	Maninagar
Seats after	127	51

Chief Minister before election

Narendra Modi
BJP

Chief Minister of Gujarat

Narendra Modi
BJP

The 2002 Gujarat legislative assembly elections were 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 ruling Bharatiya Janata Party was led by Modi, with the Indian National Congress being the chief opposition.

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 a 127 seats, thus achieving an absolute majority in the assembly. Modi was sworn in for a second term as chief minister.

Following candidates won election from their respective seats:

Keys: BJP INC JD(U) Independent

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