REPUBLIC OF INDIA
STATE OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR
STATE ELECTION OF 16 SEPTEMBER TO 8 OCTOBER 2002
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Source: Election Commission of India website

Registered voters:                        6,078,579
Votes cast:                               2,656,627  43.7%
Invalid votes:                                1,057  00.4%
Valid votes:                              2,655,570  99.6%
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Party                                    Votes       %        Seats
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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)                227,633  08.6         1
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)                   119,492  04.5         1
Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM)     23,493  00.9         3
Democratic Movement                          16,366  00.6         1
Indian National Congress (INC)              643,751  24.2        20
Jammu and Kashmir Awami League (JKAL)        24,121  00.9         1
Jammu and Kashmir National Conference
 (JKNC)                                     749,825  28.2        28
Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers 
 Party (JKPP)                               101,830  03.8         4
People's Democratic Party (PDP)             246,840  09.3        16
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Total                                     2,655,570              87
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