1st Uttarakhand Assembly

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

Key post holders in the Assembly
Matbar Singh Kandari (2003–2004)
 * Speaker : Yashpal Arya
 * Deputy Speaker : Vacant
 * Leader of the House:  Narayan Datt Tiwari
 * Leader of the Opposition : Bhagat Singh Koshyari (2002–2003)
 * Chief Secretary : Madhukar Gupta