Goa Legislative Assembly election, 2017

Goa legislative assembly election, 2017
4 February 2017
All 40 seats in Goa Legislative Assembly
21 seats needed for a majority
Turnout 83%

  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Pratapsingh Rane Laxmikant Parsekar Sudin Dhavalikar
Party INC BJP MGP
Alliance NDA NDA
Leader's seat Poriem Mandrem
(lost)		 Marcaim
Last election 9 21 3
Seats won 17 13 3
Seat change Increase 8 Decrease 8 Steady 0
Popular vote 259,758 297,588 103,290
Percentage 28.4% 32.5% 11.3%
  Fourth party
 
Leader Vijai Sardesai
Party GFP
Alliance NDA
Leader's seat Fatorda
Last election Party Established
Seats won 3
Seat change Increase 3
Popular vote 31,900
Percentage 3.5%
Chief Minister before election

Laxmikant Parsekar
Bharatiya Janata Party

 Elected Chief Minister

Manohar Parrikar
Bharatiya Janata Party

The Goa Legislative Assembly election, 2017 was held on February 4, 2017 to elect the 40 members of the Goa Legislative Assembly, as the term of current Legislative Assembly ends on March 18, 2017.[1][2] VVPAT-fitted EVMs was used in entire Goa state in the 2017 elections, which was the first time that an entire state in India saw the implementation of VVPAT.[3][4][5]

Background

The term of the Legislative Assembly ended on March 18, 2017.[2] The last election had resulted in a 21-seat majority to the Bharatiya Janata Party led by Manohar Parrikar.[6] Parrikar was elected Chief Minister. In 2014, he had to resign due to being nominated as Minister of Defence. Laxmikant Parsekar took oath as Chief Minister as Parrikar's successor.[7][8]

Opinion polls

Polling firm Date BJP INC AAP Others
HuffPost-CVoter Feb 2017 8 21 2 9
The Week - Hansa Jan 2017 17-19 (18) 11-13 (12) 2-4 (3) 3-5 (4)
Axis - India Today Jan 2017 20-24 (22) 13-15 (14) 2-4 (3) 1-2 (1)
Axis - India Today Oct 2016 17-21 (19) 13-17 (15) 1-3 (2) 3-5 (4)
Kautilya Aug 2016 11 7 14 8
VDP Associates July 2016 22 6 9 3
Polls Average 18 11 6 5

Results

← Summary of the 4 February 2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election results[9]
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 297,58832.5Decrease2.2 13Decrease8
Indian National Congress (INC) 259,75828.4Decrease2.4 17Increase8
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MAG) 103,29011.3Increase4.6 3Steady
Independents (IND) 101,92211.1Decrease5.5 3Decrease2
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) 57,4206.3Increase6.3 0Steady
Goa Forward Party (GFP) 31,9003.5Increase3.5 3Increase3
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) 20,9162.3Decrease1.8 1Increase1
Goa Suraksha Manch (GSM) 10,7451.2Increase1.2 0Steady
United Goans Party (UGP) 8,5630.9Increase0.9 0Steady
Goa Vikas Party (GVP) 5,3790.6Decrease2.9 0Decrease2
Others 7,8160.9Decrease2.9 0Steady
None of the Above (NOTA) 10,9191.2Increase1.2 N/A
Total 916,216100.00 40±0

Results by constituency

The following is the list of winning MLAs in the election.[10]

No. Constituency Winner Party Margin
1MandremDayanand Sopte INC4974
2PernemManohar Ajgaonkar MGP6030
3BicholimRajesh Patnekar BJP666
4TivimNilkanth Halarnkar INC795
5MapusaFrancis D'Souza BJP6828
6SiolimVinoda Paliencar GFP1441
7SaligaoJayesh Salgaonkar GFP2137
8CalanguteMichael Vincent Lobo BJP3825
9PorvorimRohan Khaunte IND4213
10AldonaGlenn Ticlo BJP4456
11PanajiSiddharth Kunkolienkar BJP1069
12TaleigaoJennifer Monserrate INC2855
13St. CruzAntonio Fernandes INC642
14St. AndreFrancisco Silveira INC5070
15CumbarjuaPandurang Madkaikar BJP8434
16MaemPravin Zantye BJP4974
17SanquelimPramod Sawant BJP2131
18PoriemPratapsingh Rane INC4066
19ValpoiVishwajit Pratapsingh Rane INC5678
20PriolGovind Gaude IND4686
21PondaRavi Naik INC3010
22ShirodaSubhash Shirodkar INC4870
23MarcaimSudin Dhavalikar MGP13680
24MormugaoMilind Naik BJP140
25Vasco da GamaJose Luis Carlos Almeida BJP1351
26DabolimMauvin Godinho BJP2494
27CortalimAlina Saldanha BJP518
28NuvemWlfred D'Souza INC5660
29CurotirmAleixo Lourenco INC7697
30FatordaVijai Sardesai GFP1334
31MargaoDigambar Kamat INC4176
32BenaulimChurchill Alemao NCP5191
33NavelimLuizinho Faleiro INC2478
34CuncolimClafasio Dias INC33
35VelimFilipe Nery Rodrigues INC5253
36QuepemChandrakant Kavlekar INC2592
37CurchoremNilesh Cabral BJP9088
38SanvordemDeepak Pauskar MGP5221
39SanguemPrasad Gaonkar IND937
40CanaconaIsidore Aleixinho Fernandes INC2108

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Announcement: Schedule for the General Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Terms of the Houses". eci.nic.in. Election Commission of India/National Informatics Centre. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  3. ↑ "AnnexureVI VVPAT Page 24" (PDF).
  4. ↑ "Poll panel to introduce paper trail for Goa polls".
  5. ↑ An election of many firsts
  6. ↑ Prakash Kamat (March 7, 2012). "Riding anti-incumbency wave, BJP storms to power in Goa". The Hindu. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Manohar Parrikar gets defence, Suresh Prabhu becomes new railway minister". India Today. November 9, 2014. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Meet Laxmikant Parsekar: Goa's new chief minister, a BJP loyalist". Firstpost. November 9, 2014. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  9. ↑ http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2017/Goa/05.Performance%20of%20Political%20Parties.pdf
  10. ↑ "List of Successful Candidates" (Xlsx). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.