North Goa Lok Sabha constituency

North Goa Lok Sabha constituency (formerly, Panaji Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the two Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Goa state in western India along with South Goa.^[2]

North Goa GA-1
Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining North Goa Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Goa
Assembly constituencies	20: Mandrem, Pernem, Bicholim, Tivim, Mapusa, Siolim, Saligao, Calangute, Porvorim, Aldona, Panaji, Taleigao, Santa Cruz, St. Andre, Cumbarjua, Maem, Sanquelim, Poriem, Valpoi and Priol
Established	2009
Total electors	5,80,577[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Shripad Yesso Naik
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024
Preceded by	Ravi S. Naik

Assembly segments

Presently, North Goa Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency comprises 20 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies:^[3]

#	Name [4]	District	Member	Party
1	Mandrem	North Goa	Jit Arolkar		MGP
2	Pernem (SC)		Pravin Arlekar		BJP
3	Bicholim		Chandrakant Shetye		Ind
4	Tivim		Nilkanth Halarnkar		BJP
5	Mapusa		Joshua D'Souza		BJP
6	Siolim		Delilah Lobo[lower-alpha 1]		BJP
7	Saligao		Kedar Naik[lower-alpha 2]		BJP
8	Calangute		Michael Lobo[lower-alpha 3]		BJP
9	Porvorim		Rohan Khaunte		BJP
10	Aldona		Carlos Alvares Ferreira		INC
11	Panaji		Atanasio Monserrate		BJP
12	Taleigao		Jennifer Monserrate		BJP
13	Santa Cruz		Rodolfo Fernandes[lower-alpha 4]		BJP
14	St. Andre		Viresh Borkar		RGP
15	Cumbarjua		Rajesh Faldessai[lower-alpha 5]		BJP
16	Maem		Premendra Shet		BJP
17	Sanquelim		Pramod Sawant		BJP
18	Poriem		Deviya Rane		BJP
19	Valpoi		Vishwajit Rane		BJP
20	Priol	South Goa	Govind Gaude		BJP

1. Joined BJP in Sept 2022
2. Joined BJP in Sept 2022
3. Joined BJP in Sept 2022
4. Joined BJP in Sept 2022
5. Joined BJP in Sept 2022

Members of Parliament

Year	Member	Party
Panjim Lok Sabha
1962	Peter Alvares		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
1967	Janardan Jagannath Shinkre		Independent
Panaji Lok Sabha
1971	Purushottam Kakodkar		Indian National Congress
1977	Amrut Shivram Kansar[5]		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
1980	Sanyogita Rane[6]
1984	Shantaram Naik[7]		Indian National Congress
1989	Gopal Mayekar[8]		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
1991	Harish Narayan Prabhu[9]		Indian National Congress
1996	Ramakant Khalap		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
1998	Ravi Naik		Indian National Congress
1999	Shripad Naik		Bharatiya Janata Party
2004
North Goa Lok Sabha
2009	Shripad Naik		Bharatiya Janata Party
2014
2019
2024

Election results

2024 general election

2024 Indian general election: North Goa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Shripad Yesso Naik	257,326	56.43	0.69
	INC	Ramakant Khalap	1,41,311	30.99	7.41
	RGP	Manoj Parab	45,693	10.02
	BSP	Milan R Vaingankar	1,625	0.36
	NOTA	None of the Above	6,328	1.39	0.26
Majority			1,16,015	25.44	6.72
Turnout			4,56,018	77.69	0.64
	BJP hold		Swing	0.69

2019 general election

2019 Indian general elections: North Goa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Shripad Yesso Naik	244,844	57.12	−1.39
	INC	Girish Chodankar	1,64,597	38.40	+5.86
	NOTA	None of the above	7,063	1.65	+0.23
	AAP	Dattatray Padgoankar	4,756	1.11	−2.79
	RPI	Amit Atmaram Korgoankar	2,809	0.66	+0.66
	IND	Bhagawant Sadanand Kamant	2,427	0.57	+0.57
	IND	Aishwarya Arjun Salgoankar	2,132	0.50	+0.50
Majority			80,247	18.72	−8.26
Turnout			4,29,006	77.05	−1.90
	BJP hold		Swing

2014 general election

2014 Indian general elections: North Goa^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Shripad Yesso Naik	2,37,903	58.51	+11.39
	INC	Ravi S. Naik	1,32,304	32.54	+32.54
	AAP	Dr. Dattaram Desai	15,857	3.90	+3.90
	NOTA	None of the above	5,770	1.42	−−−
	CPI	Suhas Naik	5,640	1.39	−1.57
	IND	Dayanand Narvekar	4,128	1.02	+1.02
Majority			1,05,599	25.98	+23.79
Turnout			4,06,631	78.95
	BJP hold		Swing

2009 general election

2009 Indian general elections: North Goa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Shripad Yesso Naik	1,37,716	47.10
	NCP	Jitendra Raghuraj Deshprabhu	1,31,363	44.92
	CPI	Christopher Fonseca	8,646	2.96
	MGP	Raut Pandurang Dattaram	6,638	2.27
Majority			6,353	2.17
Turnout			2,92,295	60.02
	BJP win (new seat)

As Panaji constituency

2004 general election

2004 Indian general elections: Panaji

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Shripad Yasso Naik	144,842	56.84
	NCP	Wilfred de Souza	88,629	34.78
	CPI	Christopher Oswald Fonseca	7,977	3.13
	MGP	Paresh Atmaram Raikar	5,377	2.11
	SHS	Sameer Anant Bandodkar	4,027	1.58
	Independent	Ramesh Sakharam Naik	2,541	1.00
	Independent	Bhonsle Dhuma Rajaram	1,426	0.56
Majority			56,213
Turnout			254,819	59.86
	BJP hold		Swing

References

1. https://elections24.eci.gov.in/docs/WYKXFehhEH.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
2. "Test of strength as Goa votes today for two Lok Sabha seats - Times of India". The Times of India. 12 April 2014.
3. "LS polls register 76.82% turnout in Goa, break previous record | iGoa". Archived from the original on 14 April 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
4. "List of Assembly Constituencies — Goa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
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6. "Switching loyalties didn't help most LS candidates". The Times of India. 2 April 2014.
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10. "Constituencywise-All Candidates". ECI. Retrieved 23 May 2014.

See also

• North Goa district
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha

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