2002 Goa Legislative Assembly election

Elections for the Indian state of Goa took place 2002.^[1][2]

Goa legislative assembly election, 2002

← 1999 30 May 2002 2007 →
All 40 seats in the Assembly 21 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	68.75% ( 3.75%)
Majority party Minority party   Leader Manohar Parrikar Pratapsing Rane Party BJP INC Leader's seat Panaji Poriem Seats won 17 16 Seat change 7 5
Chief Minister before election Manohar Parrikar BJP Chief Minister after election Manohar Parrikar BJP

Parties contested

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
1.	Indian National Congress			Pratapsingh Rane	40
2.	Bharatiya Janata Party			Manohar Parrikar	39
3.	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party			Shashikala Kakodkar	25
4.	Nationalist Congress Party			Sharad Pawar	20
5.	United Goans Democratic Party			Churchill Alemao	10

Results

Rank	Party	Seats Contested	Seats Won
1	Bharatiya Janata Party	39	17
2	Indian National Congress	40	16
4	United Goans Democratic Party	10	3
3	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak	25	2
5	Nationalist Congress Party	20	1
6	Independent	48	1
	Total		40

Results by constituency

The following is the list of winning MLAs in the election.^[3]

• Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency^[4]

Assembly Constituency		Turnout	Winner					Runner Up					Margin
#k	Names	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%
1	Mandrem	78.34%	Laxmikant Parsekar		BJP	5,955	39.05%	Khalap Ramakant		INC	5,047	33.1%	908
2	Bicholim	78.27%	Rajesh Patnekar		BJP	8,960	54.28%	Pandurang Raut		MGP	6,400	38.77%	2,560
3	Panaji	65.82%	Manohar Parrikar		BJP	5,700	55.58%	Silimkhan Ramesh		INC	4,408	42.98%	1,292
4	Quepem	73.09%	Babu Kavlekar		INC	8,913	47.04%	Prakash Velip		BJP	7,058	37.25%	1,855
5	Curchorem	73.31%	Ramrao Dessai		BJP	9,806	53.29%	Domnick Fernandes		INC	8,027	43.62%	1,779
6	Mormugao	54.52%	Vaz Giovanni Karl		INC	4,635	30.91%	Sheikh Hassan Haroon		BJP	4,192	27.95%	443
7	Pernem	77.06%	Deshprabhu Jitendra Raghuraj		INC	6,778	48.27%	Dayanand Raghunath Sopate		BJP	4,449	31.68%	2,329
8	Siolim	70.76%	Dayanand Mandrekar		BJP	7,152	40.49%	Fernandes Francis Gregorio		INC	5,245	29.69%	1,907
9	Calangute	68.52%	Fernandes Agnelo		INC	9,711	53.32%	Suresh Vishwanath Parulekar		BJP	7,641	41.96%	2,070
10	Mapusa	61.93%	Francis D'Souza		BJP	8,378	52.18%	Braganza Armindo Jose		INC	6,271	39.06%	2,107
11	Tivim	70.93%	Sadanand Shet Tanavade		BJP	6,961	38.38%	Nilkanth Ramnath Halarnkar		NCP	6,440	35.51%	521
12	St. Cruz	64.16%	Victoria Fernandes		INC	6,658	40.13%	Anil Roghuvir Hoble		BJP	6,618	39.89%	40
13	St. Andre	70.49%	Francisco Silveira		INC	6,982	44.6%	Pegado Carmo Rafael Andre Jose		NCP	4,196	26.8%	2,786
14	Ponda	67.51%	Ravi Naik		INC	10,745	50.29%	Naik Shripad Yasso		BJP	9,425	44.11%	1,320
15	Siroda	78.28%	Subhash Shirodkar		INC	9,738	51.92%	Prabhu Vishwanath Tukaram		BJP	8,603	45.87%	1,135
16	Cuncolim	62.44%	Joaquim Alemao		INC	6,426	44.48%	Arecio D'Souza		NCP	4,038	27.95%	2,388
17	Curtorim	66.12%	Francisco Sardinha		INC	8,907	56.37%	Lourenco Bruno Santos		Independent	6,056	38.33%	2,851
18	Cumbarjua	67.84%	Pandurang Madkaikar		MGP	6,546	37.58%	Nirmala P. Sawant		INC	5,938	34.09%	608
19	Saligao	70.59%	Wilfred de Souza		NCP	4,263	28.69%	D' Mello Trejano Agricio		INC	3,537	23.8%	726
20	Taleigao	67.07%	Atanasio Monserrate		UGDP	7,237	42.31%	Zuwarkar Somnath Datta		INC	4,976	29.09%	2,261
21	Maem	71.88%	Harish Narayan Prabhu Zantye		INC	6,430	48.22%	Prakash J. Fadte		BJP	4,474	33.55%	1,956
22	Priol	75.16%	Vishwas Satarkar		BJP	8,071	41.62%	Amonkar Shrikant Sagun		INC	6,409	33.05%	1,662
23	Poriem	77.11%	Pratapsingh Rane		INC	9,126	55.78%	Santoba Krishnarao Dessai		BJP	6,557	40.08%	2,569
24	Sanvordem	71.42%	Vinay Dinu Tendulkar		BJP	8,195	48.3%	Salgaocar Anil Vassudeva		Independent	5,084	29.96%	3,111
25	Dargalim	72.93%	Manohar Ajgaonkar		BJP	8,467	74.08%	Dhargalkar Balkrishna Atmaram		INC	2,705	23.67%	5,762
26	Aldona	65.61%	Dayanand Narvekar		INC	9,957	50.73%	Ulhas Asnodkar		BJP	7,944	40.48%	2,013
27	Pale	76.58%	Suresh Amonkar		BJP	8,519	49.84%	Gawas Gurudas Prabhakar		INC	6,965	40.75%	1,554
28	Valpoi	77.04%	Narahari Haldankar		BJP	6,137	49.54%	Venkatesh Desai		INC	5,785	46.7%	352
29	Marcaim	75.89%	Sudin Dhavalikar		MGP	11,587	63.91%	Naik Santosh Mahanandu		BJP	3,737	20.61%	7,850
30	Vasco Da Gama	56.22%	Rajendra Arlekar		BJP	5,605	35.6%	Jose Philip D'Souza		NCP	4,509	28.64%	1,096
31	Cortalim	64.61%	Matanhy Saldanha		UGDP	6,741	37.93%	Godinho Mauvin Heliodoro		INC	5,891	33.15%	850
32	Loutolim	66.75%	Aleixo Sequeira		INC	8,873	62.88%	Gracias Radharao Socrates		UGDP	4,119	29.19%	4,754
33	Benaulim	67.56%	Mickky Pacheco		UGDP	7,752	51.52%	Churchill Alemao		INC	6,703	44.54%	1,049
34	Fatorda	61.04%	Damodar (Damu) G. Naik		BJP	5,695	34.97%	Cardoz Luis Alex Florenci		INC	5,107	31.36%	588
35	Margao	55.05%	Digambar Kamat		BJP	8,525	65.37%	Chodankar Girish Raya		INC	3,781	28.99%	4,744
36	Navelim	58.7%	Luizinho Faleiro		INC	10,245	59.5%	Raikar John Lourence		Independent	5,668	32.92%	4,577
37	Velim	64.02%	Filipe Nery Rodrigues		Independent	8,664	67.35%	D'Silva Marcus Sebastiano		INC	3,148	24.47%	5,516
38	Sanguem	71.32%	Vasudev Gaonkar		BJP	5,747	43.46%	Satyawan Bhadru Dessai		INC	4,910	37.13%	837
39	Canacona	78.62%	Vijay Anandrao Pai Khot		BJP	8,531	58.95%	Sanjay Bandekar		INC	5,648	39.03%	2,883
40	Poinguinim	77.66%	Isidore Fernandes		INC	5,641	49.42%	Ramesh Tawadkar		BJP	3,773	33.05%	1,868

By Elections

No.	Constituency	Winner	Party		Margin	Remark
1	Benaulim	Mickky Pacheco		Nationalist Congress Party		Due to the resignation of Mickky Pacheco
2	Cumbarjua	Pandurang Madkaikar		Indian National Congress		Due to the resignation of Pandurang Madkaikar
3	Margao	Digambar Kamat		Indian National Congress		Due to the resignation of Digambar Kamat
4	Poinguinim	Isidore Fernandes		Bharatiya Janata Party		Due to resignation of Isidore Fernandes
5	Poinguinim	Ramesh Tawadkar		Bharatiya Janata Party		Due to resignation of Isidore Fernandes
6	Taleigao	Babush Monserrate		Indian National Congress		Due to resignation of Babush Monserrate

Government formation

On 3 June 2002, Bharatiya Janata Party formed its first government in Goa under the leadership of Manohar Parrikar which lasted for 2 years and 244 days. Government fell due to Digambar Kamat fallout Bharatiya Janata Party.