2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election

The 2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election was held on 4 February 2017 to elect the 40 members of the Seventh Goa Legislative Assembly, as the term of Sixth Legislative Assembly ended on 18 March 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]

2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election

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All 40 seats in Goa Legislative Assembly 21 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	82.56% 0.38%
First party Second party   Leader Pratapsingh Rane Laxmikant Parsekar Party INC BJP Alliance UPA NDA Leader's seat Poriem Mandrem (lost) Last election 9 21 Seats won 17 13 Seat change 8 8 Popular vote 259,758 297,588 Percentage 28.4% 32.5% Swing 2.3% 2.1%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Sudin Dhavalikar Vijai Sardesai Party MGP GFP Alliance NDA NDA Leader's seat Marcaim Fatorda Last election 3 Did not exist Seats won 3 3 Seat change 3 Popular vote 103,290 31,900 Percentage 11.3% 3.5% Swing 4.6% 3.5%
Structure of the Goa Legislative Assembly after the election
Chief Minister before election Laxmikant Parsekar BJP Elected Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar BJP

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[9]	Feb 2017	15	14	2	8
The Week - Hansa[10]	Jan 2017	17-19 (18)	11-13 (12)	2-4 (3)	3-5 (4)
Axis My India - India Today[11]	Jan 2017	20-24 (22)	13-15 (14)	2-4 (3)	1-2 (1)
Axis My India - India Today[12]	Oct 2016	17-21 (19)	13-16 (15)	1-3 (2)	3-5 (4)
Kautilya[13]	Aug 2016	11	7	14	8
VDP Associates[14]	July 2016	22	6	9	3
Election results	March 2017	13	17	0	10

Turnout

District	Electors	Polled	Turnout %
North Goa	540,785	458,074	84.71%
South Goa	570,907	459,758	80.53%

Results

← Summary of the 4 February 2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election results^[15]

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	± %	Won	+/−
	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	2,97,588	32.5	2.2	13	8
	Indian National Congress (INC)	2,59,758	28.4	2.4	17	8
	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MAG)	1,03,290	11.3	4.6	3
	Independents (IND)	1,01,922	11.1	5.5	3	2
	Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)	57,420	6.3	6.3	0
	Goa Forward Party (GFP)	31,900	3.5	3.5	3	3
	Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)	20,916	2.3	1.8	1	1
	Goa Suraksha Manch (GSM)	10,745	1.2	1.2	0
	United Goans Party (UGP)	8,563	0.9	0.9	0
	Goa Vikas Party (GVP)	5,379	0.6	2.9	0	2
	Others	7,816	0.9	2.9	0
	None of the Above (NOTA)	10,919	1.2	1.2	—
Total		9,16,216	100.00		40	±0
Valid votes		9,16,216	99.85
Invalid votes		1,416	0.15
Votes cast / turnout		9,17,832	82.56
Abstentions		1,93,860	17.44
Registered voters		11,11,692

Results by Constituency

The following is the list of winning MLAs in the election.^[16]

Results

Assembly Constituency		Winner				Runner Up				Margin
#	Name	Candidate	Party		Votes	Candidate	Party		Votes
1	Mandrem	Dayanand Sopte		Indian National Congress	16490	Laxmikant Parsekar		Bharatiya Janata Party	9371	7119
2	Pernem	Manohar Ajgaonkar		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	15745	Rajendra Arlekar		Bharatiya Janata Party	9715	6030
3	Bicholim	Rajesh Patnekar		Bharatiya Janata Party	10654	Naresh Sawal		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	9988	666
4	Tivim	Nilkanth Halarnkar		Indian National Congress	11099	Kiran Kandolkar		Bharatiya Janata Party	10304	795
5	Mapusa	Francis D'Souza		Bharatiya Janata Party	10957	Vinod Fadke		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	4129	6828
6	Siolim	Vinoda Paliencar		Goa Forward Party	10189	Dayanand Mandrekar		Bharatiya Janata Party	8748	1441
7	Saligao	Jayesh Salgaonkar		Goa Forward Party	9735	Dilip Parulekar		Bharatiya Janata Party	7598	2137
8	Calangute	Michael Lobo		Bharatiya Janata Party	11136	Joseph Sequeira		Indian National Congress	7311	3825
9	Porvorim	Rohan Khaunte		Independent	11174	Guruprasad R. Pawaskar		Bharatiya Janata Party	6961	4213
10	Aldona	Glenn Ticlo		Bharatiya Janata Party	9405	Amarnath Panjikar		Indian National Congress	4949	4456
11	Panaji	Sidharth Kuncalienker		Bharatiya Janata Party	7924	Atanasio Monserrate		United Goans Party	6855	1069
12	Taleigao	Jennifer Monserrate		Indian National Congress	11534	Dattaprasad Naik		Bharatiya Janata Party	8679	2855
13	St. Cruz	Antonio Fernandes		Indian National Congress	6202	Hemant Dinanath Golatkar		Bharatiya Janata Party	5560	642
14	St. Andre	Francisco Silveira		Indian National Congress	8087	Ramrao Surya Naik Wagh		Bharatiya Janata Party	3017	5070
15	Cumbarjua	Pandurang Madkaikar		Bharatiya Janata Party	12395	Xavier Fialho		Indian National Congress	3961	8434
16	Maem	Pravin Zantye		Bharatiya Janata Party	12430	Santosh Sawant		Indian National Congress	7456	4974
17	Sanquelim	Pramod Sawant		Bharatiya Janata Party	10058	Dharmesh Saglani		Indian National Congress	7927	2131
18	Poriem	Pratapsingh Rane		Indian National Congress	14977	Vishwajit Krishnarao Rane		Bharatiya Janata Party	10911	4066
19	Valpoi	Vishwajit Pratapsingh Rane		Indian National Congress	13493	Satyavijay Subrai Naik		Bharatiya Janata Party	7815	5678
20	Priol	Govind Gaude		Independent	15149	Deepak Dhavalikar		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	10463	4686
21	Ponda	Ravi Naik		Indian National Congress	9502	Sunil Desai		Bharatiya Janata Party	6492	3010
22	Siroda	Subhash Shirodkar		Indian National Congress	11156	Mahadev Naik		Bharatiya Janata Party	6286	4870
23	Marcaim	Sudin Dhavalikar		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	17093	Pradeep Pundalik Shet		Bharatiya Janata Party	3413	13680
24	Mormugao	Milind Naik		Bharatiya Janata Party	8466	Sankalp Amonkar		Indian National Congress	8326	140
25	Vasco da Gama	Carlos Almeida		Bharatiya Janata Party	8765	Krishna V Salkar		Independent	7414	1351
26	Dabolim	Mauvin Godinho		Bharatiya Janata Party	7234	Premanand Nanoskar		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	4740	2494
27	Cortalim	Alina Saldanha		Bharatiya Janata Party	5666	Antonio Vas		Independent	5148	518
28	Nuvem	Wilfred D'sa		Indian National Congress	9967	Francisco Pacheco		Goa Su-Raj Party	4307	5660
29	Curtorim	Aleixo Lourenco		Indian National Congress	12841	Arthur D’Silva		Bharatiya Janata Party	5144	7697
30	Fatorda	Vijai Sardesai		Goa Forward Party	10516	Damu G. Naik		Bharatiya Janata Party	9182	1334
31	Margao	Digambar Kamat		Indian National Congress	12105	Sharmad Raiturkar		Bharatiya Janata Party	7929	4176
32	Benaulim	Churchill Alemao		Nationalist Congress Party	9373	Royla Clarina Fernandes		Aam Aadmi Party	4182	5191
33	Navelim	Luizinho Faleiro		Indian National Congress	8183	Avertano Furtado		Independent	5705	2478
34	Cuncolim	Clafasio Dias		Indian National Congress	6415	Joaquim Alemao		Independent	6382	33
35	Velim	Filipe Nery Rodrigues		Indian National Congress	10417	Benjamin Silva		Independent	5164	5253
36	Quepem	Chandrakant Kavlekar		Indian National Congress	13525	Prakash Velip		Bharatiya Janata Party	10933	2592
37	Curchorem	Nilesh Cabral		Bharatiya Janata Party	12830	Shyam Satardekar		Goa Suraksha Manch	3742	9088
38	Sanvordem	Deepak Pauskar		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	14575	Ganesh Gaonkar		Bharatiya Janata Party	9354	5221
39	Sanguem	Prasad Gaonkar		Independent	7636	Subhash Phal Desai		Bharatiya Janata Party	6699	937
40	Canacona	Isidore Fernandes		Indian National Congress	10853	Vijay Pai Khot		Bharatiya Janata Party	8745	2108

By-elections

No.	Constituency	Winner	Party		Margin	Remark
1	Panaji	Manohar Parrikar		BJP	4803	Expired
2	Valpoi	Vishwajit Pratapsingh Rane		BJP	10066
3	Mapusa	Joshua D'Souza		BJP	1151
4	Shiroda	Subhash Shirodkar		BJP	76
5	Mandrem	Dayanand Sopte		BJP	4124
6	Panaji	Atanasio Monserrate		INC	1758	Joined BJP in 2019

See also

• 2017 elections in India