Panaji Assembly constituency

Panaji Assembly constituency is one of the 40 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Goa state in India.^[2]

Panaji
Constituency No. 11 for the Goa Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Goa
District	North Goa
Lok Sabha constituency	North Goa
Established	1963
Total electors	22,408[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
8th Goa Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Atanasio Monserrate
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party

It is part of North Goa district.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1963	Jack Sequeira		United Goans Party
1967	Yaswant Desai		United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)
1972	Baban Naik		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
1977	Madhav Bir		Janata Party
1980	Vishnu Naik		Independent
1984	Joan Gonsalves		Indian National Congress
1989
1994	Manohar Parrikar		Bharatiya Janata Party
1999
2002
2007
2012
2015^	Sidharth Kuncalienker
2017[3][4]
2017^	Manohar Parrikar
2019^[5][6]	Atanasio Monserrate		Indian National Congress
2022[7][8]			Bharatiya Janata Party

^by-election

Election results

Assembly Election 2022

2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Panaji^[1][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Atanasio Monserrate	6,787	38.88%	2.94
	Independent	Utpal Manohar Parrikar	6,071	34.77%	New
	INC	Elvis Gomes	3,175	18.19%	34.15
	AAP	Valmiki Datta Naik	777	4.45%	1.84
	RGP	Rajesh Vinayak Redkar	359	2.06%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	173	0.99%	0.22
Margin of victory			716	4.10%	6.42
Turnout			17,458	76.96%	3.56
Registered electors			22,408		0.33
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	13.46

Assembly By-election 2019

A by-election was held on 19 May 2019, as a result of the demise of incumbent MLA and chief minister Manohar Parrikar.

2019 Goa Legislative Assembly by-election : Panaji^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Atanasio Monserrate	8,748	52.33%	19.77
	BJP	Sidharth Kuncalienker	6,990	41.82%	21.65
	GSM	Subhash Bhaskar Velingkar	516	3.09%	1.67
	AAP	Valmiki Naik	436	2.61%	New
	NOTA	None of the above	202	1.21%	0.73
Margin of victory			1,758	10.52%	20.39
Turnout			16,716	74.35%	4.35
Registered electors			22,482		1.29
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	11.14

Assembly By-election 2017

2017 GoaLegislative Assembly by-election : Panaji^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Manohar Parrikar	9,862	63.47%	17.77
	INC	Girish Chodankar	5,059	32.56%	New
	NOTA	None of the above	301	1.94%	New
	GSM	Anand Shirodkar	220	1.42%	0.45
	Independent	Kenneth Silveira	96	0.62%	New
Margin of victory			4,803	30.91%	24.75
Turnout			15,538	69.05%	8.09
Registered electors			22,196		0.03
	BJP hold		Swing	17.77

Assembly Election 2017

2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Panaji^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sidharth Kuncalienker	7,924	45.70%	19.27
	UGP	Atanasio Monserrate	6,855	39.54%	New
	AAP	Valmiki Naik	1,944	11.21%	New
	GSM	Ketan Kirtikumar Prabhu Bhatikar	323	1.86%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	175	1.01%	New
Margin of victory			1,069	6.17%	28.75
Turnout			17,339	78.09%	8.39
Registered electors			22,203		0.66
	BJP hold		Swing	19.27

Assembly By-election 2015

2015 Goa Legislative Assembly by-election : Panaji^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sidharth Kuncalienker	9,989	64.97%	0.86
	INC	Surendra Furtado	4,621	30.06%	0.26
	Independent	Samir Gurunath Kelekar	624	4.06%	New
	NOTA	None of the above	330	2.15%	New
	Independent	Sadanand Vaigankar	140	0.91%	New
Margin of victory			5,368	34.92%	1.12
Turnout			15,374	69.70%	9.15
Registered electors			22,057		3.29
	BJP hold		Swing	0.86

Assembly Election 2012

2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Panaji^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Manohar Parrikar	11,086	65.84%	9.10
	INC	Yatin Parekh	5,018	29.80%	New
	CPI	Christopher Fonseca	383	2.27%	New
	JD(U)	Dominic Savio A. E. Fernandes	172	1.02%	New
	Independent	Balaram Karishetty	104	0.62%	New
Margin of victory			6,068	36.04%	22.39
Turnout			16,839	78.50%	8.01
Registered electors			21,355		42.97
	BJP hold		Swing	9.10

Assembly Election 2007

2007 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Panaji^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Manohar Parrikar	6,004	56.74%	1.26
	INC	Dinar Purshottam Kamat Tarcar	4,560	43.09%	New
Margin of victory			1,444	13.65%	1.07
Turnout			10,582	70.72%	4.90
Registered electors			14,937		4.13
	BJP hold		Swing

Assembly Election 2002

2002 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Panaji^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Manohar Parrikar	5,700	55.48%	3.98
	INC	Silimkhan Ramesh	4,408	42.90%	New
	SS	Naik Pramod Gopinath	95	0.92%	New
Margin of victory			1,292	12.58%	13.66
Turnout			10,274	65.82%	9.63
Registered electors			15,581		16.27
	BJP hold		Swing

Assembly Election 1999

1999 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Panaji^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Manohar Parrikar	5,396	51.50%	7.88
	INC	Prabhu Keshav Laximidhar	2,647	25.26%	New
	Goa Rajiv Congress Party	Furtado Surendra Cristovan	1,315	12.55%	New
	Independent	Gonsalves Joao Baptista Floriano	573	5.58%	New
	MGP	Nunes Vero Luis Joao	350	3.41%	New
	UGDP	Deshprabhu Mohan Anandrao	147	1.43%	New
Margin of victory			2,749	26.24%	16.13
Turnout			10,478	56.27%	6.17
Registered electors			18,609		10.24
	BJP hold		Swing	7.88

Assembly Election 1994

1994 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Panaji^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Manohar Parrikar	4,600	43.61%	New
	INC	Prabhu Keshav Laximidhar	3,534	33.51%
	Independent	Furtado Surendra Cristovan	1,139	10.80%	New
	Gomantak Lok Pox	Sequeira Erasmo Jack	736	6.98%	New
	Independent	Vaigonkar Damodar Vinayak	110	1.04%	New
	UGDP	Tamba Raghura-I	85	0.81%	New
Margin of victory			1,066	10.11%	0.30
Turnout			10,547	61.34%	3.15
Registered electors			16,881		7.98
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	4.79

Assembly Election 1989

1989 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Panaji^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Joan Gonsalves	3,983	38.82%	6.04
	MGP	Pushpashil Krishna Kerkar	2,915	28.41%	New
	Gomantak Lok Pox	Erasmo De Sequeira	2,672	26.04%	New
	BJP	Madhav Manohat Dhond	269	2.62%	New
	JD	Madhav Ramkrishna Bir	143	1.39%	New
	Independent	Xavier Chrishtanou Furtade	61	0.59%	New
	Independent	Arvind Y. Karapukar	8	0.08%	New
Margin of victory			1,068	10.41%	17.16
Turnout			10,260	64.29%	0.02
Registered electors			15,633		5.01
	INC hold		Swing	6.04

Assembly Election 1984

1984 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election : Panaji^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Joan Gonsalves	4,844	44.86%	New
	MGP	Baban Naik	1,867	17.29%	New
	Independent	Mandrekar Ramkrishna Narsinv	1,462	13.54%	New
	Independent	Shenvi Silimkhan Prabhakar Ramnath	1,021	9.46%	New
	Independent	Vishnu Naik	487	4.51%	New
	Independent	Madhav R. Bir	373	3.45%	New
	BJP	Sarmalkar Jayprakash Gajanan	254	2.35%	New
Margin of victory			2,977	27.57%	20.15
Turnout			10,798	64.20%	1.97
Registered electors			16,457		0.45
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	9.35

Assembly Election 1980

1980 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election : Panaji^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Vishnu Naik	3,967	35.51%	New
	MGP	Baban Naik	3,138	28.09%	New
	JP	Madhav R. Bir	2,449	21.92%
	INC(I)	Priolkar Prafull Vaikunt	1,005	8.99%	New
	JP(S)	Dessai Yeshwant Sitaram	291	2.60%	New
Margin of victory			829	7.42%	4.08
Turnout			11,173	65.63%	11.74
Registered electors			16,531		5.52
	Independent gain from JP		Swing	5.13

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election : Panaji^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Madhav R. Bir	3,555	40.63%	New
	MGP	Sardessai Kashinath Venkatesh	2,549	29.13%
	INC	Ataide Lobo Jorge De Graca Antonio	1,981	22.64%	New
	Independent	Silimkhan Ramesh Raguvir	416	4.75%	New
	Independent	Sarmalkar Mohamlal Sadashiv	106	1.21%	New
	Independent	Naik Balchandra Ganesh	47	0.54%	New
	Independent	Fernandes Melicio Andre Aleixo	27	0.31%	New
Margin of victory			1,006	11.50%	9.11
Turnout			8,749	55.41%	12.68
Registered electors			15,666		13.73
	JP gain from MGP		Swing	1.56

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election : Panaji^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MGP	Baban Naik	3,983	42.20%	New
	UGP	Desai Yeshwant Sitaram	3,758	39.81%
	INC	S. E. H. Aleixo	1,580	16.74%	New
Margin of victory			225	2.38%	2.38
Turnout			9,439	67.67%	67.85
Registered electors			13,775		2.08
	MGP gain from UGP		Swing	41.78

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election : Panaji

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UGP	Y. S. Desai	3,846	41.39%
	MGP	T. M. Upendra	3,776
	Independent	M. P. Jagannath	1,051
	Independent	K. S. Ranu	138
	Independent	P. C. Hari	96
	Independent	L. V. Narayan	73
	Independent	Nathurmal	38
Margin of victory			70	0.75%
Margin of victory			2,725
Turnout			0		0.00
Registered electors			0		0.00
	MGP win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Goa Legislative Assembly
• North Goa district