1999 Goa Legislative Assembly election

Goa legislative assembly election, 1999
	1999
	1999
All 40 seats in the Assembly; 21 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	65%
Chief Minister before election; Luizinho Faleiro; INC	Chief Minister after election ; Luizinho Faleiro; INC

Elections for the Indian state of Goa took place 1999.[1][2]

Results

Rank	Party	Seats Contested	Seats Won
1	Indian National Congress	40	21
2	Bharatiya Janata Party	39	10
3	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak	17	4
4	United Goans Democratic Party	11	2
5	Goa Rajiv Congress Party	14	2
6	Independent	49	1
	Total		40

Results by constituency

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

No.	Constituency	Winner		Margin
1	Mandrem	Ramakant Khalap	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	1,182
2	Pernem	Jitendra Deshprabhu	Indian National Congress	1,166
3	Dargalim	Manohar Ajgaonkar	Indian National Congress	1,096
4	Tivim	Dayanand Narvekar	Indian National Congress	2,656
5	Mapusa	Francis D'Souza	Goa Rajiv Congress Party	1,575
6	Siolim	Dayanand Mandrekar	Bharatiya Janata Party	792
7	Calangute	Suresh Parulekar	United Goans Democratic Party	749
8	Saligao	Wilfred de Souza	Goa Rajiv Congress Party	464
9	Aldona	Ulhas Asnodkar	Bharatiya Janata Party	3,849
10	Panaji	Manohar Parrikar	Bharatiya Janata Party	2,749
11	Taleigao	Somanth Juwarkar	Indian National Congress	1,827
12	Santa Cruz	Victoria Fernandes	Indian National Congress	5,387
13	St. Andre	Francisco Silveira	Indian National Congress	2,704
14	Cumbarjua	Nirmala Sawant	Indian National Congress	850
15	Bicholim	Pandurang Raut	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	90
16	Maem	Prakash Fadte	Bharatiya Janata Party	838
17	Pale	Suresh Amonkar	Bharatiya Janata Party	2,351
18	Poriem	Pratapsing Rane	Indian National Congress	4,458
19	Valpoi	Venkatesh Desai	Indian National Congress	854
20	Ponda	Ravi Naik	Indian National Congress	4,036
21	Priol	Vishwas Satarkar	Bharatiya Janata Party	1,970
22	Marcaim	Ramkrishna 'Sudin' Dhavalikar	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	694
23	Shiroda	Subhash Shirodkar	Indian National Congress	3,209
24	Mormugao	Sheikh Hassan Haroon	Indian National Congress	1,023
25	Vasco Da Gama	Jose Philip D'Souza	United Goans Democratic Party	1,508
26	Cortalim	Mauvin Godinho	Indian National Congress	1,101
27	Loutolim	Aleixo Sequeira	Indian National Congress	Unopposed
28	Benaulim	Churchill Alemao	Indian National Congress	4,837
29	Fatorda	Luis Cardozo	Indian National Congress	2,743
30	Margao	Digambar Kamat	Bharatiya Janata Party	3,277
31	Curtorim	Francisco Sardinha	Indian National Congress	9,550
32	Navelim	Luizinho Faleiro	Indian National Congress	9,761
33	Velim	Filipe Nery Rodrigues	Indian National Congress	5,272
34	Cuncolim	Arecio D’Souza	Indian National Congress	2,214
35	Sanvordem	Vinay Tendulkar	Bharatiya Janata Party	676
36	Sanguem	Prabhakar Gaonkar	Bharatiya Janata Party	787
37	Curchorem	Adv. Ramrao Desai	Bharatiya Janata Party	369
38	Quepem	Prakash Velip	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	369
39	Canacona	Sanjay Bandekar	Indian National Congress	171
40	Poinguinim	Isidore Fernandes	Independent	1,659

Government formation

Indian National Congress formed the government under the leadership of Luizinho Faleiro which lasted for 169 days. Francisco Sardinha broke the Indian National Congress and formed the government with the help of Bharatiya Janata Party which lasted for 334 days.

On 24 October 2000, Bharatiya Janata Party formed its first government in Goa under the leadership of Manohar Parrikar which lasted for 1 year and 223 days before the next elections were called off.

References

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[1] Goa Vidhan Sabha

[2] Election Commission India

[3] List of Successful Candidates in Goa Assembly Election in 1999