2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election
The Goa Legislative Assembly election, 2017 was held on February 4, 2017 to elect the 40 members of the Goa Legislative Assembly, as the term of current Legislative Assembly ends on March 18, 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]
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2017 Goa Assembly Election Reulsts
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 | Feb 2017 | 8 | 21 | 2 | 9 |
| The Week - Hansa | Jan 2017 | 17-19 (18) | 11-13 (12) | 2-4 (3) | 3-5 (4) |
| Axis - India Today | Jan 2017 | 20-24 (22) | 13-15 (14) | 2-4 (3) | 1-2 (1) |
| Axis - India Today | Oct 2016 | 17-21 (19) | 13-17 (15) | 1-3 (2) | 3-5 (4) |
| Kautilya | Aug 2016 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 8 |
| VDP Associates | July 2016 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 3 |
| Polls Average | 18 | 11 | 6 | 5 | |
Results
| Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ± % | Won | +/− | ||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | 297,588 | 32.5 | 2.2 |
13 | 8 | |||
| Indian National Congress (INC) | 259,758 | 28.4 | 2.4 |
17 |  8 | |||
| Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MAG) | 103,290 | 11.3 | 4.6 |
3 |  | |||
| Independents (IND) | 101,922 | 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 |
N/A | ||||
| 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.[10]
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 | Panaji | Atanasio Monserrate | INC | 1758 | Joined BJP in 2019 | |
| 6 | Mandrem | Dayanand Sopte | BJP | 4124 | ||
See also
References
- "Announcement: Schedule for the General Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- "Terms of the Houses". eci.nic.in. Election Commission of India/National Informatics Centre. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
- "AnnexureVI VVPAT Page 24" (PDF).
- "Poll panel to introduce paper trail for Goa polls".
- An election of many firsts
- Prakash Kamat (March 7, 2012). "Riding anti-incumbency wave, BJP storms to power in Goa". The Hindu. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
- "Manohar Parrikar gets defence, Suresh Prabhu becomes new railway minister". India Today. November 9, 2014. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
- "Meet Laxmikant Parsekar: Goa's new chief minister, a BJP loyalist". Firstpost. November 9, 2014. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
- http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2017/Goa/05.Performance%20of%20Political%20Parties.pdf
- "List of Successful Candidates" (Xlsx). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
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