The Goa legislative assembly election was held on 3 March 2012, to select the 40 members of the Sixth Goa Legislative Assembly, as the term of 5th Goa Legislative Assembly ended in March 2012.
The result was announced on 6 March. The Bharatiya Janata Party-Maharashtrawadi Gomantak alliance defeated the incumbent Indian National Congress government in Goa led by Chief Minister Digambar Kamat with 24 seats in the 40-seat assembly. The Bharatiya Janata Party won 21 seats, while the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party won 3 seats. The MLA with the biggest margin of victory was the incumbent MLA Frances D'Souza of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Former chief minister Manohar Parrikar was sworn in as the new chief minister on 9 March.
Timetable The timetable of the electoral events are:
EventDate Issue of Notification6 February Candidature filing deadling13 February Clearance of nominees14 February Candidature withdrawal deadline16 February Election3 March Result6 March Deadline to finish election9 March
Parties The Indian National Congress (INC), Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are the national political parties in the fray. Other regional parties include the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak, Goa Vikas Party, United Goans Democratic Party and Go Su-raj Party.
Issues The issue of the cultural identity of Goa has also come to the fore in the past few years. The population of Goa has rapidly swelled due to increasing migration levels from neighboring Karnataka and Maharashtra, as well as from further afield such as Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
Corruption Following the 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement several allegations of corruption have been made on the incumbent government going to elections this year.
Nepotism was also an issue. Former CM and current head of the Goa TMC Wilfred de Souza accused the INC of perpetrating a "Family Raj" in its allotment of tickets for the election to relatives of INC leaders from such families as the Naiks, Alemaos, Ranes, and Monserrates. He also cited the denial of an electoral ticket to his son-in-law Tulio D’Souza in Saligao Assembly constituency despite the INC also denying him a ticket.
He also criticized the inability of incumbent CM Digambar Kamat to have stopped illegal mining while he was the minister of mining and finance minister in the previous government. He cited a report by a commission led by Justice M. B. Shah to investigate illegal mining in the country that suggested potential revenue of US$423 million was lost through illegal ore exports after he said he had seen a "leaked" version of the report.
Parties and alliances
colspan="6" United Progressive Alliance Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats Digambar Kamat 33 Sharad Pawar 7 Total40
colspan="6" National Democratic Alliance Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats Manohar Parrikar 28 Sudin Dhavalikar 7 4 Total39
List of candidates ConstituencyNDAUPA1MandremLaxmikant ParsekarDayanand Raghunath Sopte2PernemRajendra ArlekarManohar Trimbak Ajgaoankar3BicholimManohar Pandurang ShirodkarRajesh T. Patnekar4TivimKiran Mohan KandolkarNilkanth Ramnath Halarnkar5MapusaFrancis D'SouzaAshish Tulshidas Shirodkar6SiolimDayanand MandrekarUday Dattaram Paliemkar7SaligaoDilip ParulekarSuresh V. Parulekar8CalanguteMichael Vincent LoboAgnelo Nicholas Fernandes9PorvorimGovind ParvatkarFermeena P. Khaunte10AldonaTiclo Glenn J V A E SouzaDayanand G. Narvekar11PanajiManohar ParrikarYatin Parekh12TaleigaoDattaprasad Madhukar NaikJennifer A. Monserrate13St. CruzDinar Purshottam Kamat TarcarAtanasio J. Monserrate14St. AndreVishnu Surya Naik WaghFrancisco Silveira15CumbarjuaNirmala P. SawantPandurang A. Madkaikar16MaemAnant ShetRudresh Chodankar17SanquelimPramod SawantPratap Gauns18PoriemVishwajit Krishnarao RanePratapsingh Raoji Rane19ValpoiSatyavijay Subrai NaikVishwajit Pratapsingh Rane20PriolPandurang Alias Deepak DhavalikarDhaku A. Madkaikar21PondaLavoo MamledarRavi Naik22SirodaMahadev Narayan NaikSubhash Ankush Shirodkar23MarcaimRamkrishna Alias Sudin DhavalikarRitesh Naik24MormugaoMilind Sagun NaikSankalp Padmanabh Amonkar25Vasco-da-GamaJose Luis Carlos AlmeidaJose Filepe D'Souza26DabolimPremanand NanoskarMauvin Heliodoro Godinho27CortalimMatanhy SaldanhaCaitan Xavier28NuvemPrabhakar Rupo GaudeAleixo Sequeira29CurtorimDomnic GaonkarAleixo Reginaldo Lourenco30FatordaDamodar (Damu) G. NaikM. K. Shaikh31MargaoMahatme RupeshDigambar Kamat32BenaulimDid not contestValanka Alemao33NavelimAvertano FurtadoChurchill Alemao34CuncolimSubhash Alias Rajan Kashinath NaikAlemao Joaquim35VelimBenjamin SilvaFilipe Nery Rodrigues36QuepemPrakash Arjun VelipChandrakant Kavalekar37CurchoremNilesh CabralShyam Gopinath Satardekar38SanvordemGanesh Chandru GaonkarGovind Sawant39SanguemSubhash U. Phal DessaiAlemao Yuri40CanaconaRamesh Bombo TawadkarIsidore Aleixinho Fernandes
Results
! scope="col" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;" |Party ! scope="col" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Seats contested ! scope="col" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Seats won ! scope="col" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Seat change ! scope="col" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Vote share |- style="background: #90EE90;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" |Bharatiya Janata Party | 28 | 21 | 7 | 34.68% |- style="background: #90EE90;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" |Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party | 7 | 3 | 1 | 6.72% |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" |Indian National Congress | 34 | 9 | 7 | 30.78% |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" |Nationalist Congress Party | 6 | 0 | 3 | 4.08% |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" |United Goans Democratic Party | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.17% |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" |Goa Vikas Party | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3.5% |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" |Save Goa Front | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0% |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" |Independents | 72 | 5 | 3 | 16.67% |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; font-weight:bold" ! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" |Total | | 40
Detailed results ConstituencyWinnerRunner-upMarginCandidateParty Votes %CandidateParty Votes % Votes %1MandremLaxmikant ParsekarBJP11,95546.11Dayanand Raghunath SopteINC8,52032.863,43513.252Pernem (SC)Rajendra ArlekarBJP16,40663.37Manohar Trimbak AjgaoankarINC8,05331.108,35332.273BicholimNaresh Rajaram SawalIND8,33139.68Rajesh T. PatnekarINC6,53231.111,7998.574TivimKiran Mohan KandolkarBJP10,47351.56Nilkanth Ramnath HalarnkarNCP9,36146.081,1125.485MapusaFrancis D'souzaBJP14,95574.00Ashish Tulshidas ShirodkarNCP4,78623.6810,16950.326SiolimDayanand MandrekarBJP11,43052.83Uday Dattaram PaliemkarINC9,25942.802,17110.037SaligaoDilip ParulekarBJP10,08451.96D'souza TulioIND4,27622.035,80829.938CalanguteMichael Vincent LoboBJP9,89153.91Agnelo Nicholas FernandesINC8,02243.721,86910.199PorvorimRohan KhaunteIND7,97247.93Govind ParvatkarBJP7,07142.529015.4110AldonaTiclo Glenn J V A E SouzaBJP11,31555.77Dayanand G. NarvekarINC7,83938.643,47617.1311PanajiManohar ParrikarBJP11,08666.13Yatin ParekhINC5,01829.936,06836.2012TaleigaoJennifer A. MonserrateINC10,68250.88Dattaprasad Madhukar NaikBJP9,53145.391,1515.4913St. CruzAtanasio J. MonserrateINC8,64440.43Rodolfo Louis FernandesIND6,30829.502,33610.9314St. AndreVishnu Surya Naik WaghBJP8,81851.24Francisco SilveiraINC7,59944.161,2197.0815CumbarjuaPandurang A. MadkaikarINC9,55648.22Nirmala P. SawantIND7,98140.271,5757.9516MaemAnant ShetBJP12,05453.79Pravin ZantyeIND6,33528.275,71925.5217SanquelimPramod SawantBJP14,25566.02Pratap GaunsINC7,33733.986,91832.0418PoriemPratapsingh Raoji RaneINC13,77255.09Vishwajit Krishnarao RaneBJP11,22544.912,54710.1819ValpoiVishwajit Pratapsingh RaneINC12,41253.66Satyavijay Subrai NaikBJP9,47340.962,93912.7020PriolPandurang Alias Deepak DhavalikarMAG12,26449.72Govind GaudeIND10,16441.202,1008.5221PondaLavoo MamledarMAG12,66254.51Ravi NaikINC9,47240.773,19013.7422SirodaMahadev Narayan NaikBJP12,21653.15Subhash Ankush ShirodkarINC9,95443.312,2629.8423MarcaimRamkrishna Alias Sudin DhavalikarMAG14,95265.94Ritesh NaikINC7,72234.067,23031.8824MormugaoMilind Sagun NaikBJP7,41945.69Sankalp Padmanabh AmonkarINC6,50640.079135.6225Vasco-da-GamaJose Luis Carlos AlmeidaBJP11,46852.72Jose Filepe D'SouzaNCP6,97832.084,49020.6426DabolimMauvin Heliodoro GodinhoINC7,46848.89Premanand NanoskarMAG6,52442.719446.1827CortalimMatanhy SaldanhaBJP7,42736.37Nelly RodriguesGVP5,15825.262,26911.1128NuvemMickky PachecoGVP12,28856.90Aleixo SequeiraINC8,09237.474,19619.4329CurtorimAleixo Reginaldo LourencoINC11,22157.11Domnic GaonkarIND7,15236.404,06920.7130FatordaVijai SardesaiIND10,37548.39Damodar (Damu) G. NaikBJP8,43639.351,9399.0431MargaoDigambar KamatINC12,04154.36Mahatme RupeshBJP7,58934.264,45220.1032BenaulimCaetano R. SilvaGVP9,69545.95Valanka AlemaoINC7,69436.472,0019.4833NavelimAvertano FurtadoIND10,23154.48Churchill AlemaoINC8,08643.062,14511.4234CuncolimSubhash Alias Rajan Kashinath NaikBJP7,73837.31Alemao JoaquimINC6,42530.981,3136.3335VelimBenjamin SilvaIND13,16459.49Filipe Nery RodriguesINC8,23837.234,92622.2636QuepemChandrakant KavlekarINC10,99444.22Prakash Shankar VelipIND4,62118.596,37325.6337CurchoremNilesh CabralBJP14,29972.20Shyam Gopinath SatardekarINC5,50727.808,79244.4038SanvordemGanesh Chandru GaonkarBJP10,58545.34Arjun Anil SalgaocarIND8,29435.532,2919.8139SanguemSubhash Phal DesaiBJP7,45434.67Alemao YuriNCP6,97132.424832.2540CanaconaRamesh Bombo TawadkarBJP14,32853.89Isidore Aleixinho FernandesINC11,62443.722,70410.17
By-election Shortly after the election, the Cortalim seat was opened for a by-election following the death of the incumbent, Matanhy Saldanha, as a result of a heart attack. His wife, Alina Saldanha, was originally scheduled to run against Raymond D’Sa of the INC and independent candidate Ramakant Borkar, though the latter two soon withdrew from the race and she was elected unopposed on 25 May. She was given her husband's ministerial portfolio as forest minister. She immediately said that she would not allow mining on forest land.
Analysis The Daily Pioneer called this election "the first time that the BJP has stamped its success in so many of those constituencies that have a significant population of the minority community."
Bypolls (2012–2017) S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election2721 May 2012CortalimJosé Matanhy de SaldanhaAlina Saldanha11 13 February 2015 Panaji Manohar Parrikar Sidharth Kuncalienker
References
External links Goa Election Commission