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. 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.

Background The term of the Legislative Assembly ended on March 18, 2017. The last election had resulted in a 21-seat majority to the Bharatiya Janata Party led by Manohar Parrikar. 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.

Opinion polls Polling firm Date BJP INC AAP OthersHuffPost-CVoterFeb 2017 151428The Week - HansaJan 201717-19 (18)11-13 (12)2-4 (3) 3-5 (4)Axis My India - India TodayJan 2017 20-24 (22) 13-15 (14) 2-4 (3) 1-2 (1)Axis My India - India TodayOct 2016 17-21 (19) 13-16 (15) 1-3 (2) 3-5 (4)KautilyaAug 2016117148VDP AssociatesJuly 201622693 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

| align="left"| Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | 2,97,588 || 32.5 || 2.2 | 13 || 8

| align="left"| Indian National Congress (INC) | 2,59,758 || 28.4 || 2.4 | 17 || 8

| align="left"| Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) | 1,03,290 || 11.3 || 4.6 | 3 ||

| align="left"| Independents (IND) | 1,01,922 || 11.1 || 5.5 | 3 || 2

| align="left"| Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) | 57,420 || 6.3 || 6.3 | 0 || |- | style="color:inherit;background:#353982"| | align="left"| Goa Forward Party (GFP) | 31,900 || 3.5 || 3.5 | 3 || 3

| align="left"| Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) | 20,916 || 2.3 || 1.8 | 1 || 1 |- | bgcolor="grey"| | align="left"| Goa Suraksha Manch (GSM) | 10,745 || 1.2 || 1.2 | 0 || |- | bgcolor="yellow"| | align="left"| United Goans Party (UGP) | 8,563|| 0.9 || 0.9 | 0 || |- | bgcolor="orange"| | align="left"| Goa Vikas Party (GVP) | 5,379 || 0.6 || 2.9 | 0 || 2 |- | bgcolor="black"| | align="left"| Others | 7,816 || 0.9 || 2.9 | 0 || |- | bgcolor=white| | align="left"| None of the Above (NOTA) | 10,919 || 1.2 || 1.2 | colspan="2" |- | colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"| |- style="font-weight:bold;" | align="left" colspan="2"| Total | 9,16,216 || 100.00 || bgcolor="#E9E9E9"| | 40 || ±0 |- ! colspan="9" | |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" |Valid votes | align="right" |9,16,216 | align="right" |99.85 | colspan="4" rowspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" |Invalid votes | align="right" |1,416 | align="right" |0.15 |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" |Votes cast / turnout | align="right" |9,17,832 | align="right" |82.56 |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" |Abstentions | align="right" | 1,93,860 | align="right" |17.44 |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" |Registered voters | align="right" | 11,11,692 |colspan="1" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|

Results by constituency The following is the list of winning MLAs in the election. ConstituencyWinnerRunner-upMarginCandidateParty Votes %CandidateParty Votes % Votes %1MandremDayanand SopteINC16,49059.85Laxmikant ParsekarBJP9,37134.017,11925.842Pernem (SC)Manohar AjgaonkarMGP15,74557.76Rajendra ArlekarBJP9,71535.646,03022.123BicholimRajesh PatnekarBJP10,65446.15Naresh SawalMGP9,98843.276662.884TivimNilkanth HalarnkarINC11,09949.59Kiran KandolkarBJP10,30446.047953.555MapusaFrancis D'SouzaBJP10,95749.01Vinod FadkeMGP4,12918.476,82830.546SiolimVinoda PaliencarGFP10,18943.76Dayanand MandrekarBJP8,74837.571,4416.197SaligaoJayesh SalgaonkarGFP9,73546.67Dilip ParulekarBJP7,59836.432,13710.248CalanguteMichael LoboBJP11,13655.93Joseph Robert SequeiraINC7,31136.723,82519.219PorvorimRohan KhaunteIND11,17457.36Guruprasad R. PawaskarBJP6,96135.734,21321.6310AldonaGlenn TicloBJP9,40543.93Amarnath PanjikarINC4,94923.124,45620.8111PanajiSidharth KuncalienkerBJP7,92446.17Atanasio MonserrateUGP6,85539.941,0696.2312TaleigaoJennifer MonserrateINC11,53451.71Dattaprasad NaikBJP8,67938.912,85512.8013St. CruzAntonio FernandesINC6,20228.30Hemant Dinanath GolatkarBJP5,56025.376422.9314St. AndreFrancisco SilveiraINC8,08749.30Ramrao Surya Naik WaghBJP3,01718.395,07030.9115CumbarjuaPandurang MadkaikarBJP12,39561.34Xavier FialhoINC3,96119.608,43441.7416MaemPravin ZantyeBJP12,43052.38Santosh Kumar SawantINC7,45631.424,97420.9617SanquelimPramod SawantBJP10,05843.04Dharmesh SaglaniINC7,92733.922,1319.1218PoriemPratapsingh RaneINC14,97755.38Vishwajit Krishnarao RaneBJP10,91140.354,06615.0319ValpoiVishwajit Pratapsingh RaneINC13,49354.05Satyavijay Subrai NaikBJP7,81531.315,67822.7420PriolGovind GaudeIND15,14957.17Deepak DhavalikarMGP10,46339.494,68617.6821PondaRavi NaikINC9,50238.25Sunil DesaiBJP6,49226.133,01012.1222SirodaSubhash ShirodkarINC11,15645.67Mahadev NaikBJP6,28625.734,87019.9423MarcaimSudin DhavalikarMGP17,09374.38Pradeep Pundalik ShetBJP3,41314.8513,68059.5324MormugaoMilind NaikBJP8,46649.25Sankalp AmonkarINC8,32648.441400.8125Vasco-da-GamaCarlos AlmeidaBJP8,76533.93Krishna V. SalkarIND7,41428.701,3515.2326DabolimMauvin GodinhoBJP7,23441.80Premanand NanoskarMGP4,74027.392,49414.4127CortalimAlina SaldanhaBJP5,66624.34Antonio VasIND5,14822.125182.2228NuvemWilfred D'saINC9,96747.00Francisco PachecoGSRP4,30720.315,66026.6929CurtorimAleixo LourencoINC12,84160.99Arthur D’SilvaBJP5,14424.437,69736.5630FatordaVijai SardesaiGFP10,51646.09Damu G. NaikBJP9,18240.241,3345.8531MargaoDigambar KamatINC12,10554.82Sharmad RaiturkarBJP7,92935.914,17618.9132BenaulimChurchill AlemaoNCP9,37344.37Royla Clarina FernandesAAP4,18219.795,19124.5833NavelimLuizinho FaleiroINC8,18338.78Avertano FurtadoIND5,70527.042,47811.7434CuncolimClafasio DiasINC6,41528.91Joaquim AlemaoIND6,38228.76330.1535VelimFilipe Nery RodriguesINC10,41744.77Benjamin SilvaIND5,16422.195,25322.5836QuepemChandrakant KavlekarINC13,52551.42Prakash VelipBJP10,93341.562,5929.8637CurchoremNilesh CabralBJP12,83060.01Shyam SatardekarGSM3,74217.509,08842.5138SanvordemDeepak PauskarMGP14,57558.13Ganesh GaonkarBJP9,35437.315,22120.8239SanguemPrasad GaonkarIND7,63633.98Subhash Phal DesaiBJP6,69929.819374.1740CanaconaIsidore FernandesINC10,85338.50Vijay Pai KhotBJP8,74531.022,1087.48

By-elections held ConstituencyWinnerRunner UpMargin No. Name Date Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %11Panaji11 March 2017Manohar Parrikar9,86263.4Girish Chodankar5,05932.564,803The Panaji Assembly bypoll was held after Manohar Parrikar was sworn in as Chief Minister of Goa without being a sitting member of the Legislative Assembly.11Panaji19 May 2019Atanasio Monserrate8,74852.33Sidharth Kuncalienker6,99041.821,758The Panaji Assembly bypoll was held following the demise of the incumbent MLA and Chief Minister, Manohar Parrikar.19Valpoi11 March 2017Vishwajit Rane16,18870.19Roy Naik6,10126.4510,087The Valpoi Assembly bypoll was held following the resignation of the incumbent MLA, Vishwajit Rane, after he switched parties.5Mapusa19 May 2019Joshua De Souza11,16749.74Sudhir Rama Kandolkar10,01644.611,151The Mapusa Assembly bypoll was held following the death of the incumbent MLA, Francis D'Souza.22Siroda19 May 2019Subhash Shirodkar10,66144.12Deepak Dhavalikar10,58543.8176The Siroda Assembly bypoll was held following the resignation of the incumbent MLA, Subhash Shirodkar, after switching parties.1Mandrem19 May 2019Dayanand Sopte13,46848.65Jit Arolkar9,34333.754,125The Mandrem Assembly bypoll was held following the resignation of the incumbent MLA, Dayanand Sopte, after switching parties.

2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election

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