Elections for the Indian state of Goa took place 2002.Election Commission India

Parties contested No. Party Flag Symbol LeaderSeats contested1. Indian National Congress Pratapsingh Rane402. Bharatiya Janata Party Manohar Parrikar 393. Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party Shashikala Kakodkar 254. Nationalist Congress Party Sharad Pawar 205. United Goans Democratic Party Churchill Alemao 10

Results

Rank Party Seats Contested Seats Won1Bharatiya Janata Party39172Indian National Congress40164United Goans Democratic Party1033Maharashtrawadi Gomantak2525Nationalist Congress Party2016Independent481 Total 40

Results by constituency The following is the list of winning MLAs in the election.List of Successful Candidates in Goa Assembly Election in 2002 Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency Assembly ConstituencyTurnout WinnerRunner UpMargin #k Names% Candidate Party Votes% Candidate Party Votes%1Mandrem78.34%Laxmikant Parsekar5,95539.05%Khalap Ramakant5,04733.1%9082Bicholim78.27%Rajesh Patnekar8,96054.28%Pandurang Raut6,40038.77%2,5603Panaji65.82%Manohar Parrikar5,70055.58%Silimkhan Ramesh4,40842.98%1,2924Quepem73.09%Babu Kavlekar8,91347.04%Prakash Velip7,05837.25%1,8555Curchorem73.31%Ramrao Dessai 9,80653.29%Domnick Fernandes8,02743.62%1,7796Mormugao54.52%Vaz Giovanni Karl4,63530.91%Sheikh Hassan Haroon4,19227.95%4437Pernem77.06%Deshprabhu Jitendra Raghuraj6,77848.27%Dayanand Raghunath Sopate4,44931.68%2,3298Siolim70.76%Dayanand Mandrekar7,15240.49%Fernandes Francis Gregorio5,24529.69%1,9079Calangute68.52%Fernandes Agnelo9,71153.32%Suresh Vishwanath Parulekar7,64141.96%2,07010Mapusa61.93%Francis D'Souza8,37852.18%Braganza Armindo Jose6,27139.06%2,10711Tivim70.93%Sadanand Shet Tanavade6,96138.38%Nilkanth Ramnath Halarnkar6,44035.51%52112St. Cruz64.16%Victoria Fernandes6,65840.13%Anil Roghuvir Hoble6,61839.89%4013St. Andre70.49%Francisco Silveira6,98244.6%Pegado Carmo Rafael Andre Jose4,19626.8%2,78614Ponda67.51%Ravi Naik10,74550.29%Naik Shripad Yasso9,42544.11%1,32015Siroda78.28%Subhash Shirodkar9,73851.92%Prabhu Vishwanath Tukaram8,60345.87%1,13516Cuncolim62.44%Joaquim Alemao6,42644.48%Arecio D'Souza4,03827.95%2,38817Curtorim66.12%Francisco Sardinha8,90756.37%Lourenco Bruno Santos6,05638.33%2,85118Cumbarjua67.84%Pandurang Madkaikar6,54637.58%Nirmala P. Sawant5,93834.09%60819Saligao70.59%Wilfred de Souza4,26328.69%D' Mello Trejano Agricio3,53723.8%72620Taleigao67.07%Atanasio Monserrate7,23742.31%Zuwarkar Somnath Datta4,97629.09%2,26121Maem71.88%Harish Narayan Prabhu Zantye6,43048.22%Prakash J. Fadte4,47433.55%1,95622Priol75.16%Vishwas Satarkar8,07141.62%Amonkar Shrikant Sagun6,40933.05%1,66223Poriem77.11%Pratapsingh Rane9,12655.78%Santoba Krishnarao Dessai6,55740.08%2,56924Sanvordem71.42%Vinay Dinu Tendulkar8,19548.3%Salgaocar Anil Vassudeva5,08429.96%3,11125Dargalim72.93%Manohar Ajgaonkar8,46774.08%Dhargalkar Balkrishna Atmaram2,70523.67%5,76226Aldona65.61%Dayanand Narvekar9,95750.73%Ulhas Asnodkar7,94440.48%2,01327Pale76.58%Suresh Amonkar8,51949.84%Gawas Gurudas Prabhakar6,96540.75%1,55428Valpoi77.04%Narahari Haldankar6,13749.54%Venkatesh Desai5,78546.7%35229Marcaim75.89%Sudin Dhavalikar11,58763.91%Naik Santosh Mahanandu3,73720.61%7,85030Vasco Da Gama56.22%Rajendra Arlekar5,60535.6%Jose Philip D'Souza4,50928.64%1,09631Cortalim64.61%Matanhy Saldanha6,74137.93%Godinho Mauvin Heliodoro5,89133.15%85032Loutolim66.75%Aleixo Sequeira8,87362.88%Gracias Radharao Socrates4,11929.19%4,75433Benaulim67.56%Mickky Pacheco7,75251.52%Churchill Alemao6,70344.54%1,04934Fatorda61.04%Damodar (Damu) G. Naik5,69534.97%Cardoz Luis Alex Florenci5,10731.36%58835Margao55.05%Digambar Kamat8,52565.37%Chodankar Girish Raya3,78128.99%4,74436Navelim58.7%Luizinho Faleiro10,24559.5%Raikar John Lourence5,66832.92%4,57737Velim64.02%Filipe Nery Rodrigues8,66467.35%D'Silva Marcus Sebastiano3,14824.47%5,51638Sanguem71.32%Vasudev Gaonkar5,74743.46%Satyawan Bhadru Dessai4,91037.13%83739Canacona78.62%Vijay Anandrao Pai Khot8,53158.95%Sanjay Bandekar5,64839.03%2,88340Poinguinim77.66%Isidore Fernandes5,64149.42%Ramesh Tawadkar3,77333.05%1,868

By Elections

No.Constituency Winner Party Margin Remark 1 Benaulim Mickky Pacheco Nationalist Congress Party Due to the resignation of Mickky Pacheco 2 Cumbarjua Pandurang Madkaikar Indian National Congress Due to the resignation of Pandurang Madkaikar 3 Margao Digambar Kamat Indian National Congress Due to the resignation of Digambar Kamat 4 Poinguinim Isidore Fernandes Bharatiya Janata Party Due to resignation of Isidore Fernandes 5 Poinguinim Ramesh Tawadkar Bharatiya Janata Party Due to resignation of Isidore Fernandes 6 Taleigao Babush Monserrate Indian National Congress Due to resignation of Babush Monserrate

Government formation

On 3 June 2002, Bharatiya Janata Party formed its first government in Goa under the leadership of Manohar Parrikar which lasted for 2 years and 244 days. Government fell due to Digambar Kamat fallout Bharatiya Janata Party.

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