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{{Short description|Election in Indian state}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2002 Goa Legislative Assembly election
| country = India
| type = legislative
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1999 Goa Legislative Assembly election
| previous_year = 1999
| next_election = 2007 Goa Legislative Assembly election
| next_year = 2007
| election_date = 30 May 2002
| seats_for_election = All 40 seats in the Assembly
| turnout = 68.75% ({{increase}} 3.75%)
|image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image=The official photograph of the Union Minister for Defence, Shri Manohar Parrikar.jpg|bSize=100|cWidth=80|cHeight=100|oLeft=10|oTop=03}}
| leader1 = [[Manohar Parrikar]]
| leaders_seat1 = [[Panaji Assembly constituency|Panaji]]
| party1 = Bharatiya Janata Party
| seats1 = 17
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 7
| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Pratapsingh Rane.jpg|bSize=100|cWidth=80|cHeight=100|oLeft=10|oTop=06}}
| leader2 = [[Pratapsing Rane]]
| leaders_seat2 = [[Poriem Assembly constituency|Poriem]]
| party2 = Indian National Congress
| seats2 = 16
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 5
| title = [[Chief Minister of Goa|Chief Minister]]
| posttitle = [[Chief Minister of Goa|Chief Minister after election]]
| before_election = [[Manohar Parrikar]]
| before_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| after_election = [[Manohar Parrikar]]
| after_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| majority_seats = 21
}}

Elections for the Indian state of [[Goa]] took place 2002.<ref>[https://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/member_past_list.php?srch_mode=QUERY&cmbassemblyid=4 Goa Vidhan Sabha]</ref><ref>[https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3853-goa-2002/ Election Commission India]</ref>

== Parties contested==
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! No.
! Party
! Flag
! Symbol
! Leader
!Seats contested
|-
|! style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}};color:white"|'''1.'''
| style="text-align:center| [[Indian National Congress]]
|[[File:INC Flag Official.jpg|50px]]
| [[File:INC Logo.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center|[[Pratapsingh Rane]]
| style="text-align:center|40
|-
|! style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};color:white"|'''2.'''
| style="text-align:center| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[File:BJP flag.svg|50px]]
|[[File:Lotus flower symbol.svg|50px]]
| style="text-align:center| [[Manohar Parrikar]]
| style="text-align:center| 39
|-
|! style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}};color:white"|'''3.'''
| style="text-align:center| [[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party]]
| [[File:Blank.svg|50px]] 
| [[File:Indian Election Symbol Lion.svg|50px]]
|style="text-align:center| [[Shashikala Kakodkar]]
|style="text-align:center| 25
|-
|! style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Nationalist Congress Party}};color:white"|'''4.'''
| style="text-align:center| [[Nationalist Congress Party]]
| [[File:Flag of Nationalist Congress Party.svg|50px]]
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Clock.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center| [[Sharad Pawar]]
| style="text-align:center| 20
|-
|! style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|United Goans Democratic Party}};color:white"|'''5.'''
| style="text-align:center| [[United Goans Democratic Party]]
|[[File:Blank.svg|50px]]
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Two Leaves.png|50px]]
|style="text-align:center| [[Churchill Alemao]]
|style="text-align:center| 10
|}

==Results==

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
!colspan=10|[[File:India Goa Legislative Assembly 2002.svg]]
|-
! align="center" | Rank
! align="center" | Party
! align="center" | Seats Contested
! align="center" | Seats Won
|- style="background: #90EE90;"
|1||align="left"|'''[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]'''||39||'''17'''
|-
|2||align="left"|'''[[Indian National Congress]]'''||40||'''16'''
|-style="background:
|- style="background: #90EE90;"
|4||align="left"|'''[[United Goans Democratic Party]]'''||10||'''3'''
|- style="background: #90EE90;"
|3||align="left"|'''[[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak]]'''||25||'''2'''
|-"background: #90EE90;"
|5||align="left"|'''[[Nationalist Congress Party]]'''||20||'''1'''
|-style="background:
|6||align="left"|'''[[Independent politician|Independent]]'''||48||'''1'''
|-
| ||align="centre"|'''Total '''|| ||'''40'''
|}

==Results by constituency==
The following is the list of winning MLAs in the election.<ref>[http://www.elections.in/goa/assembly-constituencies/2002-election-results.html List of Successful Candidates in Goa Assembly Election in 2002]</ref>
* Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency<ref>{{cite web|website=eci.gov.in |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2002 to the Legislative Assembly of Meghalaya |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2002/Stat_rep_se2002_GA.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101007072027/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2002/Stat_rep_se2002_GA.pdf |archive-date=7 October 2010 |access-date=15 February 2024|format=pdf}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="2" |Assembly Constituency
!Turnout
! colspan="5" |Winner
! colspan="5" |Runner Up
! rowspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Margin
|-
! #k
! Names
!%
! Candidate
! colspan="2" | Party
! data-sort-type=number | Votes
!%
! Candidate
! colspan="2" | Party
! data-sort-type=number | Votes
!%
|-
|1||[[Mandrem Assembly constituency|Mandrem]]||78.34%||[[Laxmikant Parsekar]]||{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}||5,955||39.05%||Khalap Ramakant||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||5,047||33.1%||style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|'''908'''
|-
|2||[[Bicholim Assembly constituency|Bicholim]]||78.27%||[[Rajesh Patnekar]]||{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}||8,960||54.28%||[[Pandurang Raut]]||{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}||6,400||38.77%||style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|'''2,560'''
|-
|3||[[Panaji Assembly constituency|Panaji]]||65.82%||[[Manohar Parrikar]]||{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}||5,700||55.58%||Silimkhan Ramesh||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||4,408||42.98%||style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|'''1,292'''
|-
|4||[[Quepem Assembly constituency|Quepem]]||73.09%||[[Babu Kavlekar]]||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||8,913||47.04%||[[Prakash Velip]]||{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}||7,058||37.25%||style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|'''1,855'''
|-
|5||[[Curchorem Assembly constituency|Curchorem]]||73.31%||Ramrao Dessai ||{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}||9,806||53.29%||Domnick Fernandes||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||8,027||43.62%||style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|'''1,779'''
|-
|6||[[Mormugao Assembly constituency|Mormugao]]||54.52%||Vaz Giovanni Karl||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||4,635||30.91%||[[Sheikh Hassan Haroon]]||{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}||4,192||27.95%||style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|'''443'''
|-
|7||[[Pernem Assembly constituency|Pernem]]||77.06%||Deshprabhu Jitendra Raghuraj||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||6,778||48.27%||Dayanand Raghunath Sopate||{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}||4,449||31.68%||style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|'''2,329'''
|-
|8||[[Siolim Assembly constituency|Siolim]]||70.76%||[[Dayanand Mandrekar]]||{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}||7,152||40.49%||Fernandes Francis Gregorio||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||5,245||29.69%||style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|'''1,907'''
|-
|9||[[Calangute Assembly constituency|Calangute]]||68.52%||Fernandes Agnelo||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||9,711||53.32%||Suresh Vishwanath Parulekar||{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}||7,641||41.96%||style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|'''2,070'''
|-
|10||[[Mapusa Assembly constituency|Mapusa]]||61.93%||[[Francis D'Souza (politician)|Francis D'Souza]]||{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}||8,378||52.18%||Braganza Armindo Jose||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||6,271||39.06%||style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|'''2,107'''
|-
|11||[[Tivim Assembly constituency|Tivim]]||70.93%||[[Sadanand Shet Tanavade]]||{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}||6,961||38.38%||Nilkanth Ramnath Halarnkar||{{party name with color|Nationalist Congress Party}}||6,440||35.51%||style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|'''521'''
|-
|12||[[St. Cruz Assembly constituency|St. Cruz]]||64.16%||[[Victoria Fernandes]]||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||6,658||40.13%||Anil Roghuvir Hoble||{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}||6,618||39.89%||style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|'''40'''
|-
|13||[[St. Andre Assembly constituency|St. Andre]]||70.49%||[[Francisco Silveira]]||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||6,982||44.6%||Pegado Carmo Rafael Andre Jose||{{party name with color|Nationalist Congress Party}}||4,196||26.8%||style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|'''2,786'''
|-
|14||[[Ponda Assembly constituency|Ponda]]||67.51%||[[Ravi Naik]]||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||10,745||50.29%||Naik Shripad Yasso||{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}||9,425||44.11%||style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|'''1,320'''
|-
|15||[[Siroda Assembly constituency|Siroda]]||78.28%||[[Subhash Shirodkar]]||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||9,738||51.92%||Prabhu Vishwanath Tukaram||{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}||8,603||45.87%||style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|'''1,135'''
|-
|16||[[Cuncolim Assembly constituency|Cuncolim]]||62.44%||[[Joaquim Alemao]]||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||6,426||44.48%||[[Arecio D'Souza]]||{{party name with color|Nationalist Congress Party}}||4,038||27.95%||style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|'''2,388'''
|-
|17||[[Curtorim Assembly constituency|Curtorim]]||66.12%||[[Francisco Sardinha]]||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||8,907||56.37%||Lourenco Bruno Santos||{{party name with color|Independent politician}}||6,056||38.33%||style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|'''2,851'''
|-
|18||[[Cumbarjua Assembly constituency|Cumbarjua]]||67.84%||[[Pandurang Madkaikar]]||{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}||6,546||37.58%||Nirmala P. Sawant||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||5,938||34.09%||style="background:{{party color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}"|'''608'''
|-
|19||[[Saligao Assembly constituency|Saligao]]||70.59%||[[Wilfred de Souza]]||{{party name with color|Nationalist Congress Party}}||4,263||28.69%||D' Mello Trejano Agricio||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||3,537||23.8%||style="background:{{party color|Nationalist Congress Party}}"|'''726'''
|-
|20||[[Taleigao Assembly constituency|Taleigao]]||67.07%||[[Atanasio Monserrate]]||{{party name with color|United Goans Democratic Party}}||7,237||42.31%||Zuwarkar Somnath Datta||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||4,976||29.09%||style="background:{{party color|United Goans Democratic Party}}"|'''2,261'''
|-
|21||[[Maem Assembly constituency|Maem]]||71.88%||[[Harish Narayan Prabhu Zantye]]||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||6,430||48.22%||Prakash J. Fadte||{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}||4,474||33.55%||style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|'''1,956'''
|-
|22||[[Priol Assembly constituency|Priol]]||75.16%||[[Vishwas Satarkar]]||{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}||8,071||41.62%||Amonkar Shrikant Sagun||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||6,409||33.05%||style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|'''1,662'''
|-
|23||[[Poriem Assembly constituency|Poriem]]||77.11%||[[Pratapsingh Rane]]||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||9,126||55.78%||Santoba Krishnarao Dessai||{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}||6,557||40.08%||style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|'''2,569'''
|-
|24||[[Sanvordem Assembly constituency|Sanvordem]]||71.42%||[[Vinay Dinu Tendulkar]]||{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}||8,195||48.3%||Salgaocar Anil Vassudeva||{{party name with color|Independent politician}}||5,084||29.96%||style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|'''3,111'''
|-
|25||[[Dargalim Assembly constituency|Dargalim]]||72.93%||[[Manohar Ajgaonkar]]||{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}||8,467||74.08%||Dhargalkar Balkrishna Atmaram||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||2,705||23.67%||style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|'''5,762'''
|-
|26||[[Aldona Assembly constituency|Aldona]]||65.61%||[[Dayanand Narvekar]]||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||9,957||50.73%||[[Ulhas Asnodkar]]||{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}||7,944||40.48%||style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|'''2,013'''
|-
|27||[[Pale Assembly constituency|Pale]]||76.58%||[[Suresh Amonkar]]||{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}||8,519||49.84%||Gawas Gurudas Prabhakar||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||6,965||40.75%||style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|'''1,554'''
|-
|28||[[Valpoi Assembly constituency|Valpoi]]||77.04%||[[Narahari Haldankar]]||{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}||6,137||49.54%||[[Venkatesh Desai]]||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||5,785||46.7%||style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|'''352'''
|-
|29||[[Marcaim Assembly constituency|Marcaim]]||75.89%||[[Sudin Dhavalikar]]||{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}||11,587||63.91%||Naik Santosh Mahanandu||{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}||3,737||20.61%||style="background:{{party color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}"|'''7,850'''
|-
|30||[[Vasco Da Gama Assembly constituency|Vasco Da Gama]]||56.22%||[[Rajendra Arlekar]]||{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}||5,605||35.6%||[[Jose Philip D'Souza]]||{{party name with color|Nationalist Congress Party}}||4,509||28.64%||style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|'''1,096'''
|-
|31||[[Cortalim Assembly constituency|Cortalim]]||64.61%||[[Matanhy Saldanha]]||{{party name with color|United Goans Democratic Party}}||6,741||37.93%||Godinho Mauvin Heliodoro||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||5,891||33.15%||style="background:{{party color|United Goans Democratic Party}}"|'''850'''
|-
|32||[[Loutolim Assembly constituency|Loutolim]]||66.75%||[[Aleixo Sequeira]]||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||8,873||62.88%||Gracias Radharao Socrates||{{party name with color|United Goans Democratic Party}}||4,119||29.19%||style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|'''4,754'''
|-
|33||[[Benaulim Assembly constituency|Benaulim]]||67.56%||[[Mickky Pacheco]]||{{party name with color|United Goans Democratic Party}}||7,752||51.52%||[[Churchill Alemao]]||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||6,703||44.54%||style="background:{{party color|United Goans Democratic Party}}"|'''1,049'''
|-
|34||[[Fatorda Assembly constituency|Fatorda]]||61.04%||Damodar (Damu) G. Naik||{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}||5,695||34.97%||Cardoz Luis Alex Florenci||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||5,107||31.36%||style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|'''588'''
|-
|35||[[Margao Assembly constituency|Margao]]||55.05%||[[Digambar Kamat]]||{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}||8,525||65.37%||Chodankar Girish Raya||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||3,781||28.99%||style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|'''4,744'''
|-
|36||[[Navelim Assembly constituency|Navelim]]||58.7%||[[Luizinho Faleiro]]||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||10,245||59.5%||Raikar John Lourence||{{party name with color|Independent politician}}||5,668||32.92%||style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|'''4,577'''
|-
|37||[[Velim Assembly constituency|Velim]]||64.02%||[[Filipe Nery Rodrigues]]||{{party name with color|Independent politician}}||8,664||67.35%||D'Silva Marcus Sebastiano||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||3,148||24.47%||style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}"|'''5,516'''
|-
|38||[[Sanguem Assembly constituency|Sanguem]]||71.32%||[[Vasudev Gaonkar]]||{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}||5,747||43.46%||Satyawan Bhadru Dessai||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||4,910||37.13%||style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|'''837'''
|-
|39||[[Canacona Assembly constituency|Canacona]]||78.62%||Vijay Anandrao Pai Khot||{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}||8,531||58.95%||Sanjay Bandekar||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||5,648||39.03%||style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|'''2,883'''
|-
|40||[[Poinguinim Assembly constituency|Poinguinim]]||77.66%||[[Isidore Fernandes (politician)|Isidore Fernandes]]||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||5,641||49.42%||[[Ramesh Tawadkar]]||{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}||3,773||33.05%||style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|'''1,868'''
|}

== By Elections ==

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|-
!No.
!Constituency
!Winner
! colspan="2" |Party
!Margin
! Remark
|-
|-
| 1 || [[Benaulim Assembly constituency|Benaulim]] || [[Mickky Pacheco]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Nationalist Congress Party}}" |
| [[Nationalist Congress Party]]
||
| Due to the resignation of [[Mickky Pacheco]]
|-
| 2 || [[Cumbarjua Assembly constituency|Cumbarjua]] || [[Pandurang Madkaikar]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress]]
||
| Due to the resignation of [[Pandurang Madkaikar]]
|-
| 3 || [[Margao Assembly constituency|Margao]] || [[Digambar Kamat]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress]]
||
| Due to the resignation of [[Digambar Kamat]]
|-
| 4 || [[Poinguinim Assembly constituency|Poinguinim]] || [[Isidore Fernandes (politician)|Isidore Fernandes]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
||
| Due to resignation of [[Isidore Fernandes (politician)|Isidore Fernandes]]
|-
| 5 || [[Poinguinim Assembly constituency|Poinguinim]] || [[Ramesh Tawadkar]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
||
| Due to resignation of [[Isidore Fernandes (politician)|Isidore Fernandes]]
|-
| 6 || [[Taleigao Assembly constituency|Taleigao]] || [[Atanasio Monserrate|Babush Monserrate]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress]]
||
| Due to resignation of [[Atanasio Monserrate|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]].

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Goan elections}}

[[Category:State Assembly elections in Goa]]
[[Category:2000s in Goa]]
[[Category:2002 State Assembly elections in India|Goa]]

2002 Goa Legislative Assembly election - Revision history

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