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{{Infobox election
| election_name = Goa legislative assembly election,2007
| country = India
| type = legislative
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 2002 Goa Legislative Assembly election
| previous_year = 2002
| next_election = 2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election
| next_year = 2012
| election_date = 2 June 2007
| seats_for_election = All 40 seats in the Assembly
| turnout = 70% ({{increase}}1.25%)
| leader1 = [[Digambar Kamat]]
| leaders_seat1 = Margao
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| seats1 = 16
| seat_change1 = {{steady}} 0
| leader2 = [[Manohar Parrikar]]
| leaders_seat2 = Panaji
| party2 = Bharatiya Janata Party
| seats2 = 14
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 3
| title = [[Chief Minister of Goa|Chief Minister]]
| posttitle = [[Chief Minister of Goa|Chief Minister after election]]
| before_election = [[Pratapsingh Rane]]
| before_party = Indian National Congress
| after_election = [[Digambar Kamat]]
| after_party = Indian National Congress
| majority_seats = 21
}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2013}}

Elections for the Indian state of [[Goa]] took place 2 June 2007. Counting of votes began 5 June and the election process was completed by 8 June.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.eci.gov.in/CurrentElections/schedule_goa.asp |title=Election Commission India |access-date=25 May 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070517063902/http://www.eci.gov.in/CurrentElections/schedule_goa.asp |archive-date=17 May 2007 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

==Results==

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
! align="center" | Rank
! align="center" | Party
! align="center" | Seats Contested
! align="center" | Seats Won
|- style="background: #90EE90;"
|1||align="left"|'''[[Indian National Congress]]'''||32||'''16'''
|-style="background: #90EE90;"
|3||align="left"|'''[[Nationalist Congress Party]]'''||6||'''3'''
|-style="background: #90EE90;"
|4||align="left"|'''Save Goa Front'''||17||'''2'''
|-
|2||align="left"|'''[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]'''||33||'''14'''
|-
|4||align="left"|'''[[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak]]'''||26||'''2'''
|-
|5||align="left"|'''[[United Goans Democratic Party]]'''||11||'''1'''
|-
|4||align="left"|'''[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]'''||49||'''2'''
|-
| ||align="centre"|'''Total '''|| ||'''40'''
|}

== Winning candidates ==

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|-
!No.
!Constituency
!Winner
! colspan="2" |Party
!Margin
! Remark
|-
|-
| 1 || [[Mandrem (Goa Assembly constituency)|Mandrem]] || [[Laxmikant Parsekar]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
||
|
|-
| 2 || [[Pernem (Goa Assembly constituency)|Pernem]] || [[Dayanand Sopte]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
||
|
|-
| 3 || [[Dargalim (Goa Assembly constituency)|Dargalim]] || [[Manohar Ajgaonkar]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress]]
||
|
|-
| 4 || [[Tivim (Goa Assembly constituency)|Tivim]] || [[Nilkanth Halarnkar]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Nationalist Congress Party}}" |
| [[Nationalist Congress Party]]
||
|
|-
| 5 || [[Mapusa (Goa Assembly constituency)|Mapusa]] || [[Francis D'Souza (politician)|Francis D'Souza]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
||
|
|-
| 6 || [[Siolim (Goa Assembly constituency)|Siolim]] || [[Dayanand Mandrekar]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
||
|
|-
| 7 || [[Calangute (Goa Assembly constituency)|Calangute]] || [[Agnelo Fernandes]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress]]
||
|
|-
| 8 || [[Saligao (Goa Assembly constituency)|Saligao]] || [[Dilip Parulekar]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
||
|
|-
| 9 ||[[Aldona (Goa Assembly constituency)|Aldona]]|| [[Dayanand Narvekar]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress]]
||
|
|-
| 10 || [[Panaji (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Panaji]] || [[Manohar Parrikar]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
||
|
|-
| 11 || [[Taleigao (Goa Assembly constituency)|Taleigao]] || [[Atanasio Monserrate|Babush Monserrate]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|United Goans Democratic Party}}" |
| [[United Goans Democratic Party]]
||
|
|-
| 12 || [[St. Cruz (Goa Assembly constituency)|Santa Cruz]] || [[Victoria Fernandes]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress]]
||
|
|-
| 13 || [[St. Andre (Goa Assembly constituency)|St. Andre]] || [[Francisco Silveira]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress]]
||
|
|-
| 14 || [[Cumbarjua (Goa Assembly constituency)|Cumbarjua]] || [[Pandurang Madkaikar]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress]]
||
|
|-
| 15 || [[Bicholim (Goa Assembly constituency)|Bicholim]] || [[Rajesh Patnekar]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
||
|
|-
| 16 || [[Maem (Goa Assembly constituency)|Maem]] || [[Anant Shet]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
||
|
|-
| 17 || [[Pale (Goa Assembly constituency)|Pale]] || [[Gurudas Gauns]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress]]
||
| Expired
|-
| 18 || [[Poriem (Goa Assembly constituency)|Poriem]] || [[Pratapsing Rane]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress]]
||
|
|-
| 19 || [[Valpoi (Goa Assembly constituency)|Valpoi]] || [[Vishwajit Pratapsingh Rane]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent (politician)}}" |
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
||
| Joined [[Indian National Congress|INC]] and re-elected
|-
| 20 || [[Ponda (Goa Assembly constituency)|Ponda]] || [[Ravi Naik]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress]]
||
|
|-
| 21 || [[Priol (Goa Assembly constituency)|Priol]] || [[Deepak Dhavalikar]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}" |
| [[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party]]
||
|
|-
| 22 || [[Marcaim (Goa Assembly constituency)|Marcaim]] || [[Sudin Dhavalikar|Ramkrishna 'Sudin' Dhavalikar]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}" |
| [[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party]]
||
|
|-
| 23 || [[Siroda (Goa Assembly constituency)|Shiroda]] || [[Mahadev Naik]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
||
|
|-
| 24 || [[Mormugao (Goa Assembly constituency)|Mormugao]] || [[Milind Naik (politician)|Milind Naik]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
||
|
|-
| 25 || [[Vasco Da Gama (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Vasco Da Gama]] || [[Jose Philip D'Souza]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Nationalist Congress Party}}" |
| [[Nationalist Congress Party]]
||
|
|-
| 26 || [[Cortalim (Goa Assembly constituency)|Cortalim]] || [[Mauvin Godinho]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress]]
||
|
|-
| 27 || [[Nuvem (Goa Assembly constituency)|Loutolim]] || [[Aleixo Sequeira]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress]]
||
|
|-
| 28 || [[Benaulim (Goa Assembly constituency)|Benaulim]] || [[Mickky Pacheco]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Nationalist Congress Party}}" |
| [[Nationalist Congress Party]]
||
|
|-
| 29 || [[Fatorda (Goa Assembly constituency)|Fatorda]] || [[Damodar Naik]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
||
|
|-
| 30 || [[Margao (Goa Assembly constituency)|Margao]] || [[Digambar Kamat]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress]]
||
|
|-
| 31 || [[Curtorim (Goa Assembly constituency)|Curtorim]] || [[Aleixo Lourenco]]
| bgcolor= |
| [[Save Goa Front]]
||
|
|-
| 32 || [[Navelim (Goa Assembly constituency)|Navelim]] || [[Churchill Alemao]]
| bgcolor= |
| [[Save Goa Front]]
||
|
|-
| 33 || [[Velim (Goa Assembly constituency)|Velim]] || [[Filipe Nery Rodrigues]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress]]
||
|
|-
| 34 || [[Cuncolim (Goa Assembly constituency)|Cuncolim]] || [[Joaquim Alemao]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress]]
||
|
|-
| 35 || [[Sanvordem (Goa Assembly constituency)|Sanvordem]] || [[Anil Salgaocar]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent (politician)}}" |
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
||
|
|-
| 36 || [[Sanguem (Goa Assembly constituency)|Sanguem]] || [[Vasudev Gaonkar]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
||
|
|-
| 37 || [[Curchorem (Goa Assembly constituency)|Curchorem]] || [[Shyam Satardekar]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress]]
||
|
|-
| 38 || [[Quepem (Goa Assembly constituency)|Quepem]] || [[Chandrakant Kavlekar|Chandrakant 'Babu' Kavlekar]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress]]
||
|
|-
| 39 || [[Canacona (Goa Assembly constituency)|Canacona]] || [[Vijay Pai Khot]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
||
|
|-
| 40 || [[Poinguinim (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Poinguinim]] || [[Ramesh Tawadkar]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
||
|
|-
|}

== By-elections ==

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|-
!No.
!Constituency
!Winner
! colspan="2" |Party
!Margin
! Remark
|-
|-
|1
| [[Pale (Goa Assembly constituency)|Pale]]
| [[Pratap Gauns]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|
|
|-
|2
| [[Valpoi (Goa Assembly constituency)|Valpoi]]
| [[Vishwajit Pratapsingh Rane]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|
|
|-

|}

== Government formation ==
[[Indian National Congress]] in alliance with [[Nationalist Congress Party]] and Save Goa Front formed the government.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070517070346/http://www.eci.gov.in/CurrentElections/Goa_Assembly.asp ECI's Page - Goa Assembly Elections, 2007]

{{Goan elections}}

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