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The Goa Legislative Assembly election, 2017 was held on February 4, 2017 to elect the 40 members of the Seventh Goa Legislative Assembly, as the term of Sixth Legislative Assembly ended on March 18, 2017.[1][2] 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.[3][4][5] <section end="Lead"/>
Background
The term of the Legislative Assembly ended on March 18, 2017.[2] The last election had resulted in a 21-seat majority to the Bharatiya Janata Party led by Manohar Parrikar.[6] 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.[7][8]
Opinion polls
| Polling firm | Date | BJP | INC | AAP | Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background:Template:Party color;"| | style="background:Template:Party color;"| | style="background:Template:Party color | | style="background:Template:Party color;"| | ||
| HuffPost-CVoter | Feb 2017 | 8 | 21 | 2 | 9 |
| The Week - Hansa | Jan 2017 | 17-19 (18) | 11-13 (12) | 2-4 (3) | 3-5 (4) |
| Axis My India - India Today | Jan 2017 | 20-24 (22) | 13-15 (14) | 2-4 (3) | 1-2 (1) |
| Axis My India - India Today | Oct 2016 | 17-21 (19) | 13-17 (15) | 1-3 (2) | 3-5 (4) |
| Kautilya | Aug 2016 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 8 |
| VDP Associates | July 2016 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 3 |
| style="background:Template:Party color;" | Election results | style="background:Template:Party color;" | March 2017 | style="background:Template:Party color;" | 13 | style="background:Template:Party color;" | 17 | style="background:Template:Party color;" | 0 | style="background:Template:Party color;" | 10 |
Turnout
| District | Electors | Polled | Turnout % |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Goa | 540,785 | 458,074 | 84.71% |
| South Goa | 570,907 | 459,758 | 80.53% |
Results
<section begin=Results />Template:Election table |- bgcolor="#E9E9E9" align="center" ! style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2" colspan="2" width="485"| Parties and coalitions ! colspan="3"| Popular vote ! colspan="2"| Seats |- bgcolor="#E9E9E9" align="center" ! width="70"| Votes ! width="45"| % ! width="45"| ± % ! width="30"| Won ! width="30"| +/− |- | Template:Party color cell | align="left"| Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | 2,97,588 || 32.5 || Template:Decrease2.2 | 13 || Template:Decrease8 |- | Template:Party color cell | align="left"| Indian National Congress (INC) | 2,59,758 || 28.4 || Template:Decrease2.4 | 17 || Template:Increase8 |- | Template:Party color cell | align="left"| Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MAG) | 1,03,290 || 11.3 || Template:Increase4.6 | 3 || Template:Steady |- | Template:Party color cell | align="left"| Independents (IND) | 1,01,922 || 11.1 || Template:Decrease5.5 | 3 || Template:Decrease2 |- | Template:Party color cell | align="left"| Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) | 57,420 || 6.3 || Template:Increase6.3 | 0 || Template:Steady |- | bgcolor="#353982"| | align="left"| Goa Forward Party (GFP) | 31,900 || 3.5 || Template:Increase3.5 | 3 || Template:Increase3 |- | Template:Party color cell | align="left"| Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) | 20,916 || 2.3 || Template:Decrease1.8 | 1 || Template:Increase1 |- | bgcolor="grey"| | align="left"| Goa Suraksha Manch (GSM) | 10,745 || 1.2 || Template:Increase1.2 | 0 || Template:Steady |- | bgcolor="yellow"| | align="left"| United Goans Party (UGP) | 8,563|| 0.9 || Template:Increase0.9 | 0 || Template:Steady |- | bgcolor="orange"| | align="left"| Goa Vikas Party (GVP) | 5,379 || 0.6 || Template:Decrease2.9 | 0 || Template:Decrease2 |- | bgcolor="black"| | align="left"| Others | 7,816 || 0.9 || Template:Decrease2.9 | 0 || Template:Steady |- | bgcolor=white| | align="left"| None of the Above (NOTA) | 10,919 || 1.2 || Template:Increase1.2 | colspan="2" Template:N/A |- | 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"| |- Template:End<section end=Results />
Results by Constituency
The following is the list of winning MLAs in the election.[9]
By-elections
| No. | Constituency | Winner | Party | Margin | Remark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Panaji | Manohar Parrikar | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | BJP | 4803 | Expired |
| 2 | Valpoi | Vishwajit Pratapsingh Rane | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | BJP | 10066 | |
| 3 | Mapusa | Joshua D'Souza | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | BJP | 1151 | |
| 4 | Shiroda | Subhash Shirodkar | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | BJP | 76 | |
| 5 | Mandrem | Dayanand Sopte | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | BJP | 4124 | |
| 6 | Panaji | Atanasio Monserrate | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | INC | 1758 | Joined BJP in 2019 |
See also
References
- ↑ Announcement: Schedule for the General Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. Election Commission of India(4 January 2017). Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Terms of the Houses. eci.nic.in. Election Commission of India/National Informatics Centre. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
- ↑ AnnexureVI VVPAT Page 24 - Corrigendum in the Election Schedule of the Manipur, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assemblies Election, 2017 – reg.. eci.nic.in(4 January 2017).
- ↑ Poll panel to introduce paper trail for Goa polls | Goa News - Times of India. The Times of India.
- ↑ An election of many firsts in Goa | Goa News - Times of India. The Times of India.
- ↑ Riding anti-incumbency wave, BJP storms to power in Goa. The Hindu(March 7, 2012). Retrieved May 23, 2016.
- ↑ Manohar Parrikar gets defence, Suresh Prabhu becomes new railway minister. India Today(November 9, 2014). Retrieved May 23, 2016.
- ↑ Meet Laxmikant Parsekar: Goa's new chief minister, a BJP loyalist. Firstpost(November 9, 2014). Retrieved May 23, 2016.
- ↑ List of Successful Candidates. Election Commission of India.