2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election
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The Goa Legislative Assembly election, 2017 will be held in early 2017, to elect the 40 members of the Goa Legislative Assembly, as the term of current Legislative Assembly ends on March 18, 2017.[1] VVPAT-fitted EVMs will be used at 284 polling booths in Goa elections in 2017.[2]
Schedule
It is expected that Election schedule might come by Jan OR Feb And the elections might take place by Feb end or March 2017.[3]
Candidate List
Goa AAP 1st Candidate List 2017 announced on 13th September 2016.List of 4 candidates declared.[4] AAP has decided to contest elections from all 40 constituencies in Goa.[5]
Background
The term of current Legislative Assembly ends on March 18, 2017.[1] 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]
| Rank | Party | Seats Contested | Seats Won | % Votes | % Votes in Seats Contested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Indian National Congress (INC) | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) | - | |||
| 4 | Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) | - | |||
| 5 | Goa Vikas Party (GVP) | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | Save Goa Front (SGF) | - | |||
| 8 | All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) | - | |||
| 9 | United Goans Democratic Party (UGDP) | - | |||
| 10 | Independents | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 40 |
Opinion polls
| Polling firm/Link | Date | MGP-BJP | INC | AAP | Others |
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| Goa News[9] | Aug 2016 | 6+11 | 7 | 14 | 2 |
| VDP Associates[10] | Aug 2016 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 2 |
| Leadtech Online | Aug 2016 | 24 | 6 | 9 | 1 |
References
- ^ a b "Terms of the Houses". eci.nic.in. Election Commission of India/National Informatics Centre. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
- ^ http://www.navhindtimes.in/assembly-election-churchill-for-use-of-vvpat-fitted-evms/
- ^ http://infoelections.com/infoelection/index.php/goa-news/7358-goa-assembly-election-schedule-2017.html
- ^ http://infoelections.com/infoelection/index.php/goa-news/7959-goa-aap-first-candidate-list-2017.html
- ^ http://infoelections.com/infoelection/index.php/goa-news/7918-goa-aap-candidate-list-2017.html
- ^ Prakash Kamat (March 7, 2012). "Riding anti-incumbency wave, BJP storms to power in Goa". The Hindu. 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.
- ^ "Kautilya Survey: AAP 14, BJP 11; Parrikar CM choice; hung Assembly". Retrieved 2016-08-13.
- ^ "Goa Opinion Poll 2017". Retrieved 2016-09-06.