2002 Goa Legislative Assembly election

Goa legislative assembly election, 2002
All 40 seats in the Assembly; 21 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	68.75% ( 3.75%)
Chief Minister before election; Manohar Parrikar; BJP	Chief Minister after election ; Manohar Parrikar; BJP

Elections for the Indian state of Goa took place 2002.^[1]^[2]

Results


Rank	Party	Seats Contested	Seats Won
1	Bharatiya Janata Party	39	17
2	Indian National Congress	40	16
4	United Goans Democratic Party	10	3
3	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak	25	2
5	Nationalist Congress Party	20	1
6	Independent	48	1
	Total		40

Results by constituency

The following is the list of winning MLAs in the election.^[3]

Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency^[4]

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

By Elections

No.	Constituency	Winner		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.

References

^ Goa Vidhan Sabha
^ Election Commission India
^ List of Successful Candidates in Goa Assembly Election in 2002
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2002 to the Legislative Assembly of Meghalaya" (PDF). eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2024.

[1] Goa Vidhan Sabha

[2] Election Commission India

[3] List of Successful Candidates in Goa Assembly Election in 2002

[4] "Statistical Report on General Election, 2002 to the Legislative Assembly of Meghalaya" (PDF). eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2024.

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