Indian state legislative election
2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/50px-Flag_of_India.svg.png)
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All 40 seats in Goa Legislative Assembly 21 seats needed for a majority |
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Turnout | 82.56% 0.38% |
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| First party | Second party | | | | Leader | Pratapsingh Rane | Laxmikant Parsekar | Party | INC | BJP | Alliance | UPA | NDA | Leader's seat | Poriem | Mandrem (lost) | Last election | 9 | 21 | Seats won | 17 | 13 | Seat change | 8 | 8 | Popular vote | 259,758 | 297,588 | Percentage | 28.4% | 32.5% | Swing | 2.3% | 2.1% | | | Third party | Fourth party | | | | Leader | Sudin Dhavalikar | Vijai Sardesai | Party | MGP | GFP | Alliance | NDA | NDA | Leader's seat | Marcaim | Fatorda | Last election | 3 | New party | Seats won | 3 | 3 | Seat change | | 3 | Popular vote | 103,290 | 31,900 | Percentage | 11.3% | 3.5% | Swing | 4.6% | 3.5% | |
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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]
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 |
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HuffPost-CVoter[9] | Feb 2017 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 8 |
The Week - Hansa[10] | Jan 2017 | 17-19 (18) | 11-13 (12) | 2-4 (3) | 3-5 (4) |
Axis My India - India Today[11] | Jan 2017 | 20-24 (22) | 13-15 (14) | 2-4 (3) | 1-2 (1) |
Axis My India - India Today[12] | Oct 2016 | 17-21 (19) | 13-16 (15) | 1-3 (2) | 3-5 (4) |
Kautilya[13] | Aug 2016 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 8 |
VDP Associates[14] | July 2016 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 3 |
Election results | March 2017 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 10 |
Turnout
District | Electors | Polled | Turnout % |
North Goa | 540,785 | 458,074 | 84.71% |
South Goa | 570,907 | 459,758 | 80.53% |
Results
← Summary of the 4 February 2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election results[15] Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats |
Votes | % | ± % | Won | +/− |
| Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | 2,97,588 | 32.5 | 2.2 | 13 | 8 |
| Indian National Congress (INC) | 2,59,758 | 28.4 | 2.4 | 17 | 8 |
| Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MAG) | 1,03,290 | 11.3 | 4.6 | 3 | |
| Independents (IND) | 1,01,922 | 11.1 | 5.5 | 3 | 2 |
| Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) | 57,420 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 0 | |
| Goa Forward Party (GFP) | 31,900 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3 | 3 |
| Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) | 20,916 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1 | 1 |
| Goa Suraksha Manch (GSM) | 10,745 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0 | |
| United Goans Party (UGP) | 8,563 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0 | |
| Goa Vikas Party (GVP) | 5,379 | 0.6 | 2.9 | 0 | 2 |
| Others | 7,816 | 0.9 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| None of the Above (NOTA) | 10,919 | 1.2 | 1.2 | — |
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Total | 9,16,216 | 100.00 | | 40 | ±0 |
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Valid votes | 9,16,216 | 99.85 | |
Invalid votes | 1,416 | 0.15 |
Votes cast / turnout | 9,17,832 | 82.56 |
Abstentions | 1,93,860 | 17.44 |
Registered voters | 11,11,692 | |
Results by Constituency
The following is the list of winning MLAs in the election.[16]
By-elections
See also
References
- ^ "Announcement: Schedule for the General Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- ^ a b "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" (PDF). eci.nic.in. 4 January 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-06-22.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Rukmini S (2 February 2017). "HuffPost-CVoter Pre-Poll Survey: Aam Aadmi Party Set To Win Punjab, Hung Assembly In Goa". HuffPost. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ Prasannan, R. (5 February 2017). "Vote for instability". The Week. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ India Today Web Desk (6 January 2017). "India Today-Axis Opinion Poll on Goa: In key state, AAP eyed, BJP takes the cake". India Today. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ Ajit Kumar Jha (24 October 2016). "Saffron strike". India Today. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ Murari Shetye (13 August 2016). "Survey shows AAP to win 14 out of 40 seats in Goa". Times of India. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ Srividhya Iyer (8 February 2017). "Goa Assembly Elections 2017 Opinion Poll Results: BJP To Secure Thumping Majority, AAP Comes A Close Second". India.com. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ "Performance of Political Parties" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-07-29.
- ^ "List of Successful Candidates" (Xlsx). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
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