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{{Infobox election
{{Infobox election
| election_name     = 2017 Goa legislative assembly election
| election_name = 2017 Goa legislative assembly election
| country           = India
| country = India
| type               = parliamentary
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing           = Yes
| ongoing = Yes
| party_colour       =  
| party_colour =  
| previous_election = 2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election
| previous_election = 2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election
| previous_year     = 2012
| previous_year = 2012
| election_date     = 4 February 2017
| election_date = 4 February 2017
| next_election     = 2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election
| next_election = 2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election
| next_year         = 2022
| next_year = 2022
| seats_for_election = All 40 seats in [[Goa Legislative Assembly]]
| seats_for_election = All 40 seats in [[Goa Legislative Assembly]]
| majority_seats     = 21
| majority_seats = 21
| turnout           = 82.56% {{decrease}} 0.38%
| turnout = 82.56% {{decrease}} 0.38%


<!-- INC -->
<!-- INC -->| image1 = [[File:Pratapsingh Rane.jpg|150x150px]]
| image1             = [[File:Pratapsingh Rane.jpg|x170px]]
| leader1 = [[Pratapsingh Rane]]
| leader1           = [[Pratapsingh Rane]]
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| party1             = Indian National Congress
| leaders_seat1 = [[Poriem (Goa Assembly constituency)|Poriem]]
| leaders_seat1     = [[Poriem (Goa Assembly constituency)|Poriem]]
| last_election1 = 9
| last_election1     = 9
| seats1 = 17
| seats1             = 17
| seats_after1 =  
| seats_after1       =
| seat_change1 = {{gain}} 8
| seat_change1       = {{gain}} 8
| popular_vote1 = 259,758
| popular_vote1     = 259,758
| percentage1 = 28.4%
| percentage1       = 28.4%
| alliance1 = United Progressive Alliance
| alliance1         = United Progressive Alliance


<!-- BJP -->
<!-- BJP -->| image2 = [[File:Laxmikant Parsekar.jpg|150x150px]]
| image2             = [[File:Laxmikant Parsekar.jpg|x170px]]
| leader2 = [[Laxmikant Parsekar]]
| leader2           = [[Laxmikant Parsekar]]
| party2 = Bharatiya Janata Party
| party2             = Bharatiya Janata Party
| leaders_seat2 = [[Mandrem (Goa Assembly constituency)|Mandrem]] <br /> {{small|(''lost'')}}
| leaders_seat2     = [[Mandrem (Goa Assembly constituency)|Mandrem]] <br /> {{small|(''lost'')}}
| last_election2 = 21
| last_election2     = 21
| seats2 = 13
| seats2             = 13
| seat_change2 = {{loss}} 8
| seat_change2       = {{loss}} 8
| popular_vote2 = 297,588
| popular_vote2     = 297,588
| percentage2 = 32.5%
| percentage2       = 32.5%
| alliance2 = National Democratic Alliance
| alliance2         = National Democratic Alliance


<!-- MAG -->
<!-- MAG -->| image4 = [[File:Sudin-dhavalikar.jpg|150x150px]]
| image4             = {{CSS image crop|Image =Sudin-dhavalikar.jpg|bSize = 300|cWidth = 130|cHeight = 170|oTop = 60|oLeft = 80}}
| leader4 = [[Sudin Dhavalikar]]
| leader4           = [[Sudin Dhavalikar]]
| party4 = Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
| party4             = Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
| leaders_seat4 = [[Marcaim (Goa Assembly constituency)|Marcaim]]
| leaders_seat4     = [[Marcaim (Goa Assembly constituency)|Marcaim]]
| last_election4 = 3
| last_election4     = 3
| seats4 = 3
| seats4             = 3
| seat_change4 = {{nochange}}
| seat_change4       = {{nochange}}
| popular_vote4 = 103,290
| popular_vote4     = 103,290
| percentage4 = 11.3%
| percentage4       = 11.3%
| alliance4 = National Democratic Alliance
| alliance4         = National Democratic Alliance


<!-- GFP-->
<!-- GFP-->| image5 = [[File:Vijai Sardesai.jpg|150x150px]]
| image5             = {{CSS image crop|Image =Vijai Sardesai.jpg|bSize = 150|cWidth = 130|cHeight = 170|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}
| leader5 = [[Vijai Sardesai]]
| leader5           = [[Vijai Sardesai]]
| party5 = Goa Forward Party
| party5             = Goa Forward Party  
| leaders_seat5 = [[Fatorda (Goa Assembly constituency)|Fatorda]]
| leaders_seat5     = [[Fatorda (Goa Assembly constituency)|Fatorda]]  
| last_election5 = ''New party''
| last_election5     = ''New party''
| seats5 = 3
| seats5             = 3
| seat_change5 = {{gain}} 3
| seat_change5       = {{gain}} 3
| popular_vote5 = 31,900
| popular_vote5     = 31,900
| percentage5 = 3.5%
| percentage5       = 3.5%
| alliance5 = National Democratic Alliance
| alliance5         = National Democratic Alliance


<!-- RESULT -->
<!-- RESULT -->| title = [[List of Chief Ministers of Goa|Chief Minister]]
| title             = [[List of Chief Ministers of Goa|Chief Minister]]
| before_election = [[Laxmikant Parsekar]]
| before_election   = [[Laxmikant Parsekar]]
| before_party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| before_party       = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| after_election = [[Manohar Parrikar]]
| after_election     = [[Manohar Parrikar]]
| after_party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| after_party       = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| map_image = 2017 Goa assembly elections.png
 
| map_size = 350px
| map_image         = 2017 Goa assembly elections.png
| map_caption =  
| map_size           = 350px
| swing1 = {{decrease}} 2.3%
| map_caption       =  
| swing2 = {{decrease}} 2.1%
| swing4 = {{increase}} 4.6%
| swing5 = {{increase}} 3.5%
}}
}}
 
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[[File:India Goa Assembly 2019.svg|2017 Goa Assembly Election Reulsts|thumb|right]]
The '''Goa Legislative Assembly election, 2017''' was held on February 4, 2017 to elect the 40 members of the [[Seventh Goa Legislative Assembly|Seventh]] [[Goa Legislative Assembly]], as the term of [[Sixth Goa Legislative Assembly|Sixth Legislative Assembly]] ended on March 18, 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN1_04012017.pdf|title=Announcement: Schedule for the General Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh |date=4 January 2017 |publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=4 January 2017}}</ref><ref name=eci>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/terms_of_houses.aspx |title=Terms of the Houses |website=eci.nic.in |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]/[[National Informatics Centre]] |access-date=May 23, 2016 }}</ref> [[Voter-verified paper audit trail|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.<ref>{{cite web|date=4 January 2017|title=AnnexureVI VVPAT Page 24 - Corrigendum in the Election Schedule of the Manipur, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assemblies Election, 2017 – reg.|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN2Corrigendum_04012017.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170622181615/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN2Corrigendum_04012017.pdf|archive-date=2017-06-22|website=eci.nic.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/poll-panel-to-introduce-paper-trail-for-goa-polls/articleshow/55823177.cms|title=Poll panel to introduce paper trail for Goa polls &#124; Goa News - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/an-election-of-many-firsts/articleshow/56009463.cms|title=An election of many firsts in Goa &#124; Goa News - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref>
The '''Goa Legislative Assembly election, 2017''' was held on February 4, 2017 to elect the 40 members of the [[Goa Legislative Assembly]], as the term of current Legislative Assembly ends on March 18, 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN1_04012017.pdf|title=Announcement: Schedule for the General Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh |date=4 January 2017 |publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=4 January 2017}}</ref><ref name=eci>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/terms_of_houses.aspx |title=Terms of the Houses |website=eci.nic.in |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]/[[National Informatics Centre]] |access-date=May 23, 2016 }}</ref> [[Voter-verified paper audit trail|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.<ref>{{cite web|date=4 January 2017|title=AnnexureVI VVPAT Page 24 - Corrigendum in the Election Schedule of the Manipur, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assemblies Election, 2017 – reg.|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN2Corrigendum_04012017.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170622181615/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN2Corrigendum_04012017.pdf|archive-date=2017-06-22|website=eci.nic.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/poll-panel-to-introduce-paper-trail-for-goa-polls/articleshow/55823177.cms|title=Poll panel to introduce paper trail for Goa polls &#124; Goa News - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/an-election-of-many-firsts/articleshow/56009463.cms|title=An election of many firsts in Goa &#124; Goa News - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref>
<section end="Lead"/>
 
==Background==
==Background==
The term of the Legislative Assembly ended on March 18, 2017.<ref name=eci /> The [[2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election|last election]] had resulted in a 21-seat majority to the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] led by [[Manohar Parrikar]].<ref>{{cite news |author=Prakash Kamat |date=March 7, 2012 |title=Riding anti-incumbency wave, BJP storms to power in Goa |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/riding-antiincumbency-wave-bjp-storms-to-power-in-goa/article2966215.ece |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=May 23, 2016 }}</ref> Parrikar was elected [[Chief Minister of Goa|Chief Minister]]. In 2014, he had to resign due to being nominated as [[Minister of Defence (India)|Minister of Defence]]. [[Laxmikant Parsekar]] took oath as Chief Minister as Parrikar's successor.<ref>{{cite news |date=November 9, 2014 |title=Manohar Parrikar gets defence, Suresh Prabhu becomes new railway minister |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/manohar-parrikar-gets-defence-suresh-prabhu-railway-minister-nadda-sadananda-gowda/1/399942.html |newspaper=[[India Today]] |access-date=May 23, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=November 9, 2014 |title=Meet Laxmikant Parsekar: Goa's new chief minister, a BJP loyalist |url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/meet-laxmikant-parsekar-goas-new-chief-minister-a-bjp-loyalist-1793503.html |newspaper=[[Firstpost]] |access-date=May 23, 2016 }}</ref>
The term of the Legislative Assembly ended on March 18, 2017.<ref name=eci /> The [[2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election|last election]] had resulted in a 21-seat majority to the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] led by [[Manohar Parrikar]].<ref>{{cite news |author=Prakash Kamat |date=March 7, 2012 |title=Riding anti-incumbency wave, BJP storms to power in Goa |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/riding-antiincumbency-wave-bjp-storms-to-power-in-goa/article2966215.ece |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=May 23, 2016 }}</ref> Parrikar was elected [[Chief Minister of Goa|Chief Minister]]. In 2014, he had to resign due to being nominated as [[Minister of Defence (India)|Minister of Defence]]. [[Laxmikant Parsekar]] took oath as Chief Minister as Parrikar's successor.<ref>{{cite news |date=November 9, 2014 |title=Manohar Parrikar gets defence, Suresh Prabhu becomes new railway minister |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/manohar-parrikar-gets-defence-suresh-prabhu-railway-minister-nadda-sadananda-gowda/1/399942.html |newspaper=[[India Today]] |access-date=May 23, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=November 9, 2014 |title=Meet Laxmikant Parsekar: Goa's new chief minister, a BJP loyalist |url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/meet-laxmikant-parsekar-goas-new-chief-minister-a-bjp-loyalist-1793503.html |newspaper=[[Firstpost]] |access-date=May 23, 2016 }}</ref>


==Opinion polls==
==Opinion polls==
{|class="wikitable collapsible" style="text-align:center;font-size:85%;line-height:25px"
{{Unreferenced section|date=March 2022}}
|- style="height:30px; background-color:#E9E9E9"
{|class="wikitable collapsible" style="text-align:center; line-height:25px"
|-   background-color:#E9E9E9"
! style="width:195px;" rowspan="2"| Polling firm
! style="width:195px;" rowspan="2"| Polling firm
! style="width:70px;" rowspan="2"| Date
! style="width:70px;" rowspan="2"| Date
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! style="background:{{party color|Other parties}};"|
! style="background:{{party color|Other parties}};"|
|-
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |HuffPost-CVoter
| style="text-align:left;" |HuffPost-[[CVoter]]
|Feb 2017  
|Feb 2017  
|8
|8
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|3-5 (4)
|3-5 (4)
|-
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |Axis - India Today  
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Axis My India]] - [[India Today]]
|Jan 2017
|Jan 2017
| '''20-24 (22)'''
| '''20-24 (22)'''
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| 1-2 (1)
| 1-2 (1)
|-
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |Axis - India Today  
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Axis My India]] - [[India Today]]
|Oct 2016
|Oct 2016
| 17-21 (19)
| 17-21 (19)
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|8
|8
|-
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |VDP Associates
| style="text-align:left;" |VDP Associates  
|July 2016
|July 2016
|'''22'''
|'''22'''
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|3
|3
|-  
|-  
| colspan="2" | '''Polls Average'''
|style="background:{{party color|Independent (politician)}};" | '''Election results'''
| 18
|style="background:{{party color|Independent (politician)}};"  | '''March 2017'''
| 11
|style="background:{{party color|Independent (politician)}};"  | 13
| 6
|style="background:{{party color|Independent (politician)}};"  | 17
| 5
|style="background:{{party color|Independent (politician)}};"  | 0
|style="background:{{party color|Independent (politician)}};"  | 10
|}
|}


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==Results==
==Results==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size:95%;"
<section begin=Results />{{election table|title=[[2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election#Results|←]] Summary of the 4 February 2017 [[Goa Legislative Assembly]] election results<ref>{{Cite web|title=Performance of Political Parties|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2017/Goa/05.Performance%20of%20Political%20Parties.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729230429/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2017/Goa/05.Performance%20of%20Political%20Parties.pdf|archive-date=2018-07-29|website=eci.nic.in}}</ref>}}
|+ [[2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election#Results|←]] Summary of the 4 February 2017 [[Goa Legislative Assembly]] election results<ref>{{Cite web|title=Performance of Political Parties|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2017/Goa/05.Performance%20of%20Political%20Parties.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729230429/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2017/Goa/05.Performance%20of%20Political%20Parties.pdf|archive-date=2018-07-29|website=eci.nic.in}}</ref>
|-
|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9" align="center"
|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9" align="center"
! style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2" colspan="2" width="485"| Parties and coalitions
! style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2" colspan="2" width="485"| Parties and coalitions
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! width="30"| +/−
! width="30"| +/−
|-
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| {{party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party|1px}}
| align="left"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP)
| align="left"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP)
| 2,97,588 || 32.5 || {{decrease}}2.2
| 2,97,588 || 32.5 || {{decrease}}2.2
| 13 || {{decrease}}8
| 13 || {{decrease}}8
|-
|-
| width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress|1px}}
| align="left"| [[Indian National Congress]] (INC)
| align="left"| [[Indian National Congress]] (INC)
| 2,59,758 || 28.4 || {{decrease}}2.4
| 2,59,758 || 28.4 || {{decrease}}2.4
| 17 || {{increase}}8
| 17 || {{increase}}8
|-
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}"|
| {{party color cell|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party|1px}}
| align="left"| [[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party]] (MAG)
| align="left"| [[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party]] (MAG)
| 1,03,290 || 11.3 || {{increase}}4.6
| 1,03,290 || 11.3 || {{increase}}4.6
| 3 || {{steady}}
| 3 || {{steady}}
|-
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent (politician)}}"|
| {{party color cell|Independent (politician)|1px}}
| align="left"| [[Independent (politician)|Independents]] (IND)
| align="left"| [[Independent (politician)|Independents]] (IND)
| 1,01,922 || 11.1 || {{decrease}}5.5
| 1,01,922 || 11.1 || {{decrease}}5.5
| 3 || {{decrease}}2
| 3 || {{decrease}}2
|-
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Aam Aadmi Party}}"|
| {{party color cell|Aam Aadmi Party|1px}}
| align="left"| [[Aam Aadmi Party]] (AAP)
| align="left"| [[Aam Aadmi Party]] (AAP)
| 57,420 || 6.3 || {{increase}}6.3
| 57,420 || 6.3 || {{increase}}6.3
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| 3 || {{increase}}3
| 3 || {{increase}}3
|-
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Nationalist Congress Party}}"|
| {{party color cell|Nationalist Congress Party|1px}}
| align="left"| [[Nationalist Congress Party]] (NCP)
| align="left"| [[Nationalist Congress Party]] (NCP)
| 20,916  || 2.3 || {{decrease}}1.8
| 20,916  || 2.3 || {{decrease}}1.8
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|colspan="1" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|
|colspan="1" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|
|-
|-
|}
{{end}}<section end=Results />
 
== District-wise Results ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!District Name
!Seats
! colspan="2" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
! colspan="2" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
! colspan="2" |[[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party|MGP]]
! colspan="2" |[[Goa Forward Party|GFP]]
![[Independent politician|Other]]
|-
|North Goa
|23
|'''9'''
|{{Increase}} 5
|8
|{{Decrease}} 5
|2
|{{Decrease}} 1
|2
|{{Increase}} 2
|2
|-
|South Goa
|17
|'''8'''
|{{Increase}} 3
|5
|{{Decrease}} 3
|1
|{{Increase}} 1
|1
|{{Increase}} 1
|2
|-
!Total
!40
!17
!{{Increase}} 8
!13
!{{Decrease}} 8
!3
!{{Steady}}
!3
!{{Increase}} 3
!4
|}


== Results by Constituency ==
== Results by Constituency ==
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! colspan="2" | Party
! colspan="2" | Party
! Votes
! Votes
|-
! colspan="11" |North Goa
|-
|-
|1
|1
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|3413
|3413
|13680
|13680
|-
! colspan="11" |South Goa
|-
|-
|24
|24
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|[[Panaji (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Panaji]]
|[[Panaji (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Panaji]]
|[[Atanasio Monserrate]]
|[[Atanasio Monserrate]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|BJP}}" |
|bgcolor="{{party color|INC}}" |
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| 1758
| 1758
| Joined [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] in 2019
| Joined [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] in 2019