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2017 Goa legislative assembly election Turnout 82.56%
<section begin="Lead"/> 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] last election had resulted in a 21-seat majority to the Bharatiya Janata Party led by Manohar Parrikar .[6] 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
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
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 <section begin=Results />
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Parties and coalitions
Popular vote
Seats
Votes
%
± %
Won
+/−
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
2,97,588
32.5
13
Indian National Congress (INC)
2,59,758
28.4
17
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MAG)
1,03,290
11.3
3
Independents (IND)
1,01,922
11.1
3
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)
57,420
6.3
0
Goa Forward Party (GFP)
31,900
3.5
3
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)
20,916
2.3
1
Goa Suraksha Manch (GSM)
10,745
1.2
0
United Goans Party (UGP)
8,563
0.9
0
Goa Vikas Party (GVP)
5,379
0.6
0
Others
7,816
0.9
0
None of the Above (NOTA)
10,919
1.2
N/A
Total
9,16,216
100.00
40
±0
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
<section end=Results />
Results by Constituency The following is the list of winning MLAs in the election.[9]
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 .↑ 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" (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 . Retrieved May 23, 2016 .↑ "Meet Laxmikant Parsekar: Goa's new chief minister, a BJP loyalist" . Firstpost . Retrieved May 23, 2016 .↑ "List of Successful Candidates" (Xlsx) . Election Commission of India . Retrieved 22 April 2017 .
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