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]

No.	Constituency	Winner		Margin
1	Mandrem	Laxmikant Parsekar	Bharatiya Janata Party	908
2	Pernem	Jitendra Deshprabhu	Indian National Congress	2,329
3	Dargalim	Manohar Ajgaonkar	Bharatiya Janata Party	5,762
4	Tivim	Sadanand Tanavade	Bharatiya Janata Party	521
5	Mapusa	Francis D'Souza	Bharatiya Janata Party	2,107
6	Siolim	Dayanand Mandrekar	Bharatiya Janata Party	1,907
7	Calangute	Agnelo Fernandes	Indian National Congress	2,070
8	Saligao	Wilfred de Souza	Nationalist Congress Party	726
9	Aldona	Dayanand Narvekar	Indian National Congress	2,013
10	Panaji	Manohar Parrikar	Bharatiya Janata Party	1,292
11	Taleigao	Babush Monserrate	United Goans Democratic Party	2,261
12	Santa Cruz	Victoria Fernandes	Indian National Congress	40
13	St. Andre	Francisco Silveira	Indian National Congress	2,786
14	Cumbarjua	Pandurang Madkaikar	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	608
15	Bicholim	Rajesh Patnekar	Bharatiya Janata Party	2,560
16	Maem	Harish Zantye	Indian National Congress	1,956
17	Pale	Suresh Amonkar	Bharatiya Janata Party	1,554
18	Poriem	Pratapsing Rane	Indian National Congress	2,569
19	Valpoi	Narahari Haldankar	Bharatiya Janata Party	352
20	Ponda	Ravi Naik	Indian National Congress	1,320
21	Priol	Vishwas Satarkar	Bharatiya Janata Party	1,662
22	Marcaim	Ramkrishna 'Sudin' Dhavalikar	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	7,850
23	Shiroda	Subhash Shirodkar	Indian National Congress	1,135
24	Mormugao	Giovanni Vaz	Indian National Congress	443
25	Vasco Da Gama	Rajendra Arlekar	Bharatiya Janata Party	1,096
26	Cortalim	Matanhy Saldanha	United Goans Democratic Party	850
27	Loutolim	Aleixo Sequeira	Indian National Congress	4,754
28	Benaulim	Mickky Pacheco	United Goans Democratic Party	1,049
29	Fatorda	Damodar Naik	Bharatiya Janata Party	588
30	Margao	Digambar Kamat	Bharatiya Janata Party	4,744
31	Curtorim	Francisco Sardinha	Indian National Congress	2,851
32	Navelim	Luizinho Faleiro	Indian National Congress	4,577
33	Velim	Filipe Nery Rodrigues	Independent	5,516
34	Cuncolim	Joaquim Alemao	Indian National Congress	2,388
35	Sanvordem	Vinay Tendulkar	Bharatiya Janata Party	3,111
36	Sanguem	Vasudev Gaonkar	Bharatiya Janata Party	837
37	Curchorem	Adv. Ramrao Desai	Bharatiya Janata Party	1,779
38	Quepem	Chandrakant 'Babu' Kavlekar	Indian National Congress	1,855
39	Canacona	Vijay Pai Khot	Bharatiya Janata Party	2,883
40	Poinguinim	Isidore Fernandes	Indian National Congress	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 fall due to Digambar Kamat fallout Bharatiya Janata Party

References

[1] Goa Vidhan Sabha

[2] Election Commission India

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

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