Indian state legislative election
2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election Turnout 82.56% 0.38%
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
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
—
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
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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