# 2002 Goa Legislative Assembly election

Elections for the Indian state of Goa took place 2002.

## Results

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.
* Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency
| Assembly Constituency | Assembly Constituency | Turnout | Winner | Winner | Winner | Winner | Winner | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Margin |
| #k | Names | % | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Margin |
| 1 | Mandrem | 78.34% | Laxmikant Parsekar | | BJP | 5,955 | 39.05% | Khalap Ramakant | | INC | 5,047 | 33.1% | 908 |
| 2 | Bicholim | 78.27% | Rajesh Patnekar | | BJP | 8,960 | 54.28% | Pandurang Raut | | MGP | 6,400 | 38.77% | 2,560 |
| 3 | Panaji | 65.82% | Manohar Parrikar | | BJP | 5,700 | 55.58% | Silimkhan Ramesh | | INC | 4,408 | 42.98% | 1,292 |
| 4 | Quepem | 73.09% | Babu Kavlekar | | INC | 8,913 | 47.04% | Prakash Velip | | BJP | 7,058 | 37.25% | 1,855 |
| 5 | Curchorem | 73.31% | Ramrao Dessai | | BJP | 9,806 | 53.29% | Domnick Fernandes | | INC | 8,027 | 43.62% | 1,779 |
| 6 | Mormugao | 54.52% | Vaz Giovanni Karl | | INC | 4,635 | 30.91% | Sheikh Hassan Haroon | | BJP | 4,192 | 27.95% | 443 |
| 7 | Pernem | 77.06% | Deshprabhu Jitendra Raghuraj | | INC | 6,778 | 48.27% | Dayanand Raghunath Sopate | | BJP | 4,449 | 31.68% | 2,329 |
| 8 | Siolim | 70.76% | Dayanand Mandrekar | | BJP | 7,152 | 40.49% | Fernandes Francis Gregorio | | INC | 5,245 | 29.69% | 1,907 |
| 9 | Calangute | 68.52% | Fernandes Agnelo | | INC | 9,711 | 53.32% | Suresh Vishwanath Parulekar | | BJP | 7,641 | 41.96% | 2,070 |
| 10 | Mapusa | 61.93% | Francis D'Souza | | BJP | 8,378 | 52.18% | Braganza Armindo Jose | | INC | 6,271 | 39.06% | 2,107 |
| 11 | Tivim | 70.93% | Sadanand Shet Tanavade | | BJP | 6,961 | 38.38% | Nilkanth Ramnath Halarnkar | | NCP | 6,440 | 35.51% | 521 |
| 12 | St. Cruz | 64.16% | Victoria Fernandes | | INC | 6,658 | 40.13% | Anil Roghuvir Hoble | | BJP | 6,618 | 39.89% | 40 |
| 13 | St. Andre | 70.49% | Francisco Silveira | | INC | 6,982 | 44.6% | Pegado Carmo Rafael Andre Jose | | NCP | 4,196 | 26.8% | 2,786 |
| 14 | Ponda | 67.51% | Ravi Naik | | INC | 10,745 | 50.29% | Naik Shripad Yasso | | BJP | 9,425 | 44.11% | 1,320 |
| 15 | Siroda | 78.28% | Subhash Shirodkar | | INC | 9,738 | 51.92% | Prabhu Vishwanath Tukaram | | BJP | 8,603 | 45.87% | 1,135 |
| 16 | Cuncolim | 62.44% | Joaquim Alemao | | INC | 6,426 | 44.48% | Arecio D'Souza | | NCP | 4,038 | 27.95% | 2,388 |
| 17 | Curtorim | 66.12% | Francisco Sardinha | | INC | 8,907 | 56.37% | Lourenco Bruno Santos | | Independent | 6,056 | 38.33% | 2,851 |
| 18 | Cumbarjua | 67.84% | Pandurang Madkaikar | | MGP | 6,546 | 37.58% | Nirmala P. Sawant | | INC | 5,938 | 34.09% | 608 |
| 19 | Saligao | 70.59% | Wilfred de Souza | | NCP | 4,263 | 28.69% | D' Mello Trejano Agricio | | INC | 3,537 | 23.8% | 726 |
| 20 | Taleigao | 67.07% | Atanasio Monserrate | | UGDP | 7,237 | 42.31% | Zuwarkar Somnath Datta | | INC | 4,976 | 29.09% | 2,261 |
| 21 | Maem | 71.88% | Harish Narayan Prabhu Zantye | | INC | 6,430 | 48.22% | Prakash J. Fadte | | BJP | 4,474 | 33.55% | 1,956 |
| 22 | Priol | 75.16% | Vishwas Satarkar | | BJP | 8,071 | 41.62% | Amonkar Shrikant Sagun | | INC | 6,409 | 33.05% | 1,662 |
| 23 | Poriem | 77.11% | Pratapsingh Rane | | INC | 9,126 | 55.78% | Santoba Krishnarao Dessai | | BJP | 6,557 | 40.08% | 2,569 |
| 24 | Sanvordem | 71.42% | Vinay Dinu Tendulkar | | BJP | 8,195 | 48.3% | Salgaocar Anil Vassudeva | | Independent | 5,084 | 29.96% | 3,111 |
| 25 | Dargalim | 72.93% | Manohar Ajgaonkar | | BJP | 8,467 | 74.08% | Dhargalkar Balkrishna Atmaram | | INC | 2,705 | 23.67% | 5,762 |
| 26 | Aldona | 65.61% | Dayanand Narvekar | | INC | 9,957 | 50.73% | Ulhas Asnodkar | | BJP | 7,944 | 40.48% | 2,013 |
| 27 | Pale | 76.58% | Suresh Amonkar | | BJP | 8,519 | 49.84% | Gawas Gurudas Prabhakar | | INC | 6,965 | 40.75% | 1,554 |
| 28 | Valpoi | 77.04% | Narahari Haldankar | | BJP | 6,137 | 49.54% | Venkatesh Desai | | INC | 5,785 | 46.7% | 352 |
| 29 | Marcaim | 75.89% | Sudin Dhavalikar | | MGP | 11,587 | 63.91% | Naik Santosh Mahanandu | | BJP | 3,737 | 20.61% | 7,850 |
| 30 | Vasco Da Gama | 56.22% | Rajendra Arlekar | | BJP | 5,605 | 35.6% | Jose Philip D'Souza | | NCP | 4,509 | 28.64% | 1,096 |
| 31 | Cortalim | 64.61% | Matanhy Saldanha | | UGDP | 6,741 | 37.93% | Godinho Mauvin Heliodoro | | INC | 5,891 | 33.15% | 850 |
| 32 | Loutolim | 66.75% | Aleixo Sequeira | | INC | 8,873 | 62.88% | Gracias Radharao Socrates | | UGDP | 4,119 | 29.19% | 4,754 |
| 33 | Benaulim | 67.56% | Mickky Pacheco | | UGDP | 7,752 | 51.52% | Churchill Alemao | | INC | 6,703 | 44.54% | 1,049 |
| 34 | Fatorda | 61.04% | Damodar (Damu) G. Naik | | BJP | 5,695 | 34.97% | Cardoz Luis Alex Florenci | | INC | 5,107 | 31.36% | 588 |
| 35 | Margao | 55.05% | Digambar Kamat | | BJP | 8,525 | 65.37% | Chodankar Girish Raya | | INC | 3,781 | 28.99% | 4,744 |
| 36 | Navelim | 58.7% | Luizinho Faleiro | | INC | 10,245 | 59.5% | Raikar John Lourence | | Independent | 5,668 | 32.92% | 4,577 |
| 37 | Velim | 64.02% | Filipe Nery Rodrigues | | Independent | 8,664 | 67.35% | D'Silva Marcus Sebastiano | | INC | 3,148 | 24.47% | 5,516 |
| 38 | Sanguem | 71.32% | Vasudev Gaonkar | | BJP | 5,747 | 43.46% | Satyawan Bhadru Dessai | | INC | 4,910 | 37.13% | 837 |
| 39 | Canacona | 78.62% | Vijay Anandrao Pai Khot | | BJP | 8,531 | 58.95% | Sanjay Bandekar | | INC | 5,648 | 39.03% | 2,883 |
| 40 | Poinguinim | 77.66% | Isidore Fernandes | | INC | 5,641 | 49.42% | Ramesh Tawadkar | | BJP | 3,773 | 33.05% | 1,868 |

## By Elections

| No. | Constituency | Winner | Party | 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 fell due to Digambar Kamat fallout Bharatiya Janata Party.