# 2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election

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. 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.

## Background

The term of the Legislative Assembly ended on March 18, 2017. The last election had resulted in a 21-seat majority to the Bharatiya Janata Party led by Manohar Parrikar. 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.

## Opinion polls

| Polling firm | Date | BJP | INC | AAP | Others |
| HuffPost-CVoter | Feb 2017 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 8 |
| 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) | 13-16 (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

← Summary of the 4 February 2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election results :
| Parties and coalitions | Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and coalitions | Parties and coalitions | 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 | Total | 9,16,216 | 100.00 | | 40 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 9,16,216 | 99.85 | | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,416 | 0.15 | | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 9,17,832 | 82.56 | | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 1,93,860 | 17.44 | | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 11,11,692 | | | | |

## Results by Constituency

The following is the list of winning MLAs in the election.
Results :
| Assembly Constituency | Assembly Constituency | Winner | Winner | Winner | Winner | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Margin |
| # | Name | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | Margin |
| 1 | Mandrem | Dayanand Sopte | | Indian National Congress | 16490 | Laxmikant Parsekar | | Bharatiya Janata Party | 9371 | 7119 |
| 2 | Pernem | Manohar Ajgaonkar | | Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party | 15745 | Rajendra Arlekar | | Bharatiya Janata Party | 9715 | 6030 |
| 3 | Bicholim | Rajesh Patnekar | | Bharatiya Janata Party | 10654 | Naresh Sawal | | Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party | 9988 | 666 |
| 4 | Tivim | Nilkanth Halarnkar | | Indian National Congress | 11099 | Kiran Kandolkar | | Bharatiya Janata Party | 10304 | 795 |
| 5 | Mapusa | Francis D'Souza | | Bharatiya Janata Party | 10957 | Vinod Fadke | | Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party | 4129 | 6828 |
| 6 | Siolim | Vinoda Paliencar | | Goa Forward Party | 10189 | Dayanand Mandrekar | | Bharatiya Janata Party | 8748 | 1441 |
| 7 | Saligao | Jayesh Salgaonkar | | Goa Forward Party | 9735 | Dilip Parulekar | | Bharatiya Janata Party | 7598 | 2137 |
| 8 | Calangute | Michael Lobo | | Bharatiya Janata Party | 11136 | Joseph Sequeira | | Indian National Congress | 7311 | 3825 |
| 9 | Porvorim | Rohan Khaunte | | Independent | 11174 | Guruprasad R. Pawaskar | | Bharatiya Janata Party | 6961 | 4213 |
| 10 | Aldona | Glenn Ticlo | | Bharatiya Janata Party | 9405 | Amarnath Panjikar | | Indian National Congress | 4949 | 4456 |
| 11 | Panaji | Sidharth Kuncalienker | | Bharatiya Janata Party | 7924 | Atanasio Monserrate | | United Goans Party | 6855 | 1069 |
| 12 | Taleigao | Jennifer Monserrate | | Indian National Congress | 11534 | Dattaprasad Naik | | Bharatiya Janata Party | 8679 | 2855 |
| 13 | St. Cruz | Antonio Fernandes | | Indian National Congress | 6202 | Hemant Dinanath Golatkar | | Bharatiya Janata Party | 5560 | 642 |
| 14 | St. Andre | Francisco Silveira | | Indian National Congress | 8087 | Ramrao Surya Naik Wagh | | Bharatiya Janata Party | 3017 | 5070 |
| 15 | Cumbarjua | Pandurang Madkaikar | | Bharatiya Janata Party | 12395 | Xavier Fialho | | Indian National Congress | 3961 | 8434 |
| 16 | Maem | Pravin Zantye | | Bharatiya Janata Party | 12430 | Santosh Sawant | | Indian National Congress | 7456 | 4974 |
| 17 | Sanquelim | Pramod Sawant | | Bharatiya Janata Party | 10058 | Dharmesh Saglani | | Indian National Congress | 7927 | 2131 |
| 18 | Poriem | Pratapsingh Rane | | Indian National Congress | 14977 | Vishwajit Krishnarao Rane | | Bharatiya Janata Party | 10911 | 4066 |
| 19 | Valpoi | Vishwajit Pratapsingh Rane | | Indian National Congress | 13493 | Satyavijay Subrai Naik | | Bharatiya Janata Party | 7815 | 5678 |
| 20 | Priol | Govind Gaude | | Independent | 15149 | Deepak Dhavalikar | | Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party | 10463 | 4686 |
| 21 | Ponda | Ravi Naik | | Indian National Congress | 9502 | Sunil Desai | | Bharatiya Janata Party | 6492 | 3010 |
| 22 | Siroda | Subhash Shirodkar | | Indian National Congress | 11156 | Mahadev Naik | | Bharatiya Janata Party | 6286 | 4870 |
| 23 | Marcaim | Sudin Dhavalikar | | Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party | 17093 | Pradeep Pundalik Shet | | Bharatiya Janata Party | 3413 | 13680 |
| 24 | Mormugao | Milind Naik | | Bharatiya Janata Party | 8466 | Sankalp Amonkar | | Indian National Congress | 8326 | 140 |
| 25 | Vasco da Gama | Carlos Almeida | | Bharatiya Janata Party | 8765 | Krishna V Salkar | | Independent | 7414 | 1351 |
| 26 | Dabolim | Mauvin Godinho | | Bharatiya Janata Party | 7234 | Premanand Nanoskar | | Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party | 4740 | 2494 |
| 27 | Cortalim | Alina Saldanha | | Bharatiya Janata Party | 5666 | Antonio Vas | | Independent | 5148 | 518 |
| 28 | Nuvem | Wilfred D'sa | | Indian National Congress | 9967 | Francisco Pacheco | | Goa Su-Raj Party | 4307 | 5660 |
| 29 | Curtorim | Aleixo Lourenco | | Indian National Congress | 12841 | Arthur D’Silva | | Bharatiya Janata Party | 5144 | 7697 |
| 30 | Fatorda | Vijai Sardesai | | Goa Forward Party | 10516 | Damu G. Naik | | Bharatiya Janata Party | 9182 | 1334 |
| 31 | Margao | Digambar Kamat | | Indian National Congress | 12105 | Sharmad Raiturkar | | Bharatiya Janata Party | 7929 | 4176 |
| 32 | Benaulim | Churchill Alemao | | Nationalist Congress Party | 9373 | Royla Clarina Fernandes | | Aam Aadmi Party | 4182 | 5191 |
| 33 | Navelim | Luizinho Faleiro | | Indian National Congress | 8183 | Avertano Furtado | | Independent | 5705 | 2478 |
| 34 | Cuncolim | Clafasio Dias | | Indian National Congress | 6415 | Joaquim Alemao | | Independent | 6382 | 33 |
| 35 | Velim | Filipe Nery Rodrigues | | Indian National Congress | 10417 | Benjamin Silva | | Independent | 5164 | 5253 |
| 36 | Quepem | Chandrakant Kavlekar | | Indian National Congress | 13525 | Prakash Velip | | Bharatiya Janata Party | 10933 | 2592 |
| 37 | Curchorem | Nilesh Cabral | | Bharatiya Janata Party | 12830 | Shyam Satardekar | | Goa Suraksha Manch | 3742 | 9088 |
| 38 | Sanvordem | Deepak Pauskar | | Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party | 14575 | Ganesh Gaonkar | | Bharatiya Janata Party | 9354 | 5221 |
| 39 | Sanguem | Prasad Gaonkar | | Independent | 7636 | Subhash Phal Desai | | Bharatiya Janata Party | 6699 | 937 |
| 40 | Canacona | Isidore Fernandes | | Indian National Congress | 10853 | Vijay Pai Khot | | Bharatiya Janata Party | 8745 | 2108 |

## By-elections

| No. | Constituency | Winner | Party | Margin | Remark |
| 1 | Panaji | Manohar Parrikar | BJP | 4803 | Expired |
| 2 | Valpoi | Vishwajit Pratapsingh Rane | BJP | 10066 | |
| 3 | Mapusa | Joshua D'Souza | BJP | 1151 | |
| 4 | Shiroda | Subhash Shirodkar | BJP | 76 | |
| 5 | Mandrem | Dayanand Sopte | BJP | 4124 | |
| 6 | Panaji | Atanasio Monserrate | INC | 1758 | Joined BJP in 2019 |