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Chief Minister of Goa
Pramod Sawant
Office Bearers
Deputy Chief Minister(s)Chandrakant Kavlekar and Manohar Ajgaonkar
Governor of GoaShri P.S. Sreedharan Pillai
Vidhan Sabha SpeakerRajesh Patnekar

Major Political Parties
GovernmentBharatiya Janata Party
OppositionINC
OthersGoa Forward Party (GFP),Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party,United Goans Party (UGP),United Goans Democratic Party (UGDP) ,Goa Suraksha Manch.

Elections
Punjab Next ElectionMar 2022
Last electionsFeb 2017
Polity
Parliamentary Consituencies
Lok Sabha2
Rajya Sabha1

State Legislature
Vidhan Sabha40

General Facts
Goa Area3,702 Sq.Kms.
Goa Population1,458,545* (2011)
Principal LanguagesKonkani & Hindi

Government & Politics:

The Goa Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the state of Goa in India. It consists of 40 members. In charge of the budget, the Assembly appropriates money for social programs, agricultural development, infrastructure development, etc. It is also responsible for proposing and levying taxes.
Currently, the Assembly meets in its own Goa State Legislative Assembly Complex in Porvorim, Bardez. Construction on the building began on 22 January 1994, and its completion was inaugurated by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on 5 March 2000.
Goa has 2 parliamentary constituencies and 40 legislative assembly. The state contributes 1 seats to the upper house, the Rajya Sabha.

Administration:

District administration:

A district of an Indian state is an administrative geographical unit. The state Goa is divided into 2 districts: North Goa and South Goa, headed by a district magistrate and collector, an IAS officer. The district magistrate is responsible for coordinating the work between various departments in the district, is responsible for law and order in the district and is also given the power of an executive magistrate.
North Goa is further divided into three subdivisions – Panaji, Mapusa, and Bicholim; and five taluka – Tiswadi (Panaji), Bardez (Mapusa), Pernem, Bicholim, and Sattari (Valpoi), South Goa is further divided into five subdivisions – Ponda, Mormugao (Vasco da Gama), Margao, Quepem, and Dharbandora; and seven taluka – Ponda, Mormugao, Salcete (Margao), Quepem, and Canacona (Chaudi), Sanguem, and Dharbandora. (Ponda Taluka shifted from North Goa to South Goa in January 2015).

Goa Legislative Assembly Elections 2017:

The Goa Legislative Assembly election, 2017 was held on February 4, 2017 to elect the 40 members of the Goa Legislative Assembly, as the term of current Legislative Assembly ends on March 18, 2017. VVPAT-fitted EVMs were used in the entire Goa state in the 2017 elections, which was the first time that an entire state in India saw the implementation of VVPAT.
The term of the Legislative Assembly ended on March 18, 2017. The last election resulted in a 21-seat majority for 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.
Manohar Parrikar is the new chief minister of Goa. He took the oath of office and secrecy on Tuesday. Earlier Parrikar resigned as Union Defence Minister to take the office of chief minister. His oath ceremony was witnessed by BJP national president Amit Shah, Union Ministers Venkaiah Naidu, Nitin Gadkari, J.P. Nadda and many other BJP leaders. Along with Parrikar nine more ministers took oath as Goa cabinet ministers.
Sudin Dhavalikar and Manohar Azgaonkar, (Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party), Vijai Sardesai, Vinod Palienkar and Jayesh Salgaonkar, (Goa Forward), Francis D'Souza, Pandurang Madkaikar ( BJP) and Independent Govind Gawde and Rohan Khaunte are the new faces of Goa cabinet. Manohar Parrikar is an IIT graduate who is the chief minister of Goa for the fourth time.
The congress went to the supreme court which directed a special session. The special session was called as per the directive of the Supreme Court where the BJP won the floor test in the Goa Assembly. The BJP government led by Manohar Parrikar and supported by others has secured 22 votes in the house of 40. The congress secured only 16 votes as one of its members abstained from the crucial voting.
Manohar Parrikar won the floor test with the help of Goa Forward Party, Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party, NCP and independents.
The formation of the government in Goa has been termed as ‘stealing the mandate’ by the congress vice president Rahul Gandhi. The congress won 17 seats while the BJP won only 13 seats in the house of 40 yet it was invited by the governor to form the government. The BJP mustered the support of smaller parties and formed the government.

Lok Sabha Elections 2019

In 2009 Election Results the UPA won around 261 out of 543 seats, and in the second position was NDA with 158 seats, while 23 seats were won by Left parties.
In the 2014 Election Results the BJP won 282 seats out of 543 seats. This took the NDA tally to 336 seats out of 543 seats in the Lok Sabha. INC could only manage to win 44 seats and stayed in the second position while AIADMK party from Tamil Nadu came third with 37 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections.
In 2019, the BJP is set to return to power at the Centre after a sweeping win in the 2019 Lok Sabha election , armed with a bigger mandate than in the 2014 General Election. The party - led by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah duo has secured 303 seats in the 17th Lok Sabha. Meanwhile, the Congress, the main Opposition party, managed to increase its vote share from 2014 only by a handful of votes, with a final tally of 52 seats. There will be no Leader of Opposition in the upcoming Lower House for a second consecutive term.

Goa Legislature:

The Goa Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the state of Goa in India. It consists of 40 members. In charge of the budget, the Assembly appropriates money for social programs, agricultural development, infrastructure development, etc. It is also responsible for proposing and levying taxes.
Currently, the Assembly meets in its own Goa State Legislative Assembly Complex in Porvorim, Bardez. Construction on the building began on 22 January 1994, and its completion was inaugurated by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on 5 March 2000.

Issues of state

Major issues that UP currently faces:

Cultural identity: One of the issues that has come to the fore in recent years is the cultural identity of Goa. The population level has gone higher as people from other states such as Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar are migrating to the state.
Drug trade: Another issue of major concern for the people of the state is the drug trade. The large number of casinos attract lots of illegal drug traders. There have also been talks of addressing the problem of dual nationality faced by Goan people.
Mining: Goa’s much-highlighted opencast iron ore mining has resulted in significant destruction of tree cover in the iron ore belts, where all vegetation is shaved off to scoop out top soil from hills and access the ore. The destruction left in its wake is well documented.
Real estate and construction boom: Activists say the fast-tracked road and infrastructure augmentation in rural Goa is to facilitate higher floor area ratio (FAR) in villages and permit high-rises and new constructions, which is seen as a lucrative commercial space for holiday home buyers. There’s no estimate of the tree cover loss due to this commercial activity, but it is visible to visitors as wooded spaces disappear rapidly.

Quick facts for Goa Elections

Parliamentary Constituencies2
Assembly Constituencies40
Ruling PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Opposition PartyIndian National Congress
Chief MinisterManohar Parrikar
GovernorMridula Sinha
Chief Electoral OfficerN.S Navti
AddressChief Electoral Office Althino Panaji Goa




In 2009 Election Results the UPA won around 261 out of 543 seats, and in the second position was NDA with 158 seats, while 23 seats were won by Left parties.

In 2014 Election Results the BJP won 282 seats out of 543 seats. This took the NDA tally to 336 seats out of 543 seats in the Lok Sabha. INC could only manage to win 44 seats and stayed in the second position while AIADMK party from Tamil Nadu came third with 37 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections.

In 2019, the BJP is set to return to power at the Centre after a sweeping win in the 2019 Lok Sabha election , armed with a bigger mandate than in the 2014 General Election. The party - led by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah duo has secured 303 seats in the 17th Lok Sabha. Meanwhile, the Congress, the main Opposition party, managed to increase its vote share from 2014 only by a handful of votes, with a final tally of 52 seats. There will be no Leader of Opposition in the upcoming Lower House for a second consecutive term.


Goa Lok Sabha Elections 2019 - Party Wise Election Results

Name of State/ UT Parliamentary Constituency Candidate Party EVM Votes Migrant Votes Postal Votes Total Votes % of Votes Winner Runner-Up
Goa North Goa Shripad Yesso Naik Bharatiya Janata Party 244034 0 810 244844 57.12 Yes No
Goa North Goa Girish Raya Chodankar Indian National Congress 164407 0 190 164597 38.4 No Yes
Goa North Goa Nota None Of The Above 7047 0 16 7063 1.65 No No
Goa North Goa Dattatraya Padgaonkar Aam Aadmi Party 4748 0 8 4756 1.11 No No
Goa North Goa Amit Atmaram Korgaonkar Republican Party Of India (Kamble) 2804 0 5 2809 0.66 No No
Goa North Goa Bhagawant Sadanand Kamat Independent 2430 0 2 2432 0.57 No No
Goa North Goa Aishwarya Arjun Salgaonkar Independent 2124 0 3 2127 0.5 No No
Goa South Goa Cosme Francisco Caitano Sardinha Indian National Congress 201279 0 282 201561 47.47 Yes No
Goa South Goa Adv. Narendra Sawaikar Bharatiya Janata Party 191205 0 601 191806 45.18 No Yes
Goa South Goa Elvis Gomes Aam Aadmi Party 20876 0 15 20891 4.92 No No
Goa South Goa Nota None Of The Above 5419 0 17 5436 1.28 No No
Goa South Goa Rakhi Amit Naik Shivsena 1761 0 2 1763 0.42 No No
Goa South Goa Mayur Khanconkar Independent 1705 0 0 1705 0.4 No No
Goa South Goa Dr. Kalidas Prakash Vaingankar Independent 1412 0 1 1413 0.33 No No



Goa Lok Sabha Elections 2019 - Constituency Wise Election Results (Winner/Runner Up)

Name of State/ UT Parliamentary Constituency Winner Party Total Votes % of Votes Runner-Up Party Total Votes % of Votes
Goa North Goa Shripad Yesso Naik Bharatiya Janata Party 244844 57.12 Girish Raya Chodankar Indian National Congress 164597 38.4
Goa South Goa Cosme Francisco Caitano Sardinha Indian National Congress 201561 47.47 Adv. Narendra Sawaikar Bharatiya Janata Party 191806 45.18



Goa Assembly By-Election Result 2017- Panaji Constituency

Candidate NameParty NameVotesSatus
Manohar ParrikarBhartiya Janta Party9862Winner
Girish ChodankarIndian National Congress5059Runner Up


Goa Assembly By-Election Result 2017 - Valpoi Constituency

Candidate NameParty NameVotesSatus
Vishwajit RaneBhartiya Janta Party16,167Winner
Roy NaikIndian National Congress6,101Runner Up

Goa Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Election Results 2017

Pie chart showing party wise 2017 election results for Goa. Also shown along are 2012 pie chart showing the number of seats won by BJP, INC, MAG and Others.
Goa Assembly Elections 2017 Party Wise Results (Total Seats - 40)
Goa Assembly Elections 2012 Party Wise Results (Total Seats - 40)


Goa Election 2017 Result Summary

The Congress has bagged 15 seats and is leading in 2 seats while the BJP won 13 seats, marginally lagging behind in the house of 40-members. Aam Aadmi party fought the Goa elections for the first time but failed to open an account in the state. The MGP+ won four seats. Since no party has secured a simple majority it would be the Governors prerogative to call a party of his choice to form the government. In this situation, a coalition government is imminent and so the role of MGP and independents would be crucial at the time of formation of the government.

Goa Assembly Elections 2017

Manohar Parrikar is the new chief minister of Goa. He took the oath of office and secrecy on Tuesday. Earlier Parrikar resigned as Union Defence Minister to take the office of chief minister. His oath ceremony was witnessed by BJP national president Amit Shah, Union Ministers Venkaiah Naidu, Nitin Gadkari, J.P. Nadda and many other BJP leaders. Along with Parrikar nine more ministers took oath as Goa cabinet ministers.


Sudin Dhavalikar and Manohar Azgaonkar, (Maharashtrawdi Gomantak Party), Vijai Sardesai, Vinod Palienkar and Jayesh Salgaonkar, (Goa Forward), Francis D'Souza, Pandurang Madkaikar ( BJP) and Independent Govind Gawde and Rohan Khaunte are the new faces of Goa cabinet. Manohar Parrikar is an IIT graduate who is the chief minister of Goa for the fourth time.

The congress went to the supreme court which directed a special session. The special session was called as per the directive of the Supreme Court where the BJP won the floor test in the Goa Assembly. The BJP government led by Manohar Parrikar and supported by others has secured 22 votes in the house of 40. The congress secured only 16 votes as one of its member abstained from the crucial voting.

Manohar Parrikar won the floor test with the help of Goa Forward Party, Maharashtrwadi Gomantak Party, NCP and independents.

The formation of the government in Goa has been termed as ‘stealing the mandate’ by the congress vice president Rahul Gandhi. The congress won 17 seats while the BJP won only 13 seats in the house of 40 yet it was invited by the governor to form the government. The BJP mustered the support of smaller parties and formed the government.


Goa Election 2017 Exit Poll
Goa Assembly Election 2017 Candidate List

Goa Assembly Elections 2017 Dates

Poll Event
Dates
Date of Notification 11.01.2017 (WED)
last Date of Making Nomination18.01.2017 (WED)
Scrutiny of Nominations 19.01.2017 (THU)
Withdrawal of Candidature21.01.2017 (SAT)
Date of Poll04.02.2017 (SAT)
Date of Counting 11.03.2017 (SAT)
Date of Completion 15.03.2017 (WED)


State Legislative Assembly

Goa has a unicameral legislature, that is, a legislative assembly only, and it consists of 40 members. The Assembly has the agency to appropriate money for infrastructure development, social programs, agricultural development. The Assembly is also empowered to propose and impose taxes.

Goa celebrates 'Legislator's Day' on 9th January every year. In 1987, Goa was declared as a state of India and then the number of Assembly seats was increased to 40. The Assembly convenes at the Goa State Legislative Complex, which is located in Porvorim, Bardez. The construction of this building was started on January 22, 1994. It was inaugurated by Atal Behari Vajpayee after its completion on 5 March, 2000.

Major Political Parties in Goa

The national parties in Goa are Bharatiya Janata Party, Indian National Congress, Nationalist Congress Party, All India Trinamool Congress. Among the regional ones are Maharashtrawadi Gomantak, United Goans Democratic Party, Goa Vikas Party and Go Su-raj Party. After getting landslide victory in Delhi Assembly elections in 2015, the recently-formed Aam Aadmi Party has also set its goal to make inroads in Goa.

Bharatiya Janata Party

In Goa, BJP is running the ruling government, whose chief minister is Laxmikant Parsekar. Manohar Parrikar who was the previous CM was included in the Union Cabinet due to which he had to resign as Goa CM. Parrikar is known as being close to the Prime Ministerial candidate of the party, Narendra Modi. In fact, this is the 3rd stint of Parrikar as Chief Minister of Goa. The state president of Goa BJP is Vinay Dinu Tendulkar. The party’s two wings that are very active in organizational matters are Mahila Morcha and Yuva Morcha. During 2009 General Election, the BJP won 1 seat in Goa and bagged 252,694 (44.78%) votes.

Indian National Congress.

The Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) is the state unit of the Indian National Congress. Its President is former MP John Fernandes. He is perceived in his party circle as the leading voice against the proposed Mopa Airport. The committee has also named four officials who are authorised to speak with the media, and they are Atanasio Monteiro, Jitendra Deshprabhu, Manohar Azgaonkar, and Pramod Salgaocar. The Convenor of the GPCC’s media and publicity cell is Milan Burman, who will work under the direct chairmanship of John Fernandes. The INC has already started the process of nominating candidates for the upcoming 2014 Lok Sabha election. The final list of the candidates is expected to be discussed and announced by the end of February 2014. During the 2009 General Election, the INC won 1 seat in Goa and bagged 127,494 (22.6%) votes.


Administrative structure

The state of Goa has two seats in the Lok Sabha and one in the Rajya Sabha. The state has a unicameral legislature and the Legislative Assemby comprises of 40 members headed by the Chief Minister. Goa does not have its own judiciary. The state comes under the Bombay High Court. A bench of the High Court is present in Panaji, the capital of Goa.

Goa Assembly Elections 2012 Summary

The last Legislative Assembly Election in Goa was held on 3 March, 2012. The result was declared on 6 March 2012. The Indian National Congress, led by Digambar Kamat, was defeated by Bharatiya Janata Party-Maharashtrawadi Gomantak alliance. In the 40 seat assembly, Bharatiya Janata Party won 21 and Maharashtrawadi Gomantak won 3 seats. MLA Frances D'Souza, a Roman Catholic from Bharatiya Janata Party won with the biggest margin of victory. Manohar Parrikar, the former Chief Minister, was sworn-in again as the new Chief Minister of the state. Following the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, he moved to the union cabinet and Laxmikant Parsekar took over as the next chief minister.

Goa Elections History

  • In the 2009 Lok Sabha election, the INC won 1 seat and the BJP won 1 seat.
  • In the 2004 Lok Sabha election, the INC won 1 seat and the BJP won 1 seat.
  • In the 1999 Lok Sabha election, the BJP won 2 seats.
  • In the 1998 Lok Sabha election, the INC won 2 seats.
  • In the 1996 Lok Sabha election, the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak won 1 seat and the United Goans Democratic Party won 1 seat.
  • In the 1991 Lok Sabha election, the INC won 2 seats.
  • In the 1989 Lok Sabha election, the INC won 1 seat and the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak won 1 seat.
  • In the 1984 Lok Sabha election, the INC won 2 seats.
  • In the 1980 Lok Sabha election (including Goa and Daman & Diu), the INC(U) won 1 seat and the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak won 1 seat.
  • In the 1977 Lok Sabha election (including Goa and Daman & Diu), the INC won 1 seat and the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak won 1 seat.
  • In the 1971 Lok Sabha election (including Goa and Daman & Diu), the INC won 1 seat and the United Goans - Seqveria Group won 1 seat.
  • In the 1967 Lok Sabha election (including Goa and Daman & Diu), independents won 1 seat and the United Goans - Seqveria Group won 1 seat.

Issues of the state

One of the issues that has come to the fore in the recent years is the cultural identity of Goa. The population level has gone higher as people from other states such as Maharashtra and Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar are migrating to the state. Another issue of major concern for the people of the state is the drug trade. The large number of casinos attract lots of illegal drug traders. There have also been talks of addressing the problem of dual nationality faced by Goan people. These are some of the big challenges that will have to be tackled by the party that comes to power in Goa in 2017.

Goa Demographics

According to 2011 census, the population size of the state is 1,458,545, out of which 739,140 are male and 719,405 are female. The rural and urban population stands at 5,51,731 and 9,06,814. The literacy rate in the state is 87%. The sex ratio is 973. As far as religion is concerned, 66.08% are Hindus, 26.10% Christians, 8.03% Muslims, 0.10% Sikhs, 0.07% Buddhists and 0.07% Jains. Scheduled tribes are very few in Goa; they comprise 0.04% of the total population. About 61% of the population speaks Konkani. Other languages spoken in the state are Marathi (19%), Kannada (7%), Hindi (5%) and Urdu (4%).

Goa Assembly Election Results:
Goa Assembly Election Result 2012 Goa Assembly Election Result 2007 Goa Assembly Election Result 2002

Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Goa

Last Updated on March 05, 2020