2007 Goa Legislative Assembly election

Goa legislative assembly election,2007

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All 40 seats in the Assembly 21 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	70% ( 1.25%)
Majority party Minority party   Leader Digambar Kamat Manohar Parrikar Party INC BJP Leader's seat Margao Panaji Seats won 16 14 Seat change 3
Chief Minister before election Pratapsingh Rane INC Elected Chief Minister Digambar Kamat INC

Elections in the Indian state of Goa took place on 2 June 2007. Counting of votes began on 5 June, and the election process was completed by 8 June. ^[1]

Results

Rank	Party	Seats Contested	Seats Won
1	Indian National Congress	32	16
3	Nationalist Congress Party	6	3
4	Save Goa Front	17	2
2	Bharatiya Janata Party	33	14
4	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak	26	2
5	United Goans Democratic Party	11	1
4	Independent	49	2
	Total		40

Results by constituency

• Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency ^[2]

Assembly Constituency		Turnout	Winner					Runner Up					Margin
#k	Names	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%
1	Mandrem	80.01%	Laxmikant Parsekar		BJP	5,858	35.54%	Ramakant Khalap		INC	4,148	25.17%	1,710
2	Pernem	80.69%	Dayanand Sopte		BJP	7,272	46.58%	Deshprabhu Jitendra Raghuraj		INC	4,827	30.92%	2,445
3	Mapusa	64.87%	Francis D'Souza		BJP	10,104	54.95%	Subhash G. Narvekar		JD(S)	3,258	17.72%	6,846
4	Tivim	72.48%	Nilkant Halarnkar		NCP	8,768	44.37%	Sadanand Shet Tanavade		BJP	8,444	42.73%	324
5	Bicholim	79.25%	Rajesh Patnekar		BJP	9,352	50.91%	Naresh Sawal		INC	6,657	36.24%	2,695
6	Panaji	70.72%	Manohar Parrikar		BJP	6,004	56.83%	Dinar Purshottam Kamat Tarcar		INC	4,560	43.17%	1,444
7	Ponda	66.25%	Ravi Naik		INC	9,972	40.61%	Mamledar Lavoo		MGP	8,316	33.86%	1,656
8	Siroda	77.17%	Mahadev Naik		BJP	9,725	48.86%	Shirodkar Subhash Ankush		INC	9,476	47.61%	249
9	Quepem	75.47%	Babu Kavlekar		INC	9,474	44.57%	Prakash Velip		BJP	8,311	39.1%	1,163
10	Curchorem	70.32%	Shyam Satardekar		INC	10,628	52.99%	Ramrao Dessai		BJP	8,729	43.53%	1,899
11	Mormugao	61.11%	Milind Naik		BJP	7,769	43.95%	Vaz Giovanni Karl		INC	5,363	30.34%	2,406
12	Siolim	70.21%	Dayanand Mandrekar		BJP	7,402	41.07%	Paliemkar Uday		Independent	5,400	29.96%	2,002
13	Calangute	70.08%	Agnelo Fernandes		INC	8,319	42.66%	Joseph Sequeira		UGDP	5,558	28.5%	2,761
14	St. Cruz	69.19%	Victoria Fernandes		INC	7,385	36.34%	Hoble Anil Raghuvir		BJP	6,040	29.72%	1,345
15	Cumbarjua	73.13%	Pandurang Madkaikar		INC	10,016	49.29%	Nirmala P. Sawant		Independent	9,445	46.48%	571
16	St. Andre	68.64%	Francisco Silveira		INC	8,593	56.4%	Caiado Antonio Joao		BJP	6,074	39.87%	2,519
17	Cuncolim	62.94%	Joaquim Alemao [a]		INC	8,909	58.62%	Fernandes Jorson Piedade		UGDP	3,408	22.42%	5,501
18	Curtorim	64.79%	Reginaldo Lourenco		Save Goa Front	9,320	54.18%	Sardinha Cosme Francisco Caitano		INC	7,493	43.56%	1,827
19	Taleigao	66.82%	Atanasio Monserrate [b]		UGDP	9,641	49.77%	Silveira Agnelo Mariano		BJP	5,619	29.%	4,022
20	Maem	82.08%	Anant Shet		BJP	5,370	34.19%	Pravin Zantye		INC	4,890	31.13%	480
21	Saligao	69.95%	Dilip Parulekar		BJP	6,639	43.09%	Wilfred de Souza		NCP	4,682	30.39%	1,957
22	Poriem	77.94%	Pratapsingh Rane		INC	10,605	58.52%	Vassudeo Ramnath Parab		BJP	6,869	37.9%	3,736
23	Priol	77.92%	Deepak Dhavalikar		MGP	10,591	51.03%	Vishwas Satarkar		BJP	6,266	30.19%	4,325
24	Sanvordem	76.84%	Anil Salgaocar		Independent	10,705	54.52%	Vinay D. Tendulkar		BJP	3,782	19.26%	6,923
25	Dargalim	79.67%	Manohar Ajgaonkar		INC	5,049	38.77%	Morajkar Vithu		BJP	4,275	32.83%	774
26	Aldona	68.86%	Dayanand Narvekar		INC	9,251	42.53%	Kunda Chodankar		BJP	6,217	28.58%	3,034
27	Pale	78.94%	Gurudas Gauns		INC	7,768	41.77%	Amonkar Suresh Kuso		BJP	6,177	33.21%	1,591
28	Valpoi	79.25%	Vishwajit Rane		Independent	8,590	61.35%	Gaonkar Puti		BJP	5,041	36.%	3,549
29	Marcaim	77.49%	Sudin Dhavalikar		MGP	12,141	63.3%	Govind Gaude		INC	4,532	23.63%	7,609
30	Vasco Da Gama	58.63%	Jose Philip D'Souza		NCP	7,476	39.18%	Rajendra Arlekar		BJP	6,864	35.97%	612
31	Cortalim	63.46%	Mauvin Godinho		INC	9,532	42.98%	Mathany Saldanha		UGDP	7,850	35.4%	1,682
32	Loutolim	65.69%	Aleixo Sequeira		INC	6,435	43.3%	Fernandes Piedade Remegio (Remy)		Save Goa Front	4,894	32.93%	1,541
33	Benaulim	66.83%	Mickky Pacheco		NCP	8,092	51.63%	John Fernandes		Save Goa Front	7,336	46.8%	756
34	Fatorda	60.73%	Damodar (Damu) G. Naik		BJP	7,943	40.09%	Vijay Sardessai		INC	6,172	31.15%	1,771
35	Margao	62.03%	Digambar Kamat		INC	9,198	52.7%	Sharmad Raiturkar		BJP	7,170	41.08%	2,028
36	Navelim	65.79%	Churchill Alemao		Save Goa Front	13,500	58.71%	Luizinho Faleiro		INC	8,996	39.12%	4,504
37	Velim	64.57%	Filipe Nery Rodrigues		INC	7,965	60.45%	Silva Benjamin		Save Goa Front	5,211	39.55%	2,754
38	Sanguem	74.14%	Vasudev Gaonkar		BJP	7,754	53.15%	Minguelino D'Costa		INC	5,449	37.35%	2,305
39	Canacona	75.51%	Pai Khot Vijay		BJP	7,577	50.%	Bandekar Sanjay Vimal		INC	6,868	45.32%	709
40	Poinguinim	77.65%	Ramesh Tawadkar		BJP	6,158	50.83%	Fernandes Isidore Aleixinho		INC	5,958	49.17%	200

1. Expired
2. Joined INC and re-elected

By-elections

No.	Constituency	Winner	Party		Margin	Remark
1	Pale	Pratap Gauns		INC
2	Valpoi	Vishwajit Pratapsingh Rane		INC

Government formation

Indian National Congress in alliance with Nationalist Congress Party and Save Goa Front formed the government.

References

1. "Election Commission India". Archived from the original on 17 May 2007. Retrieved 25 May 2007.
2. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2007 to the Legislative Assembly of Meghalaya" (PDF). eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2024.

External links

• ECI's Page – Goa Assembly Elections, 2007