2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election

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2012 Goa Legislative Assembly Election
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All 40 assembly constituencies
21 seats needed for a majority
Turnout82.94% (Increase2.svg12.94%)
 Majority partyMinority partyThird party
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Leader Manohar Parrikar Digambar Kamat Sudin Dhavalikar
Party BJP INC MGP
Alliance NDA UPA NDA
Leader since199419941999
Leader's seat Panjim Margao Marcaim
Last election14162
Seats won2193
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 7Decrease2.svg 7Increase2.svg 1
Goa Legislative Assembly Elections 2012.png
Goa Legislative Assembly Elections 2012
Chief Minister before election

Digambar Kamat
INC

Elected Chief Minister

Manohar Parrikar
BJP

The Goa legislative assembly election was held on 3 March 2012, to select the 40 members of the Sixth Goa Legislative Assembly, as the term of Sixth Legislative Assembly ended in March 2012.

Contents

The result was announced on 6 March. The Bharatiya Janata Party-Maharashtrawadi Gomantak alliance defeated the incumbent Indian National Congress government in Goa led by Chief Minister Digambar Kamat with 24 seats in the 40-seat assembly. The Bharatiya Janata Party won 21 seats, while the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party won 3 seats. The MLA with the biggest margin of victory was the incumbent MLA Frances D'Souza of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Former chief minister Manohar Parrikar was sworn in as the new chief minister on 9 March. [1]

Timetable

The timetable of the electoral events are: [2]

EventDate
Issue of Notification6 February
Candidature filing deadling13 February
Clearance of nominees14 February
Candidature withdrawal deadline16 February
Election3 March
Result6 March
Deadline to finish election9 March

Parties

The Indian National Congress (INC), Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are the national political parties in the fray. Other regional parties include the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak, Goa Vikas Party, United Goans Democratic Party and Go Su-raj Party.

Issues

The issue of the cultural identity of Goa has also come to the fore in the past few years. The population of Goa has rapidly swelled due to increasing migration levels from neighboring Karnataka and Maharashtra, as well as from further afield such as Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. [3]

Corruption

Following the 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement several allegations of corruption have been made on the incumbent government going to elections this year.

Nepotism was also an issue. Former CM and current head of the Goa TMC Wilfred de Souza accused the INC of perpetrating a "Family Raj" in its allotment of tickets for the election to relatives of INC leaders from such families as the Naiks, Alemaos, Ranes, and Monserrates. He also cited the denial of an electoral ticket to his son-in-law Tulio D’Souza in Saligao Assembly constituency despite the INC also denying him a ticket.

He also criticized the inability of incumbent CM Digambar Kamat to have stopped illegal mining while he was the minister of mining and finance minister in the previous government. He cited a report by a commission led by Justice M. B. Shah to investigate illegal mining in the country that suggested potential revenue of US$423 million was lost through illegal ore exports after he said he had seen a "leaked" version of the report. [4]

Results

Summary of the Goa Legislative Assembly election, 2012 result [5]
PartySeats contestedSeats wonSeat changeVote share
Bharatiya Janata Party 2821Increase2.svg 734.68%
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party 73Increase2.svg 16.72%
Indian National Congress 349Decrease2.svg 730.78%
Nationalist Congress Party 60Decrease2.svg 34.08%
United Goans Democratic Party 70Decrease2.svg 11.17%
Goa Vikas Party 92Increase2.svg 23.5%
Save Goa Front 00Decrease2.svg 20%
Independents 725Increase2.svg 316.67%
Total—40——

The following is the list of winning MLAs in the election.

Results by constituency
Assembly ConstituencyWinnerRunner UpMargin
#NameCandidatePartyVotesCandidatePartyVotes
1 Mandrem Laxmikant Parsekar Bharatiya Janata Party 11955 Dayanand Sopte Indian National Congress 85203435
2 Pernem Rajendra Arlekar Bharatiya Janata Party 16406 Manohar Ajgaonkar Indian National Congress 80538353
3 Bicholim Naresh Sawal Independent 8331 Rajesh Patnekar Indian National Congress 65321799
4 Tivim Kiran Kandolkar Bharatiya Janata Party 10473 Nilkanth Halarnkar Nationalist Congress Party 93611112
5 Mapusa Francis D'Souza Bharatiya Janata Party 14955Ashish Shirodkar Nationalist Congress Party 478610169
6 Siolim Dayanand Mandrekar Bharatiya Janata Party 11430Uday Palienkar Indian National Congress 92592171
7 Saligao Dilip Parulekar Bharatiya Janata Party 10084D'souza Tulio Independent 42765808
8 Calangute Michael Lobo Bharatiya Janata Party 9891Agnelo Fernandes Indian National Congress 80221869
9 Porvorim Rohan Khaunte Independent 7972Govind Parvatkar Bharatiya Janata Party 7071901
10 Aldona Glenn Ticlo Bharatiya Janata Party 11315 Dayanand Narvekar Indian National Congress 78393476
11 Panaji Manohar Parrikar Bharatiya Janata Party 11086Yatin Parekh Indian National Congress 50186068
12 Taleigao Jennifer Monserrate Indian National Congress 10682Dattaprasad Naik Bharatiya Janata Party 95311151
13 Santa Cruz Atanasio Monserrate Indian National Congress 8644Rodolfo Louis Fernandes Independent 63082336
14 St. Andre Vishnu Wagh Bharatiya Janata Party 8818 Francisco Silveira Indian National Congress 75991219
15 Cumbarjua Pandurang Madkaikar Indian National Congress 9556Nirmala P. Sawant Independent 79811575
16 Maem Anant Shet Bharatiya Janata Party 12054 Pravin Zantye Independent 63355719
17 Sanquelim Pramod Sawant Bharatiya Janata Party 14255Pratap Gauns Indian National Congress 73376918
18 Poriem Pratapsingh Rane Indian National Congress 13772Vishwajit Krishnarao Rane Bharatiya Janata Party 112252547
19 Valpoi Vishwajit Pratapsingh Rane Indian National Congress 12412Satyavijay Subrai Naik Bharatiya Janata Party 94732939
20 Priol Deepak Dhavalikar Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party 12264 Govind Gaude Independent 101642100
21 Ponda Lavoo Mamledar Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party 12662 Ravi Naik Indian National Congress 94723190
22 Siroda Mahadev Naik Bharatiya Janata Party 12216 Subhash Shirodkar Indian National Congress 99542262
23 Marcaim Sudin Dhavalikar Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party 14952Ritesh Naik Indian National Congress 77227230
24 Mormugao Milind Naik Bharatiya Janata Party 7419Sankalp Amonkar Indian National Congress 6506913
25 Vasco da Gama Carlos Almeida Bharatiya Janata Party 11468 Jose Philip D'Souza Nationalist Congress Party 69784490
26 Dabolim Mauvin Godinho Indian National Congress 7468Premanand Nanoskar Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party 6524944
27 Cortalim Matanhy Saldanha Bharatiya Janata Party 7427Nelly Rodrigues Goa Vikas Party 51582269
28 Nuvem Francisco Pacheco Goa Vikas Party 12288Aleixo Sequeira Indian National Congress 80924196
29 Curtorim Aleixo Lourenco Indian National Congress 11221Domnic Gaonkar Independent 71524069
30 Fatorda Vijai Sardesai Independent 10375Damodar G. Naik Bharatiya Janata Party 84361939
31 Margao Digambar Kamat Indian National Congress 12041Rupesh Mahatme Bharatiya Janata Party 75894452
32 Benaulim Caetano Silva Goa Vikas Party 9695Valanka Alemao Indian National Congress 76942001
33 Navelim Avertano Furtado Independent 10231 Churchill Alemao Indian National Congress 80862145
34 Cuncolim Subhash Rajan Naik Bharatiya Janata Party 7738 Joaquim Alemao Indian National Congress 64251313
35 Velim Benjamin Silva Independent 13164 Filipe Nery Rodrigues Indian National Congress 82384926
36 Quepem Chandrakant Kavlekar Indian National Congress 10994 Prakash Velip Independent 46216373
37 Curchorem Nilesh Cabral Bharatiya Janata Party 14299 Shyam Satardekar Indian National Congress 55078792
38 Sanvordem Ganesh Gaonkar Bharatiya Janata Party 10585Arjun Salgaocar Independent 82942291
39 Sanguem Subhash Phal Desai Bharatiya Janata Party 7454Yuri Alemao Nationalist Congress Party 6971483
40 Canacona Ramesh Tawadkar Bharatiya Janata Party 14328 Isidore Fernandes Indian National Congress 116242704

By-election

Shortly after the election, the Cortalim seat was opened for a by-election following the death of the incumbent, Matanhy Saldanha, as a result of a heart attack. His wife, Alina Saldanha, was originally scheduled to run against Raymond D’Sa of the INC and independent candidate Ramakant Borkar, though the latter two soon withdrew from the race and she was elected unopposed on 25 May. She was given her husband's ministerial portfolio as forest minister. [6] [7] [8] She immediately said that she would not allow mining on forest land. [9]

Analysis

The Daily Pioneer called this election "the first time that the BJP has stamped its success in so many of those constituencies that have a significant population of the minority community." [10]

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