Bharatiya Janata Party, Goa

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Bharatiya Janata Party, Goa
भारतीय जनता पार्टी, गोवा
Abbreviation BJP
Leader Pramod Sawant
(Chief Minister)
President Sadanand Shet
General SecretarySatish Dhond
Founded6 April 1980
(44 years ago)
 (1980-04-06)
Headquarters3rd Floor, Navelkar Arcade, Dr. Atmaram Borkar Road, Panaji - 403 001 Goa
Colours  Saffron
ECI StatusNational Party
Seats in  Lok Sabha
1 / 2
(as of 2022)
Seats in  Rajya Sabha
1 / 1
(as of 2022)
Seats in  Goa Legislative Assembly
28 / 40
Website
goa.bjp.org

Bharatiya Janata Party is the affiliate of Bharatiya Janata Party for the state of Goa. The party appointed Sadanand Tanavade as the president of the BJP Goa on 12 January 2020 who took over from Vinay Dinu Tendulkar. [1] Pramod Sawant was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Goa on 19 March 2019, after the death of Manohar Parrikar.

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Electoral history

Legislative Assembly election

YearSeats wonSeats contested+/-Voteshare (%)+/- (%)Outcome
1984
0 / 30
16Steady2.svg1.21%Increase2.svg 1.21%Opposition
1989
0 / 40
7Steady2.svg0.39%Decrease2.svg 0.82%Opposition
1994
4 / 40
12Increase2.svg 49.05%Increase2.svg 8.66%Opposition
1999
10 / 40
39Increase2.svg 626.15%Increase2.svg 17.1%Opposition, later Government
2002
17 / 40
39Increase2.svg 735.57%Increase2.svg 9.42%Government
2007
14 / 40
33Decrease2.svg 330.32%Decrease2.svg 5.25%Opposition
2012
21 / 40
28Increase2.svg 734.68%Increase2.svg 4.36%Government
2017
13 / 40
36Decrease2.svg 832.48%Decrease2.svg 2.2%Government
2022
20 / 40
40Increase2.svg 733.31%Increase2.svg 0.83%Government

Lok Sabha election

YearSeats won+/-Outcome
1980
0 / 2
Steady2.svgOpposition
1984
0 / 2
Steady2.svgOpposition
1989
0 / 2
Steady2.svgOutside support to National Front
1991
0 / 2
Steady2.svgOpposition
1996
0 / 2
Steady2.svgGovernment, later Opposition
1998
0 / 2
Steady2.svgGovernment
1999
1 / 2
Increase2.svg 1Government
2004
1 / 2
Steady2.svgOpposition
2009
1 / 2
Steady2.svgOpposition
2014
2 / 2
Increase2.svg 1Government
2019
1 / 2
Decrease2.svg 1Government
2024
1 / 2
Steady2.svgGovernment

Leadership

Chief Minister

NoPortraitName Constituency Term of OfficeAssembly
1 The official photograph of the Union Minister for Defence, Shri Manohar Parrikar.jpg Manohar Parrikar Panaji 24 October 20003 June 20028 years, 348 days 8th
3 June 2002 [2] 2 February 2005 9th
9 March 20128 November 2014 11th
14 March 201717 March 2019 12th
2 Laxmikant Parsekar.jpg Laxmikant Parsekar Mandrem 8 November 201411 March 20172 years, 123 days 11th
3 The Chief Minister of Goa, Shri Pramod Sawant.jpg Pramod Sawant Sanquelim 19 March 2019Incumbent5 years, 78 days 12th

Leader of the Opposition

NoPortraitName Constituency Term of OfficeAssembly Chief Minister
1 The official photograph of the Union Minister for Defence, Shri Manohar Parrikar.jpg Manohar Parrikar Panaji 14 June 20055 June 20071 year, 356 days 9th Pratapsingh Rane
19 June 20076 March 20124 years, 261 days 10th Digambar Kamat

President

NoParty leaderPeriod
1Kashinath Parab198019899 years
2Vishwanath Arlekar198919912 years
3 Shripad Naik 199119954 years
4 Suresh Amonkar 199520005 years
5 Laxmikant Parsekar 200020033 years
6 Rajendra Arlekar 200320074 years
(3) Shripad Naik 200720103 years
(5) Laxmikant Parsekar 201020122 years
7 [3] Vinay Dinu Tendulkar 201220208 years
8 [1] Sadanand Shet 2020present2 years

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