2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election|
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The 2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election was held on 4 February 2017 to elect the 40 members of the Seventh Goa Legislative Assembly, as the term of Sixth Legislative Assembly ended on 18 March 2017.[1][2] 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.[3][4][5]
Background
The term of the Legislative Assembly ended on March 18, 2017.[2] The last election had resulted in a 21-seat majority to the Bharatiya Janata Party led by Manohar Parrikar.[6] 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.[7][8]
Opinion polls
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[15] | Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats |
| 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 | — |
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| Total | 9,16,216 | 100.00 | | 40 | ±0 |
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| Valid votes | 9,16,216 | 99.85 | |
| Invalid votes | 1,416 | 0.15 |
| Votes cast / turnout | 9,17,832 | 82.56 |
| Abstentions | 1,93,860 | 17.44 |
| Registered voters | 11,11,692 | |
Results by Constituency
The following is the list of winning MLAs in the election.[16]
By-elections
See also
References
- ^ "Announcement: Schedule for the General Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- ^ a b "Terms of the Houses". eci.nic.in. Election Commission of India/National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
- ^ "AnnexureVI VVPAT Page 24 - Corrigendum in the Election Schedule of the Manipur, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assemblies Election, 2017 – reg" (PDF). eci.nic.in. 4 January 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 June 2017.
- ^ "Poll panel to introduce paper trail for Goa polls | Goa News - Times of India". The Times of India.
- ^ "An election of many firsts in Goa | Goa News - Times of India". The Times of India.
- ^ Prakash Kamat (7 March 2012). "Riding anti-incumbency wave, BJP storms to power in Goa". The Hindu. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
- ^ "Manohar Parrikar gets defence, Suresh Prabhu becomes new railway minister". India Today. 9 November 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
- ^ "Meet Laxmikant Parsekar: Goa's new chief minister, a BJP loyalist". Firstpost. 9 November 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
- ^ Rukmini S (2 February 2017). "HuffPost-CVoter Pre-Poll Survey: Aam Aadmi Party Set To Win Punjab, Hung Assembly In Goa". HuffPost. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ Prasannan, R. (5 February 2017). "Vote for instability". The Week. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ India Today Web Desk (6 January 2017). "India Today-Axis Opinion Poll on Goa: In key state, AAP eyed, BJP takes the cake". India Today. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ Ajit Kumar Jha (24 October 2016). "Saffron strike". India Today. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ Murari Shetye (13 August 2016). "Survey shows AAP to win 14 out of 40 seats in Goa". Times of India. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ Srividhya Iyer (8 February 2017). "Goa Assembly Elections 2017 Opinion Poll Results: BJP To Secure Thumping Majority, AAP Comes A Close Second". India.com. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ "Performance of Political Parties" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 July 2018.
- ^ "List of Successful Candidates" (Xlsx). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
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