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. 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.

Background

The term of the Legislative Assembly ended on March 18, 2017. The last election had resulted in a 21-seat majority to the

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led by Manohar Parrikar. Parrikar was elected

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. In 2014, he had to resign due to being nominated as

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. Laxmikant Parsekar took oath as Chief Minister as Parrikar's successor.

Opinion polls

Turnout

Results

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(BJP) , 2,97,588 , , 32.5 , , 2.2 , 13 , , 8 , - , , align="left",

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

(INC) , 2,59,758 , , 28.4 , , 2.4 , 17 , , 8 , - , , align="left", Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MAG) , 1,03,290 , , 11.3 , , 4.6 , 3 , , , - , , align="left", Independents (IND) , 1,01,922 , , 11.1 , , 5.5 , 3 , , 2 , - , , align="left",

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(AAP) , 57,420 , , 6.3 , , 6.3 , 0 , , , - , style="color:inherit;background:#353982", , align="left", Goa Forward Party (GFP) , 31,900 , , 3.5 , , 3.5 , 3 , , 3 , - , , align="left",

Nationalist Congress Party The Nationalist Congress Party is one of the List of political parties in India#State parties, state parties in India and is one of the major political parties in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, Maharashtra with a recognised state party statu ...

(NCP) , 20,916 , , 2.3 , , 1.8 , 1 , , 1 , - , bgcolor="grey", , align="left", Goa Suraksha Manch (GSM) , 10,745 , , 1.2 , , 1.2 , 0 , , , - , bgcolor="yellow", , align="left", United Goans Party (UGP) , 8,563, , 0.9 , , 0.9 , 0 , , , - , bgcolor="orange", , align="left", Goa Vikas Party (GVP) , 5,379 , , 0.6 , , 2.9 , 0 , , 2 , - , bgcolor="black", , align="left", Others , 7,816 , , 0.9 , , 2.9 , 0 , , , - , bgcolor=white, , align="left",

None of the Above "None of the above" (NOTA), or none for short, also known as "against all" or a "scratch" vote, is a ballot option in some jurisdictions or organizations, designed to allow the voter to indicate disapproval of the candidates in a voting system ...

(NOTA) , 10,919 , , 1.2 , , 1.2 , colspan="2" , - , colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9", , - style="font-weight:bold;" , align="left" colspan="2", Total , 9,16,216 , , 100.00 , , bgcolor="#E9E9E9", , 40 , , ±0 , - ! colspan="9" , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" , Valid votes , align="right" , 9,16,216 , align="right" , 99.85 , colspan="4" rowspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" , Invalid votes , align="right" , 1,416 , align="right" , 0.15 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" , Votes cast / turnout , align="right" , 9,17,832 , align="right" , 82.56 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" , Abstentions , align="right" , 1,93,860 , align="right" , 17.44 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" , Registered voters , align="right" , 11,11,692 , colspan="1" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", , -

Results by Constituency

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

By-elections

References

External links

Goa Election Commission
{{Goan elections State Assembly elections in Goa 2010s in Goa 2017 State Assembly elections in India