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2017 Goa legislative assembly election Turnout 82.56%
Election Map (by Constituencies)
2017 Goa Assembly Election Reulsts The Goa Legislative Assembly election, 2017 was held on February 4, 2017 to elect the 40 members of the Goa Legislative Assembly , as the term of current Legislative Assembly ends on March 18, 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] last election had resulted in a 21-seat majority to the Bharatiya Janata Party led by Manohar Parrikar .[6] 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 Results
← Summary of the 4 February 2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election results[9]
Parties and coalitions
Popular vote
Seats
Votes
%
± %
Won
+/−
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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
297,588
32.5
13
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Indian National Congress (INC)
259,758
28.4
17
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Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MAG)
103,290
11.3
3
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Independents (IND)
101,922
11.1
3
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Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)
57,420
6.3
0
Goa Forward Party (GFP)
31,900
3.5
3
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Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)
20,916
2.3
1
Goa Suraksha Manch (GSM)
10,745
1.2
0
United Goans Party (UGP)
8,563
0.9
0
Goa Vikas Party (GVP)
5,379
0.6
0
Others
7,816
0.9
0
None of the Above (NOTA)
10,919
1.2
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Total
9,16,216
100.00
40
±0
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.[10]
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 May 23, 2016 .^ "AnnexureVI VVPAT Page 24" (PDF) .^ "Poll panel to introduce paper trail for Goa polls" .^ An election of many firsts ^ Prakash Kamat (March 7, 2012). "Riding anti-incumbency wave, BJP storms to power in Goa" . The Hindu . Retrieved May 23, 2016 . ^ "Manohar Parrikar gets defence, Suresh Prabhu becomes new railway minister" . India Today . Retrieved May 23, 2016 .^ "Meet Laxmikant Parsekar: Goa's new chief minister, a BJP loyalist" . Firstpost . Retrieved May 23, 2016 .^ http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2017/Goa/05.Performance%20of%20Political%20Parties.pdf ^ "List of Successful Candidates" (Xlsx) . Election Commission of India . Retrieved 22 April 2017 .
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