2007 Goa Legislative Assembly election

Elections in the Indian state of Goa took place on 2 June 2007. Counting of votes began on 5 June, and the election process was completed by 8 June.[1]

Goa legislative assembly election,2007
2 June 2007
All 40 seats in the Assembly
21 seats needed for a majority
Turnout70% (Increase1.25%)
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Digambar Kamat Manohar Parrikar
Party INC BJP
Leader's seat Margao Panaji
Seats won 16 14
Seat change Steady 0 Decrease 3
Chief Minister before election

Pratapsingh Rane
INC

 Elected Chief Minister

Digambar Kamat
INC

Results
Rank Party Seats Contested Seats Won
1Indian National Congress3216
3Nationalist Congress Party63
4Save Goa Front172
2Bharatiya Janata Party3314
4Maharashtrawadi Gomantak262
5United Goans Democratic Party111
4Independent492
Total 40

Winning candidates
No. Constituency Winner Party Margin Remark
1MandremLaxmikant Parsekar Bharatiya Janata Party
2PernemDayanand Sopte Bharatiya Janata Party
3DargalimManohar Ajgaonkar Indian National Congress
4TivimNilkanth Halarnkar Nationalist Congress Party
5MapusaFrancis D'Souza Bharatiya Janata Party
6SiolimDayanand Mandrekar Bharatiya Janata Party
7CalanguteAgnelo Fernandes Indian National Congress
8SaligaoDilip Parulekar Bharatiya Janata Party
9AldonaDayanand Narvekar Indian National Congress
10PanajiManohar Parrikar Bharatiya Janata Party
11TaleigaoBabush Monserrate United Goans Democratic Party
12Santa CruzVictoria Fernandes Indian National Congress
13St. AndreFrancisco Silveira Indian National Congress
14CumbarjuaPandurang Madkaikar Indian National Congress
15BicholimRajesh Patnekar Bharatiya Janata Party
16MaemAnant Shet Bharatiya Janata Party
17PaleGurudas Gauns Indian National Congress Expired
18PoriemPratapsing Rane Indian National Congress
19ValpoiVishwajit Pratapsingh Rane Independent Joined INC and re-elected
20PondaRavi Naik Indian National Congress
21PriolDeepak Dhavalikar Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
22MarcaimRamkrishna 'Sudin' Dhavalikar Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
23ShirodaMahadev Naik Bharatiya Janata Party
24MormugaoMilind Naik Bharatiya Janata Party
25Vasco Da GamaJose Philip D'Souza Nationalist Congress Party
26CortalimMauvin Godinho Indian National Congress
27LoutolimAleixo Sequeira Indian National Congress
28BenaulimMickky Pacheco Nationalist Congress Party
29FatordaDamodar Naik Bharatiya Janata Party
30MargaoDigambar Kamat Indian National Congress
31CurtorimAleixo Lourenco Save Goa Front
32NavelimChurchill Alemao Save Goa Front
33VelimFilipe Nery Rodrigues Indian National Congress
34CuncolimJoaquim Alemao Indian National Congress
35SanvordemAnil Salgaocar Independent
36SanguemVasudev Gaonkar Bharatiya Janata Party
37CurchoremShyam Satardekar Indian National Congress
38QuepemChandrakant 'Babu' Kavlekar Indian National Congress
39CanaconaVijay Pai Khot Bharatiya Janata Party
40PoinguinimRamesh Tawadkar Bharatiya Janata Party

By-elections
No. Constituency Winner Party Margin Remark
1 Pale Pratap Gauns INC
2 Valpoi Vishwajit Pratapsingh Rane INC

Government formation

Indian National Congress in alliance with Nationalist Congress Party and Save Goa Front formed the government.

References
  1. "Election Commission India". Archived from the original on 17 May 2007. Retrieved 25 May 2007.
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