2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election

2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election
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All 40 seats in Goa Legislative Assembly
21 seats needed for a majority
Turnout82.56% Decrease 0.38%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Pratapsingh Rane Laxmikant Parsekar
Party INC BJP
Alliance UPA NDA
Leader's seat Poriem Mandrem
(lost)
Last election 9 21
Seats won 17 13
Seat change Increase 8 Decrease 8
Popular vote 259,758 297,588
Percentage 28.4% 32.5%
Swing Decrease 2.3% Decrease 2.1%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Sudin Dhavalikar Vijai Sardesai
Party MGP GFP
Alliance NDA NDA
Leader's seat Marcaim Fatorda
Last election 3 New party
Seats won 3 3
Seat change Steady Increase 3
Popular vote 103,290 31,900
Percentage 11.3% 3.5%
Swing Increase 4.6% Increase 3.5%
Chief Minister before election

Laxmikant Parsekar
BJP

Elected Chief Minister

Manohar Parrikar
BJP

The Goa Legislative Assembly election, 2017 was held on February 4, 2017 to elect the 40 members of the Seventh Goa Legislative Assembly, as the term of Sixth Legislative Assembly ended 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]

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Terms of the Houses". eci.nic.in. Election Commission of India/National Informatics Centre. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  3. ^ "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 2017-06-22.
  4. ^ "Poll panel to introduce paper trail for Goa polls | Goa News - Times of India". The Times of India.
  5. ^ "An election of many firsts in Goa | Goa News - Times of India". The Times of India.