1999 Goa Legislative Assembly election explained

Election Name:Goa legislative assembly election, 1999
Country:India
Type:legislative
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1994 Goa Legislative Assembly election
Previous Year:1994
Next Election:2002 Goa Legislative Assembly election
Next Year:2002
Election Date:4 June 1999
Seats For Election:All 40 seats in the Assembly
Turnout:65%
Leader1:Luizinho Faleiro
Image1:Hand INC.svg
Leaders Seat1:Navelim
Party1:Indian National Congress
Seats1:21
Seat Change1: 3
Leader2:Manohar Parrikar
Leaders Seat2:Panaji
Party2:Bharatiya Janata Party
Seats2:10
Seat Change2: 6
Chief Minister
Posttitle:Chief Minister after election
Before Election:Luizinho Faleiro
Before Party:Indian National Congress
After Election:Luizinho Faleiro
After Party:Indian National Congress
Majority Seats:21

Elections for the Indian state of Goa took place in June 1999.[1] [2] [3]

Results

RankPartySeats ContestedSeats Won
1Indian National Congress4021
2Bharatiya Janata Party3910
3Maharashtrawadi Gomantak174
4United Goans Democratic Party112
5Goa Rajiv Congress Party142
6Independent491
Total 40

Results by constituency

The following is the list of winning MLAs in the election.[4]

No.Constituency Winner Party MarginRemark
1 Ramakant Khalap1,182
2 Jitendra Deshprabhu1,166
3 Manohar Ajgaonkar1,096
4 Dayanand Narvekar2,656
5 Francis D'Souza1,575
6 Dayanand Mandrekar792
7 Suresh Parulekar749
8 Wilfred de Souza464
9 AldonaUlhas Asnodkar3,849
10 Manohar Parrikar2,749
11 Somanth Juwarkar1,827
12 Victoria Fernandes5,387
13 Francisco Silveira2,704
14 850
15 Pandurang Raut90
16 Prakash Fadte838
17 Suresh Amonkar2,351
18 Pratapsing Rane4,458
19 Venkatesh Desai854
20 Ravi Naik4,036
21 Vishwas Satarkar1,970
22 Ramkrishna 'Sudin' Dhavalikar694
23 Subhash Shirodkar3,209
24 Sheikh Hassan Haroon1,023
25 Jose Philip D'Souza1,508
26 Mauvin Godinho1,101
27 Aleixo SequeiraUnopposed
28 Churchill Alemao4,837
29 Luis Cardozo2,743
30 Digambar Kamat3,277
31 Francisco Sardinha9,550
32 Luizinho Faleiro9,761
33 Filipe Nery Rodrigues5,272
34 Arecio D'Souza2,214
35 Vinay Tendulkar676
36 Prabhakar Gaonkar787
37 Adv. Ramrao Desai369
38 Prakash Velip369
39 Sanjay Bandekar171
40 Isidore Fernandes1,659

Government formation

Indian National Congress formed the government under the leadership of Luizinho Faleiro which lasted for 169 days. Francisco Sardinha broke the Indian National Congress and formed the government with the help of Bharatiya Janata Party which lasted for 334 days.

On 24 October 2000, Bharatiya Janata Party formed its first government in Goa under the leadership of Manohar Parrikar which lasted for 1 year and 223 days before the next elections were called off.

Notes and References

  1. News: Goa polls become prestige issue as curtain-raiser to LS elections . 29 February 2024 . The Times of India . 1999-05-28. .
  2. https://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/member_past_list.php?srch_mode=QUERY&cmbassemblyid=3 Goa Vidhan Sabha
  3. https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3852-goa-1999/ Election Commission India
  4. http://www.elections.in/goa/assembly-constituencies/1999-election-results.html List of Successful Candidates in Goa Assembly Election in 1999