2007 Goa Legislative Assembly election explained

Election Name:Goa legislative assembly election,2007
Country:India
Type:legislative
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2002 Goa Legislative Assembly election
Previous Year:2002
Next Election:2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election
Next Year:2012
Election Date:2 June 2007
Seats For Election:All 40 seats in the Assembly
Turnout:70% (1.25%)
Image1:Digambar Kamat.jpg
Leader1:Digambar Kamat
Leaders Seat1:Margao
Party1:Indian National Congress
Seats1:16
Seat Change1: 0
Leader2:Manohar Parrikar
Leaders Seat2:Panaji
Party2:Bharatiya Janata Party
Seats2:14
Seat Change2: 3
Chief Minister
Before Election:Pratapsingh Rane
Before Party:Indian National Congress
After Election:Digambar Kamat
After Party:Indian National Congress
Majority Seats:21

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]

Results

RankPartySeats ContestedSeats 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 MarginRemark
1 Laxmikant Parsekar
2 Dayanand Sopte
3 Manohar Ajgaonkar
4 Nilkanth Halarnkar
5 Francis D'Souza
6 Dayanand Mandrekar
7 Agnelo Fernandes
8 Dilip Parulekar
9 AldonaDayanand Narvekar
10 Manohar Parrikar
11 Babush Monserrate
12 Victoria Fernandes
13 Francisco Silveira
14 Pandurang Madkaikar
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16 Anant Shet
17 Gurudas GaunsExpired
18 Pratapsing Rane
19 Vishwajit Pratapsingh RaneJoined INC and re-elected
20 Ravi Naik
21 Deepak Dhavalikar
22 Ramkrishna 'Sudin' Dhavalikar
23 Mahadev Naik
24 Milind Naik
25 Jose Philip D'Souza
26 Mauvin Godinho
27 Aleixo Sequeira
28 Mickky Pacheco
29 Damodar Naik
30 Digambar Kamat
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33 Filipe Nery Rodrigues
34 Joaquim Alemao
35 Anil Salgaocar
36 Vasudev Gaonkar
37 Shyam Satardekar
38 Chandrakant 'Babu' Kavlekar
39 Vijay Pai Khot
40 Ramesh Tawadkar

By-elections

No.Constituency Winner Party MarginRemark
1PalePratap GaunsINC
2ValpoiINC

Government formation

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Election Commission India . 25 May 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070517063902/http://www.eci.gov.in/CurrentElections/schedule_goa.asp . 17 May 2007 . dead .