Elections in Goa explained

The Portuguese ruled territories of Goa, Daman and Diu were invaded and successfully annexed through Operation Vijay into the Republic of India on 19 December 1961. Since then, elections in the state are conducted in accordance with the Constitution of India to elect representatives of various bodies on national, state and district levels.

Lok Sabha Elections

See main article: Lok Sabha. Goa has two Lok Sabha constituencies; North Goa and South Goa, none of which are reserved for Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes.

Keys:

No.	Constituency	1999 elections		2004 elections		2009 elections		2014 elections^[1]		2019 elections
		MP	Party	MP	Party	MP	Party	MP	Party	MP	Party
1	North Goa	S. Y. Naik	BJP	S. Y. Naik	BJP	S. Y. Naik	BJP	S. Y. Naik	BJP	S. Y. Naik	BJP
2	South Goa	C. Alemao	INC	F. Sardinha	INC	F. Sardinha	INC	N. K. Sawaikar	BJP	F. Sardinha	INC

Rajya Sabha

See main article: Rajya Sabha and List of Rajya Sabha members from Goa.

Vidhansabha Elections

See main article: Goa Legislative Assembly. The Goa Legislative Assembly has 40 constituencies of which only one is reserved for Scheduled Caste.

Summary of MLAs elected to the Goa Legislative Assembly

Parties		Seats won
1989	1994	1999	2002	2007	2012	2017	2022
	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	0	4	10	17	14	21	13	20
	Indian National Congress (INC)	20	18	21	16	16	9	17	11
	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MAG)	18	12	4	2	2	3	3	2
	Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)							0	2
	Goa Forward Party (GFP)							3	1
	Revolutionary Goans Party (RGP)								1
	Save Goa Front (SGF)					2
	Goa Rajiv Congress Party (GRCP)			2
	Goa Vikas Party (GVP)			0	0		2	0
	Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)				1	3	0	1	0
	United Goans Democratic Party (UGDP)		3	2	3	1	0
	Independents (IND)	2	3	1	1	2	5	3	3
Total		40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40

Political parties

See main article: Political Parties in Goa.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 16th Lok Sabha Election results . Election Commission of India . 19 June 2019.