1999 Goa Legislative Assembly election
{{Short description|Election in Indian state}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox election
| 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 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Hand INC.svg|bSize=140|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=16|oTop=0}}
| leaders_seat1 = Navelim
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| seats1 = 21
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 3
| leader2 = Manohar Parrikar
|image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image=The official photograph of the Union Minister for Defence, Shri Manohar Parrikar.jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=12|oTop=02}}
| leaders_seat2 = Panaji
| party2 = Bharatiya Janata Party
| seats2 = 10
| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 6
| title = 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.{{cite news |title=Goa polls become prestige issue as curtain-raiser to LS elections |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/741844291 |access-date=29 February 2024 |work=The Times of India |date=1999-05-28| id={{ProQuest|741844291}} }}[https://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/member_past_list.php?srch_mode=QUERY&cmbassemblyid=3 Goa Vidhan Sabha][https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3852-goa-1999/ Election Commission India]
Parties contested
| class="wikitable" |
| No.
! Party ! Flag ! Symbol ! Leader !Seats contested |
|---|
| ! style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}};color:white"|1.
| style="text-align:center| Indian National Congress |50px | 50px | style="text-align:center|Luizinho Faleiro | style="text-align:center|40 |
| ! style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};color:white"|2.
| style="text-align:center| Bharatiya Janata Party |50px |50px | style="text-align:center| Manohar Parrikar | style="text-align:center| 39 |
| ! style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}};color:white"|3.
| style="text-align:center| Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party | 50px | 50px |style="text-align:center| Shashikala Kakodkar |style="text-align:center| 25 |
| ! style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Goa Rajiv Congress Party}};color:white"|4.
| style="text-align:center| Goa Rajiv Congress Party | 50px | | style="text-align:center| Wilfred de Souza | style="text-align:center| 14 |
| ! style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|United Goans Democratic Party}};color:white"|5.
| style="text-align:center| United Goans Democratic Party |50px |50px |style="text-align:center| Churchill Alemao |style="text-align:center| 11 |
Results
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
!colspan=10|File:India Goa Legislative Assembly 1999.svg | |||
| align="center" | Rank
! align="center" | Party ! align="center" | Seats Contested ! align="center" | Seats Won | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background: #90EE90;"
|1 | align="left"|Indian National Congress | 40 | 21 |
| style="background:
|2 | align="left"|Bharatiya Janata Party | 39 | 10 |
| 3 | align="left"|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak | 17 | 4 |
| 4 | align="left"|United Goans Democratic Party | 11 | 2 |
| 5 | align="left"|Goa Rajiv Congress Party | 14 | 2 |
| style="background:
|6 | align="left"|Independent | 49 | 1 |
| align="centre"|Total | 40 |
Results by constituency
The following is the list of winning MLAs in the election.[http://www.elections.in/goa/assembly-constituencies/1999-election-results.html List of Successful Candidates in Goa Assembly Election in 1999]
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Results by constituency |
! colspan="2" |Assembly Constituency !Turnout ! colspan="5" |Winner ! colspan="5" |Runner Up ! rowspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Margin | |||||||||||
| #k
! Names !% ! Candidate ! colspan="2" | Party ! data-sort-type=number | Votes !% ! Candidate ! colspan="2" | Party ! data-sort-type=number | Votes !% | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mandrem | 73.32% | Ramakant Khalap | {{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}} | 5,401 | 39.6% | Parab Sangeeta Gopal | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 4,219 | 30.94% | style="background:{{party color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}"|1,182 |
| 2 | Pernem | 72.72% | Deshprabhu Jitendra Raghuraj | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 5,129 | 41.32% | Kotkar Parshuram Nagesh | {{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}} | 3,963 | 31.93% | style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|1,166 |
| 3 | Dargalim | 68.24% | Manohar Ajgaonkar | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 4,328 | 42.92% | Dhargalkar Balkrishna Atmaram | {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | 3,232 | 32.05% | style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|1,096 |
| 4 | Tivim | 67.43% | Dayanand Narvekar | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 6,989 | 41.17% | Halarnkar Nilkant Ramnath | {{party name with color|Goa Rajiv Congress Party}} | 4,333 | 25.53% | style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|2,656 |
| 5 | Mapusa | 61.06% | Francis D'Souza | {{party name with color|Goa Rajiv Congress Party}} | 5,602 | 36.2% | Natekar Gurudas Bhalchandra | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 4,027 | 26.02% | style="background:{{party color|Goa Rajiv Congress Party}}"|1,575 |
| 6 | Siolim | 67.06% | Dayanand Mandrekar | {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | 4,455 | 27.13% | Marques Milton Olympio | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 3,663 | 22.3% | style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|792 |
| 7 | Calangute | 66.33% | Parulekar Suresh Vishwanath | {{party name with color|United Goans Democratic Party}} | 7,670 | 46.36% | Tomazinho Cardozo | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 6,921 | 41.83% | style="background:{{party color|United Goans Democratic Party}}"|749 |
| 8 | Saligao | 67.67% | Wilfred de Souza | {{party name with color|Goa Rajiv Congress Party}} | 5,006 | 35.94% | Kalangutkar Deelip Sonu | {{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}} | 4,542 | 32.61% | style="background:{{party color|Goa Rajiv Congress Party}}"|464 |
| 9 | Aldona | 61.33% | Ulhas Asnodkar | {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | 6,587 | 36.69% | Halankar Vishwanath Rohidas | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 2,738 | 15.25% | style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|3,849 |
| 10 | Panaji | 56.27% | Manohar Parrikar | {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | 5,396 | 51.53% | Prabhu Keshav Laximidhar | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 2,647 | 25.28% | style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|2,749 |
| 11 | Taleigao | 60.36% | Somnath Dattta Zuwarkar | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 8,288 | 52.71% | Salkar Subhash Tukaram | {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | 6,461 | 41.09% | style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|1,827 |
| 12 | St. Cruz | 66.97% | Victoria Fernandes | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 8,829 | 50.78% | Hoble Anil Raghuvir | {{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}} | 3,442 | 19.8% | style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|5,387 |
| 13 | St. Andre | 72.07% | Francisco Silveira | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 7,080 | 45.5% | Kamat Dhakankar Avinash Govind | {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | 4,376 | 28.12% | style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|2,704 |
| 14 | Cumbarjua | 64.76% | Nirmala Prabhakar Sawant | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 6,004 | 37.18% | Parvatkar Govind Bhikaji | {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | 5,154 | 31.92% | style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|850 |
| 15 | Bicholim | 73.13% | Pandurang Raut | {{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}} | 5,089 | 33.04% | Rajesh Patnekar | {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | 4,999 | 32.46% | style="background:{{party color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}"|90 |
| 16 | Maem | 72.73% | Prakash Fadte | {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | 3,420 | 27.16% | Chopdekar Murari Sambha | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 2,582 | 20.51% | style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|838 |
| 17 | Pale | 71.48% | Suresh Amonkar | {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | 7,156 | 44.41% | Gawas Gurudas Prabhakar | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 4,805 | 29.82% | style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|2,351 |
| 18 | Poriem | 74.62% | Pratapsingh Rane | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 7,865 | 52.93% | Santoba Krishnarao Dessai | {{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}} | 3,407 | 22.93% | style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|4,458 |
| 19 | Valpoi | 71.12% | Venkatesh Desai | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 4,177 | 38.01% | Narahari Haldankar | {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | 3,323 | 30.24% | style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|854 |
| 20 | Ponda | 66.79% | Ravi Naik | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 9,349 | 48.72% | Khedekar Yeshwant Uttam | {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | 5,313 | 27.69% | style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|4,036 |
| 21 | Priol | 73.01% | Vishwas Satarkar | {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | 6,563 | 37.29% | Dr.Kashinath Jalmi | {{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}} | 4,593 | 26.1% | style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|1,970 |
| 22 | Marcaim | 73.84% | Sudin Dhavalikar | {{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}} | 6,537 | 38.94% | Naik Shripad Yasso | {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | 5,843 | 34.8% | style="background:{{party color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}"|694 |
| 23 | Siroda | 75.79% | Subhash Shirodkar | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 9,548 | 56.56% | Naik Manohar Gopal | {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | 6,339 | 37.55% | style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|3,209 |
| 24 | Mormugao | 52.43% | Sheikh Hassan Haroon | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 4,721 | 29.65% | Kocharekar Archana Kishor | {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | 3,698 | 23.23% | style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|1,023 |
| 25 | Vasco Da Gama | 51.89% | Jose Philip D'Souza | {{party name with color|United Goans Democratic Party}} | 5,691 | 33.11% | Rajendra Arlekar | {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | 4,183 | 24.34% | style="background:{{party color|United Goans Democratic Party}}"|1,508 |
| 26 | Cortalim | 62.4% | Mauvin Godinho | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 7,230 | 41.06% | Dourado Herculano T. | {{party name with color|United Goans Democratic Party}} | 6,129 | 34.81% | style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|1,101 |
| 27 | Loutolim| | ||||||||||
| |Aleixo Sequeira | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | colspan=8 style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| Elected Unopposed | |||||||||
| 28 | Benaulim | 60.99% | Churchill Alemao | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 8,625 | 66.8% | Radharao Socrates Gracias | {{party name with color|United Goans Democratic Party}} | 3,788 | 29.34% | style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|4,837 |
| 29 | Fatorda | 55.38% | Cardoz Luis Alex Florence | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 7,164 | 47.76% | Eng. Ashok Tukaram Korgaonkar | {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | 4,421 | 29.48% | style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|2,743 |
| 30 | Margao | 52.72% | Digambar Kamat | {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | 7,549 | 58.45% | M. K. Shaikh | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 4,272 | 33.08% | style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|3,277 |
| 31 | Curtorim | 59.% | Francisco Sardinha | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 10,843 | 83.66% | Gaunkar Antonio Damiao | {{party name with color|Independent politician}} | 1,293 | 9.98% | style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|9,550 |
| 32 | Navelim | 56.3% | Luizinho Faleiro | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 12,054 | 75.48% | Sheikh Jina Nabi | {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | 2,293 | 14.36% | style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|9,761 |
| 33 | Velim | 59.31% | Filipe Nery Rodrigues | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 7,829 | 65.83% | Manu Fernandes | {{party name with color|Goa Rajiv Congress Party}} | 2,557 | 21.5% | style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|5,272 |
| 34 | Cuncolim | 56.65% | Arecio D'Souza | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 5,481 | 43.93% | D Silva Julio Teodomiro | {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | 3,267 | 26.19% | style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|2,214 |
| 35 | Sanvordem | 66.88% | Vinay Dinu Tendulkar | {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | 4,600 | 29.28% | Gaonkar Ganesh Chandru | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 3,924 | 24.97% | style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|676 |
| 36 | Sanguem | 68.6% | Prabhakar Gaonkar | {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | 3,498 | 28.79% | Dessai Satyavan Bhadru | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 2,711 | 22.31% | style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|787 |
| 37 | Curchorem | 66.43% | Ramrao Dessai | {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | 7,640 | 46.95% | Domnick Fernandes | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 7,271 | 44.68% | style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|369 |
| 38 | Quepem | 66.64% | Prakash Velip | {{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}} | 5,648 | 36.62% | Raul Rocky Pereira | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 5,509 | 35.72% | style="background:{{party color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}"|139 |
| 39 | Canacona | 74.17% | Bandekar Sanjay Vimal | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 4,849 | 37.37% | Pai Khot Vijay Anandrao | {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | 4,678 | 36.05% | style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|171 |
| 40 | Poinguinim | 76.35% | Isidore Fernandes | {{party name with color|Independent politician}} | 4,860 | 45.04% | Govind Raghuchandra Acharya | {{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}} | 3,201 | 29.66% | style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}"|1,659 |
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.