2002 Goa Legislative Assembly election

{{Short description|Election in Indian state}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}

{{Infobox election

| election_name = Goa legislative assembly election, 2002

| country = India

| type = legislative

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 1999 Goa Legislative Assembly election

| previous_year = 1999

| next_election = 2007 Goa Legislative Assembly election

| next_year = 2007

| election_date = 30 May 2002

| seats_for_election = All 40 seats in the Assembly

| turnout = 68.75% ({{increase}} 3.75%)

|image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image=The official photograph of the Union Minister for Defence, Shri Manohar Parrikar.jpg|bSize=100|cWidth=80|cHeight=100|oLeft=10|oTop=03}}

| leader1 = Manohar Parrikar

| leaders_seat1 = Panaji

| party1 = Bharatiya Janata Party

| seats1 = 17

| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 7

| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Pratapsingh Rane.jpg|bSize=100|cWidth=80|cHeight=100|oLeft=10|oTop=06}}

| leader2 = Pratapsing Rane

| leaders_seat2 = Poriem

| party2 = Indian National Congress

| seats2 = 16

| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 5

| title = Chief Minister

| posttitle = Chief Minister after election

| before_election = Manohar Parrikar

| before_party = Bharatiya Janata Party

| after_election = Manohar Parrikar

| after_party = Bharatiya Janata Party

| majority_seats = 21

}}

Elections for the Indian state of Goa took place 2002.[https://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/member_past_list.php?srch_mode=QUERY&cmbassemblyid=4 Goa Vidhan Sabha][https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3853-goa-2002/ 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|Pratapsingh Rane

| 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|Nationalist Congress Party}};color:white"|4.

| style="text-align:center| Nationalist Congress Party

| 50px

|50px

| style="text-align:center| Sharad Pawar

| style="text-align:center| 20

! 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| 10

Results

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!colspan=10|File:India Goa Legislative Assembly 2002.svg

align="center" | Rank

! align="center" | Party

! align="center" | Seats Contested

! align="center" | Seats Won

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|1

align="left"|Bharatiya Janata Party3917
2align="left"|Indian National Congress4016
style="background:
style="background: #90EE90;"

|4

align="left"|United Goans Democratic Party103
style="background: #90EE90;"

|3

align="left"|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak252
"background: #90EE90;"

|5

align="left"|Nationalist Congress Party201
style="background:

|6

align="left"|Independent481
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/2002-election-results.html List of Successful Candidates in Goa Assembly Election in 2002]

  • Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency{{cite web|website=eci.gov.in |publisher=Election Commission of India|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2002 to the Legislative Assembly of Meghalaya |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2002/Stat_rep_se2002_GA.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101007072027/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2002/Stat_rep_se2002_GA.pdf |archive-date=7 October 2010 |access-date=15 February 2024|format=pdf}}

class="wikitable sortable"

! 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

!%

1Mandrem78.34%Laxmikant Parsekar{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}5,95539.05%Khalap Ramakant{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}5,04733.1%style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|908
2Bicholim78.27%Rajesh Patnekar{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}8,96054.28%Pandurang Raut{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}6,40038.77%style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|2,560
3Panaji65.82%Manohar Parrikar{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}5,70055.58%Silimkhan Ramesh{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}4,40842.98%style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|1,292
4Quepem73.09%Babu Kavlekar{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}8,91347.04%Prakash Velip{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}7,05837.25%style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|1,855
5Curchorem73.31%Ramrao Dessai{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}9,80653.29%Domnick Fernandes{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}8,02743.62%style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|1,779
6Mormugao54.52%Vaz Giovanni Karl{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}4,63530.91%Sheikh Hassan Haroon{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}4,19227.95%style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|443
7Pernem77.06%Deshprabhu Jitendra Raghuraj{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}6,77848.27%Dayanand Raghunath Sopate{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}4,44931.68%style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|2,329
8Siolim70.76%Dayanand Mandrekar{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}7,15240.49%Fernandes Francis Gregorio{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}5,24529.69%style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|1,907
9Calangute68.52%Fernandes Agnelo{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}9,71153.32%Suresh Vishwanath Parulekar{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}7,64141.96%style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|2,070
10Mapusa61.93%Francis D'Souza{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}8,37852.18%Braganza Armindo Jose{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}6,27139.06%style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|2,107
11Tivim70.93%Sadanand Shet Tanavade{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}6,96138.38%Nilkanth Ramnath Halarnkar{{party name with color|Nationalist Congress Party}}6,44035.51%style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|521
12St. Cruz64.16%Victoria Fernandes{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}6,65840.13%Anil Roghuvir Hoble{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}6,61839.89%style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|40
13St. Andre70.49%Francisco Silveira{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}6,98244.6%Pegado Carmo Rafael Andre Jose{{party name with color|Nationalist Congress Party}}4,19626.8%style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|2,786
14Ponda67.51%Ravi Naik{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}10,74550.29%Naik Shripad Yasso{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}9,42544.11%style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|1,320
15Siroda78.28%Subhash Shirodkar{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}9,73851.92%Prabhu Vishwanath Tukaram{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}8,60345.87%style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|1,135
16Cuncolim62.44%Joaquim Alemao{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}6,42644.48%Arecio D'Souza{{party name with color|Nationalist Congress Party}}4,03827.95%style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|2,388
17Curtorim66.12%Francisco Sardinha{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}8,90756.37%Lourenco Bruno Santos{{party name with color|Independent politician}}6,05638.33%style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|2,851
18Cumbarjua67.84%Pandurang Madkaikar{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}6,54637.58%Nirmala P. Sawant{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}5,93834.09%style="background:{{party color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}"|608
19Saligao70.59%Wilfred de Souza{{party name with color|Nationalist Congress Party}}4,26328.69%D' Mello Trejano Agricio{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}3,53723.8%style="background:{{party color|Nationalist Congress Party}}"|726
20Taleigao67.07%Atanasio Monserrate{{party name with color|United Goans Democratic Party}}7,23742.31%Zuwarkar Somnath Datta{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}4,97629.09%style="background:{{party color|United Goans Democratic Party}}"|2,261
21Maem71.88%Harish Narayan Prabhu Zantye{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}6,43048.22%Prakash J. Fadte{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}4,47433.55%style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|1,956
22Priol75.16%Vishwas Satarkar{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}8,07141.62%Amonkar Shrikant Sagun{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}6,40933.05%style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|1,662
23Poriem77.11%Pratapsingh Rane{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}9,12655.78%Santoba Krishnarao Dessai{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}6,55740.08%style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|2,569
24Sanvordem71.42%Vinay Dinu Tendulkar{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}8,19548.3%Salgaocar Anil Vassudeva{{party name with color|Independent politician}}5,08429.96%style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|3,111
25Dargalim72.93%Manohar Ajgaonkar{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}8,46774.08%Dhargalkar Balkrishna Atmaram{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}2,70523.67%style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|5,762
26Aldona65.61%Dayanand Narvekar{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}9,95750.73%Ulhas Asnodkar{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}7,94440.48%style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|2,013
27Pale76.58%Suresh Amonkar{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}8,51949.84%Gawas Gurudas Prabhakar{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}6,96540.75%style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|1,554
28Valpoi77.04%Narahari Haldankar{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}6,13749.54%Venkatesh Desai{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}5,78546.7%style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|352
29Marcaim75.89%Sudin Dhavalikar{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}11,58763.91%Naik Santosh Mahanandu{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}3,73720.61%style="background:{{party color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}"|7,850
30Vasco Da Gama56.22%Rajendra Arlekar{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}5,60535.6%Jose Philip D'Souza{{party name with color|Nationalist Congress Party}}4,50928.64%style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|1,096
31Cortalim64.61%Matanhy Saldanha{{party name with color|United Goans Democratic Party}}6,74137.93%Godinho Mauvin Heliodoro{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}5,89133.15%style="background:{{party color|United Goans Democratic Party}}"|850
32Loutolim66.75%Aleixo Sequeira{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}8,87362.88%Gracias Radharao Socrates{{party name with color|United Goans Democratic Party}}4,11929.19%style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|4,754
33Benaulim67.56%Mickky Pacheco{{party name with color|United Goans Democratic Party}}7,75251.52%Churchill Alemao{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}6,70344.54%style="background:{{party color|United Goans Democratic Party}}"|1,049
34Fatorda61.04%Damodar (Damu) G. Naik{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}5,69534.97%Cardoz Luis Alex Florenci{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}5,10731.36%style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|588
35Margao55.05%Digambar Kamat{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}8,52565.37%Chodankar Girish Raya{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}3,78128.99%style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|4,744
36Navelim58.7%Luizinho Faleiro{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}10,24559.5%Raikar John Lourence{{party name with color|Independent politician}}5,66832.92%style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|4,577
37Velim64.02%Filipe Nery Rodrigues{{party name with color|Independent politician}}8,66467.35%D'Silva Marcus Sebastiano{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}3,14824.47%style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}"|5,516
38Sanguem71.32%Vasudev Gaonkar{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}5,74743.46%Satyawan Bhadru Dessai{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}4,91037.13%style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|837
39Canacona78.62%Vijay Anandrao Pai Khot{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}8,53158.95%Sanjay Bandekar{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}5,64839.03%style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|2,883
40Poinguinim77.66%Isidore Fernandes{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}5,64149.42%Ramesh Tawadkar{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}3,77333.05%style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|1,868

By Elections

class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
No.

!Constituency

!Winner

! colspan="2" |Party

!Margin

! Remark

1BenaulimMickky Pacheco

| bgcolor="{{party color|Nationalist Congress Party}}" |

| Nationalist Congress Party

| Due to the resignation of Mickky Pacheco
2CumbarjuaPandurang Madkaikar

| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |

| Indian National Congress

| Due to the resignation of Pandurang Madkaikar
3MargaoDigambar Kamat

| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |

| Indian National Congress

| Due to the resignation of Digambar Kamat
4PoinguinimIsidore Fernandes

| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |

| Bharatiya Janata Party

| Due to resignation of Isidore Fernandes
5PoinguinimRamesh Tawadkar

| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |

| Bharatiya Janata Party

| Due to resignation of Isidore Fernandes
6TaleigaoBabush Monserrate

| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |

| Indian National Congress

| Due to resignation of Babush Monserrate

Government formation

On 3 June 2002, Bharatiya Janata Party formed its first government in Goa under the leadership of Manohar Parrikar which lasted for 2 years and 244 days. Government fell due to Digambar Kamat fallout Bharatiya Janata Party.

References