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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| align="center" | Rank
! align="center" | Party ! align="center" | Seats Contested ! align="center" | Seats Won | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background: #90EE90;"
|1 | align="left"|Bharatiya Janata Party | 39 | 17 |
| 2 | align="left"|Indian National Congress | 40 | 16 |
| style="background: | |||
| style="background: #90EE90;"
|4 | align="left"|United Goans Democratic Party | 10 | 3 |
| style="background: #90EE90;"
|3 | align="left"|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak | 25 | 2 |
| "background: #90EE90;"
|5 | align="left"|Nationalist Congress Party | 20 | 1 |
| style="background:
|6 | align="left"|Independent | 48 | 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/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 !% | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mandrem | 78.34% | Laxmikant Parsekar | {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | 5,955 | 39.05% | Khalap Ramakant | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 5,047 | 33.1% | style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|908 |
| 2 | Bicholim | 78.27% | Rajesh Patnekar | {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | 8,960 | 54.28% | Pandurang Raut | {{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}} | 6,400 | 38.77% | style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|2,560 |
| 3 | Panaji | 65.82% | Manohar Parrikar | {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | 5,700 | 55.58% | Silimkhan Ramesh | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 4,408 | 42.98% | style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|1,292 |
| 4 | Quepem | 73.09% | Babu Kavlekar | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 8,913 | 47.04% | Prakash Velip | {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | 7,058 | 37.25% | style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|1,855 |
| 5 | Curchorem | 73.31% | Ramrao Dessai | {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | 9,806 | 53.29% | Domnick Fernandes | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 8,027 | 43.62% | style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|1,779 |
| 6 | Mormugao | 54.52% | Vaz Giovanni Karl | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 4,635 | 30.91% | Sheikh Hassan Haroon | {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | 4,192 | 27.95% | style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|443 |
| 7 | Pernem | 77.06% | Deshprabhu Jitendra Raghuraj | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 6,778 | 48.27% | Dayanand Raghunath Sopate | {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | 4,449 | 31.68% | style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|2,329 |
| 8 | Siolim | 70.76% | Dayanand Mandrekar | {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | 7,152 | 40.49% | Fernandes Francis Gregorio | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 5,245 | 29.69% | style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|1,907 |
| 9 | Calangute | 68.52% | Fernandes Agnelo | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 9,711 | 53.32% | Suresh Vishwanath Parulekar | {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | 7,641 | 41.96% | style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|2,070 |
| 10 | Mapusa | 61.93% | Francis D'Souza | {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | 8,378 | 52.18% | Braganza Armindo Jose | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 6,271 | 39.06% | style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|2,107 |
| 11 | Tivim | 70.93% | Sadanand Shet Tanavade | {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | 6,961 | 38.38% | Nilkanth Ramnath Halarnkar | {{party name with color|Nationalist Congress Party}} | 6,440 | 35.51% | style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|521 |
| 12 | St. Cruz | 64.16% | Victoria Fernandes | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 6,658 | 40.13% | Anil Roghuvir Hoble | {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | 6,618 | 39.89% | style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|40 |
| 13 | St. Andre | 70.49% | Francisco Silveira | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 6,982 | 44.6% | Pegado Carmo Rafael Andre Jose | {{party name with color|Nationalist Congress Party}} | 4,196 | 26.8% | style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|2,786 |
| 14 | Ponda | 67.51% | Ravi Naik | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 10,745 | 50.29% | Naik Shripad Yasso | {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | 9,425 | 44.11% | style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|1,320 |
| 15 | Siroda | 78.28% | Subhash Shirodkar | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 9,738 | 51.92% | Prabhu Vishwanath Tukaram | {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | 8,603 | 45.87% | style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|1,135 |
| 16 | Cuncolim | 62.44% | Joaquim Alemao | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 6,426 | 44.48% | Arecio D'Souza | {{party name with color|Nationalist Congress Party}} | 4,038 | 27.95% | style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|2,388 |
| 17 | Curtorim | 66.12% | Francisco Sardinha | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 8,907 | 56.37% | Lourenco Bruno Santos | {{party name with color|Independent politician}} | 6,056 | 38.33% | style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|2,851 |
| 18 | Cumbarjua | 67.84% | Pandurang Madkaikar | {{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}} | 6,546 | 37.58% | Nirmala P. Sawant | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 5,938 | 34.09% | style="background:{{party color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}"|608 |
| 19 | Saligao | 70.59% | Wilfred de Souza | {{party name with color|Nationalist Congress Party}} | 4,263 | 28.69% | D' Mello Trejano Agricio | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 3,537 | 23.8% | style="background:{{party color|Nationalist Congress Party}}"|726 |
| 20 | Taleigao | 67.07% | Atanasio Monserrate | {{party name with color|United Goans Democratic Party}} | 7,237 | 42.31% | Zuwarkar Somnath Datta | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 4,976 | 29.09% | style="background:{{party color|United Goans Democratic Party}}"|2,261 |
| 21 | Maem | 71.88% | Harish Narayan Prabhu Zantye | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 6,430 | 48.22% | Prakash J. Fadte | {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | 4,474 | 33.55% | style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|1,956 |
| 22 | Priol | 75.16% | Vishwas Satarkar | {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | 8,071 | 41.62% | Amonkar Shrikant Sagun | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 6,409 | 33.05% | style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|1,662 |
| 23 | Poriem | 77.11% | Pratapsingh Rane | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 9,126 | 55.78% | Santoba Krishnarao Dessai | {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | 6,557 | 40.08% | style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|2,569 |
| 24 | Sanvordem | 71.42% | Vinay Dinu Tendulkar | {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | 8,195 | 48.3% | Salgaocar Anil Vassudeva | {{party name with color|Independent politician}} | 5,084 | 29.96% | style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|3,111 |
| 25 | Dargalim | 72.93% | Manohar Ajgaonkar | {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | 8,467 | 74.08% | Dhargalkar Balkrishna Atmaram | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 2,705 | 23.67% | style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|5,762 |
| 26 | Aldona | 65.61% | Dayanand Narvekar | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 9,957 | 50.73% | Ulhas Asnodkar | {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | 7,944 | 40.48% | style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|2,013 |
| 27 | Pale | 76.58% | Suresh Amonkar | {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | 8,519 | 49.84% | Gawas Gurudas Prabhakar | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 6,965 | 40.75% | style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|1,554 |
| 28 | Valpoi | 77.04% | Narahari Haldankar | {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | 6,137 | 49.54% | Venkatesh Desai | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 5,785 | 46.7% | style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|352 |
| 29 | Marcaim | 75.89% | Sudin Dhavalikar | {{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}} | 11,587 | 63.91% | Naik Santosh Mahanandu | {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | 3,737 | 20.61% | style="background:{{party color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}"|7,850 |
| 30 | Vasco Da Gama | 56.22% | Rajendra Arlekar | {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | 5,605 | 35.6% | Jose Philip D'Souza | {{party name with color|Nationalist Congress Party}} | 4,509 | 28.64% | style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|1,096 |
| 31 | Cortalim | 64.61% | Matanhy Saldanha | {{party name with color|United Goans Democratic Party}} | 6,741 | 37.93% | Godinho Mauvin Heliodoro | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 5,891 | 33.15% | style="background:{{party color|United Goans Democratic Party}}"|850 |
| 32 | Loutolim | 66.75% | Aleixo Sequeira | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 8,873 | 62.88% | Gracias Radharao Socrates | {{party name with color|United Goans Democratic Party}} | 4,119 | 29.19% | style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|4,754 |
| 33 | Benaulim | 67.56% | Mickky Pacheco | {{party name with color|United Goans Democratic Party}} | 7,752 | 51.52% | Churchill Alemao | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 6,703 | 44.54% | style="background:{{party color|United Goans Democratic Party}}"|1,049 |
| 34 | Fatorda | 61.04% | Damodar (Damu) G. Naik | {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | 5,695 | 34.97% | Cardoz Luis Alex Florenci | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 5,107 | 31.36% | style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|588 |
| 35 | Margao | 55.05% | Digambar Kamat | {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | 8,525 | 65.37% | Chodankar Girish Raya | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 3,781 | 28.99% | style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|4,744 |
| 36 | Navelim | 58.7% | Luizinho Faleiro | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 10,245 | 59.5% | Raikar John Lourence | {{party name with color|Independent politician}} | 5,668 | 32.92% | style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|4,577 |
| 37 | Velim | 64.02% | Filipe Nery Rodrigues | {{party name with color|Independent politician}} | 8,664 | 67.35% | D'Silva Marcus Sebastiano | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 3,148 | 24.47% | style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}"|5,516 |
| 38 | Sanguem | 71.32% | Vasudev Gaonkar | {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | 5,747 | 43.46% | Satyawan Bhadru Dessai | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 4,910 | 37.13% | style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|837 |
| 39 | Canacona | 78.62% | Vijay Anandrao Pai Khot | {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | 8,531 | 58.95% | Sanjay Bandekar | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 5,648 | 39.03% | style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|2,883 |
| 40 | Poinguinim | 77.66% | Isidore Fernandes | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 5,641 | 49.42% | Ramesh Tawadkar | {{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | 3,773 | 33.05% | style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|1,868 |
By Elections
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| No.
!Constituency !Winner ! colspan="2" |Party !Margin ! Remark | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benaulim | Mickky Pacheco
| bgcolor="{{party color|Nationalist Congress Party}}" | | | Due to the resignation of Mickky Pacheco |
| 2 | Cumbarjua | Pandurang Madkaikar
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" | | | Due to the resignation of Pandurang Madkaikar |
| 3 | Margao | Digambar Kamat
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" | | | Due to the resignation of Digambar Kamat |
| 4 | Poinguinim | Isidore Fernandes
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | | | Due to resignation of Isidore Fernandes |
| 5 | Poinguinim | Ramesh Tawadkar
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | | | Due to resignation of Isidore Fernandes |
| 6 | Taleigao | Babush Monserrate
| bgcolor="{{party color|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.