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2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election

{{Short description|Election in Indian state}}

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 2012 Goa Legislative Assembly Election

| country = India

| flag_year =

| type = Legislative

| ongoing = no

| party_colour =

| previous_election = 2007 Goa Legislative Assembly election

| previous_year = 2007

| next_election = 2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election

| next_year = 2017

| seats_for_election = All 40 assembly constituencies

| election_date = {{Start date|2012|03|03}}

| turnout = 82.94% ({{increase}} 12.94%)

| 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

| leader_since1 = 1994

| party1 = Bharatiya Janata Party

| alliance1 = NDA

| leaders_seat1 = Panjim

| last_election1 = 14

| seats_before1 =

| seats_needed1 = +5

| seats1 = 21

| seats_after1 =

| seat_change1 = {{gain}} 7

| popular_vote1 =

| percentage1 =

| swing1 =

| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Digambar Kamat.jpg|bSize=100|cWidth=80|cHeight=100|oLeft=10|oTop=03}}

| leader2 = Digambar Kamat

| leader_since2 = 1994

| party2 = Indian National Congress

| alliance2 = UPA

| leaders_seat2 = Margao

| last_election2 = 16

| seats_before2 =

| seats_needed2 = +5

| seats2 = 9

| seats_after2 =

| seat_change2 = {{loss}} 7

| popular_vote2 =

| percentage2 =

| swing2 =

| image4 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Sudin Dhavalikar in 2018.jpg|bSize=100|cWidth=80|cHeight=100|oLeft=10|oTop=03}}

| leader4 = Sudin Dhavalikar

| leader_since4 = 1999

| party4 = Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party

| leaders_seat4 = Marcaim

| last_election4 = 2

| seats4 = 3

| seat_change4 = {{gain}} 1

| popular_vote4 =

| percentage4 =

| alliance4 = NDA

| image5 =

| leader5 = Francisco Pacheco

| leader_since5 = 2012

| party5 = GVP

| leaders_seat5 = Nuvem

| last_election5 = new party

| seats5 = 2

| seat_change5 = {{gain}} 2

| popular_vote5 =

| percentage5 =

| alliance5 = NDA

| map_image = 2012 Goa Legislative Assembly Election Result Map.svg

| map2_image = Bharat Goa Vidhan Sabha 2012.svg

| map2_caption = Structure of the Goa Legislative Assembly after the election

| map2_size = 300px

| title = Chief Minister

| posttitle =

| before_election = Digambar Kamat

| after_election = Manohar Parrikar

| before_party = Indian National Congress

| after_party = Bharatiya Janata Party

| result =

| majority_seats = 21

}}

The Goa legislative assembly election was held on 3 March 2012, to select the 40 members of the Sixth Goa Legislative Assembly, as the term of 5th Goa Legislative Assembly ended in March 2012.

The result was announced on 6 March. The Bharatiya Janata Party-Maharashtrawadi Gomantak alliance defeated the incumbent Indian National Congress government in Goa led by Chief Minister Digambar Kamat with 24 seats in the 40-seat assembly. The Bharatiya Janata Party won 21 seats, while the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party won 3 seats. The MLA with the biggest margin of victory was the incumbent MLA Frances D'Souza of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Former chief minister Manohar Parrikar was sworn in as the new chief minister on 9 March.{{cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/alina-saldanha-gets-environment-forest-portfolios-112061100545_1.html|title=Alina Saldanha gets environment, forest portfolios|agency=Press Trust of India|date=June 11, 2012|via=Business Standard}}

Timetable

The timetable of the electoral events are:{{cite web|url=https://infoelections.com/infoelection/index.php/goa-news/235-goaelectionschedule.html|title=Assembly Election Results Dates Candidate List Opinion/Exit Poll Latest News, Political Consulting Survey Election Campaign Management Company India|website=infoelections.com}}

class="wikitable"
Event||Date
Issue of Notification6 February
Candidature filing deadling13 February
Clearance of nominees14 February
Candidature withdrawal deadline16 February
Election3 March
Result6 March
Deadline to finish election9 March

Parties

The Indian National Congress (INC), Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are the national political parties in the fray. Other regional parties include the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak, Goa Vikas Party, United Goans Democratic Party and Go Su-raj Party.

Issues

The issue of the cultural identity of Goa has also come to the fore in the past few years. The population of Goa has rapidly swelled due to increasing migration levels from neighboring Karnataka and Maharashtra, as well as from further afield such as Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.{{cite web|url=http://www.merinews.com/article/goan-identity-erodes-with-onslaught-of-migrants/135616.shtml |title=Goan identity erodes with onslaught of migrants |publisher=Merinews.com |date=2008-06-12 |accessdate=2021-06-17}}

=Corruption=

Following the 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement several allegations of corruption have been made on the incumbent government going to elections this year.

Nepotism was also an issue. Former CM and current head of the Goa TMC Wilfred de Souza accused the INC of perpetrating a "Family Raj" in its allotment of tickets for the election to relatives of INC leaders from such families as the Naiks, Alemaos, Ranes, and Monserrates. He also cited the denial of an electoral ticket to his son-in-law Tulio D’Souza in Saligao Assembly constituency despite the INC also denying him a ticket.

He also criticized the inability of incumbent CM Digambar Kamat to have stopped illegal mining while he was the minister of mining and finance minister in the previous government. He cited a report by a commission led by Justice M. B. Shah to investigate illegal mining in the country that suggested potential revenue of US$423 million was lost through illegal ore exports after he said he had seen a "leaked" version of the report.{{cite web|title=Congress promoting Family Raj: Willy|url=http://www.navhindtimes.in/goa-news/congress-promoting-family-raj-willy|url-status=dead|accessdate=2012-02-16|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218193213/http://www.navhindtimes.in/goa-news/congress-promoting-family-raj-willy|archivedate=2012-02-18}}

Results

{{election table|title=Summary of the Goa Legislative Assembly election, 2012 result{{cite report|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2012, to the Legislative Assembly of Goa|publisher=Election Commission of India|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3856-goa-2012/}}}}

|-

! scope="col" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;" |Party

! scope="col" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Seats contested

! scope="col" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Seats won

! scope="col" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Seat change

! scope="col" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Vote share

|- style="background: #90EE90;"

! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" |Bharatiya Janata Party

| 28

| 21

| {{gain}} 7

| 34.68%

|- style="background: #90EE90;"

! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" |Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party

| 7

| 3

| {{gain}} 1

| 6.72%

|-

! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" |Indian National Congress

| 34

| 9

| {{loss}} 7

| 30.78%

|-

! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" |Nationalist Congress Party

| 6

| 0

| {{loss}} 3

| 4.08%

|-

! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" |United Goans Democratic Party

| 7

| 0

| {{loss}} 1

| 1.17%

|-

! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" |Goa Vikas Party

| 9

| 2

| {{gain}} 2

| 3.5%

|-

! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" |Save Goa Front

| 0

| 0

| {{loss}} 2

| 0%

|-

! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" |Independents

| 72

| 5

| {{gain}} 3

| 16.67%

|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; font-weight:bold"

! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" |Total

| {{sdash}}

| 40

| {{sdash}}

| {{sdash}}

|}

The following is the list of winning MLAs in the election.

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

|+ Results by constituency

! colspan="2" |Assembly Constituency

! colspan="4" |Winner

! colspan="4" |Runner Up

! rowspan="2" |Margin

#

! Name

! Candidate

! colspan="2" | Party

! Votes

! Candidate

! colspan="2" | Party

! Votes

1

| Mandrem

|Laxmikant Parsekar

| style="background:#f93;"|

|Bharatiya Janata Party

|11955

| Dayanand Sopte

| style="background:#00bfff;"|

|Indian National Congress

|8520

|3435

2

| Pernem

|Rajendra Arlekar

| style="background:#f93;"|

|Bharatiya Janata Party

|16406

|Manohar Ajgaonkar

| style="background:#00bfff;"|

|Indian National Congress

|8053

|8353

3

| Bicholim

|Naresh Sawal

| style="background:#ddd;"|

|Independent

|8331

| Rajesh Patnekar

| style="background:#00bfff;"|

|Indian National Congress

|6532

|1799

4

| Tivim

|Kiran Kandolkar

| style="background:#f93;"|

|Bharatiya Janata Party

|10473

| Nilkanth Halarnkar

| style="background:#00b2b2;"|

|Nationalist Congress Party

|9361

|1112

5

| Mapusa

|Francis D'Souza

| style="background:#f93;"|

|Bharatiya Janata Party

|14955

|Ashish Shirodkar

| style="background:#00b2b2;"|

|Nationalist Congress Party

|4786

|10169

6

| Siolim

|Dayanand Mandrekar

| style="background:#f93;"|

|Bharatiya Janata Party

|11430

|Uday Palienkar

| style="background:#00bfff;"|

|Indian National Congress

|9259

|2171

7

| Saligao

|Dilip Parulekar

| style="background:#f93;"|

|Bharatiya Janata Party

|10084

|D'souza Tulio

| style="background:#ddd;"|

|Independent

|4276

|5808

8

| Calangute

| Michael Lobo

| style="background:#f93;"|

|Bharatiya Janata Party

|9891

|Agnelo Fernandes

| style="background:#00bfff;"|

|Indian National Congress

|8022

|1869

9

| Porvorim

| Rohan Khaunte

| style="background:#ddd;"|

|Independent

|7972

|Govind Parvatkar

| style="background:#f93;"|

|Bharatiya Janata Party

|7071

|901

10

| Aldona

| Glenn Ticlo

| style="background:#f93;"|

|Bharatiya Janata Party

|11315

|Dayanand Narvekar

| style="background:#00bfff;"|

|Indian National Congress

|7839

|3476

11

| Panaji

|Manohar Parrikar

| style="background:#f93;"|

|Bharatiya Janata Party

|11086

|Yatin Parekh

| style="background:#00bfff;"|

|Indian National Congress

|5018

|6068

12

| Taleigao

| Jennifer Monserrate

| style="background:#00bfff;"|

|Indian National Congress

|10682

|Dattaprasad Naik

| style="background:#f93;"|

|Bharatiya Janata Party

|9531

|1151

13

| Santa Cruz

| Atanasio Monserrate

| style="background:#00bfff;"|

|Indian National Congress

|8644

|Rodolfo Louis Fernandes

| style="background:#ddd;"|

|Independent

|6308

|2336

14

| St. Andre

|Vishnu Wagh

| style="background:#f93;"|

|Bharatiya Janata Party

|8818

| Francisco Silveira

| style="background:#00bfff;"|

|Indian National Congress

|7599

|1219

15

| Cumbarjua

| Pandurang Madkaikar

| style="background:#00bfff;"|

|Indian National Congress

|9556

|Nirmala P. Sawant

| style="background:#ddd;"|

|Independent

|7981

|1575

16

| Maem

|Anant Shet

| style="background:#f93;"|

|Bharatiya Janata Party

|12054

| Pravin Zantye

| style="background:#ddd;"|

|Independent

|6335

|5719

17

| Sanquelim

| Pramod Sawant

| style="background:#f93;"|

|Bharatiya Janata Party

|14255

|Pratap Gauns

| style="background:#00bfff;"|

|Indian National Congress

|7337

|6918

18

| Poriem

| Pratapsingh Rane

| style="background:#00bfff;"|

|Indian National Congress

|13772

|Vishwajit Krishnarao Rane

| style="background:#f93;"|

|Bharatiya Janata Party

|11225

|2547

19

| Valpoi

| Vishwajit Pratapsingh Rane

| style="background:#00bfff;"|

|Indian National Congress

|12412

|Satyavijay Subrai Naik

| style="background:#f93;"|

|Bharatiya Janata Party

|9473

|2939

20

| Priol

|Deepak Dhavalikar

| style="background:#93c;"|

|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party

|12264

| Govind Gaude

| style="background:#ddd;"|

|Independent

|10164

|2100

21

| Ponda

|Lavoo Mamledar

| style="background:#93c;"|

|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party

|12662

|Ravi Naik

| style="background:#00bfff;"|

|Indian National Congress

|9472

|3190

22

| Siroda

|Mahadev Naik

| style="background:#f93;"|

|Bharatiya Janata Party

|12216

|Subhash Shirodkar

| style="background:#00bfff;"|

|Indian National Congress

|9954

|2262

23

|Marcaim

|Sudin Dhavalikar

| style="background:#93c;"|

|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party

|14952

|Ritesh Naik

| style="background:#00bfff;"|

|Indian National Congress

|7722

|7230

24

| Mormugao

| Milind Naik

| style="background:#f93;"|

|Bharatiya Janata Party

|7419

|Sankalp Amonkar

| style="background:#00bfff;"|

|Indian National Congress

|6506

|913

25

| Vasco da Gama

| Carlos Almeida

| style="background:#f93;"|

|Bharatiya Janata Party

|11468

|Jose Philip D'Souza

| style="background:#00b2b2;"|

|Nationalist Congress Party

|6978

|4490

26

| Dabolim

| Mauvin Godinho

| style="background:#00bfff;"|

|Indian National Congress

|7468

|Premanand Nanoskar

| style="background:#93c;"|

|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party

|6524

|944

27

| Cortalim

| Matanhy Saldanha

| style="background:#f93;"|

|Bharatiya Janata Party

|7427

|Nelly Rodrigues

| style="background:#f96;"|

|Goa Vikas Party

|5158

|2269

28

| Nuvem

|Francisco Pacheco

| style="background:#f96;"|

|Goa Vikas Party

|12288

|Aleixo Sequeira

| style="background:#00bfff;"|

|Indian National Congress

|8092

|4196

29

| Curtorim

| Aleixo Lourenco

| style="background:#00bfff;"|

|Indian National Congress

|11221

|Domnic Gaonkar

| style="background:#ddd;"|

|Independent

|7152

|4069

30

| Fatorda

| Vijai Sardesai

| style="background:#ddd;"|

|Independent

|10375

|Damodar G. Naik

| style="background:#f93;"|

|Bharatiya Janata Party

|8436

|1939

31

| Margao

| Digambar Kamat

| style="background:#00bfff;"|

|Indian National Congress

|12041

|Rupesh Mahatme

| style="background:#f93;"|

|Bharatiya Janata Party

|7589

|4452

32

| Benaulim

| Caetano Silva

| style="background:#f96;"|

|Goa Vikas Party

|9695

|Valanka Alemao

| style="background:#00bfff;"|

|Indian National Congress

|7694

|2001

33

| Navelim

|Avertano Furtado

| style="background:#ddd;"|

|Independent

|10231

|Churchill Alemao

| style="background:#00bfff;"|

|Indian National Congress

|8086

|2145

34

| Cuncolim

|Subhash Rajan Naik

| style="background:#f93;"|

|Bharatiya Janata Party

|7738

| Joaquim Alemao

| style="background:#00bfff;"|

|Indian National Congress

|6425

|1313

35

| Velim

|Benjamin Silva

| style="background:#ddd;"|

|Independent

|13164

| Filipe Nery Rodrigues

| style="background:#00bfff;"|

|Indian National Congress

|8238

|4926

36

| Quepem

| Chandrakant Kavlekar

| style="background:#00bfff;"|

|Indian National Congress

|10994

|Prakash Velip

| style="background:#ddd;"|

|Independent

|4621

|6373

37

| Curchorem

| Nilesh Cabral

| style="background:#f93;"|

|Bharatiya Janata Party

|14299

|Shyam Satardekar

| style="background:#00bfff;"|

|Indian National Congress

|5507

|8792

38

| Sanvordem

|Ganesh Gaonkar

| style="background:#f93;"|

|Bharatiya Janata Party

|10585

|Arjun Salgaocar

| style="background:#ddd;"|

|Independent

|8294

|2291

39

| Sanguem

|Subhash Phal Desai

| style="background:#f93;"|

|Bharatiya Janata Party

|7454

|Yuri Alemao

| style="background:#00b2b2;"|

|Nationalist Congress Party

|6971

|483

40

| Canacona

|Ramesh Tawadkar

| style="background:#f93;"|

|Bharatiya Janata Party

|14328

| Isidore Fernandes

| style="background:#00bfff;"|

|Indian National Congress

|11624

|2704

=By-election=

Shortly after the election, the Cortalim seat was opened for a by-election following the death of the incumbent, Matanhy Saldanha, as a result of a heart attack. His wife, Alina Saldanha, was originally scheduled to run against Raymond D’Sa of the INC and independent candidate Ramakant Borkar, though the latter two soon withdrew from the race and she was elected unopposed on 25 May. She was given her husband's ministerial portfolio as forest minister.{{Cite web|date=2012-06-09|title=Alina Saldanha Inducted in Goa Cabinet|url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=139859|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820000257/http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=139859|archive-date=2016-08-20|access-date=|website=daijiworld.com}}{{cite web|url=https://zeenews.india.com/news/goa/alina-saldanha-to-be-inducted-into-goa-cabinet-on-june-8_779573.html|title=Alina Saldanha to be inducted into Goa Cabinet on June 8|date=June 3, 2012|website=Zee News}}{{cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/alina-saldanha-inducted-into-goa-cabinet-112060800458_1.html|title=Alina Saldanha inducted into Goa cabinet|agency=Press Trust of India|newspaper=Business Standard India|date=June 8, 2012|via=Business Standard}} She immediately said that she would not allow mining on forest land.{{Cite web|date=2013-04-11|title=No forest land for mining: Alina Saldanha - Times Of India|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-12/goa/32194207_1_forest-land-bjp-woman-mla-mining-firms|access-date=2021-06-17|website=archive.ph|archive-date=2013-04-11|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411033819/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-12/goa/32194207_1_forest-land-bjp-woman-mla-mining-firms|url-status=dead}}

Analysis

The Daily Pioneer called this election "the first time that the BJP has stamped its success in so many of those constituencies that have a significant population of the minority community."{{Cite web|date=2012-03-07|title=A myth is demolished|url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/columnists/item/51204-a-myth-is-demolished.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311002346/http://www.dailypioneer.com/columnists/item/51204-a-myth-is-demolished.html|archive-date=2012-03-11|access-date=|website=dailypioneer.com}}

References

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External links

  • [http://ceogoa.nic.in/home_Page.aspx Goa Election Commission] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216010413/http://ceogoa.nic.in/home_Page.aspx |date=2012-02-16 }}

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