2007_Goa_Legislative_Assembly_election Knowpia

Goa legislative assembly election,2007
All 40 seats in the Assembly; 21 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	70% (1.25%)
Chief Minister before election; Pratapsingh Rane; INC	Elected Chief Minister ; Digambar Kamat; INC

Elections in the Indian state of Goa took place on 2 June 2007. Counting of votes began on 5 June, and the election process was completed by 8 June.^[1]

Results edit


Rank	Party	Seats Contested	Seats Won
1	Indian National Congress	32	16
3	Nationalist Congress Party	6	3
4	Save Goa Front	17	2
2	Bharatiya Janata Party	33	14
4	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak	26	2
5	United Goans Democratic Party	11	1
4	Independent	49	2
	Total		40

Winning candidates edit

No.	Constituency	Winner		Remark
1	Mandrem	Laxmikant Parsekar	Bharatiya Janata Party
2	Pernem	Dayanand Sopte	Bharatiya Janata Party
3	Dargalim	Manohar Ajgaonkar	Indian National Congress
4	Tivim	Nilkanth Halarnkar	Nationalist Congress Party
5	Mapusa	Francis D'Souza	Bharatiya Janata Party
6	Siolim	Dayanand Mandrekar	Bharatiya Janata Party
7	Calangute	Agnelo Fernandes	Indian National Congress
8	Saligao	Dilip Parulekar	Bharatiya Janata Party
9	Aldona	Dayanand Narvekar	Indian National Congress
10	Panaji	Manohar Parrikar	Bharatiya Janata Party
11	Taleigao	Babush Monserrate	United Goans Democratic Party
12	Santa Cruz	Victoria Fernandes	Indian National Congress
13	St. Andre	Francisco Silveira	Indian National Congress
14	Cumbarjua	Pandurang Madkaikar	Indian National Congress
15	Bicholim	Rajesh Patnekar	Bharatiya Janata Party
16	Maem	Anant Shet	Bharatiya Janata Party
17	Pale	Gurudas Gauns	Indian National Congress	Expired
18	Poriem	Pratapsing Rane	Indian National Congress
19	Valpoi	Vishwajit Pratapsingh Rane	Independent	Joined INC and re-elected
20	Ponda	Ravi Naik	Indian National Congress
21	Priol	Deepak Dhavalikar	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
22	Marcaim	Ramkrishna 'Sudin' Dhavalikar	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
23	Shiroda	Mahadev Naik	Bharatiya Janata Party
24	Mormugao	Milind Naik	Bharatiya Janata Party
25	Vasco Da Gama	Jose Philip D'Souza	Nationalist Congress Party
26	Cortalim	Mauvin Godinho	Indian National Congress
27	Loutolim	Aleixo Sequeira	Indian National Congress
28	Benaulim	Mickky Pacheco	Nationalist Congress Party
29	Fatorda	Damodar Naik	Bharatiya Janata Party
30	Margao	Digambar Kamat	Indian National Congress
31	Curtorim	Aleixo Lourenco	Save Goa Front
32	Navelim	Churchill Alemao	Save Goa Front
33	Velim	Filipe Nery Rodrigues	Indian National Congress
34	Cuncolim	Joaquim Alemao	Indian National Congress
35	Sanvordem	Anil Salgaocar	Independent
36	Sanguem	Vasudev Gaonkar	Bharatiya Janata Party
37	Curchorem	Shyam Satardekar	Indian National Congress
38	Quepem	Chandrakant 'Babu' Kavlekar	Indian National Congress
39	Canacona	Vijay Pai Khot	Bharatiya Janata Party
40	Poinguinim	Ramesh Tawadkar	Bharatiya Janata Party