2007 Goa Legislative Assembly election

Goa legislative assembly election,2007

2 June 2007
All 40 seats in the Assembly 21 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	70% (1.25%)
Majority party Minority party   Leader Digambar Kamat Manohar Parrikar Party INC BJP Leader's seat Margao Panaji Seats won 16 14 Seat change 0 3
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.

Results

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

No.	Constituency	Winner	Party		Margin	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

By-elections

No.	Constituency	Winner	Party		Margin	Remark
1	Pale	Pratap Gauns		INC
2	Valpoi	Vishwajit Pratapsingh Rane		INC

Government formation

Indian National Congress in alliance with Nationalist Congress Party and Save Goa Front formed the government.

External links

• ECI's Page – Goa Assembly Elections, 2007