Elections in Goa
The Portuguese ruled territories of Goa, Daman and Diu were invaded and successfully annexed through Operation Vijay into the Republic of India on 19 December 1961. Since then, elections in the state are conducted in accordance with the Constitution of India to elect representatives of various bodies on national, state and district levels.
Electoral system
Lok Sabha
Goa has two Lok Sabha constituencies; North Goa and South Goa, none of which are reserved for Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes.
Keys: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Indian National Congress (INC)
No. | Constituency | 1999 elections | 2004 elections | 2009 elections | 2014 elections[1] | 2019 elections | |||||
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MP | Party | MP | Party | MP | Party | MP | Party | MP | Party | ||
1 | North Goa | S. Y. Naik | BJP | S. Y. Naik | BJP | S. Y. Naik | BJP | S. Y. Naik | BJP | S. Y. Naik | BJP |
2 | South Goa | C. Alemao | INC | F. Sardinha | INC | F. Sardinha | INC | N. K. Sawaikar | BJP | F. Sardinha | INC |
Rajya Sabha
Legislative Assembly
The Goa Legislative Assembly has 40 constituencies of which only one is reserved for Scheduled Caste.
Parties | Seats won | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1999 | 2002 | 2007 | 2012 | 2017 | |||||
Indian National Congress (INC) | 21 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 17 | ||||
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | 10 | 17 | 14 | 21 | 13 | ||||
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MAG) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||||
Goa Forward Party (GFP) | – | – | – | – | 3 | ||||
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) | – | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Goa Suraksha Manch (GSM) | – | – | – | – | 0 | ||||
United Goans Party (UGP) | 0 | ||||||||
Goa Vikas Party (GVP) | 2 | 0 | |||||||
United Goans Democratic Party (UGDP) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Goa Rajiv Congress Party (GRCP) | 2 | – | – | – | – | ||||
Save Goa Front (SGF) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Independents (IND) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | ||||
Total | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | ||||
References
- "16th Lok Sabha Election results". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
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