Election in Indian state
2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election Turnout 82.56%
The Goa Legislative Assembly election, 2017 was held on February 4, 2017 to elect the 40 members of the Seventh Goa Legislative Assembly , as the term of Sixth Legislative Assembly ended on March 18, 2017.[ 1] [ 2] VVPAT -fitted EVMs was used in entire Goa state in the 2017 elections, which was the first time that an entire state in India saw the implementation of VVPAT.[ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
The term of the Legislative Assembly ended on March 18, 2017.[ 2] last election had resulted in a 21-seat majority to the Bharatiya Janata Party led by Manohar Parrikar .[ 6] Chief Minister . In 2014, he had to resign due to being nominated as Minister of Defence . Laxmikant Parsekar took oath as Chief Minister as Parrikar's successor.[ 7] [ 8]
District Electors Polled Turnout % North Goa 540,785 458,074 84.71% South Goa 570,907 459,758 80.53%
← Summary of the 4 February 2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election results[ 15] Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats Votes % ± % Won +/− Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 2,97,588 32.5 13 Indian National Congress (INC) 2,59,758 28.4 17 Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MAG) 1,03,290 11.3 3 Independents (IND) 1,01,922 11.1 3 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) 57,420 6.3 0 Goa Forward Party (GFP) 31,900 3.5 3 Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) 20,916 2.3 1 Goa Suraksha Manch (GSM) 10,745 1.2 0 United Goans Party (UGP) 8,563 0.9 0 Goa Vikas Party (GVP) 5,379 0.6 0 Others 7,816 0.9 0 None of the Above (NOTA) 10,919 1.2 — Total 9,16,216 100.00 40 ±0 Valid votes 9,16,216 99.85 Invalid votes 1,416 0.15 Votes cast / turnout 9,17,832 82.56 Abstentions 1,93,860 17.44 Registered voters 11,11,692
Results by Constituency [ edit ] The following is the list of winning MLAs in the election.[ 16]
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