Bharatiya Janata Party, Goa

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Bharatiya Janata Party
Goa
AbbreviationBJP
LeaderPramod Sawant
(Chief Minister)
PresidentSadanand Shet
General SecretarySatish Dhond
Founded6 April 1980
(41 years ago) (1980-04-06)
Headquarters3rd Floor, Navelkar Arcade, Dr. Atmaram Borkar Road, Panaji - 403 001 Goa
Colours  Saffron
ECI StatusNational Party
Seats in Lok Sabha
1 / 2
(as of 2022)
Seats in Rajya Sabha
1 / 1
(as of 2022)
Seats in Goa Legislative Assembly
20 / 40
Website
goa.bjp.org

Bharatiya Janata Party is the affiliate of Bharatiya Janata Party for the state of Goa. The party appointed Sadanand Tanavade as the president of the BJP Goa on 12 January 2020 who took over from Vinay Dinu Tendulkar.[1] Pramod Sawant was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Goa on 19 March 2019, after the death of Manohar Parrikar.

Electoral history[]

Legislative Assembly election[]

Year Seats won Seats contested Change in seats Percentage of votes Vote swing Outcome
1984
0 / 30
 16 Steady 1.21% Increase 1.215 Opposition
1989
0 / 40
 7 Steady 0.39% Decrease 0.82% Opposition
1994
4 / 40
 12 Increase 4 9.05% Increase 8.66% Opposition
1999
10 / 40
 39 Increase 6 26.15% Increase 17.1% Opposition, later Government
2002
17 / 40
 39 Increase 7 35.57% Increase 9.42% Government
2007
14 / 40
 33 Decrease 3 30.32% Decrease 5.25% Opposition
2012
21 / 40
 28 Increase 7 34.68% Increase 4.36% Government
2017
13 / 40
 36 Decrease 8 32.48% Decrease 2.2% Government
2022
20 / 40
 40 Increase 7 33.31% Increase 0.83% Government

Lok Sabha election[]

Year Seats won Change in seats Outcome
1980
0 / 2
 Steady Opposition
1984
0 / 2
 Steady Opposition
1989
0 / 2
 Steady Outside support to National Front
1991
0 / 2
 Steady Opposition
1996
0 / 2
 Steady Government, later Opposition
1998
0 / 2
 Steady Government
1999
1 / 2
 Increase 1 Government
2004
1 / 2
 Steady Opposition
2009
1 / 2
 Steady Opposition
2014
2 / 2
 Increase 1 Government
2019
1 / 2
 Decrease 1 Government

Leadership[]

Chief Minister[]

No Portrait Name Constituency Term of Office Assembly
1 The official photograph of the Union Minister for Defence, Shri Manohar Parrikar.jpg Manohar Parrikar Panaji 24 October 2000 3 June 2002 8 years, 348 days 8th
3 June 2002[2] 2 February 2005 9th
9 March 2012 8 November 2014 11th
14 March 2017 17 March 2019 12th
2 Laxmikant Parsekar.jpg Laxmikant Parsekar Mandrem 8 November 2014 11 March 2017 2 years, 123 days 11th
3 The Chief Minister of Goa, Shri Pramod Sawant.jpg Pramod Sawant Sanquelim 19 March 2019 Incumbent 3 years, 5 days 12th

Leader of the Oppostion[]

No Portrait Name Constituency Term of Office Assembly Chief Minister
1 The official photograph of the Union Minister for Defence, Shri Manohar Parrikar.jpg Manohar Parrikar Panaji 14 June 2005 5 June 2007 1 year, 356 days 9th Pratapsingh Rane
19 June 2007 6 March 2012 4 years, 261 days 10th Digambar Kamat

President[]

No Party leader Period
1 Kashinath Parab 1980 1989 9 years
2 Vishwanath Arlekar 1989 1991 2 years
3 Shripad Naik 1991 1995 4 years
4 Suresh Amonkar 1995 2000 5 years
5 Laxmikant Parsekar 2000 2003 3 years
6 Rajendra Arlekar 2003 2007 4 years
(3) Shripad Naik 2007 2010 3 years
(5) Laxmikant Parsekar 2010 2012 2 years
7[3] Vinay Dinu Tendulkar 2012 2020 8 years
8[1] Sadanand Shet 2020 present 2 years

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Former MLA Sadanand Tanavade becomes Goa BJP chief". The Hindu. PTI. 12 January 2020. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 24 January 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. ^ "Parrikar sworn in". The Hindu. 3 June 2002. Archived from the original on 7 August 2002. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Vinay is the new Goa BJP chief (By: GOANEWS DESK, PANAJI)". Goa News. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
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