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Panaji (Goa Assembly constituency)

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Panaji
Constituency for the Goa Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
StateGoa
DistrictNorth Goa
LS constituencyNorth Goa
Total electors22,203[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLAAtanasio Monserrate
PartyBharatiya Janata Party

Panaji is one of the 40 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Goa state in India.[1]

It is part of North Goa district.

Member of Legislative Assembly

Year Member Political Party
1963 Jack Sequeira United Goans Party
1967 United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)
1972 Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
1977 Madhav Bir Janata Party
1980 Independent
1984 Indian National Congress
1989
1994 Manohar Parrikar Bharatiya Janata Party
1999
2002
2007
2012
2015 b Sidharth Kuncalienker
2017
2017 b Manohar Parrikar
2019 b Atanasio Monserrates Indian National Congress
  • ^b Bypoll
  • ^s Switched to BJP later

Election results

2019 by-election

A by-election was held on 19 May 2019, as a result of the demise of incumbent MLA and chief minister Manohar Parrikar.

2019 by-election: Panaji
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Atanasio Monserrate 8,748 51.70 +19.14
BJP Sidharth Kuncalienker 6,990 41.32 -22.15
GSM Subhash Velingkar 516 3.05 +1.63
AAP Valmiki Naik 436 2.58 N/A
Independent Dilip Ghadi 13 0.08 N/A
Independent Vijay More 13 0.08 N/A
NOTA None of the above 202 1.19 -0.75
Majority 1,758 10.38
Turnout 16,918
INC gain from BJP Swing +20.65

2017 By Election

By Election, 2017: Panaji
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Manohar Parrikar 9,862 63.47 +17.77
INC 5,059 32.56 -6.97
GSM Anand Shirodkar 220 1.42 -0.44
Independent Kenneth Silveira 96 0.62 N/A
NOTA None of the above 301 1.94 +0.93
Majority 4,803 30.91 +24.74
Turnout 15,538 70.00 -8.09
Registered electors 22,196
BJP hold Swing +12.37

2017 result

Goa Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Panaji[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Sidharth Sripad Kuncalienker 7,924 45.70 -20.43
UGP Atanasio Monserrate 6,855 39.53 +9.60
AAP Valmiki Naik 1,944 11.21
GSM Ketan Kirtikumar Prabhu Bhatikar 323 1.86
NCP Dominic Savio A. E. Fernandes 62 0.36
NOTA None of the Above 175 1.01
Majority 1,069 6.17
Turnout 17,403 78.38
Registered electors 22,203
BJP hold Swing -15.02

2015 by-election

A by-election was necessitated following the resignation of incumbent MLA and Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, due to his elevation as the Minister of Defence.

2015 by-election: Panaji
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Sidharth Kuncalienker 9,989 60.71 -5.42
INC Surendra Furtado 5,368 32.63 +2.70
Independent Sameer Kalekar 624 3.79 N/A
Independent Sadanand Vaingankar 140 0.85 N/A
NOTA None of the above 330 2.00 N/A
Majority 4,621 28.08 -8.12
Turnout 16,451 71.01 -7.49
Registered electors 23,167
BJP hold Swing -4.06

2012 result

2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election: Panaji
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Manohar Parrikar 11,086 66.13 +9.30
INC Yatin Parekh 5,018 29.93 -13.24
CPI Christopher Fonseca 383 2.28 N/A
JD(U) Dominic Savio A. E. Fernandes 172 1.03 N/A
Independent Balaram Karishetty 104 0.62 N/A
Majority 6,068 36.20 +22.54
Turnout 16,763 78.50 +7.78
Registered electors 21,355
BJP hold Swing +11.27

2007 result

2007 Goa Legislative Assembly election: Panaji
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Manohar Parrikar 6,004 56.83 +1.25
INC Dinar Purushottam Kamat Tarcar 4,560 43.17 +0.19
Majority 1,444 13.66 +1.06
Turnout 10,564 70.72 +4.90
Registered electors 14,937
BJP hold Swing +0.53

2002 result

2002 Goa Legislative Assembly election: Panaji
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Manohar Parrikar 5,700 55.58
INC Ramesh Silimkhan 4,408 42.98
SHS Pramod Naik 95 0.93
Independent Rajaram Dhuma 52 0.51
Majority 1,292 12.60
Turnout 10,255 65.82
Registered electors 15,581
BJP hold Swing

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Goa General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 7 June 2021.

Coordinates: 15°30′N 73°50′E / 15.50°N 73.83°E / 15.50; 73.83

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