2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election

2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election
4 February 2017
All 40 seats in Goa Legislative Assembly
21 seats needed for a majority
Turnout82.56% ( 0.38%)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Pratapsingh Rane Laxmikant Parsekar
Party INC BJP
Alliance UPA NDA
Leader's seat Poriem Mandrem
(lost)
Last election 9 21
Seats won 17 13
Seat change 8 8
Popular vote 259,758 297,588
Percentage 28.4% 32.5%
Swing 2.3% 2.1%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Sudin Dhavalikar Vijai Sardesai
Party MGP GFP
Alliance NDA NDA
Leader's seat Marcaim Fatorda
Last election 3 Did not exist
Seats won 3 3
Seat change 3
Popular vote 103,290 31,900
Percentage 11.3% 3.5%
Swing 4.6% 3.5%
Structure of the Goa Legislative Assembly after the election
Chief Minister before election

Laxmikant Parsekar
BJP

 Elected Chief Minister

Manohar Parrikar
BJP

The 2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election was held on 4 February 2017 to elect the 40 members of the Seventh Goa Legislative Assembly, as the term of Sixth Legislative Assembly ended on 18 March 2017. 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.

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