Goa Legislative Assembly election, 2012

Goa legislative assembly election, 2012
India
March 3, 2012 (2012-03-03)
All 40 assembly constituencies
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Manohar Parrikar Digambar Kamat
Party BJP INC
Last election 16 16
Seats won 21 9
Seat change Increase 5 Decrease 7
Chief Minister before election

Digambar Kamat
INC

 Elected Chief Minister

Manohar Parrikar
BJP

The Goa legislative assembly election was held on 3 March 2012, to select the 40 members of the Vidhan Sabha.

The result was announced on 6 March. The Bharatiya Janata Party-Maharashtrawadi Gomantak alliance defeated the incumbent Indian National Congress government in Goa led by Chief Minister Digambar Kamat with 24 seats in the 40-seat assembly. The Bharatiya Janata Party won 21 seats, while the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party won 3 seats. The MLA with the biggest margin of victory was the Roman Catholic incumbent MLA Frances D'Souza of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Former chief minister Manohar Parrikar was sworn in as the new chief minister.[1]

Timetable

The timetable of the electoral events are:

EventDate
Issue of Notification6 February
Candidature filing deadling13 February
Clearance of nominees14 February
Candidature withdrawal deadline16 February
Election3 March
Result6 March
Deadline to finish election9 March

Parties

The Indian National Congress (INC), Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are the national political parties in the fray. Other regional parties include the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak, Goa Vikas Party, United Goans Democratic Party and Go Su-raj Party.

Issues

The issue of the cultural identity of Goa has also come to the fore in the past few years. The population of Goa has rapidly swelled due to increasing migration levels from neighbouring Karnataka and Maharashtra, as well as from further afield such as Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.[2]

Corruption

Following the 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement several allegations of corruption have been made on incumbent government going to elections this year.

Nepotism was also an issue. Former CM and current head of the Goa TMC Wilfred de Souza accused the INC of perpetrating a "Family Raj" in its allotment of tickets for the election to relatives of INC leaders from such families as the Naiks, Alemaos, Ranes and Monserrates. He also cited the denial of an electoral ticket to his son-in-law Tulio D’Souza in Saligao despite the INC also denying him a ticket.

He also criticised the inability of incumbent CM Digambar Kamat to have stopped illegal mining while he was the minister of mining and finance minister in the previous government. He cited a report by a commission led by Justice M. B. Shah to investigate illegal mining in the country that suggested potential revenue of US$ 423 million was lost through illegal ore exports after he said he had seen a "leaked" version of the report.[3]


Results

 Summary of the Goa Legislative Assembly election, 2012 result
Party Seats contested Seats won Seat change Vote share
Bhartiya Janata Party 28 21 Increase 5 35.53%
Indian National Congress 34 9 Decrease 7 34.87
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak 7 3 Increase 1 5.92%
Goa Vikas Party 9 2 Increase 2
Independents 72 5 Increase 3
Nationalist Congress Party 6 0 Decrease 3
Save Goa Front 0 0 Decrease 2
All India Trinamool Congress 20 0 Decrease
United Goans Democratic Party 7 0 Decrease 1
Total-40-
Turnout:
Source: Election Commission of India

    Elected MLAs

    The following is the list of winning MLAs in the election.

    Constituency Number Constituency Winner Party Margin
    10 Aldona Ticlo Glenn JVAE Souzah Bharatiya Janata Party 3476
    8 Calangute Michael Vincent Lobo Bharatiya Janata Party 1869
    3 Bicholim Naresh Rajaram Sawal Independents 1799
    34 Cuncolim Subhash (alias Rajan Kashinath Naik) Bharatiya Janata Party 1313
    37 Curchorem Nilesh Cabral Bharatiya Janata Party 8792
    26 Dabolim* Mauvin Heliodoro Godinho Indian National Congress 944
    16 Maem Anant Shet** Bharatiya Janata Party*** 5719
    30 Fatorda Vijai Sardesai Independents 1939
    28 Nuvem* Francisco Xavier Pacheco (alias Mickky) Goa Vikas Party 4196
    18 Poriem Pratapsingh Raoji Rane** Indian National Congress*** 2547
    36 Quepem Chandrakant Kavalekar Independents 6373
    38 Sanvordem Ganesh Chandru Gaonkar Bharatiya Janata Party 2291
    22 Sirodar Mahadev Narayan Naik** Bharatiya Janata Party*** 2262
    4 Tivim Kiran Mohan Kandolkar Bharatiya Janata Party 1112
    32 Benaulim Caetano R. Silva Goa Vikas Party 2001
    20 Priol Pamdurang (alias Deepak Dhavalikar)** Maharashtrawadi Gomantak*** 2100
    13 St. Cruz Atanasio J. Monserrate Indian National Congress*** 2336
    40 Canacona Ramesh Bombo Tawadkar Bharatiya Janata Party*** 2704
    17 Sanquelim* Pramod Sawant Bharatiya Janata Party 6918
    31 Margao Digambar Kamat** Indian National Congress*** 4452
    33 Navelim Avertano Furtado[Note 1] Independents 2145
    5 Mapusa Frances D'Souza** Bharatiya Janata Party*** 10169
    23 Marcaim Ramkrishna (alias Sudin Dhavalikar)** Maharashtrawadi Gomantak*** 7230
    39 Sanguem Subhash U. Phal Dessai Bharatiya Janata Party*** 483
    35 Velim Benjamin Silva Independents 4926
    29 Curotirm Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco Indian National Congress 4069
    15 Cumbarjua Pandurang A. Madkaikar**[Note 1] Indian National Congress*** 1575
    11 Panaji Siddharth Kuncolienkar(by poll) Bharatiya Janata Party*** 12367 2 Pernem Rajendra Arlekar Bharatiya Janata Party*** 8353
    19 Valpoi Vishwajit Pratapsingh Rane** Indian National Congress 2939
    25 Vasco da Gama Jose Luis Carlos Almeida Bharatiya Janata Party 4490
    21 Ponda Lavoo Mamledar Maharashtrawadi Gomantak 3190
    9 Porvorim* Rohan Khaunte Independents 901
    14 St. Andre Vishnu Surya Naik Wagh Bharatiya Janata Party 1219
    1 Mandrem Laxmikant Parsekar** Bharatiya Janata Party*** 3435
    6 Siolem Dayanand Mandrekar** Bharatiya Janata Party*** 2171
    24 Mormugao Milind Sagun Naik** Bharatiya Janata Party*** 913
    27 Cortalim* Matanhy Saldanha Bharatiya Janata Party 2269
    12 Taleigao Jennifer A. Monserrate[Note 1] Indian National Congress 438
    7 Saligao Dilip Parulekar Bharatiya Janata Party 5808

    *New constituency
    **Incumbent MLA
    ***Incumbent party

    By-election

    Shortly after the election, the Cortalim seat was opened for a by-election following the death of the incumbent, Matanhy Saldanha, as a result of an heart attack. His wife, Alina Saldanha, was originally scheduled to run against Raymond D’Sa of the INC and independent candidate Ramakant Borkar, though the latter two soon withdrew from the race and she was elected unopposed on 25 May. She was given her husband's ministerial portfolio as forest minister.[4][5][6] She immediately said that she would not allow mining on forest land.[7]

    Analysis

    The Daily Pioneer called this election "the first time that the BJP has stamped its success in so many of those constituencies that have a significant population of the minority community."[8]

    Notes

    1. 1 2 3 Defeated the incumbent INC's former CM and current MP Churchill Alemao

    References

    1. ↑ http://www.business-standard.com/generalnews/news/alina-saldanha-gets-environment-forest-portfolios/19734/
    2. ↑ http://www.merinews.com/article/goan-identity-erodes-with-onslaught-of-migrants/135616.shtml
    3. ↑ http://www.navhindtimes.in/goa-news/congress-promoting-family-raj-willy
    4. ↑ http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=139859
    5. ↑ http://zeenews.india.com/news/goa/alina-saldanha-to-be-inducted-into-goa-cabinet-on-june-8_779573.html
    6. ↑ http://www.business-standard.com/generalnews/news/alina-saldanha-inducted-into-goa-cabinet/18608/
    7. ↑ http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-12/goa/32194207_1_forest-land-bjp-woman-mla-mining-firms
    8. ↑ http://www.dailypioneer.com/columnists/item/51204-a-myth-is-demolished.html

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