2002 Goa Legislative Assembly election

Goa legislative assembly election, 2002

2002
All 40 seats in the Assembly 21 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	68.75% (3.75%)
Majority party Minority party   Leader Manohar Parrikar Pratapsing Rane Party BJP INC Leader's seat Panaji Poriem Seats won 17 16 Seat change 7 5
Chief Minister before election Manohar Parrikar BJP Chief Minister after election Manohar Parrikar BJP

Elections for the Indian state of Goa took place 2002.

Results

Rank	Party	Seats Contested	Seats Won
1	Bharatiya Janata Party	39	17
2	Indian National Congress	40	16
4	United Goans Democratic Party	10	3
3	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak	25	2
5	Nationalist Congress Party	20	1
6	Independent	48	1
	Total		40

Results by constituency

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

No.	Constituency	Winner	Party		Margin	Remark
1	Mandrem	Laxmikant Parsekar		Bharatiya Janata Party	908
2	Pernem	Jitendra Deshprabhu		Indian National Congress	2,329
3	Dargalim	Manohar Ajgaonkar		Bharatiya Janata Party	5,762
4	Tivim	Sadanand Tanavade		Bharatiya Janata Party	521
5	Mapusa	Francis D'Souza		Bharatiya Janata Party	2,107
6	Siolim	Dayanand Mandrekar		Bharatiya Janata Party	1,907
7	Calangute	Agnelo Fernandes		Indian National Congress	2,070
8	Saligao	Wilfred de Souza		Nationalist Congress Party	726
9	Aldona	Dayanand Narvekar		Indian National Congress	2,013
10	Panaji	Manohar Parrikar		Bharatiya Janata Party	1,292
11	Taleigao	Babush Monserrate		United Goans Democratic Party	2,261
12	Santa Cruz	Victoria Fernandes		Indian National Congress	40
13	St. Andre	Francisco Silveira		Indian National Congress	2,786
14	Cumbarjua	Pandurang Madkaikar		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	608
15	Bicholim	Rajesh Patnekar		Bharatiya Janata Party	2,560
16	Maem	Harish Zantye		Indian National Congress	1,956
17	Pale	Suresh Amonkar		Bharatiya Janata Party	1,554
18	Poriem	Pratapsing Rane		Indian National Congress	2,569
19	Valpoi	Narahari Haldankar		Bharatiya Janata Party	352
20	Ponda	Ravi Naik		Indian National Congress	1,320
21	Priol	Vishwas Satarkar		Bharatiya Janata Party	1,662
22	Marcaim	Ramkrishna 'Sudin' Dhavalikar		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	7,850
23	Shiroda	Subhash Shirodkar		Indian National Congress	1,135
24	Mormugao	Giovanni Vaz		Indian National Congress	443
25	Vasco Da Gama	Rajendra Arlekar		Bharatiya Janata Party	1,096
26	Cortalim	Matanhy Saldanha		United Goans Democratic Party	850
27	Loutolim	Aleixo Sequeira		Indian National Congress	4,754
28	Benaulim	Mickky Pacheco		United Goans Democratic Party	1,049
29	Fatorda	Damodar Naik		Bharatiya Janata Party	588
30	Margao	Digambar Kamat		Bharatiya Janata Party	4,744
31	Curtorim	Francisco Sardinha		Indian National Congress	2,851
32	Navelim	Luizinho Faleiro		Indian National Congress	4,577
33	Velim	Filipe Nery Rodrigues		Independent	5,516
34	Cuncolim	Joaquim Alemao		Indian National Congress	2,388
35	Sanvordem	Vinay Tendulkar		Bharatiya Janata Party	3,111
36	Sanguem	Vasudev Gaonkar		Bharatiya Janata Party	837
37	Curchorem	Ramrao Desai		Bharatiya Janata Party	1,779
38	Quepem	Chandrakant 'Babu' Kavlekar		Indian National Congress	1,855
39	Canacona	Vijay Pai Khot		Bharatiya Janata Party	2,883
40	Poinguinim	Isidore Fernandes		Indian National Congress	1,868

By Elections

No.	Constituency	Winner	Party		Margin	Remark
1	Benaulim	Mickky Pacheco		Nationalist Congress Party		Due to the resignation of Mickky Pacheco
2	Cumbarjua	Pandurang Madkaikar		Indian National Congress		Due to the resignation of Pandurang Madkaikar
3	Margao	Digambar Kamat		Indian National Congress		Due to the resignation of Digambar Kamat
4	Poinguinim	Isidore Fernandes		Bharatiya Janata Party		Due to resignation of Isidore Fernandes
5	Poinguinim	Ramesh Tawadkar		Bharatiya Janata Party		Due to resignation of Isidore Fernandes
6	Taleigao	Babush Monserrate		Indian National Congress		Due to resignation of Babush Monserrate

Government formation

On 3 June 2002, Bharatiya Janata Party formed its first government in Goa under the leadership of Manohar Parrikar which lasted for 2 years and 244 days. Government fell due to Digambar Kamat fallout Bharatiya Janata Party.