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Indian state legislative election
2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election Turnout 82.56%
The Goa Legislative Assembly election, 2017 was held on February 4, 2017 to elect the 40 members of the Seventh Goa Legislative Assembly , as the term of Sixth Legislative Assembly ended on March 18, 2017.[ 1] [ 2] 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.[ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
The term of the Legislative Assembly ended on March 18, 2017.[ 2] last election had resulted in a 21-seat majority to the Bharatiya Janata Party led by Manohar Parrikar .[ 6] Chief Minister . In 2014, he had to resign due to being nominated as Minister of Defence . Laxmikant Parsekar took oath as Chief Minister as Parrikar's successor.[ 7] [ 8]
District
Electors
Polled
Turnout %
North Goa 540,785
458,074
84.71%
South Goa 570,907
459,758
80.53%
← Summary of the 4 February 2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election results[ 15]
Parties and coalitions
Popular vote
Seats
Votes
%
± %
Won
+/−
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
2,97,588
32.5
13
Indian National Congress (INC)
2,59,758
28.4
17
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MAG)
1,03,290
11.3
3
Independents (IND)
1,01,922
11.1
3
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)
57,420
6.3
0
Goa Forward Party (GFP)
31,900
3.5
3
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)
20,916
2.3
1
Goa Suraksha Manch (GSM)
10,745
1.2
0
United Goans Party (UGP)
8,563
0.9
0
Goa Vikas Party (GVP)
5,379
0.6
0
Others
7,816
0.9
0
None of the Above (NOTA)
10,919
1.2
—
Total
9,16,216
100.00
40
±0
Valid votes
9,16,216
99.85
Invalid votes
1,416
0.15
Votes cast / turnout
9,17,832
82.56
Abstentions
1,93,860
17.44
Registered voters
11,11,692
Results by Constituency [ edit ] The following is the list of winning MLAs in the election.[ 16]
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