Panaji (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Panaji Vidhan Sabha Constituency is one of assembly seats of Goa state.

Member of Legislative Assembly

Year Member Political Party
1967 Yaswant Desai United Goans Superia Group
1972 Babana Naik Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
1977 Madhav Bir Janata Party
1980 Vishnu Naik Independent
1984 Joan Gonsalves Indian National Congress
1989 Joan Gonsalves Indian National Congress
1994 Manohar Parrikar Bharatiya Janata Party
1999 Manohar Parrikar Bharatiya Janata Party
2002 Manohar Parrikar Bharatiya Janata Party
2007 Manohar Parrikar Bharatiya Janata Party
2012 Manohar Parrikar Bharatiya Janata Party
2015 By-election Sidharth Kuncalienker Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

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 Siddharth Kunkolienkar 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

2012 result

Goa Legislative Assembly election, 2012: 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

2007 result

Goa Legislative Assembly election, 2007: Panaji
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJP Manohar Parrikar 6,004 56.83 +1.25
INC Purushottam Kamat 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

2002 result

Goa Legislative Assembly election, 2002: Panaji
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJP Manohar Parrikar 5,700 55.58
INC Ramesh Silimkhan 4,408 42.98
Shiv Sena 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

References

http://www.elections.in/goa/assembly-constituencies/panaji.html

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