1999 Goa Legislative Assembly election

1999 Goa Legislative Assembly election
← 1994 4 June 1999 2002 →
All 40 seats in the Assembly; 21 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	65%
Chief Minister before election; Luizinho Faleiro; INC	Chief Minister after election ; Luizinho Faleiro; INC

Elections for the Indian state of Goa took place in June 1999.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Parties contested

No.	Party	Leader	Seats contested
1.	Indian National Congress	Luizinho Faleiro	40
2.	Bharatiya Janata Party	Manohar Parrikar	39
3.	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	Shashikala Kakodkar	25
4.	Goa Rajiv Congress Party	Wilfred de Souza	14
5.	United Goans Democratic Party	Churchill Alemao	11

Results


Rank	Party	Seats Contested	Seats Won
1	Indian National Congress	40	21
2	Bharatiya Janata Party	39	10
3	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak	17	4
4	United Goans Democratic Party	11	2
5	Goa Rajiv Congress Party	14	2
6	Independent	49	1
	Total		40

Results by constituency

The following is the list of winning MLAs in the election.^[4]

Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency^[5]
Assembly Constituency		Turnout	Winner					Runner Up					Margin
#k	Names	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Margin
1	Mandrem	73.32%	Ramakant Khalap		MGP	5,401	39.6%	Parab Sangeeta Gopal		INC	4,219	30.94%	1,182
2	Pernem	72.72%	Deshprabhu Jitendra Raghuraj		INC	5,129	41.32%	Kotkar Parshuram Nagesh		MGP	3,963	31.93%	1,166
3	Dargalim	68.24%	Manohar Ajgaonkar		INC	4,328	42.92%	Dhargalkar Balkrishna Atmaram		BJP	3,232	32.05%	1,096
4	Tivim	67.43%	Dayanand Narvekar		INC	6,989	41.17%	Halarnkar Nilkant Ramnath		Goa Rajiv Congress Party	4,333	25.53%	2,656
5	Mapusa	61.06%	Francis D'Souza		Goa Rajiv Congress Party	5,602	36.2%	Natekar Gurudas Bhalchandra		INC	4,027	26.02%	1,575
6	Siolim	67.06%	Dayanand Mandrekar		BJP	4,455	27.13%	Marques Milton Olympio		INC	3,663	22.3%	792
7	Calangute	66.33%	Parulekar Suresh Vishwanath		UGDP	7,670	46.36%	Tomazinho Cardozo		INC	6,921	41.83%	749
8	Saligao	67.67%	Wilfred de Souza		Goa Rajiv Congress Party	5,006	35.94%	Kalangutkar Deelip Sonu		MGP	4,542	32.61%	464
9	Aldona	61.33%	Ulhas Asnodkar		BJP	6,587	36.69%	Halankar Vishwanath Rohidas		INC	2,738	15.25%	3,849
10	Panaji	56.27%	Manohar Parrikar		BJP	5,396	51.53%	Prabhu Keshav Laximidhar		INC	2,647	25.28%	2,749
11	Taleigao	60.36%	Somnath Dattta Zuwarkar		INC	8,288	52.71%	Salkar Subhash Tukaram		BJP	6,461	41.09%	1,827
12	St. Cruz	66.97%	Victoria Fernandes		INC	8,829	50.78%	Hoble Anil Raghuvir		MGP	3,442	19.8%	5,387
13	St. Andre	72.07%	Francisco Silveira		INC	7,080	45.5%	Kamat Dhakankar Avinash Govind		BJP	4,376	28.12%	2,704
14	Cumbarjua	64.76%	Nirmala Prabhakar Sawant		INC	6,004	37.18%	Parvatkar Govind Bhikaji		BJP	5,154	31.92%	850
15	Bicholim	73.13%	Pandurang Raut		MGP	5,089	33.04%	Rajesh Patnekar		BJP	4,999	32.46%	90
16	Maem	72.73%	Prakash Fadte		BJP	3,420	27.16%	Chopdekar Murari Sambha		INC	2,582	20.51%	838
17	Pale	71.48%	Suresh Amonkar		BJP	7,156	44.41%	Gawas Gurudas Prabhakar		INC	4,805	29.82%	2,351
18	Poriem	74.62%	Pratapsingh Rane		INC	7,865	52.93%	Santoba Krishnarao Dessai		MGP	3,407	22.93%	4,458
19	Valpoi	71.12%	Venkatesh Desai		INC	4,177	38.01%	Narahari Haldankar		BJP	3,323	30.24%	854
20	Ponda	66.79%	Ravi Naik		INC	9,349	48.72%	Khedekar Yeshwant Uttam		BJP	5,313	27.69%	4,036
21	Priol	73.01%	Vishwas Satarkar		BJP	6,563	37.29%	Dr.Kashinath Jalmi		MGP	4,593	26.1%	1,970
22	Marcaim	73.84%	Sudin Dhavalikar		MGP	6,537	38.94%	Naik Shripad Yasso		BJP	5,843	34.8%	694
23	Siroda	75.79%	Subhash Shirodkar		INC	9,548	56.56%	Naik Manohar Gopal		BJP	6,339	37.55%	3,209
24	Mormugao	52.43%	Sheikh Hassan Haroon		INC	4,721	29.65%	Kocharekar Archana Kishor		BJP	3,698	23.23%	1,023
25	Vasco Da Gama	51.89%	Jose Philip D'Souza		UGDP	5,691	33.11%	Rajendra Arlekar		BJP	4,183	24.34%	1,508
26	Cortalim	62.4%	Mauvin Godinho		INC	7,230	41.06%	Dourado Herculano T.		UGDP	6,129	34.81%	1,101
27	Loutolim	-	Aleixo Sequeira		INC	Elected Unopposed
28	Benaulim	60.99%	Churchill Alemao		INC	8,625	66.8%	Radharao Socrates Gracias		UGDP	3,788	29.34%	4,837
29	Fatorda	55.38%	Cardoz Luis Alex Florence		INC	7,164	47.76%	Eng. Ashok Tukaram Korgaonkar		BJP	4,421	29.48%	2,743
30	Margao	52.72%	Digambar Kamat		BJP	7,549	58.45%	M. K. Shaikh		INC	4,272	33.08%	3,277
31	Curtorim	59.%	Francisco Sardinha		INC	10,843	83.66%	Gaunkar Antonio Damiao		Independent	1,293	9.98%	9,550
32	Navelim	56.3%	Luizinho Faleiro		INC	12,054	75.48%	Sheikh Jina Nabi		BJP	2,293	14.36%	9,761
33	Velim	59.31%	Filipe Nery Rodrigues		INC	7,829	65.83%	Manu Fernandes		Goa Rajiv Congress Party	2,557	21.5%	5,272
34	Cuncolim	56.65%	Arecio D'Souza		INC	5,481	43.93%	D Silva Julio Teodomiro		BJP	3,267	26.19%	2,214
35	Sanvordem	66.88%	Vinay Dinu Tendulkar		BJP	4,600	29.28%	Gaonkar Ganesh Chandru		INC	3,924	24.97%	676
36	Sanguem	68.6%	Prabhakar Gaonkar		BJP	3,498	28.79%	Dessai Satyavan Bhadru		INC	2,711	22.31%	787
37	Curchorem	66.43%	Ramrao Dessai		BJP	7,640	46.95%	Domnick Fernandes		INC	7,271	44.68%	369
38	Quepem	66.64%	Prakash Velip		MGP	5,648	36.62%	Raul Rocky Pereira		INC	5,509	35.72%	139
39	Canacona	74.17%	Bandekar Sanjay Vimal		INC	4,849	37.37%	Pai Khot Vijay Anandrao		BJP	4,678	36.05%	171
40	Poinguinim	76.35%	Isidore Fernandes		Independent	4,860	45.04%	Govind Raghuchandra Acharya		MGP	3,201	29.66%	1,659

Government formation

Indian National Congress formed the government under the leadership of Luizinho Faleiro which lasted for 169 days. Francisco Sardinha broke the Indian National Congress and formed the government with the help of Bharatiya Janata Party which lasted for 334 days.

On 24 October 2000, Bharatiya Janata Party formed its first government in Goa under the leadership of Manohar Parrikar which lasted for 1 year and 223 days before the next elections were called off.

References

↑ "Goa polls become prestige issue as curtain-raiser to LS elections". The Times of India. 28 May 1999. ProQuest 741844291. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
↑ Goa Vidhan Sabha^{[dead link]}
↑ Election Commission India
↑ List of Successful Candidates in Goa Assembly Election in 1999
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1999 to the Legislative Assembly of Meghalaya" (PDF). eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2024.

[1] "Goa polls become prestige issue as curtain-raiser to LS elections". The Times of India. 28 May 1999. ProQuest 741844291. Retrieved 29 February 2024.

[2] Goa Vidhan Sabha^{[dead link]}

[3] Election Commission India

[4] List of Successful Candidates in Goa Assembly Election in 1999

[5] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1999 to the Legislative Assembly of Meghalaya" (PDF). eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2024.

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