2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election
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 incumbent MLA Frances D'Souza of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Former chief minister Manohar Parrikar was sworn in as the new chief minister.
Timetable
The timetable of the electoral events are:Event | Date |
Issue of Notification | 6 February |
Candidature filing deadling | 13 February |
Clearance of nominees | 14 February |
Candidature withdrawal deadline | 16 February |
Election | 3 March |
Result | 6 March |
Deadline to finish election | 9 March |
Parties
The Indian National Congress, Nationalist Congress Party, All India Trinamool Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party 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.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.
Results
Elected MLAs
The following is the list of winning MLAs in the election.Constituency Number | Constituency | Winner | Party | Margin |
10 | Aldona | Glenn Ticlo | Bharatiya Janata Party | 3476 |
8 | Calangute | Michael Vincent Lobo | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1869 |
3 | Bicholim | Naresh Sawal | Independents. Resigned MLA post and joined MGP | 1799 |
34 | Cuncolim | Subhash Rajan Naik | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1313 |
37 | Curchorem | Nilesh Cabral | Bharatiya Janata Party | 8792 |
26 | Dabolim* | Mauvin Godinho | Indian National Congress. Resigned MLA post and joined Bharatiya Janata Party | 944 |
16 | Maem | Anant Shet** | Bharatiya Janata Party*** | 5719 |
30 | Fatorda | Vijai Sardesai | Independents | 1939 |
28 | Nuvem* | Mickky Pacheco | Goa Vikas Party | 4196 |
18 | Poriem | Pratapsingh Rane** | Indian National Congress*** | 2547 |
36 | Quepem | Chandrakant Kavlekar | Indian National Congress | 6373 |
38 | Sanvordem | Ganesh Gaonkar | Bharatiya Janata Party | 2291 |
22 | Sirodar | Mahadev Naik** | Bharatiya Janata Party*** | 2262 |
4 | Tivim | Kiran Kandolkar | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1112 |
32 | Benaulim | Caetano Silva | Goa Vikas Party | 2001 |
20 | Priol | Deepak Pandurang Dhavalikar | Maharashtrawadi Gomantak*** | 2100 |
13 | St. Cruz | Atanasio Monserrate | Indian National Congress***. Resigned MLA post and revived United Goans Party | 2336 |
40 | Canacona | Ramesh 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 | Independents | 2145 |
5 | Mapusa | Francis D'Souza** | Bharatiya Janata Party*** | 10169 |
23 | Marcaim | Sudin Dhavalikar** | Maharashtrawadi Gomantak*** | 7230 |
39 | Sanguem | Subhash Phal Desai | Bharatiya Janata Party*** | 483 |
35 | Velim | Benjamin Silva | Independents | 4926 |
29 | Curotirm | Aleixo Lourenco | Indian National Congress | 4069 |
15 | Cumbarjua | Pandurang Madkaikar** | Indian National Congress. Resigned MLA post and joined Bharatiya Janata Party | 1575 |
11 | Panaji | Siddharth Kunkolienkar | 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 Wagh | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1219 |
1 | Mandrem | Laxmikant Parsekar** | Bharatiya Janata Party*** | 3435 |
6 | Siolem | Dayanand Mandrekar** | Bharatiya Janata Party*** | 2171 |
24 | Mormugao | Milind Naik** | Bharatiya Janata Party*** | 913 |
27 | Cortalim* | José Matanhy de Saldanha Alina Saldanha | Bharatiya Janata Party | 2269 |
12 | Taleigao | Jennifer Monserrate | Indian National Congress | 438 |
7 | Saligao | Dilip Parulekar | Bharatiya Janata Party | 5808 |