2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election

2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election

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All 40 assembly constituencies 21 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	82.94% ( 12.94%)
Majority party Minority party   Leader Manohar Parrikar Digambar Kamat Party BJP INC Alliance NDA UPA Leader since 1994 1994 Leader's seat Panjim Margao Last election 14 16 Seats won 21 9 Seat change 7 7   Third party Fourth party   Leader Sudin Dhavalikar Francisco Pacheco Party MGP GVP Alliance NDA NDA Leader since 1999 2012 Leader's seat Marcaim Nuvem Last election 2 new party Seats won 3 2 Seat change 1 2
Structure of the Goa Legislative Assembly after the election
Chief Minister before election Digambar Kamat INC Elected Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar BJP

The Goa legislative assembly election was held on 3 March 2012, to select the 40 members of the Sixth Goa Legislative Assembly, as the term of 5th Goa Legislative Assembly ended in March 2012.

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 (BJP). Former chief minister Manohar Parrikar was sworn in as the new chief minister on 9 March.^[1]

Timetable

The timetable of the electoral events are:^[2]

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 (INC), Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 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 neighboring Karnataka and Maharashtra, as well as from further afield such as Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.^[3]

Corruption

Following the 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement several allegations of corruption have been made on the 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 Assembly constituency despite the INC also denying him a ticket.

He also criticized 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.^[4]

List of Candidates

Constituency
		NDA			UPA
1	Mandrem		BJP	Laxmikant Parsekar		INC	Dayanand Raghunath Sopte
2	Pernem		BJP	Rajendra Arlekar		INC	Manohar Trimbak Ajgaoankar
3	Bicholim		BJP	Manohar Pandurang Shirodkar		INC	Rajesh T. Patnekar
4	Tivim		BJP	Kiran Mohan Kandolkar		NCP	Nilkanth Ramnath Halarnkar
5	Mapusa		BJP	Francis D'Souza		NCP	Ashish Tulshidas Shirodkar
6	Siolim		BJP	Dayanand Mandrekar		INC	Uday Dattaram Paliemkar
7	Saligao		BJP	Dilip Parulekar		NCP	Suresh V. Parulekar
8	Calangute		BJP	Michael Vincent Lobo		INC	Agnelo Nicholas Fernandes
9	Porvorim		BJP	Govind Parvatkar		NCP	Fermeena P. Khaunte
10	Aldona		BJP	Ticlo Glenn J V A E Souza		INC	Dayanand G. Narvekar
11	Panaji		BJP	Manohar Parrikar		INC	Yatin Parekh
12	Taleigao		BJP	Dattaprasad Madhukar Naik		INC	Jennifer A. Monserrate
13	St. Cruz		MGP	Dinar Purshottam Kamat Tarcar		INC	Atanasio J. Monserrate
14	St. Andre		BJP	Vishnu Surya Naik Wagh		INC	Francisco Silveira
15	Cumbarjua		Ind.	Nirmala P. Sawant		INC	Pandurang A. Madkaikar
16	Maem		BJP	Anant Shet		NCP	Rudresh Chodankar
17	Sanquelim		BJP	Pramod Sawant		INC	Pratap Gauns
18	Poriem		BJP	Vishwajit Krishnarao Rane		INC	Pratapsingh Raoji Rane
19	Valpoi		BJP	Satyavijay Subrai Naik		INC	Vishwajit Pratapsingh Rane
20	Priol		MGP	Pandurang Alias Deepak Dhavalikar		INC	Dhaku A. Madkaikar
21	Ponda		MGP	Lavoo Mamledar		INC	Ravi Naik
22	Siroda		BJP	Mahadev Narayan Naik		INC	Subhash Ankush Shirodkar
23	Marcaim		MGP	Ramkrishna Alias Sudin Dhavalikar		INC	Ritesh Naik
24	Mormugao		BJP	Milind Sagun Naik		INC	Sankalp Padmanabh Amonkar
25	Vasco-da-Gama		BJP	Jose Luis Carlos Almeida		NCP	Jose Filepe D'Souza
26	Dabolim		MGP	Premanand Nanoskar		INC	Mauvin Heliodoro Godinho
27	Cortalim		BJP	Matanhy Saldanha		INC	Caitan Xavier
28	Nuvem		MGP	Prabhakar Rupo Gaude		INC	Aleixo Sequeira
29	Curtorim		Ind.	Domnic Gaonkar		INC	Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco
30	Fatorda		BJP	Damodar (Damu) G. Naik		INC	M. K. Shaikh
31	Margao		BJP	Mahatme Rupesh		INC	Digambar Kamat
32	Benaulim		Did not contest			INC	Valanka Alemao
33	Navelim		Ind.	Avertano Furtado		INC	Churchill Alemao
34	Cuncolim		BJP	Subhash Alias Rajan Kashinath Naik		INC	Alemao Joaquim
35	Velim		Ind.	Benjamin Silva		INC	Filipe Nery Rodrigues
36	Quepem		MGP	Prakash Arjun Velip		INC	Chandrakant Kavalekar
37	Curchorem		BJP	Nilesh Cabral		INC	Shyam Gopinath Satardekar
38	Sanvordem		BJP	Ganesh Chandru Gaonkar		INC	Govind Sawant
39	Sanguem		BJP	Subhash U. Phal Dessai		NCP	Alemao Yuri
40	Canacona		BJP	Ramesh Bombo Tawadkar		INC	Isidore Aleixinho Fernandes

Results

Summary of the Goa Legislative Assembly election, 2012 result^[5]

Party	Seats contested	Seats won	Seat change	Vote share
Bharatiya Janata Party	28	21	7	34.68%
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	7	3	1	6.72%
Indian National Congress	34	9	7	30.78%
Nationalist Congress Party	6	0	3	4.08%
United Goans Democratic Party	7	0	1	1.17%
Goa Vikas Party	9	2	2	3.5%
Save Goa Front	0	0	2	0%
Independents	72	5	3	16.67%
Total	—	40	—	—

Detailed Results

Constituency		Winner					Runner-up					Margin
		Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
1	Mandrem	Laxmikant Parsekar		BJP	11,955	46.11	Dayanand Raghunath Sopte		INC	8,520	32.86	3,435	13.25
2	Pernem (SC)	Rajendra Arlekar		BJP	16,406	63.37	Manohar Trimbak Ajgaoankar		INC	8,053	31.10	8,353	32.27
3	Bicholim	Naresh Rajaram Sawal		IND	8,331	39.68	Rajesh T. Patnekar		INC	6,532	31.11	1,799	8.57
4	Tivim	Kiran Mohan Kandolkar		BJP	10,473	51.56	Nilkanth Ramnath Halarnkar		NCP	9,361	46.08	1,112	5.48
5	Mapusa	Francis D'souza		BJP	14,955	74.00	Ashish Tulshidas Shirodkar		NCP	4,786	23.68	10,169	50.32
6	Siolim	Dayanand Mandrekar		BJP	11,430	52.83	Uday Dattaram Paliemkar		INC	9,259	42.80	2,171	10.03
7	Saligao	Dilip Parulekar		BJP	10,084	51.96	D'souza Tulio		IND	4,276	22.03	5,808	29.93
8	Calangute	Michael Vincent Lobo		BJP	9,891	53.91	Agnelo Nicholas Fernandes		INC	8,022	43.72	1,869	10.19
9	Porvorim	Rohan Khaunte		IND	7,972	47.93	Govind Parvatkar		BJP	7,071	42.52	901	5.41
10	Aldona	Ticlo Glenn J V A E Souza		BJP	11,315	55.77	Dayanand G. Narvekar		INC	7,839	38.64	3,476	17.13
11	Panaji	Manohar Parrikar		BJP	11,086	66.13	Yatin Parekh		INC	5,018	29.93	6,068	36.20
12	Taleigao	Jennifer A. Monserrate		INC	10,682	50.88	Dattaprasad Madhukar Naik		BJP	9,531	45.39	1,151	5.49
13	St. Cruz	Atanasio J. Monserrate		INC	8,644	40.43	Rodolfo Louis Fernandes		IND	6,308	29.50	2,336	10.93
14	St. Andre	Vishnu Surya Naik Wagh		BJP	8,818	51.24	Francisco Silveira		INC	7,599	44.16	1,219	7.08
15	Cumbarjua	Pandurang A. Madkaikar		INC	9,556	48.22	Nirmala P. Sawant		IND	7,981	40.27	1,575	7.95
16	Maem	Anant Shet		BJP	12,054	53.79	Pravin Zantye		IND	6,335	28.27	5,719	25.52
17	Sanquelim	Pramod Sawant		BJP	14,255	66.02	Pratap Gauns		INC	7,337	33.98	6,918	32.04
18	Poriem	Pratapsingh Raoji Rane		INC	13,772	55.09	Vishwajit Krishnarao Rane		BJP	11,225	44.91	2,547	10.18
19	Valpoi	Vishwajit Pratapsingh Rane		INC	12,412	53.66	Satyavijay Subrai Naik		BJP	9,473	40.96	2,939	12.70
20	Priol	Pandurang Alias Deepak Dhavalikar		MAG	12,264	49.72	Govind Gaude		IND	10,164	41.20	2,100	8.52
21	Ponda	Lavoo Mamledar		MAG	12,662	54.51	Ravi Naik		INC	9,472	40.77	3,190	13.74
22	Siroda	Mahadev Narayan Naik		BJP	12,216	53.15	Subhash Ankush Shirodkar		INC	9,954	43.31	2,262	9.84
23	Marcaim	Ramkrishna Alias Sudin Dhavalikar		MAG	14,952	65.94	Ritesh Naik		INC	7,722	34.06	7,230	31.88
24	Mormugao	Milind Sagun Naik		BJP	7,419	45.69	Sankalp Padmanabh Amonkar		INC	6,506	40.07	913	5.62
25	Vasco-da-Gama	Jose Luis Carlos Almeida		BJP	11,468	52.72	Jose Filepe D'souza		NCP	6,978	32.08	4,490	20.64
26	Dabolim	Mauvin Heliodoro Godinho		INC	7,468	48.89	Premanand Nanoskar		MAG	6,524	42.71	944	6.18
27	Cortalim	Matanhy Saldanha		BJP	7,427	36.37	Nelly Rodrigues		GVP	5,158	25.26	2,269	11.11
28	Nuvem	Mickky Pacheco		GVP	12,288	56.90	Aleixo Sequeira		INC	8,092	37.47	4,196	19.43
29	Curtorim	Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco		INC	11,221	57.11	Domnic Gaonkar		IND	7,152	36.40	4,069	20.71
30	Fatorda	Vijai Sardesai		IND	10,375	48.39	Damodar (Damu) G. Naik		BJP	8,436	39.35	1,939	9.04
31	Margao	Digambar Kamat		INC	12,041	54.36	Mahatme Rupesh		BJP	7,589	34.26	4,452	20.10
32	Benaulim	Caetano R. Silva		GVP	9,695	45.95	Valanka Alemao		INC	7,694	36.47	2,001	9.48
33	Navelim	Avertano Furtado		IND	10,231	54.48	Churchill Alemao		INC	8,086	43.06	2,145	11.42
34	Cuncolim	Subhash Alias Rajan Kashinath Naik		BJP	7,738	37.31	Alemao Joaquim		INC	6,425	30.98	1,313	6.33
35	Velim	Benjamin Silva		IND	13,164	59.49	Filipe Nery Rodrigues		INC	8,238	37.23	4,926	22.26
36	Quepem	Chandrakant Kavlekar		INC	10,994	44.22	Prakash Shankar Velip		IND	4,621	18.59	6,373	25.63
37	Curchorem	Nilesh Cabral		BJP	14,299	72.20	Shyam Gopinath Satardekar		INC	5,507	27.80	8,792	44.40
38	Sanvordem	Ganesh Chandru Gaonkar		BJP	10,585	45.34	Arjun Anil Salgaocar		IND	8,294	35.53	2,291	9.81
39	Sanguem	Subhash Phal Desai		BJP	7,454	34.67	Alemao Yuri		NCP	6,971	32.42	483	2.25
40	Canacona	Ramesh Bombo Tawadkar		BJP	14,328	53.89	Isidore Aleixinho Fernandes		INC	11,624	43.72	2,704	10.17

By-election

Shortly after the election, the Cortalim seat was opened for a by-election following the death of the incumbent, Matanhy Saldanha, as a result of a heart attack. His wife, Alina Saldanha, was originally scheduled to run against Raymond D’Sa of the INC and independent candidate Ramakant Borkar, though the latter two soon withdrew from the race and she was elected unopposed on 25 May. She was given her husband's ministerial portfolio as forest minister.^[6][7][8] She immediately said that she would not allow mining on forest land.^[9]

Analysis

The Daily Pioneer called this election "the first time that the BJP has stamped its success in so many of those constituencies that have a significant population of the minority community."^[10]

Bypolls (2012-2017)

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
27	21 May 2012	Cortalim	José Matanhy de Saldanha		Bharatiya Janata Party	Alina Saldanha		Bharatiya Janata Party
11	13 February 2015	Panaji	Manohar Parrikar			Sidharth Kuncalienker

References

1. "Alina Saldanha gets environment, forest portfolios". Press Trust of India. June 11, 2012 – via Business Standard.
2. "Assembly Election Results Dates Candidate List Opinion/Exit Poll Latest News, Political Consulting Survey Election Campaign Management Company India". infoelections.com.
3. "Goan identity erodes with onslaught of migrants". Merinews.com. 2008-06-12. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
4. "Congress promoting Family Raj: Willy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-18. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
5. Statistical Report on General Election, 2012, to the Legislative Assembly of Goa (Report). Election Commission of India.
6. "Alina Saldanha Inducted in Goa Cabinet". daijiworld.com. 2012-06-09. Archived from the original on 2016-08-20.
7. "Alina Saldanha to be inducted into Goa Cabinet on June 8". Zee News. June 3, 2012.
8. "Alina Saldanha inducted into Goa cabinet". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. June 8, 2012 – via Business Standard.
9. "No forest land for mining: Alina Saldanha - Times Of India". archive.ph. 2013-04-11. Archived from the original on 2013-04-11. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
10. "A myth is demolished". dailypioneer.com. 2012-03-07. Archived from the original on 2012-03-11.

External links

• Goa Election Commission Archived 2012-02-16 at the Wayback Machine