2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election

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 Sixth Legislative Assembly ended in March 2012.

2012 Goa Legislative Assembly Election
March 3, 2012 (2012-03-03)
All 40 assembly constituencies
21 seats needed for a majority
Turnout82.94% (Increase12.94%)
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Manohar Parrikar Digambar Kamat Sudin Dhavalikar
Party BJP INC MGP
Alliance NDA UPA NDA
Leader since 1994 1994 1999
Leader's seat Panjim Margao Marcaim
Last election 14 16 2
Seats won 21 9 3
Seat change Increase 7 Decrease 7 Increase 1
Goa Legislative Assembly Elections 2012
Chief Minister before election

Digambar Kamat
INC

 Elected Chief Minister

Manohar Parrikar
BJP

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]

EventDate
Issue of Notification6 February
Candidature filing deadling13 February
Clearance of nominees14 February
Candidature withdrawal deadline16 February
Election3 March
Result6 March
Deadline to finish election9 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]

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 Increase 7 34.68%
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party 7 3 Increase 1 6.72%
Indian National Congress 34 9 Decrease 7 30.78%
Nationalist Congress Party 6 0 Decrease 3 4.08%
United Goans Democratic Party 7 0 Decrease 1 1.17%
Goa Vikas Party 9 2 Increase 2 3.5%
Save Goa Front 0 0 Decrease 2 0%
Independents 72 5 Increase 3 16.67%
Total — 40 — —

The following is the list of winning MLAs in the election.

Results by constituency
Assembly Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin
# Name Candidate Party Votes Candidate Party Votes
1 Mandrem Laxmikant Parsekar Bharatiya Janata Party 11955 Dayanand Sopte Indian National Congress 8520 3435
2 Pernem Rajendra Arlekar Bharatiya Janata Party 16406 Manohar Ajgaonkar Indian National Congress 8053 8353
3 Bicholim Naresh Sawal Independent 8331 Rajesh Patnekar Indian National Congress 6532 1799
4 Tivim Kiran Kandolkar Bharatiya Janata Party 10473 Nilkanth Halarnkar Nationalist Congress Party 9361 1112
5 Mapusa Francis D'Souza Bharatiya Janata Party 14955 Ashish Shirodkar Nationalist Congress Party 4786 10169
6 Siolim Dayanand Mandrekar Bharatiya Janata Party 11430 Uday Palienkar Indian National Congress 9259 2171
7 Saligao Dilip Parulekar Bharatiya Janata Party 10084 D'souza Tulio Independent 4276 5808
8 Calangute Michael Lobo Bharatiya Janata Party 9891 Agnelo Fernandes Indian National Congress 8022 1869
9 Porvorim Rohan Khaunte Independent 7972 Govind Parvatkar Bharatiya Janata Party 7071 901
10 Aldona Glenn Ticlo Bharatiya Janata Party 11315 Dayanand Narvekar Indian National Congress 7839 3476
11 Panaji Manohar Parrikar Bharatiya Janata Party 11086 Yatin Parekh Indian National Congress 5018 6068
12 Taleigao Jennifer Monserrate Indian National Congress 10682 Dattaprasad Naik Bharatiya Janata Party 9531 1151
13 Santa Cruz Atanasio Monserrate Indian National Congress 8644 Rodolfo Louis Fernandes Independent 6308 2336
14 St. Andre Vishnu Wagh Bharatiya Janata Party 8818 Francisco Silveira Indian National Congress 7599 1219
15 Cumbarjua Pandurang Madkaikar Indian National Congress 9556 Nirmala P. Sawant Independent 7981 1575
16 Maem Anant Shet Bharatiya Janata Party 12054 Pravin Zantye Independent 6335 5719
17 Sanquelim Pramod Sawant Bharatiya Janata Party 14255 Pratap Gauns Indian National Congress 7337 6918
18 Poriem Pratapsingh Rane Indian National Congress 13772 Vishwajit Krishnarao Rane Bharatiya Janata Party 11225 2547
19 Valpoi Vishwajit Pratapsingh Rane Indian National Congress 12412 Satyavijay Subrai Naik Bharatiya Janata Party 9473 2939
20 Priol Deepak Dhavalikar Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party 12264 Govind Gaude Independent 10164 2100
21 Ponda Lavoo Mamledar Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party 12662 Ravi Naik Indian National Congress 9472 3190
22 Siroda Mahadev Naik Bharatiya Janata Party 12216 Subhash Shirodkar Indian National Congress 9954 2262
23 Marcaim Sudin Dhavalikar Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party 14952 Ritesh Naik Indian National Congress 7722 7230
24 Mormugao Milind Naik Bharatiya Janata Party 7419 Sankalp Amonkar Indian National Congress 6506 913
25 Vasco da Gama Carlos Almeida Bharatiya Janata Party 11468 Jose Philip D'Souza Nationalist Congress Party 6978 4490
26 Dabolim Mauvin Godinho Indian National Congress 7468 Premanand Nanoskar Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party 6524 944
27 Cortalim Matanhy Saldanha Bharatiya Janata Party 7427 Nelly Rodrigues Goa Vikas Party 5158 2269
28 Nuvem Francisco Pacheco Goa Vikas Party 12288 Aleixo Sequeira Indian National Congress 8092 4196
29 Curtorim Aleixo Lourenco Indian National Congress 11221 Domnic Gaonkar Independent 7152 4069
30 Fatorda Vijai Sardesai Independent 10375 Damodar G. Naik Bharatiya Janata Party 8436 1939
31 Margao Digambar Kamat Indian National Congress 12041 Rupesh Mahatme Bharatiya Janata Party 7589 4452
32 Benaulim Caetano Silva Goa Vikas Party 9695 Valanka Alemao Indian National Congress 7694 2001
33 Navelim Avertano Furtado Independent 10231 Churchill Alemao Indian National Congress 8086 2145
34 Cuncolim Subhash Rajan Naik Bharatiya Janata Party 7738 Joaquim Alemao Indian National Congress 6425 1313
35 Velim Benjamin Silva Independent 13164 Filipe Nery Rodrigues Indian National Congress 8238 4926
36 Quepem Chandrakant Kavlekar Indian National Congress 10994 Prakash Velip Independent 4621 6373
37 Curchorem Nilesh Cabral Bharatiya Janata Party 14299 Shyam Satardekar Indian National Congress 5507 8792
38 Sanvordem Ganesh Gaonkar Bharatiya Janata Party 10585 Arjun Salgaocar Independent 8294 2291
39 Sanguem Subhash Phal Desai Bharatiya Janata Party 7454 Yuri Alemao Nationalist Congress Party 6971 483
40 Canacona Ramesh Tawadkar Bharatiya Janata Party 14328 Isidore Fernandes Indian National Congress 11624 2704

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]

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.
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