Goa Vidhan Sabha Election 2022

Goa Viahan Sabha Election 2022 was announced by the Election Commission of India on January 8, 2022. The term of the state legislative assembly was to expire on 15.03.2022. Election were scheduled to be held for all 40 seats, out of which 39 are general, and the one is reserved for Scheduled Caste (SC).

As per electoral roll with reference to 1-1-2022, there were 11,56,762 electors in the state out of which 11,56,464 were general electors and 298 were service voters. A total of 9,643 electors were marked as Persons with Disabilities (PwD). There were maximum of 1250 electors instead of 1500 in a polling station. Accordingly there were 1,722 polling stations in 2022 as against 1,642 in 2017 which was an increase of 4.87%. Candidate's limit on expenses was enhanced to Rs 28 lakhs.

Election Schedule

Poll Events	Single Phase (All 40 ACs)
Date of Issue of Notification	21-01-202 (Friday)
Last date of making nomination	28-01-2022 (Friday)
Date of Scrutiny	29-01-2022 (Saturday)
Last date of withdrawal	31-01-2022 (Monday)
Date of Poll	14-02-2022 (Monday)
Date of Counting	10-03-2022 (Thursday)
Date of completion	12-03-2022 (Saturday)

HIGHLIGHTS

1. NO. OF CONSTITUENCIES

TYPE OF CONSTITUENCY	GEN	SC	ST	TOTAL
NO OF CONSTITUENCIES	39	1	0	40

2. NO. OF CONTESTANTS

NO. OF CONTESTANTS IN A CONSTITUENCY	1	2	3	4	5	6-10	11-15	ABOVE 15
NO OF SUCH CONSTITUENCIES	0	0	0	0	5	33	2	0

TOTAL CONTESTANTS IN A FRAY: 301
AVERAGE CONTESTANTS PER CONSTITUENCY: 8
MINIMUM CONTESTANTS IN A CONSTITUENCY: 5
MAXIMUM CONTESTANTS IN A CONSTITUENCY: 13

3.ELECTORS

	MALE	FEMALE	THIRD GENDER	TOTAL
I. NO. OF ELECTORS (INCLUDING SERVICE ELECTORS)	566531	597982	9	1164522
II. NO. OF ELECTORS WHO VOTED (EXCLUDING POSTAL VOTES)	442717	484122	8	926847
III. POLLING PERCENTAGE (EXCLUDING POSTAL BALLOTS)	78.15	80.96	88.89	79.59

4. NO. OF VALID VOTES (EVM VALID+POSTAT VALID): 939816
5. NO. OF VOTES REJECTED (POSTAL): 3229
6. NO. OF TEST VOTES, REJECTED VOTES DUE TO OTHER REASON AND NOTA VOTES: 10631
7. NO. OF POLLING STATIONS: 1722
8. AVERAGE NO. OF ELECTORS PER POLLING STATION: 676

9.PERFORMANCE OF CONTESTING CANDIDATES

	MALE	FEMALE	THIRD GENDER	TOTAL
I. NO. OF CONTESTANTS	275	26	0	301
II. ELECTED	37	3	0	40
III. FORFEITED DEPOSITS	186	19	0	205

Political Parties Participated

PARTY ABBREVIATION	PARTY
NATIONAL PARTIES
1. AITC	All India Trinamool Congress
2. BJP	Bharatiya Janata Party
3. INC	Indian National Congress
4. NCP	Nationalist Congress Party
STATE PARTIES
5. GFP	Goa Forward Party
6. MAG	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak
STATE PARTIES - OTHER STATES
7. AAAP	Aam Aadmi Party
8. SHS	Shiv Sena
REGISTERED (Unrecognised) PARTIES
9. GSB	Goencho Swabhiman Party
10. JMBP	Jai Maha Bharath Party
11. RVLTGONP	Revolutionary Goans Party
12. SBBGP	Sambhaji Brigade Party
INDEPENDENTS
13. IND	Independent
14. NOTA	None of the Above

Successful Candidates

CONSTITUENCY	WINNER	SEX	PARTY
1 Mandrem	JIT VINAYAK AROLKAR	M	MAG
2 Pernem	PRAVIN PRABHAKAR ARLEKAR	M	BJP
3 Bicholim	DR. CRAKANT SHETYE	M	IND
4 Tivim	NILKANTH RAMNATH HALARNKAR	M	BJP
5 Mapusa	JOSHUA PETER DE SOUZA	M	BJP
6 Siolim	DELILAH MICHAEL LOBO	F	INC
7 Saligao Kedar	Jayprakash Naik	M	INC
8 Calangute	Michael Vincent Lobo	M	INC
9 Porvorim	Rohan Khaunte	M	BJP
10 Aldona	CARLOS ALVARES FERREIRA	M	INC
11 Panaji	ATANASIO MONSERRATE	M	BJP
12 Taleigao	JENNIFER MONSERRATE	F	BJP
13 St.Cruz	Rodolfo Louis Fernandes	M	INC
14 St. Andre	Viresh Mukesh Borkar	M	RVLTGONP
15 Cumbarjua	Rajesh Faldessai	M	INC
16 Maem	PREMENDRA VISHNU SHET	M	BJP
17 Sanquelim	Dr. Pramod Sawant	M	BJP
18 Poriem	DEVIYA VISHWAJIT RANE	F	BJP
19 Valpoi	VISHWAJIT PRATAPSINGH RANE	M	BJP
20 Priol	Govind Shepu Gaude	M	BJP
21 Ponda	RAVI NAIK	M	BJP
22 Siroda	Subhash Shirodkar	M	BJP
23 Marcaim	Ramkrishna Alias Sudin Dhavalikar	M	MAG
24 Mormugao	Sankalp Amonkar	M	INC
25 Vasco-Da-Gama	Krishna V. Salkar	M	BJP
26 Dabolim	MAUVIN HELIODORO GODINHO	M	BJP
27 Cortalim	Antonio Vas	M	IND
28 Nuvem	ALEIXO SEQUEIRA	M	INC
29 Curtorim	ALEIXO REGINALDO LOURENCO	M	IND
30 Fatorda	VIJAI SARDESAI	M	GFP
31 Margao	DIGAMBAR KAMAT	M	INC
32 Benaulim	Venzy Viegas	M	AAAP
33 Navelim	Ulhas Tuenkar	M	BJP
34 Cuncolim	Alemao Yuri	M	INC
35 Velim	CRUZ SILVA	M	AAAP
36 Quepem	ALTONE D'COSTA	M	INC
37 Curchorem	NILESH CABRAL	M	BJP
38 Sanvordem	Ganesh Gaonkar	M	BJP
39 Sanguem	Subhash Uttam Phal Dessai	M	BJP
40 Canacona	Ramesh Tawadkar	M	BJP

Party-wise Summary

PARTY NAME	SEATS
Aam Aadmi Party	2
Bharatiya Janata Party	20
Goa Forward Party	1
Independent	3
Indian National Congress	11
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak	2
Revolutionary Goans Party	1

Performance of Political Parties

PARTY	SEATS CONTESTED	WON	FD	TOTAL VOTES POLLED	% VOTES POLLED
NATIONAL PARTIES
1. AITC	26	0	21	49480	5.21%
2. BJP	40	20	5	316573	33.31%
3. INC	37	11	9	222948	23.46%
4. NCP	13	0	13	10846	1.14%
	116	31	48	599847	63.11
STATE PARTIES
5. GFP	3	1	1	17477	1.84%
6. MAG	13	2	7	72269	7.6%
	16	3	8	89746	9.44
STATE PARTIES - OTHER STATES
7. AAAP	39	2	35	64354	6.77%
8. SHS	11	0	11	1726	0.18%
	50	2	46	66080	6.95
REGISTERED (Unrecognised) PARTIES
9. GSB	4	0	4	985	0.1%
10. JMBP	6	0	6	728	0.08%
11. RVLTGONP	38	1	32	93255	9.81%
12. SBBGP	3	0	3	273	0.03%
	51	1	45	95241	10.02
INDEPENDENTS
13. IND	68	3	58	88902	9.35%
	68	3	58	88902	9.35
14. NOTA	-	-	-	10629	1.12%
	-	-	-	10629	1.12
Grand Total:	301	40	205	950445	100