1999 Goa Legislative Assembly election

Elections for the Indian state of Goa took place 1999.[1][2]

Goa legislative assembly election, 1999

1999
All 40 seats in the Assembly 21 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	65%
Majority party Minority party   Leader Luizinho Faleiro Manohar Parrikar Party INC BJP Leader's seat Navelim Panaji Seats won 21 10 Seat change 3 6
Chief Minister before election Luizinho Faleiro INC Chief Minister after election Luizinho Faleiro INC

Results

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

Results by constituency

The following is the list of winning MLAs in the election.[3]

No.	Constituency	Winner	Party		Margin	Remark
1	Mandrem	Ramakant Khalap		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	1,182
2	Pernem	Jitendra Deshprabhu		Indian National Congress	1,166
3	Dargalim	Manohar Ajgaonkar		Bharatiya Janata Party	1,096
4	Tivim	Dayanand Narvekar		Indian National Congress	2,656
5	Mapusa	Francis D'Souza		Goa Rajiv Congress Party	1,575
6	Siolim	Dayanand Mandrekar		Bharatiya Janata Party	792
7	Calangute	Suresh Parulekar		United Goans Democratic Party	749
8	Saligao	Wilfred de Souza		Goa Rajiv Congress Party	464
9	Aldona	Ulhas Asnodkar		Bharatiya Janata Party	3,849
10	Panaji	Manohar Parrikar		Bharatiya Janata Party	2,749
11	Taleigao	Somanth Juwarkar		Indian National Congress	1,827
12	Santa Cruz	Victoria Fernandes		Indian National Congress	5,387
13	St. Andre	Francisco Silveira		Indian National Congress	2,704
14	Bicholim	Nirmala Sawant		Indian National Congress	850
15	Cumbarjua	Pandurang Raut		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	90
16	Maem	Prakash Fadte		Bharatiya Janata Party	838
17	Pale	Suresh Amonkar		Bharatiya Janata Party	2,351
18	Poriem	Pratapsing Rane		Indian National Congress	4,458
19	Valpoi	Venkatesh Desai		Indian National Congress	854
20	Ponda	Ravi Naik		Indian National Congress	4,036
21	Priol	Vishwas Satarkar		Bharatiya Janata Party	1,970
22	Marcaim	Ramkrishna 'Sudin' Dhavalikar		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	694
23	Shiroda	Subhash Shirodkar		Indian National Congress	3,209
24	Mormugao	Sheikh Hassan Haroon		Indian National Congress	1,023
25	Vasco Da Gama	Jose Philip D'Souza		United Goans Democratic Party	1,508
26	Cuncolim	Mauvin Godinho		Indian National Congress	1,101
27	Loutolim	Aleixo Sequeira		Indian National Congress	Unopposed
28	Benaulim	Churchill Alemao		Indian National Congress	4,837
29	Fatorda	Luis Cardozo		Indian National Congress	2,743
30	Margao	Digambar Kamat		Bharatiya Janata Party	3,277
31	Curtorim	Francisco Sardinha		Indian National Congress	9,550
32	Navelim	Luizinho Faleiro		Indian National Congress	9,761
33	Velim	Filipe Nery Rodrigues		Indian National Congress	5,272
34	Cuncolim	Arecio D’Souza		Indian National Congress	2,214
35	Sanvordem	Vinay Tendulkar		Bharatiya Janata Party	676
36	Sanguem	Prabhakar Gaonkar		Bharatiya Janata Party	787
37	Curchorem	Adv. Ramrao Desai		Bharatiya Janata Party	369
38	Quepem	Prakash Velip		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	369
39	Canacona	Sanjay Bandekar		Indian National Congress	171
40	Poinguinim	Isidore Fernandes		Independent	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 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 next elections where called off.

References

1. Goa Vidhan Sabha
2. Election Commission India
3. List of Successful Candidates in Goa Assembly Election in 1999