Goa Legislative Assembly election, 2017

Goa legislative assembly election, 2017

March 2017 (2017-03)

All 40 seats in Goa Legislative Assembly 21 seats needed for a majority   Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Laxmikant Parsekar Pratapsingh Rane TBA Party BJP INC MGP Last election 21 9 3   Fourth party   Leader TBA Party AAP Last election not contested

Chief Minister before election Laxmikant Parsekar Elected Chief Minister TBD

The Goa Legislative Assembly election, 2017 will be held in early 2017, to elect the 40 members of the Goa Legislative Assembly, as the term of current Legislative Assembly ends on March 18, 2017.^[1] VVPAT-fitted EVMs will be used at 284 polling booths in Goa elections in 2017.^[2]

Schedule

It is expected that Election schedule might come by Jan OR Feb And the elections might take place by Feb end or March 2017.^[3]

Background

The term of current Legislative Assembly ends on March 18, 2017.^[1] The last election had resulted in a 21 seat majority to the Bharatiya Janata Party led by Manohar Parrikar.^[4] Parrikar was elected Chief Minister. In 2014, he had to resign due to being nominated as Minister of Defence. Laxmikant Parsekar took oath as Chief Minister as Parrikar's successor.^[5][6] It is expected that the Aam Aadmi Party will Win a landslide victory.

Opinion polls

Goa Assembly Constituencies List^[7]

References