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DETAILED RESULTS OF VOTES POLLED IN GOA 2002 ELECTIONS
Who won where... and some (limited) explanations why
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MANDREM CONSTITUENCY :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Candidate Name Party Votes polled Lead Margin
Khalap Ramakant Dattaram INC 5047
Gawandi Hanumant Ganesh MAG 345
Parsekar Laximikant Yeshwant BJP 5955 908
Bagkar Anil Shiva SHS 652
Parab Sangeeta Gopal IND 2958
Mhamal Ashok Dhaku IND 128
Louis Lawrance Fernandes IND 165
[Congress rebel Ms Sangeeta Parab spelt Khalap's doom. Khalap, the BJP's
number three till recently, was a late defector back to Congress. For ages,
he was in the MGP, but has shown a proclivity to switch parties of late.]
PERNEM CONSTITUENCY ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Dayanand Raghunath Sopate BJP 4449
Deshprabhu Jitendra Raghuraj INC 6778 2329
Deshprabhu Vasudeo Rajendra MAG 2440
Petkar Bharat Ramchandra SHS 190
Ajgaonkar Bablo Atmaram IND 185
[Jitendra, scion of the landlord Deshprabhu family and now into business,
seems leagues ahead despite factors like caste.]
DHARGALIM CONSTITUENCY :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Ajgaonkar Manohar Trimbak BJP 8467 5762
Amonkar Janardhan Arjun MAG 258
Dhargalkar Balkrishna Atmaram INC 2705
[Congress seems to have been nowhere in this picture. A poor candidate?
Dhargal is Goa's only constituency reserved for the deprived Scheduled
Castes segment.]
TIVIM CONSTITUENCY :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Nilkanth Ramnath Halarnkar NCP 6440
Maulingkar Premnath Arjun INC 4408
Shet Sadanand Mhalu BJP 6961 521
Korgaokar Indrakant Dattaram SHS 328
[NCP-Congress split gave BJP this unexpected win. Nilkanth was considered a
winnable candidate last time too, when battling Dayanand Narvekar here.]
MAPUSA CONSTITUENCY ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Divkar Prasad Kalidas NCP 163
Francis Pedro D'souza BJP 8378 2107
Braganza Armindo Jose INC 6271
Raikar Paresh Atmaram MAG 929
Harmalkar Sanjay Pundalik SHS 315
[BJP, despite some being upset over the ticket going to neo-saffronite
Francis D'Souza, won here. There was some unexpected decision over the
Congress ticket too, which was expected to go to last-minute party-hopper
from MGP-to-Congress, Prof Surendra Sirsat.]
SIOLIM CONSTITUENCY ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Christopher Fonseca CPI 377
Chodankar Chandrakant NCP 3235
Polle Pandharinath Vaman MAG 527
Fernandes Francis Gregorio INC 5245
Mandrekar Dayanand Rayu BJP 7152 1907
Naik Gokuldas Surya GVP 98
Fernandes Albin GSRP 169
Jawaharlal Henriques IND 387
Narvekar Sanjay Ganesh IND 347
Vernekar Kalidas IND 126
[Another clear case of Congress-NCP split of votes benefitting the BJP. Few
expected BJP's Dayanand Mandrekar to win here.]
CALANGUTE CONSTITUENCY ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
D'souza Urban NCP 243
Naik Gajanan Rama CPI 263
Fernandes Agnelo INC 9711 2070
Suresh V. Parulekar BJP 7641
Nagvekar Pundalik Manmohan SHS 124
Noronha Edwin Francis Joseph GSRP 230
[The Candolim sarpanch stole the march for the Congress. Parulekar has
changed parties a few times in the past; some voices were raised about
'additional' voters being included here.]
SALIGAO CONSTITUENCY ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
D'Mello Trejano Agricio INC 3537 726
D'Souza Wilfred NCP 4263
Sayyad Salim Pirsab MAG 1682
Harmalkar Sadguru Pandurang BJP 3476
Kalangutkar Deelip Sonu IND 1677
Roland A. D'souza IND 102
Sequeira Savio Victor IND 122
[Dr Wilfred de Souza taking on his former aid Trejano. Surprise of
surprises, why did BJP and MGP choose the candidates they zeroed in here?
Last time BJP candidate, Deelip Kalangutkar, who had come within 400-odd
votes of defeating D'Souza, was not given the party ticket this time,
leading him to stand as an independent.]
ALDONA CONSTITUENCY :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Asnodkar Ulhas Gopal BJP 7944
Chodankar Harihar Vithal MAG 241
Narvekar Dayanand Ganesh INC 9957 2013
Fernandes Joao Rosario Joaquim NCP 1116
Fernandes Gerald John GSRP 368
[Narvekar, always difficult to beat -- except in 1999, in the aftermath of
the 'molestation scam' -- got the better of the BJP's deputy speaker in a
diverse constituency which includes villages like Aldona, fishing villages
en route from Panjim to Aldona, and fast-urbanising Porvorim.]
PANAJI CONSTITUENCY :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Prabhu Parrikar Manohar GopalkrishnaBJP 5700 1292
Silimkhan Ramesh INC 4408
Naik Pramod Gopinath SHS 95
Dhuma Rajaram Bhonsle IND 52
[Talk of a 'common candidate' against Parrikar came to nought. Maybe a
stronger candidate could have done better than Silimkhan. Incidentally,
between 1999 elections and date, some 3707 voters went off Panaji's
electoral rolls. In 1999 there were 18575 voters, but only 14868 this year!]
TALEIGAO CONSTITUENCY ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Atanasio Monserrate(Babush) UGDP 7237 2261
Zuwarkar Somnath Datta INC 4976
Tony Rodrigues BJP 4272
Fernandes Lawrence Jack NCP 398
Talwar Shankar Laxman IND 56
Vijay Anand Palekar IND 164
[Controversial ex-minister Somnath Zuwarkar's one time aide Babush
Monserrate successfully took on the former, in a constituency where money is
supposed to have flowed freely.]
SANTA CRUZ :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Anil Roghuvir Hoble BJP 6618
Gonsalves Victor Benjamin UGDP 1759
Fernandes Victoria Romeo INC 6658 40
Makandar Ramzan Imamsaheb MAG 795
Maura Gregorio Sebastiao CPI 160
Lourenco Vicento Domingos NCP 161
Vaz Matias Caitano GSRP 122
Shirodkar Avdut Ramchandra SHS 66
Amonkar Pundalik Atmaram IND 41
Desouza Martha Filomena IND 56
Lopes Jose Edgar IND 155
[BJP almost believed they won this seat. Had this been the case, a
Congress-UGDP split would have explained it. Victoria 'Mummy' Fernandes won
by the slender margin of 40 votes, after a recount.]
ST. ANDRE :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Kamat Dhakankar Avinash Govind BJP 4057
Pegado Carmo Rafael Andre Jose NCP 4196
Pereira Teotonio Paulo UGDP 207
Silveira Francis Manuel INC 6982 2786
Sawant Prakash Mahadev SHS 212
[Trawler owner and local strongman Francis Silveira comes back here.]
CUMBARJUA :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Parvatakar Govind BJP 4347
Madakaikar Pandurang MAG 6546 608
Lawrence Minguel Thomas NCP 334
Sawant Nirmala Prabhakar INC 5938
Anand Moso Gad SHS 255
[MGP beats BJP longtime party leader Govind Parvatkar.]
BICHOLIM :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Gad Vivekanand Sukdo NCP 354
Parab Arjun Shrirang INC 794
Patnekar Rajesh Tulshidas BJP 8960 2560
Raut Pandurang Dattaram MAG 6400
[BJP beats its former ally-minister Raut, whose MGP shared power with the
BJP in the last assembly also... though that powersharing ended in mutual
suspicion, the parties are in alliance again.]
MAEM :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Kamlakant Krishna Gadekar CPM 290
Kakodkar Shashikala Gurudutt MAG 1058
Prakash J. Fadte BJP 4474
Prabhu Zantye Harish Narayan INC 6430 1956
Rane Saradesai Aparnadevi J SHS 1083
[Cashewnut king and cine-theatre owner Harish Zantye on top in a seat he
first won defeating then CM Shashikala Kakodkar in 1980. Then, he was
considered a 'giant killer'. Now, the task of beating Tayee seems easy.]
PALE :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Amonkar Ghadi Pradeep Pundalik MAG 1311
Amonkar Suresh Kuso BJP 8519 1554
Gawas Gurudas Prabhakar INC 6965
Ghadi Damodar Krishna SHS 298
[BJP party leader Suresh Amonkar gets past the Congress, easily.]
PORIEM :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Gaonkar Kanta Shamba MAG 677
Rane Pratapsing Raoji INC 9126 2569
Santoba Krishnarao Dessai BJP 6557
[Ex-CM Rane beats back a one-time aide and senior cop, Santoba Desai, now in
the BJP. But neighbouring Valpoi -- also considered part of the Ranes pocket
of influence, was lost to the BJP. Rane has been strongly critical of the
BJP lately, but his partymen accused him of being soft on that party while
surviving as Speaker during the past BJP regime.]
VALPOI :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Katker Suresh Harischandra MAG 466
Dessai Venkatesh Atmaram INC 5785
Haldankar Narahari Tukaram BJP 6137 352
[BJP wins this seat by a slim margin.]
PONDA :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Naik Deelipkumar Vishwanath MAG 251
Naik Ravi Sitaram INC 10745 1320
Naik Shripad Yasso BJP 9425
Naik Rohidas Harischandra SHS 611
Galayekar Chandrakant Pundalik IND 39
Desai Shantaram Sukdo IND 65
Dattu Atmaram IND 110
Prabhu Vinayak Vaikunth IND 122
[The battle of the Naiks, Ravi and Sripad, both from the numerically
significant Bhandari caste grouping. Sripad quit his Central ministership to
take on Ravi, who ditched the BJP at the eleventh hour literally... despite
being that party's Number 2 leader. Ravi won, despite some early counting
rumours that Sripad was taking this seat.]
PRIOL :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Amonkar Shrikant Sagun INC 6409
Jalmi Dr. Kashinath Govind MAG 4524
Satarkar Vishwas Ramnath BJP 8071 1662
Kerkar Gorakh Suresh SHS 388
[BJP benefits in a three-way fight. Dr Jalmi is the MGP's one-time
vociferous and well-informed leader of the Opposition.]
MARCAIM :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Dhavalikar Ramkrishna (Sudin) MAG 11587 7850
Naik Mule Ramchandra Govind INC 2547
Naik Santosh Mahanandu BJP 3737
Pai Raikar Shaba Shanu IND 260
[MGP's Sudin Dhavalikar keeps this seat easily.]
SIRODA :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Prabhu Vishwanath Tukaram BJP 8603
Shirodkar Rohidas Baburao MAG 414
Subhash Ankush Shirodkar INC 9738 1135
[Subhash Shirodkar retains Siroda, despite some party-hopping in the past.
Besides party votes, personal loyalties to politicians and other factors
have also yielded wins in some areas.]
MORMUGAO :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Vaz Giovanni Karl INC 4935 443
Shaikh Iqbal Abdul Rahim NCP 2503
Shaikh Hassan Haroon BJP 4192
Naik Prakash Yeshwant MAG 1210
Cardoz Caitan Andrew IND 130
Parab Premanand Parshuram IND 2174
Habib Venus Latif IND 152
[Congress manages to pip the BJP in a rare contest where five contestants
polled over a thousand votes each. Karl Vaz is the son of ex-MLA Manuel Vaz,
who lost here last time round.]
VASCO DA GAMA :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Arlekar Rajendra BJP 5605 1096
Carol Taher Daud INC 3845
D'souza Jose Philips NCP 4509
Pereira Thalmann Pradeep CPM 130
Verenkar Shricant Dattaram MAG 1363
Kerkar Tara IND 294
[Yet another NCP-Congress split in votes. BJP party leader Arlekar wins.]
CORTALIM :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Godinho Mauvin Heliodoro INC 5891 850
Vaz Anthony Mathew BJP 4726
Saldanha Matanhy UGDP 6741
Naik Suresh Kashinath GSRP 122
Kalangutkar Shashikant Ganpat IND 80
Vaz Joaquim IND 212
[UGDP's Matanhy Saldanha wins after half-a-dozen unsucessful attempts. BJP's
candidate probably took away part of the Gawada caste vote, facilitating
Saldanha's defeating the long-time though controversy-striken minister
Mauvin Godinho, a one-time BJP ally turned bete-noire.]
LOUTOLIM :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Aleixo Sequeira INC 8873
Colaco Caetano Inacio NCP 561
Gracias Radharao Socrates UGDP 4119
Jose Pinheiro BJP 262
John Philip Pereira GSRP 119
Vaz Joaquim IND 176
[Ex-MLA and one-time BJP ally Aleixo Sequeira, back in the Congress, manages
to easily beat off a challenge from the UGDP mastermind Radharao Gracias.]
BENAULIM :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Alemao Churchil Braz INC 6703 1049
Pacheco Francisco Xavier
Alias Micky Pacheco UGDP 7752
Laxmi Gonsalves BJP 394
Sabino Cotta GSRP 68
Fernandes Glen Mariano IND 131
[Churchil's shocking defeat in Benaulim. Another constituency where money
played a big role. Pacheco, now a minister in the BJP coalition, was at one
time complaining of police harassment by the BJP government in the run-up to
the poll campaign. Churchill also earned some flak earlier for his perceived
closeness to the BJP while being in the Congress.]
FATORDA :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Cardoz Luis Alex Florenci INC 5107 588
Damodar (Damu) G. Naik BJP 5695
Naik Sadanand Rajaram NCP 662
Monte Cruz Francisco Piedade UGDP 3992
Ferrao Peter Marcel IND 556
Buyao Ulhas Subray IND 275
[Congress-UGDP division of votes, no prize for guessing who wins.]
MARGAO :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Kamat Digambar Vasant BJP 8525 4744
Margao Chodankar Girish Raya INC 3781
Margao Viegas Auda Alwyn MAG 592
Margao Dias Andrew Inacio IND 144
[Digambar Kamat wins hands down in Margao. This was the only seat allocated
to the Youth Congress, who criticised it early as being "unwinnable".]
CURTORIM :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Amonkar Mahesh Shankar BJP 535 2851
Sardinha Cosme Francisco CaitanoINC 8907
Oliveira Caitano Rusario IND 302
Lourenco Bruno Santos IND 6056
[Back-in-the-Congress Sardinha, who gave a vital leg-up to the BJP's plans
in Goa, staves off an Independent's challenge.]
NAVELIM :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Faleiro Luizinho INC 10245 4577
Shaikh Jina Nabi BJP 525
Coutinho Josepaul J. V. IND 473
Donato D'costa IND 197
Belarbino Dias Mandoly IND 111
Raikar John Lourence IND 5668
[Faleiro, another ex-Congress CM, easily fights off an Independent
challenge. Salcete is Goa's only Catholic-majority taluka, and it shows in
six of eight seats, where the BJP can't seem to directly get a toehold.]
VELIM :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
D'silva Marcus Sebastiano INC 3148
Viegas Anacleto Luis UGDP 1053
Rodrigues Filipe Nery IND 8664 5516
[ExBJP minister Filipe Nery Rodrigues strategically quit the BJP on the
election eve, to make himself more palatable in this minority-constituency.
He won easily against someone probably a not-so-strong candidate.
Interesting Rodrigues has the endorsement of both BJP and NCP.]
CUNCOLIM :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Alemao Joaquim Braz INC 6426 2388
Cardozo Filipinho Bill UGDP 217
Julio D'silva BJP 2881
D'souza Arecio Agapito NCP 4038
Judas Fernandes IND 181
Naik Laxman Ganesh IND 703
[Joaquim Alemao beats off UGDP-turned-NCP challenger Arecio D'Souza, who
also switched other party labels. Former 'Herald' chief reporter Julio
D'Silva is also the BJP's minority morcha head.]
SANVORDEM :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Tendulkar Vinay Denu BJP 8195 3111
Naresh Khushali Shigaonkar CPM 470
Pradeep Gajanan Naik MAG 157
Sadashiv Vaman Marathe INC 2618
Ghadi Govind Harischandra SHS 240
Shet Arsekar Prashant Anant IND 203
Salgaocar Anil Vassudeva IND 5084
[BJP wins easily, though mineowner Anil Salgaocar stands second, in a
constituency where capitalist and communist contested. You could guess who
fared better... why?]
SANGUEM :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Anil Anant Prabhu Gaonkar MAG 1107
Nadkarni Shankar Dattaram NCP 131
Vasudev Menga Gaonkar BJP 5747 837
Satyawan Bhadru Dessai INC 4910
Vaidya Vishnu Ramdas IND 951
Shambhu Narayan Sinai Talwadkar IND 72
Sandesh Narayan Kossambe IND 306
[Another fairly close win for the BJP.]
CURCHOREM :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Domnick Fernandes INC 8027
Adv. Dessai Ramrao Ghanashyam BJP 9806 1779
Vaikunth Govind Gauns Dessai NCP 183
Nandakumar Gana Naik SHS 89
Prof. Naik Sudhakar Tepalu IND 296
[BJP gets past long-time Congressman Domnick Fernandes.]
QUEPEM :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Ganesh Narba Naik Dessai MAG 422
Chandrakant Raghu Kalekar INC 8913 1855
D'silva Patsy Rusario UGDP 385
Prakash Shankar Velip BJP 7058
Pereira Rahul Rocky NCP 1602
Alvito Joachim Mendonsa GSRP 302
Bhiku Shanu Velip IND 267
[Congress gets past BJP in Quepem.]
CANACONA :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Mohan Chanda Gayak MAG 293
Vijay Anandrao Pai Khot BJP 8531 2883
Sanjay Bandekar INC 5648
[Former BJP minister Sanjay Bandekar, contesting back as a Congressman,
loses to BJP by a convincing margin.]
POINGUINIM :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Isidore Diogo Fernandes INC 5641 1868
Ulhas Pundalik Naik NCP 2001
Tawadkar Ramesh Bombo BJP 3773
[Congress's Isidore Fernandes wins Poinguinim.]
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