---------------------------------------------------------------------- DETAILED RESULTS OF VOTES POLLED IN GOA 2002 ELECTIONS Who won where... and some (limited) explanations why ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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.] E&OE Errors and inaccuracies may kindly be brought to our notice. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet =================================================================== For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? 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