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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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