{{Short description|Election in Indian state}} {{Infobox election | election_name = 2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election | country = India | flag_year = | type = Legislative | ongoing = no | party_colour = | previous_election = 2007 Goa Legislative Assembly election | previous_year = 2007 | next_election = 2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election | next_year = 2017 | seats_for_election = All 40 assembly constituencies | election_date = {{Start date|2012|03|03}} | turnout = 82.94% ({{increase}} 12.94%) | image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image=The official photograph of the Union Minister for Defence, Shri Manohar Parrikar.jpg|bSize=100|cWidth=80|cHeight=100|oLeft=10|oTop=03}} | leader1 = Manohar Parrikar | leader_since1 = 1994 | party1 = Bharatiya Janata Party | alliance1 = NDA | leaders_seat1 = Panjim | last_election1 = 14 | seats_before1 = | seats_needed1 = +5 | seats1 = 21 | seats_after1 = | seat_change1 = {{gain}} 7 | popular_vote1 = | percentage1 = | swing1 = | image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Digambar Kamat.jpg|bSize=100|cWidth=80|cHeight=100|oLeft=10|oTop=03}} | leader2 = Digambar Kamat | leader_since2 = 1994 | party2 = Indian National Congress | alliance2 = UPA | leaders_seat2 = Margao | last_election2 = 16 | seats_before2 = | seats_needed2 = +5 | seats2 = 9 | seats_after2 = | seat_change2 = {{loss}} 7 | popular_vote2 = | percentage2 = | swing2 = <!-- MAG --> | image4 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Sudin Dhavalikar in 2018.jpg|bSize=100|cWidth=80|cHeight=100|oLeft=10|oTop=03}} | leader4 = Sudin Dhavalikar | leader_since4 = 1999 | party4 = Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party | leaders_seat4 = Marcaim | last_election4 = 2 | seats4 = 3 | seat_change4 = {{gain}} 1 | popular_vote4 = | percentage4 = | alliance4 = NDA <!-- GVP --> | image5 ={{CSS image crop|Image=Mickky Pacheco.png|bSize=240|cWidth=80|cHeight=100|oLeft=43|oTop=03}} | leader5 = Francisco Pacheco | leader_since5 = 2012 | party5 = GVP | leaders_seat5 = Nuvem | last_election5 = ''new party'' | seats5 = 2 | seat_change5 = {{gain}} 2 | popular_vote5 = | percentage5 = | alliance5 = NDA <!--Map-->| map_image = 2012 Goa Legislative Assembly Election Result Map.svg | map2_image = Bharat Goa Vidhan Sabha 2012.svg | map2_caption = Structure of the Goa Legislative Assembly after the election | map2_size = 300px | title = Chief Minister | posttitle = | before_election = Digambar Kamat | after_election = Manohar Parrikar | before_party = Indian National Congress | after_party = Bharatiya Janata Party | result = | majority_seats = 21 }}

The '''Goa legislative assembly election''' was held on 3 March 2012, to select the 40 members of the Sixth Goa Legislative Assembly, as the term of 5th Goa Legislative Assembly ended in March 2012.

The result was announced on 6 March. The Bharatiya Janata Party-Maharashtrawadi Gomantak alliance defeated the incumbent Indian National Congress government in Goa led by Chief Minister Digambar Kamat with 24 seats in the 40-seat assembly. The Bharatiya Janata Party won 21 seats, while the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party won 3 seats. The MLA with the biggest margin of victory was the incumbent MLA Frances D'Souza of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Former chief minister Manohar Parrikar was sworn in as the new chief minister on 9 March.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/alina-saldanha-gets-environment-forest-portfolios-112061100545_1.html|title=Alina Saldanha gets environment, forest portfolios|agency=Press Trust of India|date=June 11, 2012|via=Business Standard}}</ref>

==Timetable== The timetable of the electoral events are:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://infoelections.com/infoelection/index.php/goa-news/235-goaelectionschedule.html|title=Assembly Election Results Dates Candidate List Opinion/Exit Poll Latest News, Political Consulting Survey Election Campaign Management Company India|website=infoelections.com}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" |- ! Event||Date |- | Issue of Notification||6 February |- | Candidature filing deadling||13 February |- | Clearance of nominees||14 February |- | Candidature withdrawal deadline||16 February |- | Election||3 March |- | Result||6 March |- | Deadline to finish election||9 March |}

==Parties== The Indian National Congress (INC), Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are the national political parties in the fray. Other regional parties include the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak, Goa Vikas Party, United Goans Democratic Party and Go Su-raj Party.

==Issues== The issue of the cultural identity of Goa has also come to the fore in the past few years. The population of Goa has rapidly swelled due to increasing migration levels from neighboring Karnataka and Maharashtra, as well as from further afield such as Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.merinews.com/article/goan-identity-erodes-with-onslaught-of-migrants/135616.shtml |title=Goan identity erodes with onslaught of migrants |publisher=Merinews.com |date=2008-06-12 |accessdate=2021-06-17}}</ref>

===Corruption=== Following the 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement several allegations of corruption have been made on the incumbent government going to elections this year.

Nepotism was also an issue. Former CM and current head of the Goa TMC Wilfred de Souza accused the INC of perpetrating a "Family Raj" in its allotment of tickets for the election to relatives of INC leaders from such families as the Naiks, Alemaos, Ranes, and Monserrates. He also cited the denial of an electoral ticket to his son-in-law Tulio D’Souza in Saligao Assembly constituency despite the INC also denying him a ticket.

He also criticized the inability of incumbent CM Digambar Kamat to have stopped illegal mining while he was the minister of mining and finance minister in the previous government. He cited a report by a commission led by Justice M. B. Shah to investigate illegal mining in the country that suggested potential revenue of US$423 million was lost through illegal ore exports after he said he had seen a "leaked" version of the report.<ref name="corruption">{{cite web|title=Congress promoting Family Raj: Willy|url=http://www.navhindtimes.in/goa-news/congress-promoting-family-raj-willy|url-status=dead|accessdate=2012-02-16|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218193213/http://www.navhindtimes.in/goa-news/congress-promoting-family-raj-willy|archivedate=2012-02-18}}</ref>

== Parties and alliances ==

{| class="wikitable" width="50%" style="text-align:center; | colspan="6" {{Party color cell|United Progressive Alliance}} |- | colspan="6" | '''United Progressive Alliance''' |- ! colspan="2" | Party ! Flag ! Symbol ! Leader ! Seats |- | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 50px | 50px | Digambar Kamat | 33 |- | {{Full party name with color|Nationalist Congress Party}} | 50px | 50px | Sharad Pawar | 7 |- !colspan="5"| Total !40 |}

{| class="wikitable" width="50%" style="text-align:center; | colspan="6" {{Party color cell|National Democratic Alliance}} |- | colspan="6" | '''National Democratic Alliance''' |- ! colspan="2" | Party ! Flag ! Symbol ! Leader ! Seats |- | {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} | 50px | 50px | Manohar Parrikar | 28 |- | {{Full party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}} | | 50px | Sudin Dhavalikar | 7 |- | {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}} | | | | 4 |- !colspan="5"| Total !39 |}

==List of candidates== {|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" !colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Constituency |colspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|National Democratic Alliance}}"| |colspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|United Progressive Alliance}}"| |- !colspan="3" class="wikitable"|NDA !colspan="3" class="wikitable"|UPA |- !1 |Mandrem |{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |Laxmikant Parsekar |{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |Dayanand Raghunath Sopte |- !2 |Pernem |{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |Rajendra Arlekar |{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |Manohar Trimbak Ajgaoankar |- !3 |Bicholim |{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |Manohar Pandurang Shirodkar |{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |Rajesh T. Patnekar |- !4 |Tivim |{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |Kiran Mohan Kandolkar |{{party name with color|Nationalist Congress Party}} |Nilkanth Ramnath Halarnkar |- !5 |Mapusa |{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |Francis D'Souza |{{party name with color|Nationalist Congress Party}} |Ashish Tulshidas Shirodkar |- !6 |Siolim |{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |Dayanand Mandrekar |{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |Uday Dattaram Paliemkar |- !7 |Saligao |{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |Dilip Parulekar |{{party name with color|Nationalist Congress Party}} |Suresh V. Parulekar |- !8 |Calangute |{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |Michael Vincent Lobo |{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |Agnelo Nicholas Fernandes |- !9 |Porvorim |{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |Govind Parvatkar |{{party name with color|Nationalist Congress Party}} |Fermeena P. Khaunte |- !10 |Aldona |{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |Ticlo Glenn J V A E Souza |{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |Dayanand G. Narvekar |- !11 |Panaji |{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |Manohar Parrikar |{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |Yatin Parekh |- !12 |Taleigao |{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |Dattaprasad Madhukar Naik |{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |Jennifer A. Monserrate |- !13 |St. Cruz |{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}} |Dinar Purshottam Kamat Tarcar |{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |Atanasio J. Monserrate |- !14 |St. Andre |{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |Vishnu Surya Naik Wagh |{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |Francisco Silveira |- !15 |Cumbarjua |{{party name with color|Independent|shortname=Ind.}} |Nirmala P. Sawant |{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |Pandurang A. Madkaikar |- !16 |Maem |{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |Anant Shet |{{party name with color|Nationalist Congress Party}} |Rudresh Chodankar |- !17 |Sanquelim |{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |Pramod Sawant |{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |Pratap Gauns |- !18 |Poriem |{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |Vishwajit Krishnarao Rane |{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |Pratapsingh Raoji Rane |- !19 |Valpoi |{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |Satyavijay Subrai Naik |{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |Vishwajit Pratapsingh Rane |- !20 |Priol |{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}} |Pandurang Alias Deepak Dhavalikar |{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |Dhaku A. Madkaikar |- !21 |Ponda |{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}} |Lavoo Mamledar |{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |Ravi Naik |- !22 |Siroda |{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |Mahadev Narayan Naik |{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |Subhash Ankush Shirodkar |- !23 |Marcaim |{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}} |Ramkrishna Alias Sudin Dhavalikar |{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |Ritesh Naik |- !24 |Mormugao |{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |Milind Sagun Naik |{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |Sankalp Padmanabh Amonkar |- !25 |Vasco-da-Gama |{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |Jose Luis Carlos Almeida |{{party name with color|Nationalist Congress Party}} |Jose Filepe D'Souza |- !26 |Dabolim |{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}} |Premanand Nanoskar |{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |Mauvin Heliodoro Godinho |- !27 |Cortalim |{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |Matanhy Saldanha |{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |Caitan Xavier |- !28 |Nuvem |{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}} |Prabhakar Rupo Gaude |{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |Aleixo Sequeira |- !29 |Curtorim |{{party name with color|Independent|shortname=Ind.}} |Domnic Gaonkar |{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco |- !30 |Fatorda |{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |Damodar (Damu) G. Naik |{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |M. K. Shaikh |- !31 |Margao |{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |Mahatme Rupesh |{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |Digambar Kamat |- !32 |Benaulim |style="background:white;"| |colspan=2|''Did not contest'' |{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |Valanka Alemao |- !33 |Navelim |{{party name with color|Independent|shortname=Ind.}} |Avertano Furtado |{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |Churchill Alemao |- !34 |Cuncolim |{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |Subhash Alias Rajan Kashinath Naik |{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |Alemao Joaquim |- !35 |Velim |{{party name with color|Independent|shortname=Ind.}} |Benjamin Silva |{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |Filipe Nery Rodrigues |- !36 |Quepem |{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}} |Prakash Arjun Velip |{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |Chandrakant Kavalekar |- !37 |Curchorem |{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |Nilesh Cabral |{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |Shyam Gopinath Satardekar |- !38 |Sanvordem |{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |Ganesh Chandru Gaonkar |{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |Govind Sawant |- !39 |Sanguem |{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |Subhash U. Phal Dessai |{{party name with color|Nationalist Congress Party}} |Alemao Yuri |- !40 |Canacona |{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |Ramesh Bombo Tawadkar |{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |Isidore Aleixinho Fernandes |- |}

==Results== <section begin=Results />{{election table|title=Summary of the Goa Legislative Assembly election, 2012 result<ref>{{cite report|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2012, to the Legislative Assembly of Goa|publisher=Election Commission of India|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3856-goa-2012/}}</ref>}} |- ! scope="col" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;" |Party ! scope="col" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Seats contested ! scope="col" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Seats won ! scope="col" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Seat change ! scope="col" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Vote share |- style="background: #90EE90;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" |Bharatiya Janata Party | 28 | 21 | {{gain}} 7 | 34.68% |- style="background: #90EE90;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" |Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party | 7 | 3 | {{gain}} 1 | 6.72% |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" |Indian National Congress | 34 | 9 | {{loss}} 7 | 30.78% |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" |Nationalist Congress Party | 6 | 0 | {{loss}} 3 | 4.08% |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" |United Goans Democratic Party | 7 | 0 | {{loss}} 1 | 1.17% |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" |Goa Vikas Party | 9 | 2 | {{gain}} 2 | 3.5% |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" |Save Goa Front | 0 | 0 | {{loss}} 2 | 0% |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" |Independents | 72 | 5 | {{gain}} 3 | 16.67% |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; font-weight:bold" ! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" |Total | {{sdash}} | 40 | {{sdash}} | {{sdash}} |}<section end=Results />

==Detailed results== {|class="wikitable sortable" style="line-height:20px;text-align:center;white-space:nowrap;font-size:94%;" !colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Constituency ! colspan="5" |Winner ! colspan="5" |Runner-up ! colspan="2" |Margin |- !Candidate ! colspan="2" |Party ! data-sort-type=number | Votes ! data-sort-type=number | % !Candidate ! colspan="2" |Party !data-sort-type=number | Votes !data-sort-type=number | % !data-sort-type=number | Votes !data-sort-type=number | % |- !1 |Mandrem |Laxmikant Parsekar |{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |BJP |11,955 |46.11 |Dayanand Raghunath Sopte |{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}} |INC |8,520 |32.86 |style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|3,435 |style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|13.25 |-

!2 |Pernem (SC) |Rajendra Arlekar |{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |BJP |16,406 |63.37 |Manohar Trimbak Ajgaoankar |{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}} |INC |8,053 |31.10 |style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|8,353 |style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|32.27 |-

!3 |Bicholim |Naresh Rajaram Sawal |{{Party color cell|Independent}} |scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |IND |8,331 |39.68 |Rajesh T. Patnekar |{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}} |INC |6,532 |31.11 |style="background:{{party color|Independent}} ; color:black;"|1,799 |style="background:{{party color|Independent}} ; color:black;"|8.57 |-

!4 |Tivim |Kiran Mohan Kandolkar |{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |BJP |10,473 |51.56 |Nilkanth Ramnath Halarnkar |{{Party color cell|Nationalist Congress Party}} |NCP |9,361 |46.08 |style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|1,112 |style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|5.48 |-

!5 |Mapusa |Francis D'souza |{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |BJP |14,955 |74.00 |Ashish Tulshidas Shirodkar |{{Party color cell|Nationalist Congress Party}} |NCP |4,786 |23.68 |style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|10,169 |style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|50.32 |-

!6 |Siolim |Dayanand Mandrekar |{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |BJP |11,430 |52.83 |Uday Dattaram Paliemkar |{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}} |INC |9,259 |42.80 |style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|2,171 |style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|10.03 |-

!7 |Saligao |Dilip Parulekar |{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |BJP |10,084 |51.96 |D'souza Tulio |{{Party color cell|Independent}} |IND |4,276 |22.03 |style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|5,808 |style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|29.93 |-

!8 |Calangute |Michael Vincent Lobo |{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |BJP |9,891 |53.91 |Agnelo Nicholas Fernandes |{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}} |INC |8,022 |43.72 |style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|1,869 |style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|10.19 |-

!9 |Porvorim |Rohan Khaunte |{{Party color cell|Independent}} |scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |IND |7,972 |47.93 |Govind Parvatkar |{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |BJP |7,071 |42.52 |style="background:{{party color|Independent}} ; color:black;"|901 |style="background:{{party color|Independent}} ; color:black;"|5.41 |-

!10 |Aldona |Ticlo Glenn J V A E Souza |{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |BJP |11,315 |55.77 |Dayanand G. Narvekar |{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}} |INC |7,839 |38.64 |style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|3,476 |style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|17.13 |-

!11 |Panaji |Manohar Parrikar |{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |BJP |11,086 |66.13 |Yatin Parekh |{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}} |INC |5,018 |29.93 |style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|6,068 |style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|36.20 |-

!12 |Taleigao |Jennifer A. Monserrate |{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}} |scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |INC |10,682 |50.88 |Dattaprasad Madhukar Naik |{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |BJP |9,531 |45.39 |style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|1,151 |style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|5.49 |-

!13 |St. Cruz |Atanasio J. Monserrate |{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}} |scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |INC |8,644 |40.43 |Rodolfo Louis Fernandes |{{Party color cell|Independent}} |IND |6,308 |29.50 |style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|2,336 |style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|10.93 |-

!14 |St. Andre |Vishnu Surya Naik Wagh |{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |BJP |8,818 |51.24 |Francisco Silveira |{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}} |INC |7,599 |44.16 |style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|1,219 |style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|7.08 |-

!15 |Cumbarjua |Pandurang A. Madkaikar |{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}} |scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |INC |9,556 |48.22 |Nirmala P. Sawant |{{Party color cell|Independent}} |IND |7,981 |40.27 |style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|1,575 |style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|7.95 |-

!16 |Maem |Anant Shet |{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |BJP |12,054 |53.79 |Pravin Zantye |{{Party color cell|Independent}} |IND |6,335 |28.27 |style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|5,719 |style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|25.52 |-

!17 |Sanquelim |Pramod Sawant |{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |BJP |14,255 |66.02 |Pratap Gauns |{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}} |INC |7,337 |33.98 |style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|6,918 |style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|32.04 |-

!18 |Poriem |Pratapsingh Raoji Rane |{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}} |scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |INC |13,772 |55.09 |Vishwajit Krishnarao Rane |{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |BJP |11,225 |44.91 |style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|2,547 |style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|10.18 |-

!19 |Valpoi |Vishwajit Pratapsingh Rane |{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}} |scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |INC |12,412 |53.66 |Satyavijay Subrai Naik |{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |BJP |9,473 |40.96 |style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|2,939 |style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|12.70 |-

!20 |Priol |Pandurang Alias Deepak Dhavalikar |{{Party color cell|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}} |scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |MAG |12,264 |49.72 |Govind Gaude |{{Party color cell|Independent}} |IND |10,164 |41.20 |style="background:{{party color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}} ; color:white;"|2,100 |style="background:{{party color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}} ; color:white;"|8.52 |-

!21 |Ponda |Lavoo Mamledar |{{Party color cell|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}} |scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |MAG |12,662 |54.51 |Ravi Naik |{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}} |INC |9,472 |40.77 |style="background:{{party color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}} ; color:white;"|3,190 |style="background:{{party color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}} ; color:white;"|13.74 |-

!22 |Siroda |Mahadev Narayan Naik |{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |BJP |12,216 |53.15 |Subhash Ankush Shirodkar |{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}} |INC |9,954 |43.31 |style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|2,262 |style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|9.84 |-

!23 |Marcaim |Ramkrishna Alias Sudin Dhavalikar |{{Party color cell|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}} |scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |MAG |14,952 |65.94 |Ritesh Naik |{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}} |INC |7,722 |34.06 |style="background:{{party color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}} ; color:white;"|7,230 |style="background:{{party color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}} ; color:white;"|31.88 |-

!24 |Mormugao |Milind Sagun Naik |{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |BJP |7,419 |45.69 |Sankalp Padmanabh Amonkar |{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}} |INC |6,506 |40.07 |style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|913 |style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|5.62 |-

!25 |Vasco-da-Gama |Jose Luis Carlos Almeida |{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |BJP |11,468 |52.72 |Jose Filepe D'souza |{{Party color cell|Nationalist Congress Party}} |NCP |6,978 |32.08 |style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|4,490 |style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|20.64 |-

!26 |Dabolim |Mauvin Heliodoro Godinho |{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}} |scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |INC |7,468 |48.89 |Premanand Nanoskar |{{Party color cell|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}} |MAG |6,524 |42.71 |style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|944 |style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|6.18 |-

!27 |Cortalim |Matanhy Saldanha |{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |BJP |7,427 |36.37 |Nelly Rodrigues |{{Party color cell|Goa Vikas Party}} |GVP |5,158 |25.26 |style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|2,269 |style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|11.11 |-

!28 |Nuvem |Mickky Pacheco |{{Party color cell|Goa Vikas Party}} |scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |GVP |12,288 |56.90 |Aleixo Sequeira |{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}} |INC |8,092 |37.47 |style="background:{{party color|Goa Vikas Party}} ; color:white;"|4,196 |style="background:{{party color|Goa Vikas Party}} ; color:white;"|19.43 |-

!29 |Curtorim |Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco |{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}} |scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |INC |11,221 |57.11 |Domnic Gaonkar |{{Party color cell|Independent}} |IND |7,152 |36.40 |style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|4,069 |style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|20.71 |-

!30 |Fatorda |Vijai Sardesai |{{Party color cell|Independent}} |scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |IND |10,375 |48.39 |Damodar (Damu) G. Naik |{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |BJP |8,436 |39.35 |style="background:{{party color|Independent}} ; color:black;"|1,939 |style="background:{{party color|Independent}} ; color:black;"|9.04 |-

!31 |Margao |Digambar Kamat |{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}} |scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |INC |12,041 |54.36 |Mahatme Rupesh |{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |BJP |7,589 |34.26 |style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|4,452 |style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|20.10 |-

!32 |Benaulim |Caetano R. Silva |{{Party color cell|Goa Vikas Party}} |scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |GVP |9,695 |45.95 |Valanka Alemao |{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}} |INC |7,694 |36.47 |style="background:{{party color|Goa Vikas Party}} ; color:white;"|2,001 |style="background:{{party color|Goa Vikas Party}} ; color:white;"|9.48 |-

!33 |Navelim |Avertano Furtado |{{Party color cell|Independent}} |IND |10,231 |54.48 |Churchill Alemao |{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}} |INC |8,086 |43.06 |style="background:{{party color|Independent}} ; color:black;"|2,145 |style="background:{{party color|Independent}} ; color:black;"|11.42 |-

!34 |Cuncolim |Subhash Alias Rajan Kashinath Naik |{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |BJP |7,738 |37.31 |Alemao Joaquim |{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}} |INC |6,425 |30.98 |style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|1,313 |style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|6.33 |-

!35 |Velim |Benjamin Silva |{{Party color cell|Independent}} |IND |13,164 |59.49 |Filipe Nery Rodrigues |{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}} |INC |8,238 |37.23 |style="background:{{party color|Independent}} ; color:black;"|4,926 |style="background:{{party color|Independent}} ; color:black;"|22.26 |-

!36 |Quepem |Chandrakant Kavlekar |{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}} |INC |10,994 |44.22 |Prakash Shankar Velip |{{Party color cell|Independent}} |IND |4,621 |18.59 |style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|6,373 |style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|25.63 |-

!37 |Curchorem |Nilesh Cabral |{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |BJP |14,299 |72.20 |Shyam Gopinath Satardekar |{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}} |INC |5,507 |27.80 |style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|8,792 |style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|44.40 |-

!38 |Sanvordem |Ganesh Chandru Gaonkar |{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |BJP |10,585 |45.34 |Arjun Anil Salgaocar |{{Party color cell|Independent}} |IND |8,294 |35.53 |style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|2,291 |style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|9.81 |-

!39 |Sanguem |Subhash Phal Desai |{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |BJP |7,454 |34.67 |Alemao Yuri |{{Party color cell|Nationalist Congress Party}} |NCP |6,971 |32.42 |style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|483 |style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|2.25 |-

!40 |Canacona |Ramesh Bombo Tawadkar |{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |BJP |14,328 |53.89 |Isidore Aleixinho Fernandes |{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}} |INC |11,624 |43.72 |style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|2,704 |style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|10.17 |-

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===By-election=== Shortly after the election, the Cortalim seat was opened for a by-election following the death of the incumbent, Matanhy Saldanha, as a result of a heart attack. His wife, Alina Saldanha, was originally scheduled to run against Raymond D’Sa of the INC and independent candidate Ramakant Borkar, though the latter two soon withdrew from the race and she was elected unopposed on 25 May. She was given her husband's ministerial portfolio as forest minister.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-06-09|title=Alina Saldanha Inducted in Goa Cabinet|url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=139859|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820000257/http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=139859|archive-date=2016-08-20|access-date=|website=daijiworld.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://zeenews.india.com/news/goa/alina-saldanha-to-be-inducted-into-goa-cabinet-on-june-8_779573.html|title=Alina Saldanha to be inducted into Goa Cabinet on June 8|date=June 3, 2012|website=Zee News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/alina-saldanha-inducted-into-goa-cabinet-112060800458_1.html|title=Alina Saldanha inducted into Goa cabinet|agency=Press Trust of India|newspaper=Business Standard India|date=June 8, 2012|via=Business Standard}}</ref> She immediately said that she would not allow mining on forest land.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-04-11|title=No forest land for mining: Alina Saldanha - Times Of India|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-12/goa/32194207_1_forest-land-bjp-woman-mla-mining-firms|access-date=2021-06-17|website=archive.ph|archive-date=2013-04-11|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411033819/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-12/goa/32194207_1_forest-land-bjp-woman-mla-mining-firms|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Analysis== The ''Daily Pioneer'' called this election "the first time that the BJP has stamped its success in so many of those constituencies that have a significant population of the minority community."<ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-03-07|title=A myth is demolished|url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/columnists/item/51204-a-myth-is-demolished.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311002346/http://www.dailypioneer.com/columnists/item/51204-a-myth-is-demolished.html|archive-date=2012-03-11|access-date=|website=dailypioneer.com}}</ref> <!-- ==Notes== <references group="Note"/> -->

== Bypolls (2012–2017) == {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" !S.No !Date !Constituency !MLA before election ! colspan="2" |Party before election !Elected MLA ! colspan="2" |Party after election |- !27 |21 May 2012 |Cortalim |José Matanhy de Saldanha |{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}} |Alina Saldanha |{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}} |- !11 | 13 February 2015 | Panaji | Manohar Parrikar | Sidharth Kuncalienker |}

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