Though lost, Congress shown its best performance on the seat in 23 years
IndiaTomorrow.net,
Panaji, Aug 29: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday won the Panaji Assembly seat, sixth time since 1994, but it was not his best performance on the seat, neither in terms of total votes he bagged nor the margin of his victory.
Though with a margin of 4,803 votes, former Defence Minister Parrikar of BJP comfortably won the seat by defeating his nearest rival Congress, but in 2012 the margin of his victory on the same Panaji seat was 6068, his best since 1994 when won the seat first time. Not just that, the total number of votes he got this time (9,862 votes) was also lower than what he got in 2012.
On the other hand, Congress did its best performance on the seat in the last 23 years as it got 5,059 votes – the second time that party crossed the 5,000 vote mark on this seat. However, the party continued its journey on defeat trail.
Panaji Assembly Seat in Goa
Winner
Party
Votes
Runner-up
Party
Votes
Margin
2017 (Aug)
Manohar Parrikar
BJP
9,862
Girish Chodankar
Cong
5,059
4,803
2017 (Mar)
Sidharth Sripad Kuncallienker
BJP
7924
Atanasio J. Monserrate
UGP
6855
1069
2012
Manohar Parrikar
BJP
11086
Yatin Parekh
Cong
5018
6068
2007
Manohar Parrikar
BJP
6004
Dinar Purshottam Kamat Tarcar
Cong
4560
1444
2002
Manohar Parrikar
BJP
5700
Silimkhan Ramesh
Cong
4408
1292
1999
Manohar Parrikar
BJP
5396
Prabhu Keshav Laximidhar
Cong
2647
2749
1994
Manohar Parrikar
BJP
4600
Prabhu Keshav Laximidhar
Cong
3534
1066
Data source: Election Commission of India
