GOA Assembly Election 2012
The State of Goa stretches over an area of 3,702 sq. km, 1,736 sq. km in North Goa and 1,966in South Goa. With the Arabian Sea on the west of its 100 km coastline.
The State of Goa has 40 VidhanSabha seats, 2 LokSabha seats and 1 RajyaSabha seat. Goa have small assembly segments, a vote swing of just a few hundred will result in substantial turnover in winning candidates.
Goa is divided for administrative purposes into two Districts, North Goa District and South Goa District. There are 11 Talukas or CD Blocks, 6 in North Goa and 5 in South Goa.
According to the 2001 Census the total population of Goa was 13, 43,998 (757407 in North Goa and 586591 in South Goa). There are 209 inhabited villages in North Goa, 138 in South Goa, totalling to 347 inhabited villages in the State of Goa. There are a total of 188 Panchayats with 119 in the North Goa District and 69 in the South.
There are 14 Municipal Towns with 7 each in North and South Goa and 30 Census Towns with 20 in North Goa and 10 in South Goa.
Election Commission announced polling dates for Goa Assembly election. Election will be completed in single phase in march 2012. Election date is 3rd march 2012
Site of Electorate:
1.2 million.
Seats: 40.
Key Players:
Digambar Kamat and Pratap Singh Rane (Cong) and Manohar Parrikar (BJP)
Main Issues:
Government Land aquisition, illegal mining and corruption.
| Polling in Goa Assembly Election | |
| Polling in Goa Assembly Election | |
| Single Phase (All 40 ACs) | Dates |
| Issue of Notification | February 06, 2012 |
| Last date for making Nominations | February 13, 2012 |
| Scrutiny of Nominations | February 14, 2012 |
| Last date for withdrawal of candidature | February 16, 2012 |
| Date of Poll | March 03, 2012 |
| Counting of Votes | March 06, 2012 |
| Date before which election process shall be completed | March 09, 2012 |
| SN | Party Name | Number of seat Won |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | INC | 16 seats |
| 2 | BJP | 14 seats |
| 3 | NCP | 3 seats |
| 4 | MG | 2 seats |
| 5 | SGF | 2 seats |
| 6 | UGDP | 1 seats |
| 7 | Others | 2 seat |