Goa Candidate List 2022 for Assembly Polls

Assembly elections are going to be held in Goa in single phase on February 4, 2017. The Goa legislative assembly comprises 40 members. The BJP and Congress are the main contenders in the state besides regional parties such as MGP and GVP. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has also emerged as an important third contender in the state. The Shiv Sena and Goa Suraksha Manch (GSM) formalised their alliance to contest the Goa assembly elections together. According to the seat sharing deal between Shiv Sena and GSM, the Shiv Sena will contest three seats in North Goa and two seats in South Goa.

BJP Candidates for Goa Assembly Elections 2022

The BJP has named its candidates for 36 out of the 40 assembly segments of Goa for the upcoming Assembly elections in the state. The party named 29 candidates in its first list and seven candidates in its second list. Incumbent chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar and deputy chief minister Francis D'Souza are among the 19 incumbent MLAs of the party figuring in the first list. Eight Cabinet Ministers from the outgoing BJP government have also been renominated. Ramrao Wagh, a professor in Goa University, is going to contest from North Goa's St. Andre, the seat held by his ailing elder brother and Deputy Speaker Vishnu Wagh.

Some of the candidates named in the second list are Vishwajit K. Rane (Poriem), Satyavijay S. Naik (Valpoi). The party has dropped two sitting MLAs Anant Shet and Ramesh Bombo Tawadkar from Mayem and Canacona respectively, replacing them with Pravin Zantye and Vijay A Pai Khot. The BJP has decided not to project Laxmikant Parsekar as its chief ministerial candidate. The last date for filing nomination is January 18. Polling in Goa is scheduled to be held on February 4.