Bharatiya Janata Party, Goa

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Indian political party

Political party in India

Bharatiya Janata Party, Goa

भारतीय जनता पार्टी, गोवा

Abbreviation| BJP
Leader| Pramod Sawant
(Chief Minister)
President| Sadanand Shet
General Secretary| Satish Dhond
Founded| 6 April 1980
(44 years ago) (1980-04-06)
Headquarters| 3rd Floor, Navelkar Arcade, Dr. Atmaram Borkar Road, Panaji \- 403 001 Goa
Colours|  Saffron
ECI Status| National Party
Seats in Lok Sabha|

1 / 2

(as of 2022)
Seats in Rajya Sabha|

1 / 1

(as of 2022)
Seats in Goa Legislative Assembly|

28 / 40

Website
goa.bjp.org

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Bharatiya Janata Party, Goa is the affiliate of Bharatiya Janata Party for the state of Goa. The party appointed Sadanand Tanavade as the president of the BJP Goa on 12 January 2020 who took over from Vinay Dinu Tendulkar.[1] Pramod Sawant was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Goa on 19 March 2019, after the death of Manohar Parrikar.

## Electoral history

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### Legislative Assembly election

[edit]

Year  | Seats won  | Seats contested  | +/-  | Voteshare (%)  | +/- (%)  | Outcome

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1984 |

0 / 30

| 16  |  | 1.21%  |  1.21%  | Opposition
1989 |

0 / 40

| 7  |  | 0.39%  |  0.82%  | Opposition
1994 |

4 / 40

| 12  |  4  | 9.05%  |  8.66%  | Opposition
1999 |

10 / 40

| 39  |  6  | 26.15%  |  17.1%  | Opposition, later Government
2002 |

17 / 40

| 39  |  7  | 35.57%  |  9.42%  | Government
2007 |

14 / 40

| 33  |  3  | 30.32%  |  5.25%  | Opposition
2012 |

21 / 40

| 28  |  7  | 34.68%  |  4.36%  | Government
2017 |

13 / 40

| 36  |  8  | 32.48%  |  2.2%  | Government
2022 |

20 / 40

| 40  |  7  | 33.31%  |  0.83%  | Government

### Lok Sabha election

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Year  | Seats won  | +/-  | Outcome

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1980 |

0 / 2

|  | Opposition
1984 |

0 / 2

|  | Opposition
1989 |

0 / 2

|  | Outside support to National Front
1991 |

0 / 2

|  | Opposition
1996 |

0 / 2

|  | Government, later Opposition
1998 |

0 / 2

|  | Government
1999 |

1 / 2

|  1  | Government
2004 |

1 / 2

|  | Opposition
2009 |

1 / 2

|  | Opposition
2014 |

2 / 2

|  1  | Government
2019 |

1 / 2

|  1  | Government
2024 |

1 / 2

|  | Government

## Leadership

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### Chief Minister

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No  | Portrait  | Name  | Constituency | Term of Office  | Assembly

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1  |  | Manohar Parrikar | Panaji | 24 October 2000  | 3 June 2002  | 8 years, 348 days  | 8th
3 June 2002[2] | 2 February 2005  | 9th
9 March 2012  | 8 November 2014  | 11th
14 March 2017  | 17 March 2019  | 12th
2  |  | Laxmikant Parsekar | Mandrem | 8 November 2014  | 11 March 2017  | 2 years, 123 days  | 11th
3  |  | Pramod Sawant | Sanquelim | 19 March 2019  | Incumbent | 5 years, 277 days  | 12th

### Leader of the Opposition

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No  | Portrait  | Name  | Constituency | Term of Office  | Assembly  | Chief Minister

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1  |  | Manohar Parrikar | Panaji | 14 June 2005  | 5 June 2007  | 1 year, 356 days  | 9th | Pratapsingh Rane
19 June 2007  | 6 March 2012  | 4 years, 261 days  | 10th | Digambar Kamat

### President

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No  | Party leader  | Period

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1  | Kashinath Parab  | 1980  | 1989  | 9 years
2  | Vishwanath Arlekar  | 1989  | 1991  | 2 years
3  | Shripad Naik | 1991  | 1995  | 4 years
4  | Suresh Amonkar | 1995  | 2000  | 5 years
5  | Laxmikant Parsekar | 2000  | 2003  | 3 years
6  | Rajendra Arlekar | 2003  | 2007  | 4 years
(3)  | Shripad Naik | 2007  | 2010  | 3 years
(5)  | Laxmikant Parsekar | 2010  | 2012  | 2 years
7[3] | Vinay Dinu Tendulkar | 2012  | 2020  | 8 years
8[1] | Sadanand Shet | 2020  | present | 2 years

## See also

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* Bharatiya Janata Party
* Goa Legislative Assembly
* Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
* Bharatiya Janata Party, Gujarat
* Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttar Pradesh
* Bharatiya Janata Party, Madhya Pradesh
* State units of the Bharatiya Janata Party

## References

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1. ^ a b "Former MLA Sadanand Tanavade becomes Goa BJP chief". The Hindu. PTI. 12 January 2020. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
2. ^ "Parrikar sworn in". The Hindu. 3 June 2002. Archived from the original on 7 August 2002. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
3. ^ "Vinay is the new Goa BJP chief (By: GOANEWS DESK, PANAJI)". Goa News. Retrieved 24 January 2022.