title: 1999 Goa Legislative Assembly election
text: # 1999 Goa Legislative Assembly election
  
  Elections for the Indian state of Goa took place 1999.
  
  ## Results
  
  Seats Won :
  
  | 1 | Indian National Congress | 40 | 21 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 2 | Bharatiya Janata Party | 39 | 10 |
  | 3 | Maharashtrawadi Gomantak | 17 | 4 |
  | 4 | United Goans Democratic Party | 11 | 2 |
  | 5 | Goa Rajiv Congress Party | 14 | 2 |
  | 6 | Independent | 49 | 1 |
  | | Total | | 40 |
  
  ## Results by constituency
  
  The following is the list of winning MLAs in the election.
  
  | No. | Constituency | Winner | Party | Margin |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Mandrem | Ramakant Khalap | Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party | 1,182 |
  | 2 | Pernem | Jitendra Deshprabhu | Indian National Congress | 1,166 |
  | 3 | Dargalim | Manohar Ajgaonkar | Indian National Congress | 1,096 |
  | 4 | Tivim | Dayanand Narvekar | Indian National Congress | 2,656 |
  | 5 | Mapusa | Francis D'Souza | Goa Rajiv Congress Party | 1,575 |
  | 6 | Siolim | Dayanand Mandrekar | Bharatiya Janata Party | 792 |
  | 7 | Calangute | Suresh Parulekar | United Goans Democratic Party | 749 |
  | 8 | Saligao | Wilfred de Souza | Goa Rajiv Congress Party | 464 |
  | 9 | Aldona | Ulhas Asnodkar | Bharatiya Janata Party | 3,849 |
  | 10 | Panaji | Manohar Parrikar | Bharatiya Janata Party | 2,749 |
  | 11 | Taleigao | Somanth Juwarkar | Indian National Congress | 1,827 |
  | 12 | Santa Cruz | Victoria Fernandes | Indian National Congress | 5,387 |
  | 13 | St. Andre | Francisco Silveira | Indian National Congress | 2,704 |
  | 14 | Cumbarjua | Nirmala Sawant | Indian National Congress | 850 |
  | 15 | Bicholim | Pandurang Raut | Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party | 90 |
  | 16 | Maem | Prakash Fadte | Bharatiya Janata Party | 838 |
  | 17 | Pale | Suresh Amonkar | Bharatiya Janata Party | 2,351 |
  | 18 | Poriem | Pratapsing Rane | Indian National Congress | 4,458 |
  | 19 | Valpoi | Venkatesh Desai | Indian National Congress | 854 |
  | 20 | Ponda | Ravi Naik | Indian National Congress | 4,036 |
  | 21 | Priol | Vishwas Satarkar | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1,970 |
  | 22 | Marcaim | Ramkrishna 'Sudin' Dhavalikar | Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party | 694 |
  | 23 | Shiroda | Subhash Shirodkar | Indian National Congress | 3,209 |
  | 24 | Mormugao | Sheikh Hassan Haroon | Indian National Congress | 1,023 |
  | 25 | Vasco Da Gama | Jose Philip D'Souza | United Goans Democratic Party | 1,508 |
  | 26 | Cortalim | Mauvin Godinho | Indian National Congress | 1,101 |
  | 27 | Loutolim | Aleixo Sequeira | Indian National Congress | Unopposed |
  | 28 | Benaulim | Churchill Alemao | Indian National Congress | 4,837 |
  | 29 | Fatorda | Luis Cardozo | Indian National Congress | 2,743 |
  | 30 | Margao | Digambar Kamat | Bharatiya Janata Party | 3,277 |
  | 31 | Curtorim | Francisco Sardinha | Indian National Congress | 9,550 |
  | 32 | Navelim | Luizinho Faleiro | Indian National Congress | 9,761 |
  | 33 | Velim | Filipe Nery Rodrigues | Indian National Congress | 5,272 |
  | 34 | Cuncolim | Arecio D'Souza | Indian National Congress | 2,214 |
  | 35 | Sanvordem | Vinay Tendulkar | Bharatiya Janata Party | 676 |
  | 36 | Sanguem | Prabhakar Gaonkar | Bharatiya Janata Party | 787 |
  | 37 | Curchorem | Adv. Ramrao Desai | Bharatiya Janata Party | 369 |
  | 38 | Quepem | Prakash Velip | Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party | 369 |
  | 39 | Canacona | Sanjay Bandekar | Indian National Congress | 171 |
  | 40 | Poinguinim | Isidore Fernandes | Independent | 1,659 |
  
  ## Government formation
  
  Indian National Congress formed the government under the leadership of Luizinho Faleiro which lasted for 169 days. Francisco Sardinha broke the Indian National Congress and formed the government with the help of Bharatiya Janata Party which lasted for 334 days.
  
  On 24 October 2000, Bharatiya Janata Party formed its first government in Goa under the leadership of Manohar Parrikar which lasted for 1 year and 223 days before the next elections were called off.
  
  