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3. Bicholim

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Goa · Goa Assembly Election, 2017

GA-BICHOLIM

BJP 45.7%won by 2.9%MAG 42.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 2.9%.

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 25.8% to 45.7% of the vote here (+19.9%).
  • New challengerMAG (MAG) finished second with 42.9% — it did not contest here in 2012.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.6% of the vote between them, up from 70.8% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
25,958
Turnout
89.8%
Valid votes
23,306
Margin
666
2.86%

Candidates

6 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1RAJESH PATNEKARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP10,65445.7%
  2. 2NARESH SAWALMAG · MAG9,98842.9%
  3. 3MANOHAR PANDURANG SHIRODKARIndian National Congress · INC1,7617.6%
  4. 4SAINATH PATEKARAam Aadmi Party · AAP3581.5%
  5. 5RAUT PANDURANG DATTARAMGOPRP · GOPRP3241.4%
  6. 6None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA2210.9%

Since 2012

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJP–MAG swing
−22.9%
BJP share
25.8% → 45.7%
MAG share
0.0% → 42.9%
Turnout
87.9% → 89.8%
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