Panaji: As we are going to witness high-octane contest in Panaji Assembly segment on May 19, these are the interesting facts that one should know about this segment.
So here we go:
- The first election for Panaji Assembly constituency was held in 1967
- Yeshwant Desai of United Goans Superia Group was first MLA of Panaji
- Babani Naik won 1972 Panaji Election on MGP ticket
- Madhav Bir won 1977 Panaji Election on Janata Party ticket
- Vishnu Naik on 1980 Panaji Election as Independent candidate
- Joan Gonsalves of Congress won two elections 1984 and 1989
- Manohar Parrikar was longest serving MLA of Panaji
- Manohar Parrikar served for 25 years as Panaji MLA
- Siddharth Kunkolienkar got elected two times in Panaji
- Upcoming is 5th Election in Panaji constituency since 2012.
- 2007 was the only election when Panaji witnessed straight fight
- 2007 Election saw Parrikar (BJP) versus Dinar Tarcar (Cong)
