Goa Election 2027: 40 Seats, Parties, Voter Roll & Results
Track the parties, the voter roll, Election Commission preparations and every dated development in the race for the Goa Legislative Assembly, whose term is reported to end in March 2027.
Goa Election 2027 at a Glance
Term reported to end in March 2027; polls are expected around February. ECI dates not announced.
🏛️A 40-member Assembly spread across North and South Goa.
👑Pramod Sawant has been Chief Minister since 19 March 2019.
📋Final roll after the SIR, published 21 February 2026.
⚔️AAP, GFP, RGP and MGP also in the field.
📊Congress 11, independents 3, MGP 2, AAP 2, RGP 1, GFP 1.
Road to 21
21 seats are required for a majority in the 40-member Assembly. Shown below is the 2022 baseline, not a 2027 prediction.
Latest Goa Election 2027 Updates
The newest verified developments, newest first. Full detail — sources, context, and the complete record — lives in the main tracker.
South Goa reviews poll preparedness
South Goa Collector and District Election Officer Egna Cleetus chaired a review of 2027 poll preparedness and the coming roll revision, reported Goemkarponn…
Status: District-level review. Polling dates NOT announced.Sawant rejects the opposition’s ‘Narkasur’ jibe
Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said people would decide who the ‘demons’ are, answering Diwali-eve remarks by Leader of the Opposition Yuri Alemao and…
Status: Statements, per PTI.Commission orders a summary revision of Goa’s roll
The Election Commission ordered a Special Summary Revision of electoral rolls in 17 states and UTs, including Goa, with 1 January 2027 as the qualifying…
Status: Order confirmed. Election dates NOT announced.Sawant: the party will decide who leads
Sawant told ANI the BJP would decide who leads it in 2027, that his duty was to win whatever his post, and he pointed to the double-engine government and…
Status: Party statement.Sardesai opens ‘Goa First’ to Congress; AAP says no
GFP chief Vijai Sardesai told ThePrint it was ‘not practicable’ to keep Congress out and still oust the BJP. AAP Goa president Valmiki Naik said ‘Goa First’…
Status: Statements, per ThePrint. No change to the alliance reported.Goa CEO: 97 voters left out being added
A Chief Electoral Officer’s note, reported by UNI, said 97 cases left out of the February final roll were being processed through house-to-house Form 6…
Status: Report read only in part (paywall).Goa 2022: Seat-by-Seat Map
All 40 constituencies coloured by the 2022 winner, with a seat grid view. Hover, tap or search a seat for the winner, runner-up and margin. Results: IndiaVotes (ECI data). Boundaries: simplified from the Wikimedia Commons map "Wahlkreise zur Vidhan Sabha von Goa" by Furfur (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Select a seat
Seat totals 2022: BJP 20, Congress 11, Independents 3, MGP 2, AAP 2, RGP 1, GFP 1. Click a party in the legend to highlight its seats.
Goa: 2022 Result vs 2027 Status
Drag the handle across the map. Left: the party that won each seat in 2022 (ECI data via IndiaVotes). Right: 2027, where every seat is still awaiting a result. Pick a region to zoom in.
2022 counts are the seat winner by party in the selected region, from ECI count data. No 2027 result exists yet; this view fills in when counting ends. Regions are an AiTimeline grouping of seats, not an official classification.
The Goa Battleground: North, South and Salcete
AiTimeline editorial split by Election Commission seat number (1–20 and 21–40), a rough proxy for north and south, not an official classification.
In 2022 the BJP won 11 of these seats, Congress 6, and the MGP, an independent and the RGP one each.
BJP 11 · INC 6The BJP won 9, Congress 5, independents 2, AAP 2, and the MGP and GFP one each.
BJP 9 · INC 5The BJP won North Goa by 1,16,015 votes; Congress won South Goa by 13,535. The BJP led 27 Assembly segments to Congress's 13.
1 seat eachParty Watch
Current strength in the 40-member House is BJP 26, Congress 3, independents 3, MGP 2, AAP 2, GFP 1 and RGP 1, with two seats vacant. Alliances for 2027 are still forming.
BJP (in government)
Won 20 seats in 2022 and reached 28 after eight Congress MLAs joined it in September 2022; it now holds 26 of 38 sitting seats. On 10 October 2026 Sawant said the party will decide its leader.
Congress
Won 11 seats in 2022 and fell to 3 after the defections. On 21 August 2026 it opened talks with the AAP and the RGP.
AAP, GFP, RGP and MGP
On 13 September 2026 Arvind Kejriwal and Vijai Sardesai launched a “Goa First” alliance of the AAP and the GFP.
Goa Vacancies and By-Polls Since 2022
Two seats are vacant, and the one by-poll that was scheduled was quashed in court.
MLA Ravi Naik died on 15 October 2025. A by-poll set for 9 April 2026 was quashed by the Bombay High Court at Goa on 8 April because under a year of the term was left; the ECI rescinded it.
VacantMLA Jennifer Monserrate died around 19 July 2026.
VacantEight Congress MLAs joined the BJP on 14 September 2022, taking it to 28 seats and Congress to 3.
BJP gainCommunities, Voter Roll and the ST Quota
Census 2011: Hindu 66.08%, Christian 25.10%, Muslim 8.33%; Scheduled Tribes 10.23%. A law giving Scheduled Tribes Assembly seats came into force on 6 August 2026, but the seats have not been notified. These are 2011 figures and do not show how anyone votes.
Who Said What
Dated, sourced statements: the AAP–GFP “Goa First” launch, the charge of an AAP–BJP “exchange offer”, Sawant on party leadership and the SIR dispute.
How Goa Voted
Leading party and seats won in recent Assembly elections (IndiaVotes).
Who Has Ruled Goa?
Thirteen people have been Chief Minister since 1963; Pratapsingh Rane is counted in both the pre- and post-statehood lists.
Goa Election 2027 Schedule
The Election Commission has not announced the election programme. Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar visited Goa on 2–3 September 2026 and polls are expected around February 2027; this module switches to the full schedule when the Commission issues its notification.
Build Your Goa 2027 Seat Prediction
A just-for-fun calculator: split the 40 seats between the parties and see who reaches the 21-seat majority. Nothing is saved or sent anywhere, and it is not an AiTimeline forecast.
2022 result: BJP 20, Congress 11, MGP 2, AAP 2, GFP 1, others 4 (three independents and the RGP). Current House (38 sitting members, two seats vacant): BJP 26, Congress 3, MGP 2, AAP 2, GFP 1, others 4. The RGP is grouped with “Others”.
Goa Election 2027 Results
Results tracking will activate when official counting begins. This dashboard will show seat counts and gains and losses versus 2022 once the Election Commission declares results, never based on exit polls.
Goa 2027 Candidate Watch
No party has released a candidate list for Goa 2027. These are the dated, sourced signals so far; nothing here is a confirmed ticket unless it says so.
AAP says it will field a candidate in Cuncolim and has sent two names to its Central Election Committee, but has not named anyone. A citizens' meeting separately picked Elvis Gomes, a former AAP convenor, as its candidate.
6 Jul 2026 · The Goan
Reported, not a ticketThe AAP and the Goa Forward Party launched a 'Goa First' alliance for 2027. Seat-sharing between them has not been announced.
13 Sep 2026 · ThePrint
Alliance announcedGoa Election 2027 Poll Tracker
AiTimeline has not found a published Goa 2027 opinion poll with a named pollster and disclosed method. This tracker will list one when it appears.
We only list polls from a named pollster or outlet with a publish date. Projections shared on social media without any method are left out.
What Are Parties Promising in Goa?
Party promises for 2027 announced so far, with dates. Manifestos have not been released.
Arvind Kejriwal promised 300 units of free electricity a month, Rs 3,000 a month for every woman, Rs 10 lakh health cover per family, scrapping Section 39A of the Town and Country Planning Act within a month, free bus travel for women and a sports ground in every village.
9 Oct 2026 · Goa News Hub
Party promiseBJP national president Nitin Nabin asked workers to win at least 50% of the vote at every booth, and CM Pramod Sawant said the BJP will win in 2027. No manifesto promises were listed.
1 Feb 2026 · News On AIR
Party targetGoa Election 2027: Frequently Asked Questions
When is the Goa election 2027?
The Election Commission has not announced the dates. The Assembly's term is reported to end in March 2027, and polls are expected around February 2027.
How many seats are there in the Goa Assembly, and what is the majority?
The Goa Assembly has 40 seats, so a party needs 21 for a majority.
Who won the 2022 Goa election?
The BJP won 20 of 40 seats with 33.68% of the vote, one short of a majority. Congress won 11, independents 3, the MGP 2, the AAP 2, the RGP 1 and the GFP 1. The BJP reached 28 seats in September 2022 when eight Congress MLAs joined it.
Who is the Chief Minister of Goa?
Pramod Sawant of the BJP has been Chief Minister since 19 March 2019.
How many voters are on the Goa electoral roll?
The final roll after the Special Intensive Revision, published on 21 February 2026, has 10,57,566 electors.
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How We Track the Goa Election
Data & verification
Results are from IndiaVotes (ECI data); the seat map is simplified from a CC BY-SA 3.0 Wikimedia Commons map by Furfur. Current strength and vacancies are from Wikipedia and Goa press, which may lag recent events; dated developments come from Goa and national press. The March 2027 term end is reported by Goa outlets and not independently confirmed. Where sources disagree or a claim is unconfirmed, we say so. Content is editorial and AI-assisted; it can contain errors.