Panaji Assembly constituency is one of the 40 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Goa state in India.

It is part of North Goa district.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1963	Jack Sequeira		United Goans Party
1967	Yaswant Desai		United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)
1972	Baban Naik		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
1977	Madhav Bir		Janata Party
1980	Vishnu Naik		Independent
1984	Joan Gonsalves		Indian National Congress
1989
1994	Manohar Parrikar		Bharatiya Janata Party
1999
2002
2007
2012
2015^	Sidharth Kuncalienker
2017
2017^	Manohar Parrikar
2019^	Atanasio Monserrate		Indian National Congress
2022			Bharatiya Janata Party

^ by-poll

Election results

2022

2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election: Panaji

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Atanasio Monserrate	6,787	38.96	-12.74
	Independent	Utpal Parrikar	6071	34.85	N/A
	INC	Elvis Gomes	3175	18.23	N/A
	AAP	Valmiki Naik	777	4.46	+1.88
	RGP	Rajesh Redkar	359	2.06	N/A
	NOTA	None of the Above	173	0.99	-0.2
	Independent	Devendra Sundaram	40	0.23	N/A
	Independent	Yeshwant Madar	37	0.21	N/A
Majority			716	4.11
Turnout			17,419	73.75	+3.75
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2019 by-election

A by-election was held on 19 May 2019, as a result of the demise of incumbent MLA and chief minister Manohar Parrikar.

2019 by-election: Panaji

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Atanasio Monserrate	8,748	51.70	+19.14
	BJP	Sidharth Kuncalienker	6,990	41.32	-22.15
	Goa Suraksha Manch	Subhash Velingkar	516	3.05	+1.63
	AAP	Valmiki Naik	436	2.58	N/A
	Independent	Dilip Ghadi	13	0.08	N/A
	Independent	Vijay More	13	0.08	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	202	1.19	-0.75
Majority			1,758	10.38
Turnout			16,918
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	+20.65

2017 By Election

By Election, 2017: Panaji

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Manohar Parrikar	9,862	63.47	+17.77
	INC	Girish Chodankar	5,059	32.56	-6.97
	Goa Suraksha Manch	Anand Shirodkar	220	1.42	-0.44
	Independent	Kenneth Silveira	96	0.62	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	301	1.94	+0.93
Majority			4,803	30.91	+24.74
Turnout			15,538	70.00	-8.09
Registered electors			22,196
	BJP hold		Swing	+12.37

2017 result

Goa Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Panaji

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sidharth Sripad Kuncalienker	7,924	45.70	-20.43
	United Goans Party	Atanasio Monserrate	6,855	39.53	+9.60
	AAP	Valmiki Naik	1,944	11.21	New
	Goa Suraksha Manch	Ketan Kirtikumar Prabhu Bhatikar	323	1.86	N/A
	NOTA	None of the Above	175	1.01	New
	NCP	Dominic Savio A. E. Fernandes	62	0.36	+0.36
	Independent	Dilip Ghadi	36	0.21	N/A
	Independent	Parshuram Dodamani	20	0.12	N/A
Majority			1,069	6.17	-30.02
Turnout			17,403	78.09	-0.41
Registered electors			22,203
	BJP hold		Swing	-15.02

2015 by-election

A by-election was necessitated following the resignation of incumbent MLA and Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, due to his elevation as the Minister of Defence.

2015 by-election: Panaji

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sidharth Kuncalienker	9,989	60.71	-5.42
	INC	Surendra Furtado	5,368	32.63	+2.70
	Independent	Sameer Kalekar	624	3.79	N/A
	Independent	Sadanand Vaingankar	140	0.85	N/A
Majority			4,621	28.08	-8.12
Turnout			16,451	71.01	-7.49
Registered electors			23,167
	BJP hold		Swing	-4.06

2012 result

2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election: Panaji

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Manohar Parrikar	11,086	66.13	+9.30
	INC	Yatin Parekh	5,018	29.93	-13.24
	CPI	Christopher Fonseca	383	2.28	N/A
	JD(U)	Dominic Savio A. E. Fernandes	172	1.03	N/A
	Independent	Balaram Karishetty	104	0.62	N/A
Majority			6,068	36.20	+22.54
Turnout			16,763	78.50	+7.78
Registered electors			21,355
	BJP hold		Swing	+11.27

2007 result

2007 Goa Legislative Assembly election: Panaji

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Manohar Parrikar	6,004	56.83	+1.25
	INC	Dinar Purushottam Kamat Tarcar	4,560	43.17	+0.19
Majority			1,444	13.66	+1.06
Turnout			10,564	70.72	+4.90
Registered electors			14,937
	BJP hold		Swing	+0.53

2002 result

2002 Goa Legislative Assembly election: Panaji

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Manohar Parrikar	5,700	55.58
	INC	Ramesh Silimkhan	4,408	42.98
	SHS	Pramod Naik	95	0.93
	Independent	Rajaram Dhuma	52	0.51
Majority			1,292	12.60
Turnout			10,255	65.82
Registered electors			15,581
	BJP hold		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of the Goa Legislative Assembly
• North Goa district