The Aam Aadmi Party today named four more candidates for the coming Goa Assembly election, bringing the total number of its declared contestants to 25.

The new names

• Navelim: Siddharth Karapurkar, an activist who has campaigned against the Mopa airport. The seat is held by Avertano Furtado, an Independent MLA backed by the BJP.
• Quepem: Manuel Colaco, a former chairperson of the Quepem municipal council. The sitting MLA is Chandrakant Kavlekar of the Congress.
• Saligao: Pradeep Padgaonar, a journalist turned politician. The constituency is represented by BJP leader Dilip Parulekar, the state’s Tourism Minister.
• Cumbharjua: social activist Prakash Naik, who will take on the Congress’s Pandurang Madkaikar, the current MLA.

The wider plan

AAP has said it will put up candidates in all 40 constituencies of the state, which votes next year.

What happened next

In the 2017 Goa Assembly election the Congress won 17 seats, the BJP 13 and the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party 3. Manohar Parrikar was Chief Minister after the election.

See also: Aam Aadmi Party and Goa Vidhan Sabha members.

Originally published on 25 November 2016. Rewritten on 9 October 2026.

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