Elections 98

State:	Goa
Constituency:	Panaji
Total Votes Polled:	244155
Winner: INC	Ravi Sitaram Naik	68224
Runner Up: BJP	Raut Pandurang Dattaram	67807
Margin: 417 (1%)

Elections 96

State:	Goa
Constituency:	Panaji
Total Votes Polled:	216081
Winner: MAG	Khalap Ramakant D	92348
Runner Up: INC	Kasar Amrut Shivram	81803
Margin: 10545 (4.96%)

Since 1971 the contest has been between the Congress and the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party. The MGP won the seat in 1989, lost to the Congress in 1991 and regained it in 1996, with Ramakant Khalap defeating the Congress candidate.