Vasco Da Gama Assembly constituency
| Vasco Da Gama | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 25 for the Goa Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Western India |
| State | Goa |
| District | South Goa |
| LS constituency | South Goa |
| Established | 1989 |
| Total electors | 35,613[1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 8th Goa Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Vasco Da Gama Assembly constituency is one of the 40 (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Goa state in South India. This constituency came into existence in 1989.[2][3][4] It is also the most populated constituency of Goa.
Overview
[edit]Vasco Da Gama (constituency number 25) is one of the 20 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in South Goa district. This constituency covers the Mormugao (MCL) - Ward Nos. 9 to 17 of Mormugao Saza in Mormugao Taluka. Vasco Da Gama is part of South Goa (Lok Sabha constituency) along with eight other Vidhan Sabha segments covers the entire South Goa district.[5][6]
Members of Legislative Assembly
[edit]| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Simon Peter D'Souza | Indian National Congress | |
| 1994 | Menezes Wilfred Mesquita | Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party | |
| 1999 | Jose Philip D'Souza | United Goans Party | |
| 2002 | Rajendra Arlekar | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2007 | Jose Philip D'Souza | Nationalist Congress Party | |
| 2012 | Carlos Almeida | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2017 | |||
| 2022 | Krishna Salkar | ||
Election results
[edit]2022
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Krishna Salkar | 13,118 | 51.43 | +17.90 | |
| INC | Carlos Almeida | 9,461 | 37.09 | +26.70 | |
| AITC | Saifulla Khan | 860 | 3.37 | +0.87 | |
| RGP | Andre Viegas | 851 | 3.34 | ||
| AAP | Sunil Loran[8] | 784 | 3.07 | −0.48 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 244 | 0.96 | −0.04 | |
| SS | Maruti Shirgaokar | 71 | 0.28 | −11.41 | |
| Majority | 3,657 | 14.34 | |||
| Turnout | 25,506 | 70.54 | −2.20 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2017
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Carlos Almeida | 8,765 | 33.53 | −19.19 | |
| Independent | Krishna Salkar | 7,414 | 28.36 | ||
| NCP | Jose Philip D'Souza | 4,202 | 11.69 | −20.39 | |
| INC | Saifulla Khan | 3,737 | 10.39 | ||
| AAP | Lorretta D’Souza Shreedharan | 928 | 3.55 | ||
| MGP | Manesh Chandrakant Arolkar | 654 | 2.50 | ||
| Independent | Gandhi Henriques | 77 | 0.29 | ||
| NGRF | Chandrashekher Vast | 59 | 0.22 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 263 | 1.00 | ||
| Majority | 1,351 | 5.17 | |||
| Turnout | 26,140 | 72.74 | |||
| Registered electors | 35,938 | ||||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2012
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Carlos Almeida | 11,468 | 52.72 | +16.75 | |
| NCP | Jose Philip D'Souza | 6,978 | 32.08 | ||
| Independent | Giovanni Vaz | 1,394 | 6.41 | ||
| Goa Vikas Party | Iqbal Shaikh | 600 | 2.76 | ||
| UGDP | Adam Jumma | 489 | 2.25 | ||
| AITC | Aminuddin Mulla | 328 | 1.51 | ||
| Independent | Stanley Almeida | 143 | 0.66 | ||
| AIMF | Hamza Issak Khan | 106 | 0.49 | ||
| JD(U) | Gluck D'Souza | 104 | 0.48 | ||
| Independent | Prashant Vastha | 77 | 0.35 | ||
| SS | Jagdish Durbhatkar | 64 | 0.29 | ||
| Majority | 4,490 | 20.64 | |||
| Turnout | 21,765 | 76.61 | |||
| Registered electors | 28,411 | ||||
| BJP gain from NCP | Swing | ||||
See also
[edit]- Vasco Da Gama
- South Goa (Lok Sabha constituency)
- List of constituencies of the Goa Legislative Assembly
- South Goa district
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Goa General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ "Vasco Da Gama (Goa) Election Results 2017, Winner, Runner-up and MLA Candidates". Elections in India.
- ^ "Vidhan Sabha of Goa". Archived from the original on 24 July 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
- ^ ceogoa
- ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 227, 250.
- ^ "Vasco Da Gama Assembly constituency Map, Vasco Da Gama Election 2017 Results". www.mapsofindia.com.
- ^ "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
- ^ "Goa Assembly Election 2022 AAP Releases 6th List Of Candidates Fields Ritesh Chodankar From Porvorim". www.india.com. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ^ "Goa elections result 2017: Full list of constituencies and their winners". The Indian Express. 9 March 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
- ^ "Goa General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 7 June 2021.
External links
[edit]- "Record of all Goa Assembly Elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 14 March 2022.