Vasco Da Gama
Constituency No. 25 for the Goa Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionWestern India
StateGoa
DistrictSouth Goa
LS constituencySouth Goa
Total electors35,613[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
8th Goa Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya 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

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

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

2022 result

Goa Legislative Assembly Election, 2022:Vasco da Gama[1][7]
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
SHS Maruti Shirgaokar 71 0.28 -11.41
Majority 3,657 14.34
Turnout 25,506 70.54 -2.20
BJP hold Swing

2017 Result

Goa Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Vasco da Gama[9][10]
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 Result

2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election: Vasco da Gama
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
Janata Dal (United) Gluck D'Souza 104 0.48
Independent Prashant Vastha 77 0.35
SHS 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

References

  1. 1 2 "Goa General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  2. ↑ "Vasco Da Gama (Goa) Election Results 2017, Winner, Runner-up and MLA Candidates". Elections in India.
  3. ↑ "Vidhan Sabha of Goa". Archived from the original on 24 July 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  4. ↑ ceogoa
  5. ↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 227, 250.
  6. ↑ "Vasco Da Gama Assembly constituency Map, Vasco Da Gama Election 2017 Results". www.mapsofindia.com.
  7. ↑ "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  8. ↑ "Goa Assembly Election 2022 AAP Releases 6th List Of Candidates Fields Ritesh Chodankar From Porvorim". www.india.com. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  9. ↑ "Goa elections result 2017: Full list of constituencies and their winners". The Indian Express. 9 March 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  10. ↑ "Goa General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 7 June 2021.

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