Saligao (Goa Assembly constituency)

Saligao
Constituency for the Goa Legislative Assembly
District	North Goa
State	Goa
Electorate	26,036
Lok Sabha Constituency	North Goa
Current constituency
Seats	1
MLA	Vacant
Reservation	None
Last election	2017

Saligao Vidhan Sabha Constituency is one of the 40 Goa Legislative Assembly constituencies of the state of Goa in southern India. Saligao is also one of the 20 constituencies falling under the North Goa Lok Sabha constituency.

It is part of North Goa district.

Members of Legislative Assembly

• 1989: Wilfred de Souza, Indian National Congress
• 1994: Wilfred de Souza, Indian National Congress
• 1999: Wilfred de Souza, Goa Rajiv Congress Party
• 2002: Wilfred de Souza, Nationalist Congress Party
• 2007: Dilip Parulekar, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 2012: Dilip Parulekar, Bharatiya Janata Party

Year	Member	Picture	Party
2017	Jayesh Salgaonkar			Goa Forward Party

Election results

2017 result

2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election: Saligao

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	[[Goa Forward Party|Template:Goa Forward Party/meta/shortname]]	Jayesh Salgaonkar	9,735	46.29
	BJP	Dilip Parulekar	7,598	36.13
	INC	Agnelo Fernandes	1,616	7.68
	AAP	Dattatraya Padgaonkar	1,330	6.32
	SHS	Rajesh Dabholkar	428	2.03
	CPI	Gajanan Naik	150	0.71
	NOTA	None of the above	171	0.81
Majority			2,137	10.16
Turnout			21,051	80.85
	Goa Forward Party gain from BJP		Swing

See also

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