Bicholim (Goa Assembly constituency)

Bicholim
Constituency for the Goa Legislative Assembly
District	North Goa
State	Goa
Electorate	25,958
Lok Sabha Constituency	North Goa
Current constituency
Seats	1
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
MLA	Rajesh Patnekar
Reservation	None
Last election	2017

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

It is part of North Goa district.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

• 1963: Kusumakar Kaskade, Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
• 1967: Chopdenkar Dattaram Keshav, Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
• 1972: Shashikala Kakodkar, Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
• 1977: Shashikala Kakodkar, Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
• 1980: Harish Zantye, Independent
• 1984: Harish Zantye, Indian National Congress
• 1989: Pandurang Raut, Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
• 1994: Pandurang Bhatale, Indian National Congress
• 1999: Pandurang Raut, Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
• 2002: Rajesh Patnekar, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 2007: Rajesh Patnekar, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 2012: Naresh Sawal, Independent

Year	Member	Picture	Party
2017	Rajesh Patnekar			Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2017 result

2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election: Bicholim

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Rajesh Patnekar	10,654	45.71	+19.94
	MGP	Naresh Sawal	9,988	42.31	N/A
	INC	Manohar Shirodkar	1,761	7.45	−23.66
	AAP	Sainath Patekar	358	1.51	N/A
	Goa Praja Party	Pandurang Raut	324	1.37	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	221	0.93	N/A
Majority			666	3.40	−5.17
Turnout			23,352	89.96
	BJP gain from Independent		Swing

2012 result

2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election: Bicholim

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Naresh Sawal	8,331	39.68
	INC	Rajesh Patnekar	6,532	31.11
	BJP	Manohar Shirodkar	5,411	25.77
	AITC	Pandurang Raut	720	3.43
Majority			1,799	8.57
Turnout			21,037	88.04
Registered electors			23,894
	Independent gain from BJP		Swing