Canacona (Goa Assembly constituency)


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

Canacona
Constituency
for the Goa Legislative Assembly
DistrictSouth Goa
StateGoa
Electorate33,233[1][needs update]
Lok Sabha ConstituencySouth Goa
Current constituency
Seats1
PartyIndian National Congress
MLAIsidore Fernandes
ReservationNone
Last election2017

Members of Legislative AssemblyEdit

Year Member Picture Party
2017 Isidore Fernandes[1][2] Indian National Congress

Election resultsEdit

2017 resultEdit

2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election: Canacona[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Isidore Fernandes 10,853 38.09 -5.63
BJP Vijay Pai Khot 8,745 30.69 -23.20
Independent Ramesh Tawadkar 7,739 27.16 N/A
AAP Sandesh Telekar 452 1.58 N/A
[[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party|Template:Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party/meta/shortname]] Gourish Bandekar 398 1.39 N/A
NOTA None of the above 302 1.06 N/A
Majority 2,108 7.40 -2.77
Turnout 28,522 85.82
INC gain from BJP Swing

2012 resultEdit

2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election: Canacona
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Ramesh Tawadkar 14,328 53.89
INC Isidore Fernandes 11,624 43.72
AITC Sapnesh Desai 637 2.40
Majority 2,704 10.17
Turnout 26,590 83.56
Registered electors 31,822
BJP hold Swing

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Goa General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  2. "List of Successful Candidates" (Xlsx). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 April 2017.

Coordinates: 15°00′N 74°03′E / 15.00°N 74.05°E / 15.00; 74.05

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