Fatorda (Goa Assembly constituency)

Fatorda
Constituency for the Goa Legislative Assembly
District	South Goa
State	Goa
Electorate	28,985
Lok Sabha Constituency	South Goa
Current constituency
Seats	1
Party	Goa Forward Party
MLA	Vijai Sardesai
Reservation	None
Last election	2017

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

Members of Legislative Assembly

• 1989: Luis Cardoz, Indian National Congress
• 1994: Luis Cardoz, Indian National Congress
• 1999: Luis Cardoz, Indian National Congress
• 2002: Damodar G. Naik, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 2007: Damodar G. Naik, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 2012: Vijai Sardesai, Independent

Year	Member	Picture	Party
2017	Vijai Sardesai			Goa Forward Party

Election results

2017 result

2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election: Fatorda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	[[Goa Forward Party|Template:Goa Forward Party/meta/shortname]]	Vijai Sardesai	10,516	45.64	N/A
	BJP	Damodar Naik	9,182	39.85	+0.50
	AAP	Ranjit Carvalho	1,479	6.41	N/A
	INC	José D'Silva	1,414	6.13	+3.05
	[[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party|Template:Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party/meta/shortname]]	D. S. Naik	155	0.67	N/A
	Independent	Avin Naik	72	0.31	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	220	0.95	N/A
Majority			1,334	5.79	-3.25
Turnout			23,054	79.54
	Goa Forward Party gain from Independent		Swing

2012 result

2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election: Fatorda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Vijai Sardesai	10,375	48.39
	BJP	Damodar Naik	8,436	39.35
	Independent	Arthur D'Silva	1,126	5.25
	AITC	Piedade Noronha e Silva	695	3.24
	INC	Mortuza Shaikh	660	3.08
	SP	Ashok Korgaonkar	57	0.27
	Independent	Jawahar Dias	47	0.22
	AIMF	Anwar Sayed	45	0.21
Majority			1,989	9.04
Turnout			21,441	79.63
Registered electors			26,925
	Independent gain from BJP		Swing

See also

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