St. Cruz (Goa Assembly constituency)

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Santa Cruz
Constituency
for the Goa Legislative Assembly
DistrictNorth Goa
StateGoa
Electorate27,711[1][needs update]
Lok Sabha ConstituencyNorth Goa
Current constituency
Seats1
PartyIndian National Congress
MLAAntonio Fernandes
ReservationNone
Last election2017

Santa Cruz is one of the original Goa Assembly Constituency seats in the Tiswadi Taluka of North Goa District in the State of Goa. The other constituencies in Tiswadi are Panaji, Taleigao, St. Andre and Cumbarjua.

Santa Cruz is one of the Ilha(s) (Island(s)), the other being Chorão, Divar, St. Estevam and Vaxim. The Portuguese conquered these lands as part of Velha Conquista and used it for spice trade principally and simultaneously for spiritual purposes this resulted in the establishment of Catholic faith in Goa. In 1547, the Portuguese missionaries established the Santa Cruz Catholic Church (also known by its direct translation of Holy Cross Catholic Church).[2] Hence, this constituency has been named as Santa Cruz constituency. A landmark in Calapor/Santa Cruz is called and Almacho Khuris (Cross of the Soul in Konkani). This monument was built to commemorate the death of a patriotic Calaporkar.

Jack de Sequeira, widely know for his role in Goan statehood, held this seat between 1967 and 1980.[3]

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit]

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

Election results[edit]

2017[edit]

Goa Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Santa Cruz[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Antonio Fernandes
NOTA None of the Above
Majority
Turnout

2012 result[edit]

2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election: St. Cruz
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Atanasio Monserrate 8,644 40.43
Independent Rodolfo Fernandes 6,308 29.50
[[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party|Template:Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party/meta/shortname]] Purushottam Kamat 5,824 27.24
CPI Pedro Pires 221 1.03
Independent Xavier Cardo 189 0.88
Independent Dinesh Nair 79 0.37
Independent Jose Lopes 74 0.35
Independent Henry Lobo 42 0.20
Majority 2,336 10.93
Turnout 21,381 83.76
Registered electors 25,524
INC hold Swing

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Goa General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  2. ↑ "Former Bishops and Archbishops". Archdiocese of Goa and Daman.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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Coordinates: 15°28′N 73°50′E / 15.47°N 73.84°E / 15.47; 73.84


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