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Vasco Da Gama (Goa Assembly constituency)


Vasco Da Gama (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is one of the 40 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Goa state in South India. This constituency came into existence in 1989.[2][3][4] It is also the most populated constituency of Goa.

Vasco Da Gama
Constituency
for the Goa Legislative Assembly
DistrictSouth Goa
StateGoa
Electorate35,938[1][needs update]
Lok Sabha ConstituencySouth Goa
Current constituency
Seats1
MLAVacant
ReservationNone
Last election2017

OverviewEdit

Vasco Da Gama (constituency number 25) is one of the 20 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in South Goa district. This constituency covers the Mormugao (MCL) - Ward Nos. 9 to 17 of Mormugao Saza in Mormugao Taluka. Vasco Da Gama is part of South Goa (Lok Sabha constituency) along with eight other Vidhan Sabha segments covers the entire South Goa district.[5][6]

Members of Legislative AssemblyEdit

Year Member Picture Party
2017 Carlos Almeida[1] Bharatiya Janata Party

Election resultsEdit

2017 ResultEdit

Goa Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Vasco da Gama[7][1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Carlos Almeida 8,765 33.53 -19.19
Independent Krishna (Daji) V Salkar 7,414 28.36
NCP Jose Philip D'Souza 4,202 11.69 -20.39
INC Saifulla Khan 3,737 10.39
AAP Lorretta D’Souza Shreedharan 928 3.55
[[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party|Template:Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party/meta/shortname]] Manesh Chandrakant Arolkar 654 2.50
Independent Gandhi Henriques 77 0.29
style="background-color: Template:Niz Goenkar Revolution Front/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Niz Goenkar Revolution Front|Template:Niz Goenkar Revolution Front/meta/shortname]] Chandrashekher Vast 59 0.22
NOTA None of the above 263 1.00
Majority 1,351 5.17
Turnout 26,140 72.74
Registered electors 35,938
BJP hold Swing

2012 ResultEdit

2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election: Vasco da Gama
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Carlos Almeida 11,468 52.72 +16.75
NCP Jose Philip D'Souza 6,978 32.08
Independent Giovanni Vaz 1,394 6.41
GVP Iqbal Shaikh 600 2.76
UGDP Adam Jumma 489 2.25
AITC Aminuddin Mulla 328 1.51
Independent Stanley Almeida 143 0.66
AIMF Hamza Issak Khan 106 0.49
JD(U) Gluck D'Souza 104 0.48
Independent Prashant Vastha 77 0.35
SHS Jagdish Durbhatkar 64 0.29
Majority 4,490 20.64
Turnout 21,765 76.61
Registered electors 28,411
BJP gain from NCP Swing

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Goa General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  2. ↑ "Vasco Da Gama (Goa) Election Results 2017, Winner, Runner-up and MLA Candidates". Elections in India.
  3. ↑ Vidhan Sabha of Goa
  4. ↑ ceogoa
  5. ↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 227, 250.
  6. ↑ "Vasco Da Gama Assembly Constituency Map, Vasco Da Gama Election 2017 Results". www.mapsofindia.com.
  7. ↑ "Goa elections result 2017: Full list of constituencies and their winners". The Indian Express. 9 March 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2017.

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Coordinates: 15°24′N 73°49′E / 15.4°N 73.82°E / 15.4; 73.82

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