Velim (Goa Assembly constituency)

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Velim
Constituency
for the Goa Legislative Assembly
DistrictSouth Goa
StateGoa
Electorate31,178[1][needs update]
Lok Sabha ConstituencySouth Goa
Current constituency
Seats1
PartyIndian National Congress
MLAFilipe Nery Rodrigues
ReservationNone
Last election2017

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

Members of the Goa Legislative Assembly[edit]

Year Member Picture Party
2017 Filipe Nery Rodrigues[1] Indian National Congress

Election results[edit]

2017 result[edit]

Goa Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Velim[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Filipe Nery Rodrigues 10,417 44.27
Independent Benjamin Silva 5,164 21.94
AAP Cruz Silva 3,423 14.54
BJP Vinay Tari 1,765 7.50
[[Goa Forward Party|Template:Goa Forward Party/meta/shortname]] Anthony Rodrigues 1,460 6.20
Independent Edrich Correia 335 1.42
Independent Jose Fernandes 236 1.00
GSP Dominic John Noronha 138 0.58
NCP Frederick Borges 108 0.45
Independent Wilson Mazarello 98 0.41
Independent Constancio Fernandes 79 0.33
[[Ambedkarite Party of India|Template:Ambedkarite Party of India/meta/shortname]] Clifton D'Souza 44 0.18
NOTA None of the above 260 1.10
Majority 5,253 22.33
Turnout 23,527
INC gain from Independent Swing

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Goa General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 7 June 2021.

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Coordinates: 15°10′N 73°58′E / 15.16°N 73.96°E / 15.16; 73.96