Vasco Da Gama Assembly constituency

Vasco Da Gama
Vasco Da Gama
Constituency No. 25 for the Goa Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Goa
District	South Goa
LS constituency	South Goa
Established	1989
Total electors	35,613
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	8th Goa Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Krishna Salkar
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party

Vasco Da Gama Assembly constituency is one of the 40 (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.

Overview

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 Assembly

Year	Member
1989	Simon Peter D'Souza	Indian National Congress
1994	Menezes Wilfred Mesquita	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
1999	Jose Philip D'Souza	United Goans Party
2002	Rajendra Arlekar	Bharatiya Janata Party
2007	Jose Philip D'Souza	Nationalist Congress Party
2012	Carlos Almeida	Bharatiya Janata Party
2017	Carlos Almeida
2022	Krishna Salkar

Election results

2022

Goa Legislative Assembly Election, 2022: Vasco da Gama^[1]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Krishna Salkar	13,118	51.43	+17.90
	INC	Carlos Almeida	9,461	37.09	+26.70
	AITC	Saifulla Khan	860	3.37	+0.87
	RGP	Andre Viegas	851	3.34
	AAP	Sunil Loran^[8]	784	3.07	−0.48
	NOTA	None of the Above	244	0.96	−0.04
	SS	Maruti Shirgaokar	71	0.28	−11.41
Majority			3,657	14.34
Turnout			25,506	70.54	−2.20
	BJP hold		Swing

2017

Goa Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Vasco da Gama^[9]^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Carlos Almeida	8,765	33.53	−19.19
	Independent	Krishna 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
	MGP	Manesh Chandrakant Arolkar	654	2.50
	Independent	Gandhi Henriques	77	0.29
	NGRF	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

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
	Goa Vikas Party	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
	SS	Jagdish Durbhatkar	64	0.29
Majority			4,490	20.64
Turnout			21,765	76.61
Registered electors			28,411
	BJP gain from NCP		Swing

References

^ ^a ^b "Goa General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
^ "Vasco Da Gama (Goa) Election Results 2017, Winner, Runner-up and MLA Candidates". Elections in India.
^ "Vidhan Sabha of Goa". Archived from the original on 24 July 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
^ ceogoa
^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 227, 250.
^ "Vasco Da Gama Assembly constituency Map, Vasco Da Gama Election 2017 Results". www.mapsofindia.com.
^ "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
^ "Goa Assembly Election 2022 AAP Releases 6th List Of Candidates Fields Ritesh Chodankar From Porvorim". www.india.com. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
^ "Goa elections result 2017: Full list of constituencies and their winners". The Indian Express. 9 March 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
^ "Goa General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 7 June 2021.

External links

"Record of all Goa Assembly Elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 14 March 2022.

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[results2022-1] "Goa General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 May 2022.

[2] "Vasco Da Gama (Goa) Election Results 2017, Winner, Runner-up and MLA Candidates". Elections in India.

[3] "Vidhan Sabha of Goa". Archived from the original on 24 July 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2016.

[4] ^ ceogoa

[ceo-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] "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 12 April 2022.

[8] "Goa Assembly Election 2022 AAP Releases 6th List Of Candidates Fields Ritesh Chodankar From Porvorim". www.india.com. Retrieved 28 January 2022.

[9] "Goa elections result 2017: Full list of constituencies and their winners". The Indian Express. 9 March 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2017.

[election2017-10] "Goa General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 7 June 2021.

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Former constituencies	Dargalim Pale Poinguinim Rivona Sattari
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