Vasco Da Gama Assembly constituency

Legislative Assembly constituency in Goa State, India

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[1]
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

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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

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Year  | Member  | Party

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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
2022 | Krishna Salkar

## Election results

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### 2022

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Goa Legislative Assembly Election, 2022: Vasco da Gama[1][7] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| 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

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Goa Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Vasco da Gama[9][10] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| 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

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2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election: Vasco da Gama  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| 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 |  |

## See also

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* Vasco Da Gama
* South Goa (Lok Sabha constituency)
* List of constituencies of the Goa Legislative Assembly
* South Goa district

## References

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1. ^ a b "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
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.
10. ^ "Goa General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 7 June 2021.

## External links

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

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