Vasco Da Gama (Vidhan Sabha 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.[1][2][3]

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.[4][5]

Members of Legislative Assembly

1989: Simon Peter D'Sonza, Indian National Congress
1994: Menezes Wilfred Mesquita, Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
1999: Jose Philip D'Souza, United Goans Democratic Party
2002: Rajendra Arlekar, Bharatiya Janata Party
2007: Jose Philip D'Souza, Nationalist Congress Party
2012: Jose Luis Carlos Almeida, Bharatiya Janata Party
2017: Jose Luis Carlos Almeida, Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2017 Result [6]

Goa Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Vasco da Gama
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Carlos Almeida	8,765
	Independent	Krishna (Daji) V Salkar	7,414
	NCP	Jose Philip D'Souza	4,202
	INC	Saifulla Khan	3,737
	AAP	Lorretta D’Souza Shreedharan	928
	MGP	Manesh Chandrakant Arolkar	654
	Independent	Gandhi Henriques	77
	NGRF	Chandrashekher Vast	59
	NOTA	None of the above	263
Majority			1,351	5.17
Turnout			26,140	72.74
Registered electors			35,938
	[[\|N/A]] gain from [[\|N/A]]		Swing

2012 Result

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

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