Canacona Assembly constituency
| Canacona | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 40 for the Goa Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Western India |
| State | Goa |
| District | South Goa |
| LS constituency | South Goa |
| Established | 1963 |
| Total electors | 34,246[1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 8th Goa Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bhartiya Janta Party |
Canacona Assembly constituency is one of the 40 Goa Legislative Assembly constituencies of the state of Goa in southern India. Canacona is also one of the 20 constituencies falling under South Goa Lok Sabha constituency.
Members of Legislative Assembly
[edit]| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Ganba Desai | Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party | |
| 1967 | Manju Naik Gaonkar | ||
| 1972 | Ganba Desai | ||
| 1977 | Vasu Gaonkar | ||
| 1980 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1984 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1989 | Sanjay Bandekar | Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party | |
| 1994 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1999 | |||
| 2002 | Vijay Pai Khot | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2007 | |||
| 2012 | Ramesh Tawadkar | ||
| 2017 | Isidore Fernandes[2][3] | Indian National Congress | |
| 2022 | Ramesh Tawadkar | Bharatiya Janata party | |
Election results
[edit]2022
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Ramesh Tawadkar | 9,063 | 31.11 | ||
| Independent | Isidore Fernandes | 6012 | 20.64 | ||
| INC | Janardan Bhandari | 5351 | 18.37 | ||
| Independent | Vijay Pai Khot | 4791 | 16.45 | ||
| RGP | Prashant Pagi | 1599 | 5.49 | ||
| AITC | Mahadev Desai | 1066 | 3.66 | ||
| AAP | Anup Kudtarkar [5] | 835 | 2.87 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 296 | 1.02 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 29,132 | 82.11% | −3.71% | ||
| Registered electors | 34,246 | ||||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2017
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Isidore Fernandes | 10,853 | 38.09 | −5.63 | |
| BJP | Vijay Pai Khot | 8,745 | 30.69 | −23.20 | |
| Independent | Ramesh Tawadkar | 7,739 | 27.16 | N/A | |
| AAP | Sandesh Telekar | 452 | 1.58 | New | |
| MGP | Gourish Bandekar | 398 | 1.39 | +1.39% | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 302 | 1.06 | N/A | |
| Majority | 2,108 | 7.40 | −2.77 | ||
| Turnout | 28,522 | 85.82 | |||
| Registered electors | 33,233 | ||||
| INC gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
2012
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Ramesh Tawadkar | 14,328 | 53.89 | ||
| INC | Isidore Fernandes | 11,624 | 43.72 | ||
| AITC | Sapnesh Desai | 637 | 2.40 | ||
| Majority | 2,704 | 10.17 | |||
| Turnout | 26,590 | 83.56 | |||
| Registered electors | 31,822 | ||||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
See also
[edit]- Poinguinim (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
- List of constituencies of the Goa Legislative Assembly
- South Goa district
References
[edit]- ^ "Goa General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ a b "Goa General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ "List of Successful Candidates" (Xlsx). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- ^ "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
- ^ "Goa Assembly Election 2022: Full list of AAP candidates and their constituencies". The Financial Express. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
External links
[edit]- "Record of all Goa Assembly Elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 14 March 2022.