Saligao Assembly constituency

Saligao Assembly constituency is one of the 40 Goa Legislative Assembly constituencies of the state of Goa in southern India.[2] Saligao is also one of the 20 constituencies falling under the North Goa Lok Sabha constituency. It is part of North Goa district.

Saligao
Constituency No. 7 for the Goa Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionWestern India
StateGoa
DistrictNorth Goa
LS constituencyNorth Goa
Total electors27,576[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
8th Goa Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyIndian National Congress

Members of Legislative Assembly
Year Member Party
1989 Wilfred de Souza Indian National Congress
1994
1999 Goa Rajiv Congress Party
2002 Nationalist Congress Party
2007[3] Dilip Parulekar Bharatiya Janata Party
2012[4]
2017 Jayesh Salgaonkar[5] Goa Forward Party
2022 Kedar Naik[lower-alpha 1] Indian National Congress
Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2022 election
Goa Legislative Assembly Election, 2022: Saligao
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Kedar Naik 10,045 44.97
BJP Jayesh Salgaonkar 8146 36.47
RGP Rohan Kalangutkar 1928 8.63
AAP Mario Cordeiro 847 3.79
TMC Bholanath Ghadi Sakhalkar 352 1.58
NOTA None of the above 212 0.95
Majority
Turnout 22,335 77.00 -3.85
INC gain from GFP Swing

2017
2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election: Saligao[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
GFP Jayesh Salgaonkar 9,735 46.29 New
BJP Dilip Parulekar 7,598 36.13 -15.53
INC Agnelo Fernandes 1,616 7.75 +7.75
AAP Dattatraya Padgaonkar 1,330 6.32 New
SHS Rajesh Dabholkar 428 2.03 N/A
CPI Gajanan Naik 150 0.71 N/A
NOTA None of the above 171 0.81 New
Majority 2,137 10.16
Turnout 21,051 80.85
GFP gain from BJP Swing

See also

Notes
  1. Elected to Indian National Congress. Switched to BJP in 20122

References
  1. "Goa General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  2. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. pp. 110–114. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  3. "Goa General Legislative Election 2007". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  4. "Goa General Legislative Election 2012". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  5. "Goa General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 7 June 2021.

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