Velim Assembly constituency

Velim Assembly constituency is one of the 40 Goa Legislative Assembly constituencies of the state of Goa in southern India.[2] Velim is also one of the 20 constituencies falling under the South Goa Lok Sabha constituency and includes villages and towns like Velim, Assolna, Ambelim, Chinchinim and Sao Jose de Areal.

Velim
Constituency No. 35 for the Goa Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionWestern India
StateGoa
DistrictSouth Goa
LS constituencySouth Goa
Total electors31,534[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
8th Goa Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  AAP
Elected year2022

Members of the Goa Legislative Assembly
Year Member Party
1989 Farrel Furtado[3] Indian National Congress
1994 Manuel Gregorio Fernandes[4] Independent
1999[5] Filipe Nery Rodrigues Indian National Congress
2002[6] Independent
2007[7] Indian National Congress
2012 Benjamin Silva[8] Independent
2017 Filipe Nery Rodrigues[9] Indian National Congress
2022 Cruz Silva[1] Aam Aadmi Party

Election results

2022

2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election: Velim[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Cruz Silva[10] 5,390 23.04%
INC Savio D'Silva 5,221 22.32%
TMC Benjamin Silva 4,134 17.67%
BJP Savio Rodrigues 1,331 5.69%
NCP Filipe Nery Rodrigues 3,420 14.62%
RGP Degley Fernandes 3,653 15.62%
NOTA None of the Above 241 1.03%
Majority
Turnout 72.41%
AAP gain from INC

2017
2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election: Velim[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Filipe Nery Rodrigues 10,417 44.77% +7.54%
Independent Benjamin Silva 5,164 22.19% -37.30%
AAP Cruz Silva 3,423 14.71% New
BJP Vinay Tari 1,765 7.59% +7.50%
GFP Anthony Rodrigues 1,460 6.27% New
Independent Edrich Correia 335 1.44% N/A
NOTA None of the above 260 1.12% New
Independent Jose Fernandes 236 1.01% N/A
Goa Su-Raj Party Dominic John Noronha 138 0.59% N/A
NCP Frederick Borges 108 0.46% +0.46%
Independent Wilson Mazarello 98 0.42% N/A
Independent Constancio Fernandes 79 0.34% N/A
API Clifton D'Souza 44 0.19% N/A
Majority 5,253 22.33 +0.07%
Turnout 23,527 75.46% +0.03%
INC gain from Independent

See also

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 1989". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  4. "Goa General Legislative Election 1994". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  5. "Goa General Legislative Election 1999". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  6. "Goa General Legislative Election 2002". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  7. "Goa General Legislative Election 2007". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  8. "Goa General Legislative Election 2012". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  9. "Goa General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  10. "Goa Assembly Election 2022: Full list of AAP candidates and their constituencies". The Financial Express. Retrieved 28 January 2022.

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