South Goa Lok Sabha constituency

South Goa Lok Sabha constituency (Mormugao prior to 2008) is one of two Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Goa in western India along with North Goa.

South Goa GA-2
Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining South Goa Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Goa
Assembly constituencies	20: Ponda, Siroda, Marcaim, Mormugao, Vasco Da Gama, Dabolim, Cortalim, Nuvem, Curtorim, Fatorda, Margao, Benaulim, Navelim, Cuncolim, Velim, Quepem, Curchorem, Sanvordem, Sanguem and Canacona
Established	1962
Total electors	5,98,767[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Viriato Fernandes
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2024

Assembly segments

Presently, South Goa Lok Sabha constituency comprises 20 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These are:

No	Name	District	Member	Party
21	Ponda	North Goa	Ravi Naik		BJP
22	Siroda		Subhash Shirodkar		BJP
23	Marcaim		Sudin Dhavalikar		MGP
24	Mormugao	South Goa	Sankalp Amonkar		BJP
25	Vasco Da Gama		Krishna Salkar		BJP
26	Dabolim		Mauvin Godinho		BJP
27	Cortalim		Antonio Vas		Ind
28	Nuvem		Aleixo Sequeira		BJP
29	Curtorim		Aleixo Lourenco		Ind
30	Fatorda		Vijai Sardesai		GFP
31	Margao		Digambar Kamat		BJP
32	Benaulim		Venzy Viegas		AAP
33	Navelim		Ulhas Tuenkar		BJP
34	Cuncolim		Yuri Alemao		INC
35	Velim		Cruz Silva		AAP
36	Quepem		Altone D'Costa		INC
37	Curchorem		Nilesh Cabral		BJP
38	Sanvordem		Ganesh Gaonkar		BJP
39	Sanguem		Subhash Phal Desai		BJP
40	Canacona		Ramesh Tawadkar		BJP

Members of Parliament

Year	Member[2]	Party
1962	Mukund Shinkre		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
1967	Erasmo de Sequeira		United Goans Party
1971
1977	Eduardo Faleiro		Indian National Congress
1980			Indian National Congress
1984			Indian National Congress
1989
1991
1996	Churchill Alemao		United Goans Democratic Party
1998	Francisco Sardinha		Indian National Congress
1999	Ramakant Angle		Bharatiya Janata Party
2004	Churchill Alemao		Indian National Congress
2007^	Francisco Sardinha
2009
2014	Narendra Sawaikar		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019	Francisco Sardinha		Indian National Congress
2024	Viriato Fernandes

^ by poll

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general election: South Goa^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Viriato Fernandes	217,836	48.35	0.88
	BJP	Pallavi Shrinivas Dempo	2,04,301	45.35	0.17
	RGP	Rubert Pereira	18,885	4.19	New
	BSP	Sweta Gaonkar	1,581	0.35
	Independent	Others	3,080	0.57
	NOTA	NOTA	4,837	1.07	0.21
Majority			13,535	3	0.7
Turnout			4,50,520	74.47	1.16
	INC hold		Swing	0.88

2019

2019 Indian general elections: South Goa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Francisco Sardinha	201,561	47.47	+6.91
	BJP	Narendra Keshav Sawaikar	1,91,806	45.18	−3.26
	AAP	Elvis Gomes	20,891	4.92	+2.18
	NOTA	None of the Above	5,436	1.28
	SHS	Rakhi Prabhudesai Naik	1,763	0.42	+0.42
	IND.	Dmayur Kanchonkar	1,705	0.40	+0.40
	IND.	Kalidas Prakash Vaingankar	1,413	0.33	+0.33
Majority			9,755	2.30	+5.58
Turnout			4,24,718	73.31	−1.96
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2014

2014 Indian general elections: South Goa^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Narendra Keshav Sawaikar	1,98,776	48.44	+6.16
	INC	Aleixo Lourenco	1,66,446	40.56	−6.32
	AITC	Churchill Alemao	11,932	2.91
	AAP	Swati S Kerkar	11,246	2.74
	IND	Govind Gaude	7,152	1.74
Majority			32,330	7.88
Turnout			4,10,369	75.27
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	+6.24

2009

2009 Indian general elections: South Goa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Francisco Sardinha	1,27,494	46.87
	BJP	Narendra Keshav Sawaikar	1,14,978	42.27
	UGDP	Matanhy Saldanha	16,727	6.15
	CPI	Adv Raju Mangeshkar	4,563	1.68
Majority			12,516	4.60
Turnout			2,71,960	50.95
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• South Goa district
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha

Notes

1. https://elections24.eci.gov.in/docs/WYKXFehhEH.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
2. Gaonkar, Pradnya (17 April 2009). "How the Electorate Voted". Goan Observer.
3. Election Commision of India (4 June 2024). "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - South Go". Archived from the original on 24 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
4. "Constituencywise-All Candidates". ECI. Retrieved 23 May 2014.

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