Bicholim Assembly constituency

Bicholim Assembly constituency is one of the 40 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Goa state in India.^[2] Bicholim is also one of the 20 constituencies falling under North Goa Lok Sabha constituency.

Bicholim
Constituency No. 3 for the Goa Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Goa
District	North Goa
Lok Sabha constituency	North Goa
Established	1963
Total electors	28,231[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
8th Goa Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Dr. Chandrakant Shetye
Party	Independent

It is part of North Goa district.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1963	Kusumakar Kaskade[3]		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
1967	Chopdenkar Dattaram[4]
1972[5]	Shashikala Kakodkar
1977[6]
1980[7]	Harish Zantye		Independent
1984[8]			Indian National Congress
1989	Pandurang Raut[9]		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
1994	Pandurang Bhatale[10]		Indian National Congress
1999[11]	Pandurang Raut		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
2002[12]	Rajesh Patnekar		Bharatiya Janata Party
2007[13]
2012[14]	Naresh Sawal		Independent
2017[15][16]	Rajesh Patnekar[17]		Bharatiya Janata Party
2022[18][19]	Dr. Chandrakant Shetye		Independent

Election results

Assembly Election 2022

2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Bicholim^[1][20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dr. Chandrakant Shetye	9,608	37.05%	New
	MGP	Naresh Sawal	9,290	35.82%	7.04
	BJP	Rajesh Patnekar	5,141	19.82%	25.89
	INC	Meghashyam Vaman Raut	913	3.52%	4.04
	RGP	Anish Avinash Naik	593	2.29%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	341	1.31%	0.37
Margin of victory			318	1.23%	1.63
Turnout			25,936	90.49%	2.09
Registered electors			28,231		8.76
	Independent gain from BJP		Swing	8.67

• AAP is supporting the independent candidate Dr. Chandrakant Shetye.^[21]

Assembly Election 2017

2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Bicholim^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Rajesh Patnekar	10,654	45.71%	19.99
	MGP	Naresh Sawal	9,988	42.86%	New
	INC	Manohar Pandurang Shirodkar	1,761	7.56%	23.49
	AAP	Sainath Patekar	358	1.54%	New
	Goa Praja Party	Pandurang Raut	324	1.39%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	221	0.95%	New
Margin of victory			666	2.86%	5.69
Turnout			23,306	89.78%	1.74
Registered electors			25,958		8.64
	BJP gain from Independent		Swing	6.11

Assembly Election 2012

2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Bicholim^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Naresh Sawal	8,331	39.60%	New
	INC	Rajesh Patnekar	6,532	31.05%	5.13
	BJP	Manohar Pandurang Shirodkar	5,411	25.72%	25.10
	AITC	Pandurang Raut	720	3.42%	New
Margin of victory			1,799	8.55%	6.09
Turnout			21,037	87.86%	8.65
Registered electors			23,894		3.10
	Independent gain from BJP		Swing	11.22

Assembly Election 2007

2007 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Bicholim^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Rajesh Patnekar	9,352	50.82%	3.42
	INC	Naresh Sawal	6,657	36.18%	31.37
	MGP	Pandurang Raut	2,092	11.37%	27.38
	Save Goa Front	Gad Vivekanand	267	1.45%	New
Margin of victory			2,695	14.65%	0.85
Turnout			18,401	79.25%	1.08
Registered electors			23,176		9.89
	BJP hold		Swing	3.42

Assembly Election 2002

2002 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Bicholim^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Rajesh Patnekar	8,960	54.24%	21.79
	MGP	Pandurang Raut	6,400	38.75%	5.71
	INC	Parab Arjun Shrirang	794	4.81%	23.00
	NCP	Gad Vivekanand Sukdo	354	2.14%	New
Margin of victory			2,560	15.50%	14.91
Turnout			16,518	78.27%	5.18
Registered electors			21,090		0.14
	BJP gain from MGP		Swing	21.21

Assembly Election 1999

1999 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Bicholim^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MGP	Pandurang Raut	5,089	33.04%	New
	BJP	Rajesh Patnekar	4,999	32.45%	New
	INC	Harish Zantye	4,284	27.81%	6.78
	SS	Gaonkar Rajaram Arjun	1,030	6.69%	New
Margin of victory			90	0.58%	1.56
Turnout			15,404	73.13%	4.11
Registered electors			21,060		9.59
	MGP gain from INC		Swing	1.55

Assembly Election 1994

1994 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Bicholim^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Pandurang Bhatale	5,135	34.59%	New
	Independent	Pandurang Raut	4,817	32.45%	New
	MGP	Adv. Parab Kalidas Vithoba	4,127	27.80%
	Independent	Beig Hasham Nur Mohamad	258	1.74%	New
	BSP	Misal Dari Babu	185	1.25%	New
Margin of victory			318	2.14%	9.70
Turnout			14,846	75.57%	0.53
Registered electors			19,217		12.87
	INC gain from MGP		Swing	14.23

Assembly Election 1989

1989 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Bicholim^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MGP	Pandurang Raut	6,465	48.81%	New
	INC	Harish Zantye	4,897	36.98%
	Independent	Lawanis Rajanikant Gajanan	879	6.64%	New
	Gomantak Bahujan Samaj Parishad	Phadtye Anirudha	279	2.11%	New
	BJP	Desai Ramnath Purushottam	221	1.67%	New
Margin of victory			1,568	11.84%	12.52
Turnout			13,244	74.83%	1.54
Registered electors			17,026		17.32
	MGP gain from INC		Swing	6.00

Assembly Election 1984

1984 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election : Bicholim^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Harish Zantye	8,607	54.82%	New
	MGP	Naik Vinayak Vasudeo	4,782	30.46%	New
	Independent	Teli Anant Ramchandra	441	2.81%	New
	CPI(M)	Gadekar Kamlakant Krishna	429	3.24%	New
	Independent	Malik Prabhakar Anant	265	2.00%	New
	Independent	Naik Gopi Dattaram	192	1.45%	New
	Independent	Raut Vaman Gopal	168	1.27%	New
Margin of victory			3,825	24.36%	8.27
Turnout			15,701	73.00%	6.56
Registered electors			20,592		15.60
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	1.82

Assembly Election 1980

1980 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election : Bicholim^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Harish Zantye	8,354	56.64%	New
	MGP	Shashikala Kakodkar	5,981	40.55%
Margin of victory			2,373	16.09%	9.17
Turnout			14,750	80.47%	9.75
Registered electors			17,813		5.36
	Independent gain from MGP		Swing	1.05

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election : Bicholim^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MGP	Shashikala Kakodkar	6,866	55.59%	8.81
	INC	Naik Vinayak Vasudev	3,746	30.33%	New
	JP	Rane Jaysingrao Abasaheb	1,488	12.05%	New
Margin of victory			3,120	25.26%	15.75
Turnout			12,351	71.93%	8.25
Registered electors			16,906		34.36
	MGP hold		Swing	8.81

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election : Bicholim^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MGP	Shashikala Kakodkar	6,589	64.40%	1.24
	INC	S. Ramesh Narayan	2,393	23.39%	New
	MGP	Chopdekar Dattaram Keshav	678	6.63%
	CPI(M)	Vaz George	189	1.85%	New
	SSP	Shivajirao G. Desai	126	1.23%	New
	UGP	Dubhashi Shivaji Ravaji	97	0.95%	New
Margin of victory			4,196	41.01%	9.11
Turnout			10,231	80.04%	6.68
Registered electors			12,583		6.57
	MGP hold		Swing	1.24

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election : Bicholim^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MGP	C. D. Keshav	5,565	63.16%	New
	Independent	S. S. Sakharam	1,149	13.04%	New
	Independent	P. G. M. Gangaram	444	5.04%	New
	UGP	Da. Shivaji	365	4.14%	New
	PSP	P. S. Deu	255	2.89%	New
	Independent	M. A. Dhaktoo	242	2.75%	New
	Independent	P. G. Babi	127	1.44%	New
Margin of victory			4,416	50.12%
Turnout			8,811	70.39%
Registered electors			11,807
	MGP win (new seat)