Canacona Assembly constituency

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.

Canacona
Constituency No. 40 for the Goa Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Goa
District	South Goa
Lok Sabha constituency	South Goa
Established	1963
Total electors	34,246[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
8th Goa Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Ramesh Tawadkar
Party	Bhartiya Janta Party

Members of Legislative Assembly

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

Assembly Election 2022

2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Canacona^[1][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ramesh Tawadkar	9,063	30.96%	0.26
	Independent	Isidore Fernandes	6,012	20.53%	New
	INC	Janardhan Bhandari	5,351	18.28%	19.82
	Independent	Vijay Pai Khot	4,791	16.36%	New
	RGP	Prashant Suresh Pagi	1,599	5.46%	New
	AITC	Mahadev Dessai	1,066	3.64%	New
	AAP	Anoop Balkrishna Kudtarkar	835	2.85%	1.27
	NOTA	None of the Above	296	1.01%	0.05
Margin of victory			3,051	10.42%	3.02
Turnout			29,277	84.20%	0.23
Registered electors			34,246		3.05
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	7.14

Assembly Election 2017

2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Canacona^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Isidore Fernandes	10,853	38.10%	5.62
	BJP	Vijay Pai Khot	8,745	30.70%	23.19
	Independent	Ramesh Tawadkar	7,739	27.16%	New
	AAP	Sandesh Telekar	452	1.59%	New
	MGP	Gourish Bandekar	398	1.40%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	302	1.06%	New
Margin of victory			2,108	7.40%	2.77
Turnout			28,489	85.73%	2.17
Registered electors			33,233		4.43
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	15.79

Assembly Election 2012

2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Canacona^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ramesh Tawadkar	14,328	53.88%	3.95
	INC	Isidore Fernandes	11,624	43.72%	1.55
	AITC	Sapnesh Desai	637	2.40%	New
Margin of victory			2,704	10.17%	5.50
Turnout			26,590	83.56%	7.96
Registered electors			31,822		58.56
	BJP hold		Swing

Assembly Election 2007

2007 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Canacona^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Pai Khot Vijay	7,577	49.94%	8.99
	INC	Bandekar Sanjay Vimal	6,868	45.26%	6.25
	Save Goa Front	Gracias Hemant Bernardo	464	3.06%	New
	UGDP	Fernandes Augustin Lorence	245	1.61%	New
Margin of victory			709	4.67%	15.24
Turnout			15,173	75.51%	3.05
Registered electors			20,070		9.03
	BJP hold		Swing	8.99

Assembly Election 2002

2002 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Canacona^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Vijay Anandrao Pai Khot	8,531	58.92%	22.93
	INC	Sanjay Bandekar	5,648	39.01%	1.70
	MGP	Mohan Chanda Gayak	293	2.02%	21.30
Margin of victory			2,883	19.91%	18.60
Turnout			14,478	78.62%	4.38
Registered electors			18,407		5.21
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

Assembly Election 1999

1999 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Canacona^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Bandekar Sanjay Vimal	4,849	37.31%	14.47
	BJP	Pai Khot Vijay Anandrao	4,678	36.00%	New
	MGP	Naik Gaonkar Chandrakant, Alias Shabaram	3,031	23.32%	New
	Goa Rajiv Congress Party	Ulhas Nilu Goankar	224	1.72%	New
	Independent	Fernandes Michel	194	1.49%	New
Margin of victory			171	1.32%	9.55
Turnout			12,995	74.17%	2.69
Registered electors			17,496		12.86
	INC hold		Swing	14.47

Assembly Election 1994

1994 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Canacona^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Bandekar Sanjay Vimal	6,178	51.78%	New
	MGP	Naik Dessai Chandrakant Ram Alias Dr. Shaba Naik Gaonkar	4,881	40.91%
	UGDP	Velip Ghurko Bhisso	460	3.86%	New
	Independent	Fernandes Inacina	134	1.12%	New
	BSP	Komarpant Soiru Madhukar	96	0.80%	New
Margin of victory			1,297	10.87%	20.31
Turnout			11,931	75.79%	2.45
Registered electors			15,503		8.16
	INC gain from MGP		Swing	3.82

Assembly Election 1989

1989 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Canacona^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MGP	Bandekar Sanjay Vimal	5,938	55.60%	New
	Independent	Fernandes Joao Jose Joaquim S.	2,608	24.42%	New
	INC	Kankonkar Suresh Bhiku	1,897	17.76%
Margin of victory			3,330	31.18%	11.07
Turnout			10,680	73.26%	3.51
Registered electors			14,334		26.46
	MGP gain from INC		Swing

Assembly Election 1984

1984 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election : Canacona^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Gaonkar Vassu Paik	7,031	46.24%	New
	Independent	Kakodkar Shashikala Gurudutt	3,973	26.13%	New
	Independent	Kankonkar Suresh Bhiku	2,498	16.43%	New
	Independent	Fernandes Martino Menino	699	6.54%	New
	BJP	Dessai Prakash Shambha	289	2.71%	New
	MGP	Fal Desai Ulhas Shanta	174	1.63%	New
Margin of victory			3,058	20.11%	18.72
Turnout			15,207	75.48%	2.75
Registered electors			19,492		11.62
	INC gain from INC(U)		Swing	21.14

Assembly Election 1980

1980 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election : Canacona^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(U)	Gaonkar Vassu Paik	8,855	67.37%	New
	MGP	Namshikar Eknath Tukaram	3,752	28.55%
	JP(S)	Phal Desai Sharad Datta	161	1.22%	New
Margin of victory			5,103	38.83%	16.43
Turnout			13,143	73.11%	3.89
Registered electors			17,463		10.29
	INC(U) gain from MGP		Swing	18.31

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election : Canacona^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MGP	Gaonkar Vasu Paik	5,544	49.06%	4.76
	JP	Prabhu Gopal Venkatesh	3,013	26.66%	New
	INC	Fernandes Martinho Menino Nicolan	1,745	15.44%	New
	Independent	Gaonkar Jiva Bhagdo	619	5.48%	New
	Independent	Raikar Locximon Bapuji	124	1.10%	New
	Independent	Dessai Molu Krishnarao	78	0.69%	New
Margin of victory			2,531	22.40%	0.11
Turnout			11,300	70.25%	1.64
Registered electors			15,833		5.92
	MGP hold		Swing	4.76

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election : Canacona^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MGP	Ganaba Bhagdu Desai	5,874	53.82%	1.96
	UGP	P. D. Shrirang Padmanaba	3,441	31.53%	New
	MGP	G. Monju Balkrishna Naik	1,294	11.86%
Margin of victory			2,433	22.29%	10.19
Turnout			10,914	70.97%	3.11
Registered electors			14,948		13.71
	MGP hold		Swing	1.96

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election : Canacona^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MGP	N. G. M. Balkrishna	5,126	55.78%	New
	UGP	M. R. Desai	2,141	23.30%	New
	Independent	D. J. Visnum	758	8.25%	New
	Independent	M. H. Kamat	410	4.46%	New
	Independent	H. R. Prabhu	126	1.37%	New
	Independent	N. B. Gaunkar	109	1.19%	New
Margin of victory			2,985	32.48%
Turnout			9,190	66.15%
Registered electors			13,146
	MGP win (new seat)

See also

• Poinguinim (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
• List of constituencies of the Goa Legislative Assembly
• South Goa district