Cruz Silva

Cruz Silva (born 28 December 1969)^[1] is an Indian politician and civil engineer who serves as a member of the Goa Legislative Assembly; representing the Velim Assembly constituency since 2022. He is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). Silva was elected as an MLA in the 2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election.^[2][3][4]

Cruz Silva
Silva at his office in 2022
Member of the Goa Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 March 2022
Preceded by	Filipe Nery Rodrigues
Constituency	Velim
AAP Working President
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 May 2022
Personal details
Born	(1969-12-28) 28 December 1969 (age 55) Goa, India
Political party	Aam Aadmi Party (2017—present)
Residence(s)	Ambelim, Goa, India
Alma mater	Goa Engineering College (BE)
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Civil engineer

Education

Silva graduated as an engineer from the Goa Engineering College, Farmagudi in 1992.^[5]

Electoral history

2022 assembly election, Velim

This section is transcluded from Velim (Goa Assembly constituency). (edit | history)

2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Velim^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Cruz Silva	5,390	23.04%	8.49
	INC	D'Silva Savio	5,221	22.32%	21.96
	AITC	Benjamin Silva	4,134	17.67%	New
	RGP	Dagley Fernandes	3,653	15.62%	New
	NCP	Filipe Nery Rodrigues	3,420	14.62%	New
	BJP	Savio Rodrigues	1,331	5.69%	1.81
	NOTA	None of the Above	241	1.03%	0.07
Margin of victory			169	0.72%	21.61
Turnout			23,390	74.18%	1.28
Registered electors			31,533		1.14
	AAP gain from INC		Swing	21.23