Cumbarjua Assembly constituency

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

Cumbarjua
Constituency No. 15 for the Goa Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Goa
District	North Goa
Lok Sabha constituency	North Goa
Established	1963 (as St. Estevam) 1977 (as Cumbarjua)
Total electors	26,601[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
8th Goa Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Rajesh Faldessai
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
St. Estevam
1963	Chopdenkar Dattaram Keshav[3]		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
1967	Bhakal Pratap Shrinivas[4]
1972	Vinayak Chodankar[5]
Cumbarjua
1977[6]	Vinayak Chodankar		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
1980[7]
1984	Kashinath Jalmi[8]
1989	Dharma Chodankar[9]
1994	Krishna Kuttikar[10]		Indian National Congress
1999	Nirmala Sawant[11]
2002[12]	Pandurang Madkaikar		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
2005^			Indian National Congress
2007[13]
2012[14]
2017[15]			Bharatiya Janata Party
2022	Rajesh Faldessai[1]

Election results

Assembly Election 2022

2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Cumbarjua^[1][16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rajesh Faldessai	6,776	31.30%	12.03
	BJP	Janita Pandurang Madkaikar	3,949	18.24%	42.06
	Independent	Rohan Ranganath Harmalkar	3,870	17.88%	New
	AITC	Samil Audumber Volvaiker	3,072	14.19%	New
	RGP	Chhagan Narayan Naik	2,442	11.28%	New
	AAP	Gorakhanath Suresh Kerkar	1,022	4.72%	6.93
	NOTA	None of the Above	328	1.52%	0.18
Margin of victory			2,827	13.06%	27.97
Turnout			21,648	79.78%	0.66
Registered electors			26,601		6.17
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	29.00

Assembly Election 2017

2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Cumbarjua^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Pandurang Madkaikar	12,395	60.30%	New
	INC	Xavier Fialho	3,961	19.27%	28.88
	AAP	Prakash Dattaram Naik	2,394	11.65%	New
	Independent	Vishal Shambu Volvoikar	990	4.82%	New
	Independent	Prasad Harmalkar	468	2.28%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	348	1.69%	New
Margin of victory			8,434	41.03%	33.09
Turnout			20,556	82.04%	1.49
Registered electors			25,055		5.46
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	12.15

Assembly Election 2012

2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Cumbarjua^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Pandurang Madkaikar	9,556	48.15%	1.08
	Independent	Nirmala P. Sawant	7,981	40.21%	New
	Independent	Jose Bismarque Desidorio Dias	1,996	10.06%	New
	Jai Maha Bharath Party	Pramod Naik	155	0.78%	New
	Independent	Gaurish M. Dessai	129	0.65%	New
Margin of victory			1,575	7.94%	5.13
Turnout			19,846	83.42%	10.31
Registered electors			23,757		14.50
	INC hold		Swing	1.08

Assembly Election 2007

2007 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Cumbarjua^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Pandurang Madkaikar	10,016	49.23%	3.72
	Independent	Nirmala P. Sawant	9,445	46.42%	New
	MGP	Bhomkar Nilkant	592	2.91%	0.08
	Independent	Fernandes Rodalph	267	1.31%	New
Margin of victory			571	2.81%	17.37
Turnout			20,345	73.13%	2.72
Registered electors			27,785		5.29
	INC hold		Swing	3.72

Assembly By-election 2005

2005 Goa Legislative Assembly by-election : Cumbarjua^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Pandurang A. Madakaikar	8,468	45.51%	11.44
	Independent	Nirmala P. Sawant	4,713	25.33%	New
	BJP	Krishna Saju Kuttikar	4,637	24.92%	0.02
	MGP	Vijay Kumar Anant Shet	526	2.83%	34.73
	CPI	Christopher Fonseca	251	1.35%	New
Margin of victory			3,755	20.18%	16.69
Turnout			18,607	70.46%	2.63
Registered electors			26,390		2.77
	INC gain from MGP		Swing	7.96

Assembly Election 2002

2002 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Cumbarjua^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MGP	Pandurang Madkaikar	6,546	37.55%	New
	INC	Nirmala P. Sawant	5,938	34.07%	3.08
	BJP	Parvatakar Govind	4,347	24.94%	New
	NCP	Lawrence Minguel Thomas	334	1.92%	New
	SS	Anand Moso Gad	255	1.46%	New
Margin of victory			608	3.49%	1.77
Turnout			17,431	67.84%	3.06
Registered electors			25,679		2.98
	MGP gain from INC		Swing	0.41

Assembly Election 1999

1999 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Cumbarjua^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Nirmala Prabhakar Sawant	6,004	37.15%	5.07
	BJP	Parvatkar Govind Bhikaji	5,154	31.89%	New
	MGP	Chodankar Dharma Vassudev	2,185	13.52%	New
	Independent	Lawrence Minguel Thomas	1,659	10.26%	New
	Independent	Naik Raikar Arun	678	4.19%	New
	Independent	Henriques Gandhi	244	1.51%	New
	Independent	Shet Govekar Surendra	224	1.39%	New
Margin of victory			850	5.26%	3.32
Turnout			16,163	64.76%	3.10
Registered electors			24,935		6.13
	INC hold		Swing	5.07

Assembly Election 1994

1994 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Cumbarjua^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kuttikar Krishna Saju	6,738	42.22%	New
	MGP	Chodankar Dharma Vassudev	6,428	40.28%
	Independent	Emidio F. Monteiro	1,312	8.22%	New
	BSP	Shirodkar Guru Inacio	378	2.37%	New
	Independent	Gonsalves Bernardo Oscar	237	1.49%	New
	CPI	Jalmi Uttam Jivlo	204	1.28%	New
	Independent	Rego Anthony Joaquim M.	122	0.76%	New
Margin of victory			310	1.94%	1.08
Turnout			15,959	66.80%	5.63
Registered electors			23,495		14.63
	INC gain from MGP		Swing	4.78

Assembly Election 1989

1989 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Cumbarjua^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MGP	Dharma Vassudeo Chodankar	5,645	37.44%	8.73
	INC	Nirmala P. Sawant	5,189	34.42%	New
	Independent	Emidio Fenelon Monteiro	2,466	16.36%	New
	CPI	Cristopher Lourence Fonseca	697	4.37%	New
	BJP	Shripad Yesso Naik	451	2.83%	New
	Independent	Anand Narayan Chondankar	125	0.78%	New
Margin of victory			456	3.02%	0.48
Turnout			15,076	71.52%	4.07
Registered electors			20,496		9.89
	MGP hold		Swing	8.73

Assembly Election 1984

1984 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election : Cumbarjua^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MGP	Kashinath Jalmi	3,721	28.71%	11.35
	INC	Mahambre Premanand Parshuram	3,267	25.21%	New
	Independent	Abreu Domingo Napodeao	2,237	17.26%	New
	Independent	Fernandes Peter Fatima Jeronimo	1,443	11.13%	New
	Independent	Chodankar Vinayak Dharma	1,368	10.56%	New
	Independent	Bandodkar Sitaram Ramnath	247	1.91%	New
Margin of victory			454	3.50%	10.74
Turnout			12,960	66.86%	1.31
Registered electors			18,651		8.49
	MGP hold		Swing	11.35

Assembly Election 1980

1980 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election : Cumbarjua^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MGP	Chodankar Vinayak Dharma	4,876	40.07%	8.00
	Independent	Mayenkar Mukund Narayan	3,143	25.83%	New
	INC(I)	Shenvi Kunkalekar Vassant Vithal	1,747	14.35%	New
	JP(S)	Dessai Shrikant Govind	1,427	11.73%	New
	JP	Phadte Bandodkar Sitaram Ramnath	176	1.45%	New
	Independent	Monteiro Emidio Fenelon	165	1.36%	New
	Independent	Cosme Mario Damiao	138	1.13%	New
Margin of victory			1,733	14.24%	5.20
Turnout			12,170	68.58%	7.27
Registered electors			17,191		2.02
	MGP hold		Swing	8.00

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election : Cumbarjua^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MGP	Ghodankar Vinayak Dharma	5,145	48.07%	New
	JP	Desai Shrikant Govind	4,177	39.02%	New
	INC	Parab Gaonker Manohar Gajanan	1,059	9.89%	New
	Independent	Bandodkar Sitaram Ramnath	139	1.30%	New
Margin of victory			968	9.04%
Turnout			10,704	62.78%
Registered electors			16,850
	MGP win (new seat)

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election : St. Estevam^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MGP	Chodankar Vinayak Dharma	5,956	53.27%	0.46
	UGP	P. P. Desai Shrikant Govind	3,530	31.57%	1.88
	INC	Priolkar Prafull Vaikunt	934	8.35%	New
	MGP	Waman Radhakrishna	353	3.16%	49.65
	Independent	Mukund Martu Shet	157	1.40%	New
Margin of victory			2,426	21.70%	2.34
Turnout			11,181	72.28%	4.31
Registered electors			15,121		5.00
	MGP hold		Swing	0.46

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election : St. Estevam^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MGP	B. P. Shrinivas	5,296	52.81%	New
	UGP	J. T. Timotio	3,355	33.46%	New
	Independent	C. V. Dharma	462	4.61%	New
	Independent	F. J. Damaciand	258	2.57%	New
	Independent	N. N. Hari	79	0.79%	New
	Independent	C. N. Shamba	71	0.71%	New
	Independent	D. C. M. Abreu	71	0.71%	New
Margin of victory			1,941	19.36%
Turnout			10,028	67.27%
Registered electors			14,401
	MGP win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Goa Legislative Assembly
• North Goa district