Curchorem Assembly constituency

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

Curchorem
Constituency No. 37 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	27,484[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
8th Goa Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Nilesh Cabral
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1963	Vittal Karmali		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
1967	Abdul Razak		United Goans Party
1972	Anil Prabhu Dessai		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
1989	Domnick Fernandes		Indian National Congress
1994
1999	Ramrao Dessai		Bharatiya Janata Party
2002
2007	Shyam Satardekar		Indian National Congress
2012	Nilesh Cabral		Bharatiya Janata Party
2017
2022

Election results

Assembly Election 2022

2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Curchorem^[1][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Nilesh Cabral	9,973	43.70%	15.52
	INC	Amit Patkar	9,301	40.75%	27.93
	RGP	Aditya Raut Dessai	2,103	9.21%	New
	AAP	Gabriel Fernandes	830	3.64%	5.72
	MGP	Vithoba Prabhu Dessai	313	1.37%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	216	0.95%	0.39
Margin of victory			672	2.94%	39.00
Turnout			22,824	82.12%	0.20
Registered electors			27,484		5.59
	BJP hold		Swing	15.52

Assembly Election 2017

2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Curchorem^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Nilesh Cabral	12,830	59.21%	12.87
	GSM	Shyam Satardekar	3,742	17.27%	New
	INC	Rosario Mariano Fernandes	2,778	12.82%	14.94
	AAP	James Fernandes	2,028	9.36%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	290	1.34%	New
Margin of victory			9,088	41.94%	2.38
Turnout			21,668	83.24%	0.88
Registered electors			26,030		10.39
	BJP hold		Swing	12.87

Assembly Election 2012

2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Curchorem^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Nilesh Cabral	14,299	72.09%	28.69
	INC	Shyam Satardekar	5,507	27.76%	25.07
Margin of victory			8,792	44.32%	34.88
Turnout			19,836	83.99%	13.59
Registered electors			23,581		17.31
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

Assembly Election 2007

2007 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Curchorem^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shyam Satardekar	10,628	52.84%	9.25
	BJP	Ramrao Dessai	8,729	43.40%	9.85
	Independent	Rumaldo D'Costa	201	1.00%	New
	JD(S)	Khandekar Abhay Shambhu	173	0.86%	New
	Independent	Gurudas Chandrakant Naik	133	0.66%	New
Margin of victory			1,899	9.44%	0.22
Turnout			20,115	70.32%	2.83
Registered electors			28,519		13.62
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	0.41

Assembly Election 2002

2002 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Curchorem^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ramrao Dessai	9,806	53.25%	6.45
	INC	Domnick Fernandes	8,027	43.59%	0.95
	Independent	Prof. Naik Sudhakar Tepalu	296	1.61%	New
	NCP	Vaikunth Govind Gauns Dessai	183	0.99%	New
Margin of victory			1,779	9.66%	7.40
Turnout			18,415	73.31%	6.73
Registered electors			25,101		2.46
	BJP hold		Swing	6.45

Assembly Election 1999

1999 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Curchorem^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ramrao Dessai	7,640	46.80%	New
	INC	Domnick Fernandes	7,271	44.54%	4.83
	UGDP	Diniz Patrick Domingo	580	3.55%	New
	MGP	Gauns Dessai Vallabh Sadashiv	428	2.62%	New
	SS	Naik Nandkumar Gana	355	2.17%	New
Margin of victory			369	2.26%	27.56
Turnout			16,324	66.43%	3.49
Registered electors			24,499		6.16
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	2.57

Assembly Election 1994

1994 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Curchorem^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Domnic Fernandes	7,989	49.37%	4.06
	SS	Adv. Dessai Narayan Mahadev	3,163	19.55%	New
	UGDP	Diniz Luis Constancio	2,664	16.46%	New
	Independent	Naik Ashok Shanker	1,683	10.40%	New
	Independent	Naik Neel Rajaram	287	1.77%	New
Margin of victory			4,826	29.82%	20.70
Turnout			16,182	68.81%	6.23
Registered electors			23,078		16.82
	INC hold		Swing	4.06

Assembly Election 1989

1989 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Curchorem^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Domnic Fernandes	8,059	53.43%	New
	MGP	Prabhu Desai Anil Hari	6,683	44.31%
	JP	S. Desai Prakash Mahadeo	128	0.85%	New
Margin of victory			1,376	9.12%	2.04
Turnout			15,083	75.27%	8.74
Registered electors			19,755		36.76
	INC gain from MGP		Swing

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election : Curchorem^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MGP	Anil Prabhu Dessai	4,055	41.52%	New
	UGP	Karmali B. Gopinath	2,965	30.36%
	INC	Cota Carvalho	2,123	21.74%	New
	Independent	Jaswant Ganesh Naik	218	1.45%	New
	Independent	M. T. D Aquind	78	0.52%	New
	CPI(M)	Pereira Joao Pedro Joao	61	0.40%	New
	Independent	M Jose Joao Miguel	60	0.40%	New
Margin of victory			1,090	11.16%	9.61
Turnout			9,766	66.18%	0.28
Registered electors			14,445		10.14
	MGP gain from UGP		Swing	0.45

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election : Curchorem^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UGP	Abdul Razak	3,657	41.08%	New
	MGP	N. X. G. Desai	3,519	39.53%	New
	Independent	F. S. Tony	658	7.39%	New
	Independent	S. D. Ramnath	340	3.82%	New
	Independent	D. A. Mahablu	143	1.61%	New
	Independent	P. M. Pedro	141	1.58%	New
	Independent	P. D. L. Dattu	78	0.88%	New
Margin of victory			138	1.55%
Turnout			8,903	65.09%
Registered electors			13,115
	UGP win (new seat)

See also

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