Pale Assembly constituency

Pale Vidhan Sabha Constituency was one of the 40 Goa Legislative Assembly constituencies of the state of Goa in southern India. Pale was also one of the 20 constituencies falling under North Goa Lok Sabha constituency.^[1][2]

Pale
Former constituency for the Goa Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Goa
District	North Goa
Lok Sabha constituency	North Goa
Established	1963
Abolished	2008
Reservation	None

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1963	A. K. S. Usgaonkar		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
1967	A. K. S. Usgaonkar		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
1972
1977	Shenvi Surlikar Laxmikant Santaram		Indian National Congress
1980	Naik Vishnu Rama		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
1984	Verenkar Chandrakant Vishwanath		Indian National Congress
1989	Usgonkar Vinay Kumar Pundlik		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
1994	Malik Sadanand Uttam
1999	Suresh Amonkar		Bharatiya Janata Party
2002
2007	Gurudas Gauns		Indian National Congress
2007 By-election	Pratap Prabhakar Gauns		Indian National Congress

Election results

Assembly Election 2007

2007 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Pale^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Gurudas Gauns	7,768	41.70%	0.99
	BJP	Amonkar Suresh Kuso	6,177	33.16%	16.63
	MGP	Gawas Shamba	4,032	21.64%	13.98
	CPI	Christopher Fonseca	291	1.56%	New
	Independent	Dessai Bhimrao Dajisaheb	201	1.08%	New
	SS	Petkar Lavu Gurunath	129	0.69%	1.05
Margin of victory			1,591	8.54%	0.54
Turnout			18,628	78.94%	2.42
Registered electors			23,559		5.55
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	8.09

Assembly Election 2002

2002 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Pale^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Suresh Amonkar	8,519	49.79%	5.38
	INC	Gawas Gurudas Prabhakar	6,965	40.71%	10.89
	MGP	Amonkar Ghadi Pradeep Pundalik	1,311	7.66%	10.14
	SS	Ghadi Damodar Krishna	298	1.74%	6.22
Margin of victory			1,554	9.08%	5.51
Turnout			17,109	76.58%	5.17
Registered electors			22,321		0.98
	BJP hold		Swing	5.38

Assembly Election 1999

1999 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Pale^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Suresh Amonkar	7,156	44.41%	New
	INC	Gawas Gurudas Prabhakar	4,805	29.82%	5.30
	MGP	Ghadi Amonkar Pradip Pundalik	2,868	17.80%	39.51
	SS	Gawade Suryakant Purso	1,283	7.96%	New
Margin of victory			2,351	14.59%	18.19
Turnout			16,112	71.48%	0.67
Registered electors			22,541		9.60
	BJP gain from MGP		Swing	12.89

Assembly Election 1994

1994 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Pale^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MGP	Malik Sadanand Uttam	8,346	57.31%	3.03
	INC	Usgaonkar Vinaykuman Pundalik	3,572	24.53%	3.28
	Independent	Dessai Laximanrao Dattaram	1,281	8.80%	New
	BSP	Gurudas Pandu Parwar	455	3.12%	New
	Independent	Chinilkar Sumant Prabhakar	342	2.35%	New
	Independent	Bandodkar Sundar Sitaram	187	1.28%	New
Margin of victory			4,774	32.78%	6.30
Turnout			14,564	69.39%	1.12
Registered electors			20,567		7.97
	MGP hold		Swing	3.03

Assembly Election 1989

1989 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Pale^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MGP	Usgonkar Vinay Kumar Pundlik	8,009	60.33%	32.65
	INC	Verenkar Chandrakant Vishwanath	2,821	21.25%	17.76
	CPI	Vaz George Sabastiao	816	6.15%	2.12
	SS	Mandrekar Umesh Jagannath	387	2.92%	New
	Independent	Kenekar Lavu Jaidav	281	2.12%	New
	Independent	Bandodkar Sitaram R.	110	0.83%	New
	Independent	Naik Ramchandra Waman	101	0.76%	New
Margin of victory			5,188	39.08%	27.75
Turnout			13,275	67.46%	4.23
Registered electors			19,048		6.86
	MGP gain from INC		Swing	21.32

Assembly Election 1984

1984 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election : Pale^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Verenkar Chandrakant Vishwanath	5,897	39.01%	New
	MGP	Parab Dasharath Kashinath	4,184	27.68%	13.91
	Independent	Shenvi Surlekar Laxmikant Shantaram	2,736	18.10%	New
	CPI	Gaonkar Babruvahan Nagesh	608	4.02%	New
	Independent	Maulingkar Anant Rama	300	1.98%	New
	Independent	Karpe Shankar Subrai	292	1.93%	New
	Independent	Bhagat Vithal Harichandra	195	1.29%	New
Margin of victory			1,713	11.33%	4.94
Turnout			15,117	71.06%	4.07
Registered electors			20,451		13.83
	INC gain from MGP		Swing	2.58

Assembly Election 1980

1980 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election : Pale^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MGP	Naik Vishnu Rama	5,827	41.59%	New
	INC(U)	Suryarao Sardessai Ramesh Narayan	4,932	35.20%	New
	Independent	Shenvi Surlikar Laxmikant Shantaram	1,945	13.88%	New
	JP	Sewant Pandurang Govind	382	2.73%	New
	Independent	Morajkar Putu Jaidev	247	1.76%	New
	Independent	Podnekar Shanu Jivba	183	1.31%	New
Margin of victory			895	6.39%	3.29
Turnout			14,012	75.30%	9.56
Registered electors			17,967		7.00
	MGP gain from INC		Swing	2.87

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election : Pale^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shenvi Surlikar Laxmikant Santaram	5,108	44.46%	New
	MGP	Sinai Usgaonker Atchut Kashinath	4,752	41.36%
	JP	Kaskar Chandu	807	7.02%	New
	CPI	Ghodge Prabnakar Kashiram	463	4.03%	New
	Independent	Pedneker Shanu Jivba	145	1.26%	New
Margin of victory			356	3.10%	19.16
Turnout			11,489	67.15%	7.41
Registered electors			16,791		30.06
	INC gain from MGP		Swing	5.44

Assembly Election 1972

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MGP	A. K. S. Usgaonkar	4,885	49.90%	12.83
	INC	S. U. Prabhakar Krishna	2,706	27.64%	New
	MGP	Krishnanath Baburao Naik	1,441	14.72%
	SSP	Alphrisi Alphraid Anton	511	4.45%	New
Margin of victory			2,179	22.26%	18.78
Turnout			9,790	73.92%	7.33
Registered electors			12,910		2.17
	MGP hold		Swing	12.83

Assembly Election 1967

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MGP	A. K. S. Usgaonkar	5,671	62.73%	New
	Independent	S. U. P. Krishna	1,961	21.69%	New
	UGP	M. Ciriaco	736	8.14%	New
	PSP	D. S. Govindrad	209	2.31%	New
	Independent	G. Vaz	89	0.98%	New
Margin of victory			3,710	41.04%
Turnout			9,040	66.02%
Registered electors			13,196
	MGP win (new seat)

See also

• Sanquelim Assembly constituency