Pernem Assembly constituency

Pernem is one of the 40 Goa Legislative Assembly constituencies of the state of Goa in southern India. Pernem is also one of the 20 constituencies falling under North Goa Lok Sabha constituency. Pernem constituency is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes.^[2][3][4]

Pernem
Constituency No. 2 for the Goa Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Goa
District	North Goa
Lok Sabha constituency	North Goa
Established	1963
Total electors	33,212[1]
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
8th Goa Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Pravin Prabhakar Arlekar
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1963	Jaiprakash Samant		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
1967	Jaiprakash Samant
1972	Jaiprakash Samant
1977	Deu Mandrekar
1980
1984	Shambhu Bandekar
1989	Parshuram Kotkar		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
1994
1999	Jitendra Deshprabhu		Indian National Congress
2002
2007	Dayanand Sopte		Bharatiya Janata Party
2012	Rajendra Arlekar
2017	Manohar Ajgaonkar[5]		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
*2019			Bharatiya Janata Party
2022	Pravin Arlekar

• Defection from MGP to BJP

Election results

Assembly Election 2022

2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Pernem^[1][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Pravin Arlekar	13,063	44.47%	9.44
	MGP	Rajan Babuso Korgaonkar	9,645	32.83%	23.95
	RGP	Sujay D. Mhapsekar	2,755	9.38%	New
	INC	Jitendra Yeshwant Gaonkar	1,827	6.22%	2.57
	Independent	Vishnudas Korgaonkar	862	2.93%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	363	1.24%	0.46
	AAP	Pundalik Dhargalkar	273	0.93%	0.18
	SS	Subhash Barkelo Kerkar	223	0.76%	New
Margin of victory			3,418	11.64%	10.11
Turnout			29,375	86.84%	0.02
Registered electors			33,212		5.91
	BJP gain from MGP		Swing	12.31

Assembly Election 2017

2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Pernem^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MGP	Manohar Ajgaonkar	15,745	56.78%	New
	BJP	Rajendra Arlekar	9,715	35.03%	28.21
	INC	Vikesh Ramesh Assotikar	1,013	3.65%	27.39
	NOTA	None of the Above	469	1.69%	New
	AAP	Shivanand Krishna Pilarnkar	308	1.11%	New
	Goa Vikas Party	Gopaldas Anant Arlekar	180	0.65%	New
Margin of victory			6,030	21.75%	10.46
Turnout			27,730	88.42%	0.54
Registered electors			31,360		6.25
	MGP gain from BJP		Swing	6.47

Assembly Election 2012

2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Pernem^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Rajendra Arlekar	16,406	63.25%	16.76
	INC	Manohar Ajgaonkar	8,053	31.04%	0.19
	Independent	Subhash Barkelo Kerkar	824	3.18%	New
	Independent	Sakharam Vishram Korgaonkar	192	0.74%	New
Margin of victory			8,353	32.20%	16.57
Turnout			25,940	87.72%	7.04
Registered electors			29,515		52.54
	BJP hold		Swing	16.76

Assembly Election 2007

2007 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Pernem^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dayanand Sopte	7,272	46.48%	14.86
	INC	Deshprabhu Jitendra Raghuraj	4,827	30.86%	17.32
	MGP	Teli Apa	2,873	18.36%	1.02
	SS	Gawandi Hanumant	249	1.59%	0.24
	Independent	Sanjay Krishnarao Prabhu Dessai	183	1.17%	New
	JD(S)	Smita Bharat Petkar	122	0.78%	New
Margin of victory			2,445	15.63%	0.93
Turnout			15,644	80.69%	3.65
Registered electors			19,349		6.18
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	1.69

Assembly Election 2002

2002 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Pernem^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Deshprabhu Jitendra Raghuraj	6,778	48.18%	6.86
	BJP	Dayanand Raghunath Sopate	4,449	31.62%	9.37
	MGP	Deshprabhu Vasudeo Rajendra	2,440	17.34%	14.58
	SS	Petkar Bharat Ramchandra	190	1.35%	3.15
	Independent	Ajgaonkar Bablo Atmaram	185	1.31%	New
Margin of victory			2,329	16.55%	7.16
Turnout			14,069	77.06%	4.48
Registered electors			18,223		6.76
	INC hold		Swing	6.86

Assembly Election 1999

1999 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Pernem^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Deshprabhu Jitendra Raghuraj	5,129	41.32%	New
	MGP	Kotkar Parshuram Nagesh	3,963	31.93%	30.35
	BJP	Prabhu Dessai Uday Dattram	2,762	22.25%	New
	SS	Polji Chandrashekhar Prabhakar	559	4.50%	New
Margin of victory			1,166	9.39%	23.11
Turnout			12,413	72.72%	5.76
Registered electors			17,069		1.76
	INC gain from MGP		Swing	20.96

Assembly Election 1994

1994 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Pernem^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MGP	Kotkar Parshuram Nagesh	8,198	62.28%	1.87
	INC	Salgaonkar Shankar Kashinath	3,919	29.77%	New
	Independent	Gawandi Baban Ganesh	243	1.85%	New
	Independent	Korgaonkar Ratikant Shankar	213	1.62%	New
	BSP	Asolkar Arjun Atmaram	176	1.34%	New
	UGDP	Adv. Prakash Mahadev Govekar	98	0.74%	New
Margin of victory			4,279	32.51%	2.37
Turnout			13,164	77.46%	1.91
Registered electors			16,773		9.67
	MGP hold		Swing	1.87

Assembly Election 1989

1989 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Pernem^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MGP	Salgoankar Shankar Kashinath	7,074	60.40%	New
	INC	Talevnekar Raju Bapu	3,545	30.27%
	Independent	Raul Vassudev Sakharam	255	2.18%	New
	Gomantak Bahujan Samaj Parishad	Assolkar Arjun Atmaram	181	1.55%	New
	Independent	Deshparbhu Anantrao	168	1.43%	New
	SS	Kamulkar Vijay Maruti	142	1.21%	New
Margin of victory			3,529	30.13%	30.00
Turnout			11,711	74.60%	4.93
Registered electors			15,294		9.38
	MGP gain from INC		Swing	21.96

Assembly Election 1984

1984 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election : Pernem^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Bandekar Shambhu Bhavti	4,648	38.44%	New
	MGP	Pednekar Mahohar	4,632	38.31%
	Independent	Mandrekar Deu Gunaji	1,216	10.06%	New
	Independent	Nipanikar Balaram Vishnu	416	3.55%	New
	BJP	Panchwadker Mukund Ganesh	260	2.22%	New
	Independent	Pawar Durgadas Tukaram	201	1.72%	New
	Independent	Harijan Bablo Dhondgo	190	1.62%	New
Margin of victory			16	0.13%	25.51
Turnout			12,091	68.51%	10.68
Registered electors			16,878		9.41
	INC gain from MGP		Swing	11.55

Assembly Election 1980

1980 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election : Pernem^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MGP	Deu Mandrekar	4,701	49.99%	0.65
	INC(I)	Morajkar Ramdas Shankar	2,290	24.35%	New
	JP	Rau Narayan Bhicaji	1,118	11.89%	New
	Independent	Nipanikar Balaram Vishnu	542	5.76%	New
	Independent	Harijan Kashiram Ganpat	398	4.23%	New
Margin of victory			2,411	25.64%	0.98
Turnout			9,404	58.66%	8.28
Registered electors			15,427		0.81
	MGP hold		Swing	0.65

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election : Pernem^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MGP	Deu Mandrekar	3,978	49.34%	10.80
	INC	Morajkar Ramdas Shankar	1,990	24.68%	New
	JP	Arickar Vishwanath Norsoba	1,487	18.44%	New
	Independent	Amonkar Janardan Arjun	217	2.69%	New
	Independent	Nipanikar Balaram Vishnu	156	1.94%	New
	Independent	Pednekar Shantaram Purshottam	80	0.99%	New
Margin of victory			1,988	24.66%	4.43
Turnout			8,062	51.68%	21.06
Registered electors			15,303		23.92
	MGP hold		Swing	10.80

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election : Pernem^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MGP	Rane Jaisingrao Abasaheb	5,477	60.15%	New
	INC	Deshprabhu Raghunathrao	2,828	31.06%	New
	MGP	Gad Shrikant Krishna	190	2.09%	New
	UGP	S. R. Prabhu Desai	151	1.66%	New
	CPI(M)	Rau Gopinath Vaman	116	1.27%	New
	Independent	Kotar Bablo Pandurang	74	0.81%	New
	ABJS	Shivnath Baburao Valke	47	0.52%	New
Margin of victory			2,649	29.09%
Turnout			9,106	71.93%
Registered electors			12,349
	MGP hold		Swing

Assembly By-election 1971

1971 Goa Legislative Assembly by-election : Pernem^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MGP	K. B. Laxman	6,806
	INC	P. A. Jairam	1,993 #DIV/0!		New
	CPI	D. N. Atmaram	123 #DIV/0!		New
	INC(O)	B. S. Vinayak	90 #DIV/0!		New
Margin of victory			4,813
Turnout			0
Registered electors
	MGP hold		Swing

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election : Pernem^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MGP	K. B. Laxman	4,499	55.76%	New
	Independent	B. Desprabhu	2,181	27.03%	New
	UGP	P. O. S. Govind	346	4.29%	New
	PSP	D. S. Govindrao	169	2.09%	New
	Independent	P. D. N. Yeshwant	146	1.81%	New
	Independent	N. D. S. Jagannath	89	1.10%	New
	Independent	T. N. Swar	26	0.32%	New
Margin of victory			2,318	28.73%
Turnout			8,069	64.22%
Registered electors			11,647
	MGP win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Goa Legislative Assembly
• North Goa district
• Dargalim (Goa Assembly constituency)

Notes