Poinguinim Assembly constituency

Poinguinim was one of the 40 Goa Legislative Assembly constituencies of the state of Goa in southern India. It fell under South Goa Lok Sabha Constituency.^[1]

Poinguinim
Former constituency for the Goa Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Goa
District	South Goa
Lok Sabha constituency	South Goa
Established	1989
Abolished	2008
Reservation	None

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1989	Vasu Paik Gaonkar		Indian National Congress
1994	Govind Raghuchandra Acharya		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
1999	Isidore Fernandes		Independent politician
2002			Indian National Congress
2004 By-election			Bharatiya Janata Party
2005 By-election	Ramesh Tawadkar
2007

Election results

Assembly Election 2007

2007 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Poinguinim^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ramesh Tawadkar	6,158	50.78%	2.22
	INC	Fernandes Isidore Aleixinho	5,958	49.13%	8.63
Margin of victory			200	1.65%	6.41
Turnout			12,127	77.65%	3.70
Registered electors			15,604		4.72
	BJP hold		Swing	2.22

Assembly By-election 2005

2005 Goa Legislative Assembly by-election : Poinguinim^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ramesh Tawadkar	5,356	48.56%	12.35
	INC	Isidore Fernandes	4,467	40.50%	1.42
	Independent	Monterio Leao Fhilipe	1,205	10.93%	New
Margin of victory			889	8.06%	13.77
Turnout			11,029	74.01%	3.79
Registered electors			14,900		1.43
	BJP hold		Swing	12.35

Assembly By-election 2004

2004 Goa Legislative Assembly by-election : Poinguinim^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Isidore Fernandes	6,963	60.91%	27.87
	INC	Govind Raghuchandra Acharya	4,468	39.09%	10.32
Margin of victory			2,495	21.83%	5.47
Turnout			11,431	77.81%	0.13
Registered electors			14,690		0.05
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

Assembly Election 2002

2002 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Poinguinim^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Isidore Fernandes	5,641	49.40%	28.72
	BJP	Ramesh Tawadkar	3,773	33.04%	28.45
	NCP	Ulhas Pundalik Naik	2,001	17.52%	New
Margin of victory			1,868	16.36%	1.00
Turnout			11,418	77.66%	1.27
Registered electors			14,698		3.99
	INC gain from Independent		Swing

Assembly Election 1999

1999 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Poinguinim^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Isidore Fernandes	4,860	45.00%	New
	MGP	Govind Raghuchandra Acharya	3,201	29.64%	13.21
	INC	Gaonkar Vassu Paik	2,234	20.69%	11.58
	BJP	Pagi Rajendra Dharmu	496	4.59%	New
Margin of victory			1,659	15.36%	4.77
Turnout			10,800	76.35%	4.94
Registered electors			14,134		9.10
	Independent gain from MGP		Swing	2.15

Assembly Election 1994

1994 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Poinguinim^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MGP	Govind Raghuchandra Acharya	4,516	42.85%	New
	INC	Gaonkar Vasu Paik	3,400	32.26%	13.42
	Independent	Isidor Diogo Fernandes	2,316	21.98%	New
	BSP	Pagi Chandrakant Putu	128	1.21%	New
Margin of victory			1,116	10.59%	9.66
Turnout			10,539	79.97%	3.55
Registered electors			12,955		9.84
	MGP gain from INC		Swing	2.83

Assembly Election 1989

1989 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Poinguinim^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Vasu Paik Gaonkar	4,192	45.68%	New
	SS	Govind Raghuchandra Acharya	4,107	44.76%	New
	Independent	Painguinkar Prabhakar Narayan	196	2.14%	New
	Independent	Velip Babu Rama	134	1.46%	New
	Independent	Jose Virgilio Countinho	98	1.07%	New
	Independent	Kamat Madhusudan Hari	68	0.74%	New
Margin of victory			85	0.93%
Turnout			9,176	75.52%
Registered electors			11,794
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• Canacona (Goa Assembly constituency)