Ponda Assembly constituency

Ponda Assembly constituency is one of the 40 Goa Legislative Assembly constituencies of the state of Goa in southern India. Ponda is also one of the 20 constituencies falling under South Goa Lok Sabha constituency.

Ponda
Constituency No. 21 for the Goa Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Goa
District	North Goa
Lok Sabha constituency	South Goa
Established	1963
Total electors	32,160[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
8th Goa Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Ravi Naik
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1963	Gajanan Raikar		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
1967	Shashikala Kakodkar
1972	Rhoidas Naik
1977
1980	Aguiar Joildo Souza		Indian National Congress
1984	Ravi S. Naik		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
1989	Shivdas Verekar
1994
1999	Ravi S. Naik		Indian National Congress
2002
2007
2012	Lavoo Mamledar		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
2017	Ravi S. Naik		Indian National Congress
2022[1]			Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

Assembly Election 2022

2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Ponda^[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ravi Naik	7,514	29.08%	3.21
	MGP	Ketan Prabhu Bhatikar	7,437	28.78%	13.65
	INC	Rajesh Verenkar	6,839	26.46%	11.40
	RGP	Sanish Tilve	1,770	6.85%	New
	Independent	Sandeep Sinai Khandeparkar	1,237	4.79%	New
	AAP	Surel Tilve	620	2.40%	0.32
	NOTA	None of the Above	292	1.13%	0.12
Margin of victory			77	0.30%	11.70
Turnout			25,842	79.32%	1.74
Registered electors			32,160		5.21
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	8.79

Assembly Election 2017

2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Ponda^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ravi Naik	9,502	37.86%	2.90
	BJP	Sunil Desai	6,492	25.87%	New
	Independent	Rajesh Verekar	4,529	18.05%	New
	MGP	Lavoo Mamledar	3,796	15.13%	39.37
	AAP	Mulla Mansur Muzawar	522	2.08%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	254	1.01%	New
Margin of victory			3,010	11.99%	1.74
Turnout			25,095	82.10%	0.84
Registered electors			30,568		6.90
	INC gain from MGP		Swing	16.63

Assembly Election 2012

2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Ponda^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MGP	Lavoo Mamledar	12,662	54.50%	20.70
	INC	Ravi Naik	9,472	40.77%	0.24
	AITC	Sayad Imtiyaz	502	2.16%	New
	UGDP	Gitesh Gokuldas Naik	223	0.96%	New
	Independent	Mohan Govind Naik	189	0.81%	New
Margin of victory			3,190	13.73%	7.00
Turnout			23,234	81.24%	14.87
Registered electors			28,594		22.86
	MGP gain from INC		Swing	13.97

Assembly Election 2007

2007 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Ponda^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ravi Naik	9,972	40.53%	9.62
	MGP	Mamledar Lavoo	8,316	33.80%	32.63
	BJP	Khandeparkar Sandeep	5,940	24.14%	19.84
	JD(S)	Dias Santan	329	1.34%	New
Margin of victory			1,656	6.73%	0.57
Turnout			24,606	66.25%	1.32
Registered electors			37,068		17.11
	INC hold		Swing	9.62

Assembly Election 2002

2002 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Ponda^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ravi Naik	10,745	50.14%	1.56
	BJP	Naik Shripad Yasso	9,425	43.98%	16.38
	SS	Naik Rohidas Harischandra	611	2.85%	2.01
	MGP	Naik Deelipkumar Vishwanath	251	1.17%	13.92
Margin of victory			1,320	6.16%	14.81
Turnout			21,428	67.51%	0.72
Registered electors			31,651		10.17
	INC hold		Swing	1.56

Assembly Election 1999

1999 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Ponda^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ravi Naik	9,349	48.58%	New
	BJP	Khedekar Yeshwant Uttam	5,313	27.61%	New
	MGP	Shet Verekar Shivadas Atmaram	2,905	15.10%	26.53
	Independent	Aguiar Joildo Joao	1,063	5.52%	New
	SS	Naik Ankush Babuli	162	0.84%	New
	Independent	Sitaram Balkrishna Kamat	149	0.77%	New
Margin of victory			4,036	20.97%	9.09
Turnout			19,244	66.79%	1.12
Registered electors			28,730		13.65
	INC gain from MGP		Swing	6.95

Assembly Election 1994

1994 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Ponda^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MGP	Shivdas Verekar	6,931	41.63%	0.84
	Independent	Aguiar Joild Joao	4,953	29.75%	New
	INC	Sulochana Ramakant Katkar	3,751	22.53%	New
	BSP	Tilve Umesh Pandurang	339	2.04%	New
	Independent	Naik Prakash Vishnu	257	1.54%	New
Margin of victory			1,978	11.88%	1.42
Turnout			16,649	64.70%	2.08
Registered electors			25,279		17.41
	MGP hold		Swing	0.84

Assembly Election 1989

1989 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Ponda^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MGP	Shivdas Verekar	6,212	42.47%	2.48
	INC	Naik Mohan Govind	4,267	29.17%	New
	Independent	Sahakari Madhav Atmaram	2,022	13.82%	New
	BJP	Sunal Narayan Desai	573	3.92%	New
	Independent	Khanolkar Mahadev Satchit	484	3.31%	New
	Independent	Mulla Zahirluddin Mirza	282	1.93%	New
	Independent	Parkar Prakash Shanu	239	1.63%	New
Margin of victory			1,945	13.30%	2.66
Turnout			14,628	66.59%	9.05
Registered electors			21,530		0.90
	MGP hold		Swing	2.48

Assembly Election 1984

1984 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election : Ponda^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MGP	Ravi Naik	7,384	44.95%	New
	INC	Naik Gaunekar Anil Norsu	4,762	28.99%	New
	Independent	Prabu Ramchandra Tukaram	2,655	16.16%	New
	Independent	Fonseca Anthonyu Joseph	666	4.55%	New
	BJP	Korde Madhav Shivram	282	1.93%	New
	Independent	Kamat Ravindra Pandurang	111	0.76%	New
Margin of victory			2,622	15.96%	11.15
Turnout			16,428	74.98%	4.04
Registered electors			21,338		8.34
	MGP gain from INC(U)		Swing	1.69

Assembly Election 1980

1980 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election : Ponda^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(U)	Aguiar Joildo Souza	6,700	46.63%	New
	MGP	Ravi Naik	6,009	41.83%
	Independent	Sinai Usgaonkar Attchut Kashiram	618	4.30%	New
	JP	Chari Ramesh Govind	496	3.45%	New
	CPI(M)	Khandekar Shankar Krishna	202	1.41%	New
Margin of victory			691	4.81%	1.80
Turnout			14,367	71.21%	2.01
Registered electors			19,695		34.51
	INC(U) gain from MGP		Swing	0.91

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election : Ponda^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MGP	Rhoidas Naik	4,749	45.72%	11.57
	INC	Aguiar Joildo Souza	4,436	42.71%	New
	JP	Gajanan Raikar	952	9.17%	New
	Independent	Shinkre Janaradan Jagannath	134	1.29%	New
Margin of victory			313	3.01%	32.89
Turnout			10,387	70.15%	3.76
Registered electors			14,642		3.54
	MGP hold		Swing	11.57

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election : Ponda^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MGP	Rhoidas Naik	6,052	57.29%	17.18
	MGP	Vishwanath Yeshwant Naik	2,259	21.38%
	UGP	R Yeshvanta Laximan Pai	1,152	10.90%	New
	INC	Ghanekar J Hira Nath	784	7.42%	New
	ABJS	Savant Guiri Venctesh	107	1.01%	New
	Independent	Sincre Jaganath	26	0.25%	New
Margin of victory			3,793	35.90%	22.23
Turnout			10,564	73.40%	4.20
Registered electors			14,141		3.93
	MGP hold		Swing	17.18

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election : Ponda^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MGP	Shashikala Kakodkar	7,144	74.47%	New
	UGP	K. S. Dattatray	1,567	16.33%	New
	Independent	T. D. Purushotam	266	2.77%	New
	PSP	R. G. Gopinath	152	1.58%	New
	Independent	N. G. B. Jotkar	127	1.32%	New
	Independent	S. M. Pudmhanabha	63	0.66%	New
Margin of victory			5,577	58.14%
Turnout			9,593	68.49%
Registered electors			13,606
	MGP win (new seat)

See also

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