St. Andre Assembly constituency

St. Andre Assembly constituency is one of the 40 Goa Legislative Assembly constituencies of the state of Goa in southern India.^[1] St. Andre is also one of the 20 constituencies falling under North Goa Lok Sabha constituency.

St. Andre
Constituency No. 14 for the Goa Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Goa
District	North Goa
Lok Sabha constituency	North Goa
Established	1963
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
8th Goa Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Viresh Borkar
Party	Revolutionary Goans Party

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1963	Teotonio Pereira		United Goans Party
1967
1972
1977	Shripad Cuncolienkar		Indian National Congress
1980	Teotonio Pereira		Indian National Congress
1984	Shripad Cuncolienkar		Indian National Congress
1989	Carmo Pegado		Independent
1994			Indian National Congress
1999	Francisco Silveira
2002
2007[2]
2012[3]	Vishnu Wagh		Bharatiya Janata Party
2017	Francisco Silveira		Indian National Congress
2022	Viresh Borkar		Revolutionary Goans Party

Election results

Assembly Election 2022

2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election : St. Andre^[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RGP	Viresh Borkar	5,395	33.14%	New
	BJP	Francisco Silveira	5,319	32.67%	14.45
	INC	Anthony Lino Fernandes	2,695	16.56%	32.30
	AITC	Jagdish Umakant Bhobe	1,261	7.75%	New
	AAP	Ramrao Surya Naik Wagh	1,122	6.89%	0.98
	Independent	Rama Kankonkar	219	1.35%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	137	0.84%	0.08
	NCP	Estevan Elvis D'Souza	131	0.80%	1.16
Margin of victory			76	0.47%	30.16
Turnout			16,279	76.00%	3.02
Registered electors			21,419		2.25
	RGP gain from INC		Swing	15.71

Assembly Election 2017

2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election : St. Andre^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Francisco Silveira	8,087	48.85%	4.74
	BJP	Ramrao Surya Naik Wagh	3,017	18.23%	32.96
	MGP	Jagdish Umakant Bhobe	2,393	14.46%	New
	Independent	Dhaku Arjun Madkaikar	1,285	7.76%	New
	AAP	Rama Gurudas Kankonkar	979	5.91%	New
	NCP	Dattaram Naguesh Chari	325	1.96%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	152	0.92%	New
	Independent	Simao Aleixo Caiado	143	0.86%	New
Margin of victory			5,070	30.63%	23.55
Turnout			16,554	79.02%	1.71
Registered electors			20,948		1.83
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	2.33

Assembly Election 2012

2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election : St. Andre^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Vishnu Wagh	8,818	51.18%	11.36
	INC	Francisco Silveira	7,599	44.11%	12.23
	Independent	Pradip Kumar Sangodkar	440	2.55%	New
	AITC	Milton S. Marshal	352	2.04%	New
Margin of victory			1,219	7.08%	9.44
Turnout			17,228	80.65%	12.02
Registered electors			21,338		3.87
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	5.15

Assembly Election 2007

2007 Goa Legislative Assembly election : St. Andre^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Francisco Silveira	8,593	56.34%	11.75
	BJP	Caiado Antonio Joao	6,074	39.82%	13.91
	MGP	Dessai Dongrikar Dilip	286	1.88%	New
	JD(S)	Caiado Simon	283	1.86%	New
Margin of victory			2,519	16.51%	1.28
Turnout			15,253	68.64%	1.80
Registered electors			22,197		0.05
	INC hold		Swing	11.75

Assembly Election 2002

2002 Goa Legislative Assembly election : St. Andre^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Francisco Silveira	6,982	44.59%	0.85
	NCP	Pegado Carmo Rafael Andre Jose	4,196	26.80%	New
	BJP	Kamat Dhakankar Avinash Govind	4,057	25.91%	2.17
	SS	Sawant Prakash Mahadev	212	1.35%	New
	UGDP	Pereira Teotonio Paulo	207	1.32%	New
Margin of victory			2,786	17.79%	0.44
Turnout			15,659	70.49%	1.65
Registered electors			22,207		2.84
	INC hold		Swing	0.85

Assembly Election 1999

1999 Goa Legislative Assembly election : St. Andre^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Francisco Silveira	7,080	45.43%	1.43
	BJP	Kamat Dhakankar Avinash Govind	4,376	28.08%	New
	Goa Rajiv Congress Party	Pegado Carmo Rafael	4,106	26.35%	New
Margin of victory			2,704	17.35%	1.09
Turnout			15,583	72.07%	0.22
Registered electors			21,593		6.27
	INC hold		Swing

Assembly Election 1994

1994 Goa Legislative Assembly election : St. Andre^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Pegado Carmo Rafael	6,433	44.00%	New
	BJP	Parvatkar Govind Bhikaji	4,056	27.74%	New
	UGDP	Caiado Simao Lowrence	2,725	18.64%	New
	Independent	Naik Keshavnath Shantaram	320	2.19%	New
	Gomantak Lok Pox	Borkar Dilip Dharma	219	1.50%	New
	Independent	Pereira Teotonio Paulo	196	1.34%	New
	BSP	Mangeshkar Rohidas Narayan	153	1.05%	New
Margin of victory			2,377	16.26%	5.68
Turnout			14,619	70.44%	0.77
Registered electors			20,319		14.05
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	4.66

Assembly Election 1989

1989 Goa Legislative Assembly election : St. Andre^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Carmo Rafael Andre Jose Pegado	5,097	39.34%	New
	INC	Amilkar Adelino Alvares	3,727	28.77%
	MGP	Kashinath Mahadev Govenkar	3,282	25.33%	New
	Independent	Dasharath Yeshwant Sawant	282	2.18%	New
	Gomantak Lok Pox	Dilip Dharma Borkar	183	1.41%	New
Margin of victory			1,370	10.58%	0.24
Turnout			12,955	71.01%	3.41
Registered electors			17,816		4.38
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	1.49

Assembly Election 1984

1984 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election : St. Andre^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shripad Cuncolienkar	4,478	37.86%	New
	Independent	Pereira Teotonio Fracisco Paulo	3,199	27.04%	New
	MGP	Sawant Dashrath Yeshwant	1,410	11.92%	New
	Independent	Rodrigues Aires A. F. Raimundo	998	7.70%	New
	Independent	Popat Kankonkar Ganesh	421	3.25%	New
	Independent	Keni Dilip Jaganath	253	1.95%	New
	Independent	Bhandri Bhicaji Janardhan	190	1.47%	New
Margin of victory			1,279	10.81%	3.04
Turnout			11,829	66.33%	0.86
Registered electors			17,068		20.74
	INC gain from INC(U)		Swing	4.49

Assembly Election 1980

1980 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election : St. Andre^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(U)	Teotonio Pereira	4,200	42.35%	New
	MGP	Cuncolenkar Sripad Laxman	3,429	34.57%	New
	JP	Fernandes Victoria Romeo	804	8.11%	New
	Independent	Melo Augustine Santano	634	6.39%	New
	Independent	Fernandes Ghanasyam Xavier	214	2.16%	New
	Independent	Fernandes Jose Nartins	182	1.84%	New
Margin of victory			771	7.77%	5.84
Turnout			9,918	66.94%	8.48
Registered electors			14,136		4.21
	INC(U) gain from INC		Swing	8.68

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election : St. Andre^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shripad Cuncolienkar	2,817	33.67%	New
	MGP	Pankar Raghuvir Shanu	2,655	31.73%	New
	JP	Pereira Teotonio F. Paulo	2,412	28.83%	New
	Independent	Gonsalves Salvador Francisco	261	3.12%	New
	Independent	Dias Orilando Authony	92	1.10%	New
	Independent	D'Sa Francisco Estevao Pedro L. M	26	0.31%	New
Margin of victory			162	1.94%	10.71
Turnout			8,367	60.91%	12.12
Registered electors			13,565		7.30
	INC gain from UGP		Swing	15.73

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election : St. Andre^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UGP	Teotonio Pereira	5,335	49.40%	6.33
	MGP	Melo Agosttinho Santana	3,969	36.75%	New
	INC	Lawandee V. Narayan	1,205	11.16%	New
	Independent	A. J. Luis G. Pedro	68	0.63%	New
Margin of victory			1,366	12.65%	8.93
Turnout			10,800	72.28%	0.19
Registered electors			14,633		6.69
	UGP hold		Swing	6.33

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election : St. Andre^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UGP	Teotonio Pereira	5,656	55.73%	New
	MGP	Melo Agosttinho Santana	3,466	34.15%	New
	Independent	V. Feranandes	348	3.43%	New
	Independent	J. C. Fernandes	308	3.03%	New
	Independent	J. M. Cota	31	0.31%	New
	Independent	F. G. Xavier	22	0.22%	New
	Independent	Y. M. Karapurkar	10	0.10%	New
Margin of victory			2,190	21.58%
Turnout			10,149	71.75%
Registered electors			13,716
	UGP win (new seat)