St. Cruz Assembly constituency

Santa Cruz Assembly constituency is one of the original Goa Legislative Assembly constituency seats in the Tiswadi Taluka of North Goa District in the State of Goa. The other constituencies in Tiswadi are Panaji, Taleigao, St. Andre and Cumbarjua.

Santa Cruz
Constituency No. 13 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	29,298[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
8th Goa Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Rodolfo Fernandes
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party

Santa Cruz is one of the Ilha(s) (Island(s)), the other being Chorão, Divar, St. Estevam and Vaxim. The Portuguese conquered these lands as part of Velha Conquista and used it for spice trade principally and simultaneously for spiritual purposes this resulted in the establishment of Catholic faith in Goa. In 1547, the Portuguese missionaries established the Santa Cruz Catholic Church (also known by its direct translation of Holy Cross Catholic Church).^[2] Hence, this constituency has been named as Santa Cruz constituency. A landmark in Calapor/Santa Cruz is called Almacho Khuris (Cross of the Soul in Konkani). This monument was built to commemorate the death of a patriotic Calaporkar.

Jack de Sequeira, widely known for his role in Goan statehood, held this seat between 1967 and 1980.^[3]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1963	Joaquim Araujo		United Goans Party
1967	Jack de Sequeira
1972
1977			Janata Party
1980	Michael Fernandes		Indian National Congress
1984	Francisco Branco		Independent
1989	Victor Gonsalves		Indian National Congress
1994	Victoria Fernandes		Independent
1999			Indian National Congress
2002
2007
2012	Atanasio Monserrate[a]
2017	Antonio Fernandes		Bharatiya Janata Party
2022	Rodolfo Fernandes[b]

1. Expelled from party in 2015.^[4] Joined the Goa Forward Party in 2017.^[5]
2. Elected to Indian National Congress. Switched to BJP in 2022

Election results

Assembly Election 2022

2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election : St. Cruz^[1][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rodolfo Fernandes	8,841	38.97%	11.05
	BJP	Antonio Fernandes	6,377	28.11%	3.08
	AAP	Amit Palekar	4,098	18.06%	10.36
	RGP	Ajay Tipu Kholkar	2,497	11.01%	New
	AITC	Victor Benjamin Gonsalves	523	2.31%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	349	1.54%	0.17
Margin of victory			2,464	10.86%	7.97
Turnout			22,685	77.43%	2.73
Registered electors			29,296		5.72
	INC hold		Swing	11.05

Assembly Election 2017

2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election : St. Cruz^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Antonio Fernandes	6,202	27.92%	12.43
	BJP	Hemant Dinanath Golatkar	5,560	25.03%	New
	Independent	Rodolfo Louis Fernandes	5,262	23.69%	New
	MGP	Prakash Gopi Naik	2,707	12.19%	15.00
	AAP	Jose Vincent Gomes	1,712	7.71%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	303	1.36%	New
	Independent	Helena Lourenco	227	1.02%	New
Margin of victory			642	2.89%	8.02
Turnout			22,215	80.17%	3.76
Registered electors			27,711		8.57
	INC hold		Swing	12.43

Assembly Election 2012

2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election : St. Cruz^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Atanasio Monserrate	8,644	40.35%	4.07
	Independent	Rodolfo Louis Fernandes	6,308	29.45%	New
	MGP	Dinar Purshottam Kamat Tarcar	5,824	27.19%	New
	CPI	Pedro Caitano Pires	221	1.03%	New
	Independent	Xavier Cardo	189	0.88%	New
Margin of victory			2,336	10.91%	4.30
Turnout			21,421	83.77%	14.63
Registered electors			25,524		13.09
	INC hold		Swing	4.07

Assembly Election 2007

2007 Goa Legislative Assembly election : St. Cruz^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Victoria Fernandes	7,385	36.29%	3.81
	BJP	Hoble Anil Raghuvir	6,040	29.68%	10.17
	UGDP	Monserrate Jennifer A.	5,868	28.83%	18.24
	Save Goa Front	Pilarnekar Suresh	582	2.86%	New
	Independent	Pandurang Kunkolkar	123	0.60%	New
Margin of victory			1,345	6.61%	6.37
Turnout			20,352	69.19%	5.08
Registered electors			29,368		13.57
	INC hold		Swing	3.81

Assembly Election 2002

2002 Goa Legislative Assembly election : St. Cruz^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Victoria Fernandes	6,658	40.09%	10.59
	BJP	Anil Roghuvir Hoble	6,618	39.85%	28.94
	UGDP	Gonsalves Victor Benjamin	1,759	10.59%	New
	MGP	Makandar Ramzan Imamsaheb	795	4.79%	14.97
	NCP	Lourenco Vicento Domingos	161	0.97%	New
	CPI	Maura Gregorio Sebastiao	160	0.96%	New
	Independent	Lopes Jose Edgar	155	0.93%	New
Margin of victory			40	0.24%	30.68
Turnout			16,607	64.16%	2.87
Registered electors			25,858		0.41
	INC hold		Swing	10.59

Assembly Election 1999

1999 Goa Legislative Assembly election : St. Cruz^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Victoria Fernandes	8,829	50.68%	New
	MGP	Hoble Anil Raghuvir	3,442	19.76%	New
	Goa Rajiv Congress Party	Gonsalves William Antonio	2,973	17.07%	New
	BJP	Fernandes Socorro Gonsalo	1,901	10.91%	New
	Independent	Kandolkar Ramdas Sonu	243	1.39%	New
Margin of victory			5,387	30.92%	23.24
Turnout			17,420	66.97%	2.82
Registered electors			25,965		6.79
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	15.56

Assembly Election 1994

1994 Goa Legislative Assembly election : St. Cruz^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Victoria Fernandes	5,971	35.13%	New
	INC	Gonsalves Victor Benjamin	4,665	27.44%
	Independent	Hoble Anil Raghuvir	3,568	20.99%	New
	BJP	Sawant Subhash Pundalik	1,766	10.39%	New
	Independent	D'Braganza Antonio Gabriel	357	2.10%	New
	Gomantak Lok Pox	Furtado Roque Cristovam	179	1.05%	New
	BSP	Kunkalekar Pandurang Rama	102	0.60%	New
Margin of victory			1,306	7.68%	1.30
Turnout			16,998	68.66%	0.07
Registered electors			24,315		17.63
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	4.56

Assembly Election 1989

1989 Goa Legislative Assembly election : St. Cruz^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Victor Benamin Gonsalves	5,729	39.69%	New
	Gomantak Lok Pox	Victoria Romeo Fernandes	4,432	30.70%	New
	MGP	Mahendra Narayan Raikar	3,674	25.45%	New
	Gomantak Bahujan Samaj Parishad	Audit Ramchandra Shirodkar	103	0.71%	New
Margin of victory			1,297	8.98%	11.20
Turnout			14,436	67.54%	0.70
Registered electors			20,671		11.03
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	3.33

Assembly Election 1984

1984 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election : St. Cruz^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Branco Freancisco Afonso	5,537	43.02%	New
	INC	Monteiro Antonicio Antonio Agnelo Marcos Castilho	2,939	22.83%	New
	Independent	Fernandes Michael Antonio Carmino	2,688	20.88%	New
	JP	Fernandes Victoreia Romeo	674	4.67%	New
	Independent	Naik Madusudan	120	0.83%	New
	Independent	Suryaji Sharadchandra Navelkar	106	0.73%	New
Margin of victory			2,598	20.18%	7.17
Turnout			12,872	66.12%	2.23
Registered electors			18,617		18.15
	Independent gain from INC(U)		Swing	2.34

Assembly Election 1980

1980 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election : St. Cruz^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(U)	Fernandes Michael Antonic Carminho	4,574	40.67%	New
	MGP	Branco Francisco Afonso	3,110	27.65%	New
	JP(S)	Sequeira Jack Erasmo	2,025	18.01%	New
	JP	Dhond Madhav Manohar	446	3.97%
	Independent	Shirodkar Chandrakant Kalidas	415	3.69%	New
	Independent	Sarmalkar Mihanlal (Bappa) Sadashiv	159	1.41%	New
Margin of victory			1,464	13.02%	5.44
Turnout			11,246	68.94%	3.48
Registered electors			15,757		9.32
	INC(U) gain from JP		Swing	4.92

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election : St. Cruz^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Jack de Sequeira	4,462	45.60%	New
	MGP	Fernandes Manuel Francisco Xavier Diogo	2,656	27.14%	New
	INC	Monterio Atanasio Antonio Agnelo Marcos Castilho	1,923	19.65%	New
	Independent	Vazhail Kannu Gopal	242	2.47%	New
	Independent	Vaigncar Krishna Arjun	235	2.40%	New
	Independent	Fernandes Pio	99	1.01%	New
	Independent	Ram Gangadharan	60	0.61%	New
Margin of victory			1,806	18.45%	0.43
Turnout			9,786	67.14%	2.67
Registered electors			14,414		12.80
	JP gain from UGP		Swing	10.87

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election : St. Cruz^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UGP	Jack de Sequeira	6,586	56.46%	1.95
	Independent	Fernandes Manuel Francisco Xavier Diogo	4,483	38.43%	New
	CPI(M)	Palekar Vinayak Vithal	383	3.28%	New
Margin of victory			2,103	18.03%	7.04
Turnout			11,664	69.28%	8.79
Registered electors			16,530		8.11
	UGP hold		Swing	1.95

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election : St. Cruz^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UGP	Jack de Sequeira	7,087	58.41%	New
	United Goans Party (Furtado Group)	J. L. C. Araujo	4,045	33.34%	New
	Independent	V. V. S. Dukle	358	2.95%	New
	Independent	F. P. J. Vicente	128	1.05%	New
	MGP	A. Afonso	121	1.00%	New
	Independent	S. S. Nagoji	75	0.62%	New
	Independent	F. G. Xavier	9	0.07%	New
Margin of victory			3,042	25.07%
Turnout			12,133	77.33%
Registered electors			15,290
	UGP win (new seat)

See also

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