Vasco Da Gama Assembly constituency

Vasco Da Gama Assembly constituency is one of the 40 (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Goa state in South India. This constituency came into existence in 1989.^[2][3][4] It is also the most populated constituency of Goa.

Vasco Da Gama
Constituency No. 25 for the Goa Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Goa
District	South Goa
Lok Sabha constituency	South Goa
Established	1989
Total electors	35,613[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
8th Goa Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Krishna Salkar
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party

Overview

Vasco Da Gama (constituency number 25) is one of the 20 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in South Goa district. This constituency covers the Mormugao (MCL) - Ward Nos. 9 to 17 of Mormugao Saza in Mormugao Taluka. Vasco Da Gama is part of South Goa (Lok Sabha constituency) along with eight other Vidhan Sabha segments covers the entire South Goa district.^[5][6]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1989	Simon Peter D'Souza		Indian National Congress
1994	Menezes Wilfred Mesquita		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
1999	Jose Philip D'Souza		United Goans Party
2002	Rajendra Arlekar		Bharatiya Janata Party
2007	Jose Philip D'Souza		Nationalist Congress Party
2012	Carlos Almeida		Bharatiya Janata Party
2017
2022	Krishna Salkar

Election results

Assembly Election 2022

2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Vasco Da Gama^[1][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Krishna Salkar	13,118	51.43%	17.85
	INC	Carlos Almeida	9,461	37.09%	22.77
	AITC	Saifula Khan	860	3.37%	New
	RGP	Andre Sebastiao Viegas	851	3.34%	New
	AAP	Sunil Loran	784	3.07%	0.48
	NOTA	None of the Above	244	0.96%	0.05
Margin of victory			3,657	14.34%	9.16
Turnout			25,506	71.74%	0.88
Registered electors			35,552		1.07
	BJP hold		Swing	17.85

Assembly Election 2017

2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Vasco Da Gama^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Carlos Almeida	8,765	33.58%	19.11
	Independent	Krishna (Daji) V Salkar	7,414	28.41%	New
	NCP	Jose Filipe De Sousa	4,202	16.10%	15.96
	INC	Saifula Khan	3,737	14.32%	New
	AAP	Loretta Shreedharan	928	3.56%	New
	MGP	Manesh Chandrakant Arolkar	654	2.51%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	263	1.01%	New
Margin of victory			1,351	5.18%	15.45
Turnout			26,099	72.62%	3.99
Registered electors			35,938		26.49
	BJP hold		Swing	19.11

Assembly Election 2012

2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Vasco Da Gama^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Carlos Almeida	11,468	52.69%	16.79
	NCP	Jose Philip D'Souza	6,978	32.06%	7.04
	Independent	G. Karl Vaz	1,394	6.40%	New
	Goa Vikas Party	Mohammed Iqbal Shaikh	600	2.76%	New
	UGDP	Adam Abdulla Jumma	489	2.25%	1.03
	AITC	Amindin Mulla	328	1.51%	New
	Independent	Stanley C. Almeida	143	0.66%	New
Margin of victory			4,490	20.63%	17.43
Turnout			21,765	76.56%	17.85
Registered electors			28,411		12.69
	BJP gain from NCP		Swing	13.59

Assembly Election 2007

2007 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Vasco Da Gama^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Jose Philip D'Souza	7,476	39.10%	10.47
	BJP	Rajendra Arlekar	6,864	35.90%	0.31
	JD(S)	Carlos J. L. Almeida	3,054	15.97%	New
	UGDP	Rego Basilio Arnaldo	626	3.27%	New
	MGP	Servulo Barros	279	1.46%	7.19
	Independent	Dhargawe Manisha	253	1.32%	New
	Save Goa Front	Milton Barreto	239	1.25%	New
Margin of victory			612	3.20%	3.76
Turnout			19,121	58.63%	2.52
Registered electors			32,541		16.19
	NCP gain from BJP		Swing	3.51

Assembly Election 2002

2002 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Vasco Da Gama^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Rajendra Arlekar	5,605	35.59%	11.25
	NCP	Jose Philip D'Souza	4,509	28.63%	New
	INC	Carol Taher Daud	3,845	24.41%	4.69
	MGP	Verenkar Shricant Dattaram	1,363	8.65%	4.22
	Independent	Kerkar Tara	294	1.87%	New
	CPI(M)	Pereira Thalmann Pradeep	130	0.83%	New
Margin of victory			1,096	6.96%	1.81
Turnout			15,750	56.22%	4.34
Registered electors			28,007		15.46
	BJP gain from UGDP		Swing	2.48

Assembly Election 1999

1999 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Vasco Da Gama^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UGDP	Jose Philip D'Souza	5,691	33.10%	New
	BJP	Rajendra Arlekar	4,183	24.33%	New
	INC	Dr. Mesquita Wilfred M.	3,391	19.73%	New
	MGP	Verenkar Shrikant Dattaram	2,213	12.87%	24.60
	Independent	Simon D Souza	1,431	8.32%	New
	Independent	Kashinath Ramdular Yadav	279	1.62%	New
Margin of victory			1,508	8.77%	0.47
Turnout			17,191	51.89%	9.84
Registered electors			33,127		18.65
	UGDP gain from MGP		Swing	4.37

Assembly Election 1994

1994 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Vasco Da Gama^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MGP	Mesouita Menezes Wilfred M.	6,460	37.48%	New
	INC	Simon Peter D'Souza	4,867	28.24%
	Independent	Jose Philip D'Souza	4,558	26.44%	New
	UGDP	Henriques Gandhi E.	350	2.03%	New
	Independent	Anil G. Chopdekar	161	0.93%	New
	Independent	Barreto Geraldo Francis	160	0.93%	New
	BSP	Suryawanshi Bhanudas Y.	159	0.92%	New
Margin of victory			1,593	9.24%	6.92
Turnout			17,237	60.50%	0.48
Registered electors			27,921		24.10
	MGP gain from INC		Swing	1.43

Assembly Election 1989

1989 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Vasco Da Gama^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Simon Peter D'Souza	5,045	36.05%	New
	MGP	Menezas Mesquita Wilfred	4,720	33.72%	New
	Independent	Jose Philip D'Souza	2,705	19.33%	New
	Independent	Tiwari Dayaprasad Shiram	705	5.04%	New
	BJP	Lotlikar Shivram Raghuvir	165	1.18%	New
	Independent	Henlikar Gandhi	154	1.10%	New
	JD	Parulikar Prakash Dattaram	109	0.78%	New
Margin of victory			325	2.32%
Turnout			13,996	60.75%
Registered electors			22,498
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• Vasco Da Gama
• South Goa (Lok Sabha constituency)
• List of constituencies of the Goa Legislative Assembly
• South Goa district