Velim Assembly constituency

Velim Assembly constituency is one of the 40 Goa Legislative Assembly constituencies of the state of Goa in southern India.^[2] Itlso one of the 20 constituencies falling under South Goa Lok Sabha constituency and includes villages and towns like Velim, Assolna, Ambelim, Chinchinim and Sao Jose de Areal.

Velim
Constituency No. 35 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	31,534[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
8th Goa Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Cruz Silva
Party	AAP
Elected year	2022

Members of the Goa Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1989	Farrel Furtado[3]		Indian National Congress
1994	Manu Fernandes[4]		Independent
1999[5]	Filipe Nery Rodrigues		Indian National Congress
2002[6]			Independent
2007[7]			Indian National Congress
2012	Benjamin Silva[8]		Independent
2017	Filipe Nery Rodrigues[9]		Indian National Congress
2022	Cruz Silva[1]		Aam Aadmi Party

Election results

Assembly Election 2022

2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Velim^[1][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Cruz Silva	5,390	23.04%	8.49
	INC	D'Silva Savio	5,221	22.32%	21.96
	AITC	Benjamin Silva	4,134	17.67%	New
	RGP	Dagley Fernandes	3,653	15.62%	New
	NCP	Filipe Nery Rodrigues	3,420	14.62%	New
	BJP	Savio Rodrigues	1,331	5.69%	1.81
	NOTA	None of the Above	241	1.03%	0.07
Margin of victory			169	0.72%	21.61
Turnout			23,390	74.18%	1.28
Registered electors			31,533		1.14
	AAP gain from INC		Swing	21.23

Assembly Election 2017

2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Velim^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Filipe Nery Rodrigues	10,417	44.28%	7.07
	Independent	Benjamin Silva	5,164	21.95%	New
	AAP	Cruz Silva	3,423	14.55%	New
	BJP	Vinay Tari	1,765	7.50%	New
	GFP	Anthony Rodrigues (Babush)	1,460	6.21%	New
	Independent	Edrich Correia	335	1.42%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	260	1.11%	New
	Independent	Jose Fernandes (Champy)	236	1.00%	New
Margin of victory			5,253	22.33%	0.08
Turnout			23,527	75.46%	0.02
Registered electors			31,178		6.28
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	15.18

Assembly Election 2012

2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Velim^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Benjamin Silva	13,164	59.45%	New
	INC	Filipe Nery Rodrigues	8,238	37.21%	23.21
	Independent	Cliffton Desouza	386	1.74%	New
	AITC	Michael Beny Da Costa	340	1.54%	New
Margin of victory			4,926	22.25%	1.36
Turnout			22,142	75.43%	10.87
Registered electors			29,336		43.77
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	0.97

Assembly Election 2007

2007 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Velim^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Filipe Nery Rodrigues	7,965	60.42%	35.95
	Save Goa Front	Silva Benjamin	5,211	39.53%	New
Margin of victory			2,754	20.89%	21.99
Turnout			13,183	64.57%	0.58
Registered electors			20,405		1.55
	INC gain from Independent		Swing

Assembly Election 2002

2002 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Velim^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Filipe Nery Rodrigues	8,664	67.35%	New
	INC	D'Silva Marcus Sebastiano	3,148	24.47%	41.33
	UGDP	Viegas Anacleto Luis	1,053	8.18%	0.81
Margin of victory			5,516	42.88%	1.43
Turnout			12,865	64.02%	4.69
Registered electors			20,094		0.21
	Independent gain from INC		Swing

Assembly Election 1999

1999 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Velim^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Filipe Nery Rodrigues	7,829	65.80%	New
	Goa Rajiv Congress Party	Manu Fernandes	2,557	21.49%	New
	UGDP	Anacleto Luis Viegas	1,070	8.99%	New
	BJP	Desai Vishal Shabu	436	3.66%	New
Margin of victory			5,272	44.31%	23.25
Turnout			11,898	59.31%	5.46
Registered electors			20,052		10.47
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	19.81

Assembly Election 1994

1994 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Velim^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Manu Fernandes	5,409	45.99%	New
	INC	Gracias Farrel Elvis	2,932	24.93%
	UGDP	Rodrigues Filip Cruz	2,164	18.40%	New
	Independent	Cairo Savio Lourdes	459	3.90%	New
	Independent	Letao Cirio Caitano	230	1.96%	New
	JD	Coutinho Ciriaco Antonio	184	1.56%	New
	MGP	Maximiano G. Furtado	171	1.45%	New
Margin of victory			2,477	21.06%	36.73
Turnout			11,762	63.87%	0.96
Registered electors			18,152		2.87
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	31.24

Assembly Election 1989

1989 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Velim^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Farrel Furtado	8,962	77.23%	New
	JD	Rodrigues Gabriel Minguel	2,256	19.44%	New
	Independent	Fernandes Roqge S. Avelino	103	0.89%	New
Margin of victory			6,706	57.79%
Turnout			11,604	64.67%
Registered electors			17,646
	INC win (new seat)

See also

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