Venzy Viegas

Venzy Viegas (born 9 August 1977)^[1] is an Indian politician and former merchant navy officer^[2] who serves as a member of the Goa Legislative Assembly, representing the Benaulim Assembly constituency. A member of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), he was elected as the MLA from Benaulim in the 2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election.^[3][4] Viegas was appointed the legislative party leader of AAP in Goa Assembly in March 2022.^[5]

Venzy Viegas
Viegas in 2024
Member of the Goa Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 March 2022
Preceded by	Churchill Alemao
Constituency	Benaulim
AAP Working President
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 May 2022
Personal details
Born	(1977-08-09) 9 August 1977 (age 48) Goa, India
Political party	Aam Aadmi Party
Occupation	Politician

Education

Viegas graduated with the Highest Nautical Diploma in Nautical Science from South Tyneside College, South Shields, United Kingdom in 2011.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Veigas is a merchant navy mariner with 17 years of sailing experience in tanker vessels.^{[citation needed]}

In 2022 he defeated Churchill Alemao (former Chief Minister of Goa), and won by a margin of 1,271 votes in the Benaulim Assembly constituency. Viegas was also appointed the Working President for AAP in May 2022.

Electoral history

2022 Assembly Election, Benaulim

This section is transcluded from Benaulim (Goa Assembly constituency). (edit | history)

2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Benaulim^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Venzy Viegas	6,411	30.32%	10.70
	AITC	Churchill Alemao	5,140	24.31%	New
	INC	Antonio Feliciano Dias (Tony)	4,697	22.21%	12.09
	RGP	Desmond Fernandes	3,854	18.23%	New
	BJP	Damodar (Samir) Bandodkar	851	4.02%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	161	0.76%	0.12
Margin of victory			1,271	6.01%	18.34
Turnout			21,145	72.35%	1.50
Registered electors			28,959		1.24
	AAP gain from NCP		Swing	13.66