Canacona Assembly constituency

Canacona
Constituency No. 40 for the Goa Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionWestern India
StateGoa
DistrictSouth Goa
LS constituencySouth Goa
Established1963
Total electors34,246[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
8th Goa Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBhartiya Janta Party

Canacona Assembly constituency is one of the 40 Goa Legislative Assembly constituencies of the state of Goa in southern India. Canacona is also one of the 20 constituencies falling under South Goa Lok Sabha constituency.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year Member Party
1963 Ganba Desai Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
1967 Manju Naik Gaonkar
1972 Ganba Desai
1977 Vasu Gaonkar
1980 Indian National Congress
1984 Indian National Congress
1989 Sanjay Bandekar Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
1994 Indian National Congress
1999
2002 Vijay Pai Khot Bharatiya Janata Party
2007
2012 Ramesh Tawadkar
2017 Isidore Fernandes[2][3] Indian National Congress
2022 Ramesh Tawadkar Bharatiya Janata party

Election results

2022

Goa Legislative Assembly Election, 2022: Canacona[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Ramesh Tawadkar 9,063 31.11
Independent Isidore Fernandes 6012 20.64
INC Janardan Bhandari 5351 18.37
Independent Vijay Pai Khot 4791 16.45
RGP Prashant Pagi 1599 5.49
AITC Mahadev Desai 1066 3.66
AAP Anup Kudtarkar [5] 835 2.87
NOTA None of the Above 296 1.02
Majority
Turnout 29,132 82.11% −3.71%
Registered electors 34,246
BJP gain from INC Swing

2017

2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election: Canacona[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Isidore Fernandes 10,853 38.09 −5.63
BJP Vijay Pai Khot 8,745 30.69 −23.20
Independent Ramesh Tawadkar 7,739 27.16 N/A
AAP Sandesh Telekar 452 1.58 New
MGP Gourish Bandekar 398 1.39 +1.39%
NOTA None of the above 302 1.06 N/A
Majority 2,108 7.40 −2.77
Turnout 28,522 85.82
Registered electors 33,233
INC gain from BJP Swing

2012

2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election: Canacona
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Ramesh Tawadkar 14,328 53.89
INC Isidore Fernandes 11,624 43.72
AITC Sapnesh Desai 637 2.40
Majority 2,704 10.17
Turnout 26,590 83.56
Registered electors 31,822
BJP hold Swing

See also

References

  1. ^ "Goa General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Goa General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  3. ^ "List of Successful Candidates" (Xlsx). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Goa Assembly Election 2022: Full list of AAP candidates and their constituencies". The Financial Express. Retrieved 28 January 2022.

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