Pernem Assembly constituency

Pernem
Constituency No. 2 for the Goa Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionWestern India
StateGoa
DistrictNorth Goa
LS constituencyNorth Goa
Established1963
Total electors33,212[1]
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
8th Goa Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party

Pernem is one of the 40 Goa Legislative Assembly constituencies of the state of Goa in southern India. Pernem is also one of the 20 constituencies falling under North Goa Lok Sabha constituency. Pernem constituency is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes.[2][3][4]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Member Party
1963 Jaiprakash Samant Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
1967 Jaiprakash Samant
1972 Jaiprakash Samant
1977 Deu Mandrekar
1980
1984 Shambhu Bandekar
1989 Parshuram Kotkar Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
1994
1999 Jitendra Deshprabhu Indian National Congress
2002
2007 Dayanand Sopte Bharatiya Janata Party
2012 Rajendra Arlekar
2017 Manohar Ajgaonkar[5] Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
*2019 Bharatiya Janata Party
2022 Pravin Arlekar
  • Defection from MGP to BJP

Election results

2022

Goa Legislative Assembly Election, 2022: Pernem[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Pravin Arlekar 13063 44.73
MGP Ranjan Kargaonkar 9645 33.03
RGP Sujay Mhapsekar 2755 9.43
INC Jitendra Gaonkar 1827 6.26
Independent Vishnudas Korgaonkar 862 2.95
NOTA None of the Above 363 1.24
AAP Pundalik Dhargalkar[6] 273 0.93
SS Subhash Kerkar 223 0.76
Independent Kamlakar Shankar Gadkar 129 0.44
Independent Gurudas Virnodkar 63 0.22
Majority
Turnout 29,203 85.47% −2.95%
BJP gain from MGP Swing

2017

Goa Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Pernem[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MGP Manohar Ajgaonkar 15,745 57.76% +57.76%
BJP Rajendra Arlekar 9,715 35.64% −27.73%
INC Vikesh Assotikar 1,013 3.72% −27.38%
None of the Above 469 1.72% New
AAP Shivanand Pilarnkar 308 1.13% New
Goa Vikas Party Gopaldas Arlekar 180 0.66% New
NCP Santosh Mandrekar 124 0.66% New
BMP Nitin Chopdekar 105 0.39% New
GOPRP Dyaneshwar Varkhankar 71 0.26% New
Majority 6030 21.74% −10.52%
Turnout 27,730 88.42% +0.70%
Registered electors 31,360
MGP gain from BJP Swing

See also

Notes

References

  1. ^ a b "Goa General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  2. ^ THE CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICE GOA STATE
  3. ^ "Member Of Legislative Assembly". Archived from the original on 24 July 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  4. ^ "List of Assembly Constituencies — Goa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  5. ^ a b "Goa General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Goa Assembly Election 2022: Full list of AAP candidates and their constituencies". The Financial Express. Retrieved 28 January 2022.

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