St. Cruz Assembly constituency

Santa Cruz Assembly constituency is one of the original Goa Legislative Assembly constituency seats in the Tiswadi Taluka of North Goa District in the State of Goa. The other constituencies in Tiswadi are Panaji, Taleigao, St. Andre and Cumbarjua.

Santa Cruz
Constituency No. 13 for the Goa Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Goa
District	North Goa
LS constituency	North Goa
Established	1963
Total electors	29,298[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
8th Goa Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Rodolfo Fernandes
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party

Santa Cruz is one of the Ilha(s) (Island(s)), the other being Chorão, Divar, St. Estevam and Vaxim. The Portuguese conquered these lands as part of Velha Conquista and used it for spice trade principally and simultaneously for spiritual purposes this resulted in the establishment of Catholic faith in Goa. In 1547, the Portuguese missionaries established the Santa Cruz Catholic Church (also known by its direct translation of Holy Cross Catholic Church).^[2] Hence, this constituency has been named as Santa Cruz constituency. A landmark in Calapor/Santa Cruz is called Almacho Khuris (Cross of the Soul in Konkani). This monument was built to commemorate the death of a patriotic Calaporkar.

Jack de Sequeira, widely known for his role in Goan statehood, held this seat between 1967 and 1980.^[3]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1963	Joaquim Araujo		United Goans Party
1967	Jack de Sequeira
1972
1977			Janata Party
1980	Michael Fernandes		Indian National Congress
1984	Francisco Branco		Independent
1989	Victor Gonsalves		Indian National Congress
1994	Victoria Fernandes		Independent
1999			Indian National Congress
2002
2007
2012	Atanasio Monserrate[lower-alpha 1]
2017	Antonio Fernandes[6][lower-alpha 2]
2022	Rodolfo Fernandes[lower-alpha 3]

1. Expelled from party in 2015.^[4] Joined the Goa Forward Party in 2017.^[5]
2. Elected to Indian National Congress. Switched to BJP in 2019
3. Elected to Indian National Congress. Switched to BJP in 2022

Election results

2022

2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election: St. Cruz^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rodolfo Fernandes	8,841	38.97
	BJP	Antonio Fernandes	6377	28.11
	AAP	Amit Palekar[7]	4098	18.06
	RGP	Ajay Kholkar	2497	11.01
	AITC	Victor Gonsalves	523	2.31
	NOTA	None of the Above	349	1.54
Majority
Turnout				73.97%	−6.20%
Registered electors			29,298
	INC hold		Swing

2017

Goa Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Santa Cruz^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Antonio Fernandes	6,202	28.3%	−12.13%
	BJP	Hemant Dinanath Golatkar	5,560	25.37%	+25.37%
	Independent	Rodolfo Fernandes	5,262	24.01%	−5.49%
	MGP	Prakash Gopi Naik	2,707	12.35%	−14.89%
	AAP	Jose Vincet Gomes	1,712	7.81%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	303	1.38%	New
	Independent	Helena Lourenco	227	1.04%	N/A
	CPI	Pedro Ceitano Pires	106	0.48%	−0.55%
	NCP	Shakeel Jamal Shaikh	75	0.34%	+0.34%
	Independent	Jose Lopes	61	0.28%	N/A
Majority			642	2.88%	−8.04%
Turnout			22,215	80.17%	−3.6%
Registered electors			27,711[6]
	INC hold		Swing

2012

2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election: St. Cruz

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Atanasio Monserrate	8,644	40.43
	Independent	Rodolfo Fernandes	6,308	29.50
	MGP	Purushottam Kamat	5,824	27.24
	CPI	Pedro Pires	221	1.03
	Independent	Xavier Cardo	189	0.88
	Independent	Dinesh Nair	79	0.37
	Independent	Jose Lopes	74	0.35
	Independent	Henry Lobo	42	0.20
Majority			2,336	10.93
Turnout			21,381	83.76
Registered electors			25,524
	INC hold		Swing

See also

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

References

1. "Goa General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
2. "Former Bishops and Archbishops". Archdiocese of Goa and Daman.
3. "Dept of Posts release special cover on Dr Jack de Sequeira". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
4. "Congress expels Babush for 6 years". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
5. Babush joins Goa Forward, to support Parrikar in Panaji, goanews.com; accessed 8 October 2017.
6. "Goa General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 7 June 2021.
7. "Goa Assembly Election 2022: Full list of AAP candidates and their constituencies". The Financial Express. Retrieved 28 January 2022.

External links

• "Record of all Goa Assembly Elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 14 March 2022.

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