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 | |
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Constituency No. 13 for the Goa Legislative Assembly | |
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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 | |
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 | |
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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] | ||
- Expelled from party in 2015.[4] Joined the Goa Forward Party in 2017.[5]
- Elected to Indian National Congress. Switched to BJP in 2019
- Elected to Indian National Congress. Switched to BJP in 2022
Election results
2022
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
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
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