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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Velim (Goa Assembly Constituency)

Velim Assembly constituency is one of the 40 Goa Legislative Assembly constituencies of the state of Goa in southern India. Velim is also one of the 20 constituencies falling under the South Goa Lok Sabha constituency and includes villages and towns like Velim, Assolna, Ambelim, Chinchinim and Sao Jose de Areal.

Members of the Goa Legislative Assembly

Year Member Party
1989 Farrel Furtado Indian National Congress
1994 Manuel Gregorio Fernandes Independent
1999 Filipe Nery Rodrigues Indian National Congress
2002 Independent
2007 Indian National Congress
2012 Benjamin Silva Independent
2017 Filipe Nery Rodrigues Indian National Congress
2022 Cruz Silva Aam Aadmi Party

Election results

2022

2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election: Velim
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Cruz Silva 5,390 23.04%
INC Savio D'Silva 5,221 22.32%
AITC Benjamin Silva 4,134 17.67%
BJP Savio Rodrigues 1,331 5.69%
NCP Filipe Nery Rodrigues 3,420 14.62%
RGP Degley Fernandes 3,653 15.62%
NOTA None of the Above 241 1.03%
Majority
Turnout 72.41%
AAP gain from INC

2017

2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election: Velim
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Filipe Nery Rodrigues 10,417 44.77% +7.54%
Independent Benjamin Silva 5,164 22.19% -37.30%
AAP Cruz Silva 3,423 14.71% New
BJP Vinay Tari 1,765 7.59% +7.50%
GFP Anthony Rodrigues 1,460 6.27% New
Independent Edrich Correia 335 1.44% N/A
NOTA None of the above 260 1.12% New
Independent Jose Fernandes 236 1.01% N/A
Goa Su-Raj Party Dominic John Noronha 138 0.59% N/A
NCP Frederick Borges 108 0.46% +0.46%
Independent Wilson Mazarello 98 0.42% N/A
Independent Constancio Fernandes 79 0.34% N/A
API Clifton D'Souza 44 0.19% N/A
Majority 5,253 22.33 +0.07%
Turnout 23,527 75.46% +0.03%
INC gain from Independent

See also