Cumbarjua Assembly constituency

Cumbarjua
Constituency No. 15 for the Goa Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Goa
District	North Goa
LS constituency	North Goa
Established	1963 (as St. Estevam) 1977 (as Cumbarjua)
Total electors	26,601[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
8th Goa Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Rajesh Faldessai
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party

Cumbarjua Assembly constituency is one of the 40 Goa Legislative Assembly constituencies of the state of Goa in southern India.^[2] Cumbarjua is also one of the 20 constituencies falling under North Goa Lok Sabha constituency.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1977[3]	Vinayak Chodankar		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
1980[4]
1984	Kashinath Jalmi[5]
1989	Dharma Chodankar[6]
1994	Krishna Kuttikar[7]		Indian National Congress
1999	Nirmala Sawant[8]
2002[9]	Pandurang Madkaikar		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
2005^			Indian National Congress
2007[10]
2012[11]
2017[12]			Bharatiya Janata Party
2022	Rajesh Faldessai[1]		Indian National Congress[a]

1. Elected to Indian National Congress. Switched to BJP in 2022

Members of Goa Legislative Assembly from St. Estevam constituency

Year	Member	Party
1963	Chopdenkar Dattaram Keshav[13]		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
1967	Bhakal Pratap Shrinivas[14]
1972	Vinayak Chodankar[15]

Election results

2022

2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election: Cumbarjua^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rajesh Faldessai	6,776	31.44
	BJP	Janita Madkaikar	3949	18.32
	Independent	Rohan Harmalkar	3870	17.96
	AITC	Samil Volvaikar	3072	14.26
	RGP	Chagan Naik	2442	11.33
	AAP	Gorakhnath Kerkar	1022	4.74
	NOTA	None of the Above	328	1.52
Majority
Turnout			21550	78.40%
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2017

2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election: Cumbarjua^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Pandurang Madkaikar	12,395	61.34%	+61.34%
	INC	Xavier Fialho	3,961	19.60%	−28.62%
	AAP	Prakash Naik	2,394	11.64	New
	Independent	Vishal Volvoikar	990	4.81
	Independent	Prasad Harmalkar	468	2.27	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	348	1.69	New
Majority			8,434	41.03%	+33.09%
Turnout			20,556	82.04%	−1.38%
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	+61.34%

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. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. pp. 110–114. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
3. "Goa General Legislative Election 1977". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
4. "Goa General Legislative Election 1980". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
5. "Goa General Legislative Election 1984". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
6. "Goa General Legislative Election 1989". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
7. "Goa General Legislative Election 1994". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
8. "Goa General Legislative Election 1999". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
9. "Goa General Legislative Election 2002". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
10. "Goa General Legislative Election 2007". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
11. "Goa General Legislative Election 2012". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
12. "Goa General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 7 June 2021.
13. "Assembly Election - 1963" (PDF). Chief Election Commissioner of Goa. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
14. "Goa General Legislative Election 1967". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
15. "Goa General Legislative Election 1972". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 May 2022.

External links

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

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