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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 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). 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodolfo Fernandes (politician)
Rodolfo Louis Fernandes is an Indian politician who serves as a member of the Goa Legislative Assembly; representing the St. Cruz Assembly constituency since 2022. He began his political career in 2012 as an independent and subsequently joined the Indian National Congress (INC) in 2022. Career In 2012, Fernandes initially ran as an independent, contesting the St. Cruz Assembly constituency, previously represented by his mother Victoria Fernandes. He lost to Atanasio Monserrate of INC by a margin of 2336 votes which was 10.93% of the total votes polled. Monserrate was barred from Indian National Congress for anti-party activities in 2015. In 2017, Fernandes ran for a second time again as an Independent and lost to Antonio Fernandes of INC, in a field of eight candidates. Hemant Golatkar and Fernandes, procured 5560 and 5262 votes respectively of the 22,215 total votes. In 2022, Fernandes, ran for the third time as Indian National Congress candidate. He switched to BJP the sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 Goa Legislative Assembly Election
Legislative Assembly elections were held in Goa on 16 November 1994 to elect all 40 members of the Goa Legislative Assembly. Results Results by constituency References {{Goa elections State Assembly elections in Goa 1994 State Assembly elections in India, Goa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Constituencies Of The Goa Legislative Assembly
The Goa Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Goa on the west coast of India. Its seat is at Porvorim, and it sits for a term of five years, unless it is dissolved earlier. Goa is India's smallest state by area and List of states and territories of India by population, fourth-smallest by population. The Goa Legislative Assembly has existed since 1963. As of the 2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election, 2022 election, it comprises 40 constituencies. Since the independence of India, the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) have been given reservation in India, Reservation status, guaranteeing political representation, and the Constitution lays down the general principles of positive discrimination for SCs and STs. The 2011 census of India stated that the Scheduled Caste population is 1.74% of the total. Accordingly, one constituency (Pernem Assembly constituency, Pernem) in the assembly is reserved for candidates of the Scheduled Caste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Election Commission Of India
The Election Commission of India (ECI) is a constitutional body established by Constitution of India, the Constitution of the Republic of India empowered to conduct free and fair elections in the Republic of India. It is headed by a Chief Election Commissioner of India, chief election commissioner and consists of two other Election Commissioner of India, election commissioners as constituent members. Structure In 1950, the Election Commission of India was established as a single member body. As per ''The Election Commissioner Amendment Act, 1989'', the commission was made a multi-member body headed by a Chief Election Commissioner of India, chief election commissioner and two other Election Commissioner of India, election commissioners, who were appointed to the commission for the first time on 16 October 1989. On 1 January 1990, it reverted back to a single member body after the post of election commissioner was abolished, before being restored to the three member structur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first modern Nationalism, nationalist movement to emerge in the British Empire in Asia and Africa. From the late 19th century, and especially after 1920, under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, the Congress became the principal leader of the Indian independence movement. The Congress led India to independence from the United Kingdom, and significantly influenced other Decolonization, anti-colonial nationalist movements in the British Empire. The INC is a "big tent" party that has been described as sitting on the Centrism, centre of the Indian politics, Indian political spectrum. The party held its first session in 1885 in Mumbai, Bombay where Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee, W.C. Bonnerjee presided over it. After Indian independence in 1947, Congress eme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Goa Legislative Assembly Election
: Legislative Assembly elections were held in Elections in Goa, Goa on 2022 elections in India, 14 February 2022 to elect List of constituencies of the Goa Legislative Assembly, 40 members of the Eighth Goa Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and the results were declared on 10 March 2022. Background The tenure of Goa Legislative Assembly is scheduled to end on 15 March 2022. The 2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election, previous assembly elections were held in February 2017 to elect the members of the Seventh Goa Legislative Assembly. After the election, a coalition of Bharatiya Janata Party, Goa Forward Party and Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party formed the Government of Goa, state government, with Manohar Parrikar becoming the List of chief ministers of Goa, Chief Minister. After the death of Manohar Parrikar, Pramod Sawant was sworn in as the Chief Minister on 19 March 2019. Election schedule The election schedule was announced by the Election Commission of India on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Fernandes (politician)
Antonio Caetano "Tony" Fernandes of the Bharatiya Janata Party represents Santa Cruz in the Goa Legislative Assembly. He lives in Segundo Bairro, Santa Cruz, Goa. He won the elections on an Indian National Congress ticket in 2017. He replaced incumbent MLA Atanasio Monserrate after the latter was expelled from the Indian National Congress party in 2015 for anti-party activities. He was one of the ten members of Indian National Congress who joined Bharatiya Janata Party in July 2019. Political career In 2017, Antonio Caetano Fernandes, was the preferred candidate for Indian National Congress, following the expulsion of Atanasio Monserrate Atanasio "Babush" Monserrate is an Indian politician who is a three-term member of the Goa Legislative Assembly. He is a current member of the Goa Legislative Assembly from Panaji Assembly constituency. He was the Member of Legislative Assembly ... in 2015. Antonio Fernandes won the Santa Cruz Assembly seat by defeating Rodolfo Fernandes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Goa Legislative Assembly Election
The 2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election was held on 4 February 2017 to elect the 40 members of the Seventh Goa Legislative Assembly, as the term of Sixth Legislative Assembly ended on 18 March 2017. VVPAT-fitted EVMs was used in entire Goa state in the 2017 elections, which was the first time that an entire state in India saw the implementation of VVPAT. Background The term of the Legislative Assembly ended on March 18, 2017. The last election had resulted in a 21-seat majority to the Bharatiya Janata Party led by Manohar Parrikar. Parrikar was elected Chief Minister. In 2014, he had to resign due to being nominated as Minister of Defence. Laxmikant Parsekar took oath as Chief Minister as Parrikar's successor. Opinion polls Turnout Results , - ! style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2" colspan="2" width="485", Parties and coalitions ! colspan="3", Popular vote ! colspan="2", Seats , - ! width="70", Votes ! width="45", % ! width="45", ± % ! width="30", Won ! widt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goa Forward Party
Goa Forward Party ( GFP) is a regional political party in the western coastal Indian state of Goa, led by Vijai Sardesai. The GFP fielded four candidates in the 2017 Goa Assembly election and won three seats. It played a crucial, if controversial, role in the return of the Bharatiya Janata Party to power in the March 2017 election results in Goa. The party's motto is "''Goem, Goemkar, Goemkarponn''" (Goa, Goans and Goan ethos). The party was launched on 25 January 2016 and its symbol is the coconut. History The Goa Forward Party was launched on 25 January 2016 with Prabhakar Timble as its president, Dr. Renuka Da Silva as the Vice President and Mohandas Lolienkar as the state secretary of the party under the guidance of then Independent MLA Vijai Sardesai. The party was launched as an alternative to the national political parties and inclusive development while retaining ''Goemkarponn'' (Goan ethos). In a press conference held to announce the launching of the party, then Pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atanasio Monserrate
Atanasio "Babush" Monserrate is an Indian politician who is a three-term member of the Goa Legislative Assembly. He is a current member of the Goa Legislative Assembly from Panaji Assembly constituency. He was the Member of Legislative Assembly for Taleigao. He is married to Jennifer Monserrate, Member of Legislative Assembly, Taleigao. He was one of the ten members of Indian National Congress who joined Bharatiya Janata Party in July 2019. Political career Babush contested his first election in 2002 on a United Goans Democratic Party ticket from the Taleigao Vidhan Sabha constituency. His opponent was two-term sitting member of the Assembly Somnath Datta Zuwarkar from the Indian National Congress. Monserrate defeated Zuwarkar by about two thousand votes and was elected for the very first time to the Goa assembly. Babush was made a Minister of Town and Country Planning in the Manohar Parrikar led Government. In 2005, he and two other ministers resigned from the Manohar Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Goa Legislative Assembly Election
The Goa legislative assembly election was held on 3 March 2012, to select the 40 members of the Sixth Goa Legislative Assembly, as the term of 5th Goa Legislative Assembly ended in March 2012. The result was announced on 6 March. The Bharatiya Janata Party- Maharashtrawadi Gomantak alliance defeated the incumbent Indian National Congress government in Goa led by Chief Minister Digambar Kamat with 24 seats in the 40-seat assembly. The Bharatiya Janata Party won 21 seats, while the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party won 3 seats. The MLA with the biggest margin of victory was the incumbent MLA Frances D'Souza of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Former chief minister Manohar Parrikar was sworn in as the new chief minister on 9 March. Timetable The timetable of the electoral events are: Parties The Indian National Congress (INC), Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are the national political parties in the fray. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Goa Legislative Assembly Election ...
Elections in the Indian state of Goa took place on 2 June 2007. Counting of votes began on 5 June, and the election process was completed by 8 June. Results Results by constituency By-elections Government formation Indian National Congress in alliance with Nationalist Congress Party and Save Goa Front formed the government. References External linksECI's Page – Goa Assembly Elections, 2007 {{Goan elections State Assembly elections in Goa 2000s in Goa Goa Goa (; ; ) is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is bound by the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north, and Karnataka to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
