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Goa · Assembly Constituency 25 · 1989

Vasco Da Gama

Winner — 1989

D'SONZA SIMON PETER
INC· INC
INC 36.9%MAG 34.5%7 others 28.6%
Votes
5,045
36.9% share
Winning margin
325
2.4% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
60.8%
of 22,498

A closely fought contest. D'SONZA SIMON PETER won with a 2.4% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
D'SONZA SIMON PETER
INC
5,04536.9%
2
MENEZAS MESQUITA WILFRED
MAG
4,72034.5%
3
D'SOUZA JOSE PHILIP
IND
2,70519.8%
4
TIWARI DAYAPRASAD SHIRAM
IND
7055.2%
5
LOTLIKAR SHIVRAM RAGHUVIR
BJP
1651.2%
6
HENLIKAR GANDHI
IND
1541.1%
7
PARULIKAR PRAKASH DATTARAM
National Front
1090.8%
8
DEVIDAS GANIGA
IND
430.3%
9
CARDOZO MENINO
IND
210.1%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.

Low turnout (40th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
2.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.4% · min 2.4% · max 44.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
71%
lowerhigher
40th of 40

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.47
fewer partiesmore parties
35th of 40

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
24th of 40

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
40 seats · 21 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.47EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 36.9%MAG 34.5%IND 19.8%IND 5.2%OTH 3.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — more literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
6,40,537
Density
326 / km²
Sex ratio
986 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,966 km²
SC population1.2%
ST population14.5%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
53%HINDU
Hindu 53.3%Christian 36.2%Muslim 9.9%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water87.4%
Electricity96.6%
Sanitation81.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinatedNOT REPORTED
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.3%
Children underweight (under 5)21.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.6%
Women literate93.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER3.9%
Clean cooking fuel96.2%
Health insurance67.7%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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