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Goa · Assembly Constituency 37 · 2002

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Winner — 2002

ADV. DESSAI RAMRAO GHANASHYAM
BJP· BJP (NDA)
BJP 53.3%INC 43.6%3 others 3.1%
Votes
9,806
53.3% share
Winning margin
1,779
9.7% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
73.3%
of 25,101

A clear win with a 9.7% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
ADV. DESSAI RAMRAO GHANASHYAM
BJP (NDA)
9,80653.3%
2
DOMNICK FERNANDES
INC
8,02743.6%
3
PROF. NAIK SUDHAKAR TEPALU
IND
2961.6%
4
VAIKUNTH GOVIND GAUNS DESSAI
NCP
1831.0%
5
NANDAKUMAR GANA NAIK
890.5%

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.

Average turnout (17th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
9.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.8% · min 2.3% · max 44.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
80%
lowerhigher
17th of 40

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.71
fewer partiesmore parties
31st of 40

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
26th of 40

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
40 seats · 21 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.71EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 53.3%INC 43.6%OTH 3.1%

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
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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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