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Goa · Assembly Constituency 18 · 1984

Rivona

Winner — 1984

VELIP PRAKASH SHANKAR
MAG
MAG 40.3%INC 32.0%3 others 27.7%
Votes
4,644
40.3% share
Winning margin
959
8.3% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
71.8%
of 16,049

A clear win with a 8.3% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
VELIP PRAKASH SHANKAR
MAG
4,64440.3%
2
PHAL DESSAI SAHNKAR
INC
3,68532.0%
3
FAL DESSAI DINANATH PURSHOTAM
IND
1,91016.6%
4
SAWANT DESSAI RAGHOBA POKKO
6605.7%
5
GAONKAR GURGURO GURKO
IND
6225.4%

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.

High turnout (7th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
8.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.4% · min 4.9% · max 47.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
86%
lowerhigher
7th of 40

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.45
fewer partiesmore parties
36th of 40

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.9%
lowerhigher
2nd of 40

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
30 seats · 16 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.45EFFECTIVE PARTIES
MAG 40.3%INC 32.0%IND 16.6%BJP 5.7%IND 5.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
8,18,008
Density
471 / km²
Sex ratio
963 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,736 km²
SC population2.1%
ST population6.9%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
76%HINDU
Hindu 76.1%Christian 16.4%Muslim 7.1%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water83.7%
Electricity97.1%
Sanitation78.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births99.6%
Children fully vaccinated78.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER24.2%
Children underweight (under 5)25.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.0%
Women literate92.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER7.5%
Clean cooking fuel96.7%
Health insurance64.8%

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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