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Goa · Assembly Constituency 12 · 1989

Santa Cruz

Winner — 1989

VICTOR BENAMIN GONSALVES
INC· INC
INC 41.0%GLP 31.7%3 others 27.2%
Votes
5,729
41.0% share
Winning margin
1,297
9.3% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
67.5%
of 20,671

A clear win with a 9.3% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
VICTOR BENAMIN GONSALVES
INC
5,72941.0%
2
VICTORIA ROMEO FERNANDES
GLP
4,43231.7%
3
MAHENDRA NARAYAN RAIKAR
MAG
3,67426.3%
4
AUDIT RAMCHANDRA SHIRODKAR
GBS
1030.7%
5
JAIRAM YESHWNAT SAWANT
IND
240.2%

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 (27th), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
9.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.9% · min 0.2% · max 31.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
76%
lowerhigher
27th of 40

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.07
fewer partiesmore parties
27th of 40

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.8%
lowerhigher
3rd of 40

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
40 seats · 21 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.07EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 41.0%GLP 31.7%MAG 26.3%OTH 0.9%

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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