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Goa · Assembly Constituency 19 · 1999

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Winner — 1999

DESSAI VENKATESH ATMARAM
INC· INC
INC 38.0%BJP 30.2%4 others 31.7%
Votes
4,177
38.0% share
Winning margin
854
7.8% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
71.1%
of 15,449

A clear win with a 7.8% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DESSAI VENKATESH ATMARAM
INC
4,17738.0%
2
HALDANKAR NARHARI TUKARAM
NDA
3,32330.2%
3
PRABHU BALKRISHNA ALIAS ASHOK JAIRAM
IND
1,95817.8%
4
PEDNEKAR DEVIDAS KRISHNA
MAG
1,0929.9%
5
MAHALSHEKAR ANKUSH MAHADEV
GVP
2802.5%
6
KHAN SHAUKATALI ADAM
IND
1581.4%

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.

Average turnout (11th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
7.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 18.6% · min 2.8% · max 40.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
83%
lowerhigher
11th of 40

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.78
fewer partiesmore parties
30th of 40

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.5%
lowerhigher
6th of 40

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
40 seats · 21 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.78EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 38.0%BJP 30.2%IND 17.8%MAG 9.9%OTH 4.0%

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
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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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