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Goa · Assembly Constituency 7 · 2022

Saligao

Winner — 2022

Kedar Jayprakash Naik
INC· Congress-Goa Forward Party alliance (UPA)
INC 45.0%BJP 36.5%5 others 18.6%
Votes
10,045
45.0% share
Winning margin
1,899
8.5% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
79.1%
of 28,247

A clear win with a 8.5% margin.

Seat history

2 of 6 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹4.25 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Kedar Jayprakash Naik
Congress-Goa Forward Party alliance (UPA)
10,04545.0%
2
Jayesh Salgaonkar
BJP
8,14636.5%
3
Rohan Kalangutkar
RGP
RGP
1,9288.6%
4
Mario Venancio Cordeiro
AAP
8473.8%
5
Rupesh Damodar Naik
IND
8053.6%
6
Bholanath Ghadi Sakhalkar
AITC
3521.6%
NOTA
NOTA
2120.9%

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

Average turnout (19th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
8.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.8% · min 1.7% · max 29.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
79%
lowerhigher
19th of 40

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.89
fewer partiesmore parties
29th of 40

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
25th of 40

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
40 seats · 21 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.89EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 45.0%BJP 36.5%RGP 8.6%OTH 9.0%NOTA 0.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
2/6

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹4.25 Cr

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?

1 location
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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