Quepem Assembly constituency

Quepem
Quepem
Constituency No. 36 for the Goa Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Goa
District	South Goa
Lok Sabha constituency	South Goa
Established	1963
Total electors	33,080
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	8th Goa Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Altone D'Costa
Party	Indian National Congress

Quepem is one of the 40 Goa Legislative Assembly constituencies of the state of Goa in southern India.^[2] Quepem is also one of the 20 constituencies falling under South Goa Lok Sabha constituency.

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Year	Member
1963	Dattaram Desai^[3]	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
1967	Shaba Desai^[4]
1972	Dhulo Kuttikar^[5]
1977^[6]	Vaikunth Desai	Indian National Congress
1980^[7]		Indian National Congress
1984^[8]		Indian National Congress
1989^[9]	Prakash Velip	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
1994^[10]
1999^[11]
2002^[12]	Chandrakant Kavlekar	Indian National Congress
2007^[13]
2012^[14]
2017^[15]
2022	Altone D'Costa^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Altone D'Costa	14,994	52.51%	1.78
	BJP	Chandrakant Kavlekar	11,393	39.90%	1.11
	RGP	Vishal Gauns Dessai	1,144	4.01%	New
	AAP	Raul Pereira	315	1.10%	4.09
	NOTA	None of the Above	246	0.86%	0.48
	NCP	Aloysious D'Silva	237	0.83%	New
Margin of victory			3,601	12.61%	2.89
Turnout			28,556	86.33%	1.13
Registered electors			33,078		5.70
	INC hold		Swing	1.78

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Babu Kavlekar	13,525	50.73%	6.55
	BJP	Prakash Velip	10,933	41.01%	New
	AAP	Joao Fernandes	1,385	5.19%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	357	1.34%	New
	Goa Su-Raj Party	Charles D'Silva	251	0.94%	New
	MGP	Sudesh Gaude	211	0.79%	17.44
Margin of victory			2,592	9.72%	15.89
Turnout			26,662	85.20%	0.91
Registered electors			31,293		8.29
	INC hold		Swing	6.55

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Babu Kavlekar	10,994	44.18%	0.26
	Independent	Prakash Velip	4,621	18.57%	New
	MGP	Prakash Arjun Velip	4,536	18.23%	14.40
	UGDP	Colaco Manuel	4,356	17.50%	New
	Goa Vikas Party	Joseph Gonsalves	354	1.42%	New
Margin of victory			6,373	25.61%	20.15
Turnout			24,885	86.03%	10.42
Registered electors			28,898		2.60
	INC hold		Swing	0.26

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Babu Kavlekar	9,474	44.44%	2.57
	BJP	Prakash Velip	8,311	38.98%	1.76
	Save Goa Front	Pereira Raul	2,303	10.80%	New
	MGP	Gaonkar Narayan Datta	817	3.83%	1.61
	Independent	Thulo Shanu Velip	353	1.66%	New
Margin of victory			1,163	5.45%	4.33
Turnout			21,320	75.47%	2.56
Registered electors			28,167		8.64
	INC hold		Swing	2.57

Members of Goa Legislative Assembly

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Babu Kavlekar	8,913	47.01%	11.31
	BJP	Prakash Velip	7,058	37.22%	14.35
	NCP	Pereira Rahul Rocky	1,602	8.45%	New
	MGP	Ganesh Narba Naik Dessai	422	2.23%	34.38
	UGDP	D'Silva Patsy Rusario	385	2.03%	2.73
	Goa Su-Raj Party	Alvito Joachim Mendonsa	302	1.59%	New
	Independent	Bhiku Shanu Velip	267	1.41%	New
Margin of victory			1,855	9.78%	8.88
Turnout			18,961	73.09%	6.46
Registered electors			25,927		12.03
	INC gain from MGP		Swing	10.41

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MGP	Prakash Velip	5,648	36.60%	9.32
	INC	Raul Rocky Pereira	5,509	35.70%	New
	BJP	Gaonkar Shanu Malu	3,530	22.88%	New
	UGDP	Pereira Ajay Albert	735	4.76%	New
Margin of victory			139	0.90%	18.76
Turnout			15,431	66.64%	9.03
Registered electors			23,143		6.17
	MGP hold		Swing	9.32

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MGP	Prakash Velip	7,579	45.92%	15.40
	Independent	Pereira Raul Roque	4,335	26.27%	New
	INC	Velip Kushali Kusth	2,077	12.59%	New
	UGDP	Rebello Remet Paulo	1,746	10.58%	New
	Independent	Shaikh Azim	170	1.03%	New
	BSP	Nomi Govind Gaunkar	170	1.03%	New
Margin of victory			3,244	19.66%	8.98
Turnout			16,503	73.75%	0.52
Registered electors			21,799		10.41
	MGP hold		Swing	15.40

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MGP	Prakash Velip	9,229	61.33%	*New*
	INC	Gauns Desai Voikunt Govind	4,919	32.69%
	Independent	Desai Amrut Dikush	413	2.74%	New
Margin of victory			4,310	28.64%	24.88
Turnout			15,049	74.13%	4.57
Registered electors			19,743		9.06
	MGP gain from INC		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Vaikunth Desai	5,375	34.55%	*New*
	Independent	Fernandes Domnic Joaquim	4,790	30.79%	New
	MGP	Diniz Patrick	3,405	21.89%	New
	Independent	Adel Vithoba Nagu	836	5.56%	New
	Independent	Mohamad Hakim Yusuf	260	1.73%	New
	BJP	Hodarkar Vithu Dhaku	159	1.06%	New
	Independent	Rodrigues Thomas Paixao	134	0.89%	New
Margin of victory			585	3.76%	16.43
Turnout			15,557	69.80%	4.76
Registered electors			21,711		12.83
	INC gain from INC(U)		Swing	20.40

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(U)	Vaikunth Desai	7,073	54.95%	*New*
	MGP	Naik Vithal Sonu	4,474	34.76%	New
	JP	Prabhu Dessai Sanjay Hari	538	4.18%	New
	CPI(M)	Natakar Ashok Bhal Chandra	166	1.29%	New
	Independent	Furtado Gloria Pedro	115	0.89%	New
	JP(S)	Dessai Yadavendra Vassudev	108	0.84%	New
Margin of victory			2,599	20.19%	14.73
Turnout			12,872	65.30%	5.56
Registered electors			19,242		12.89
	INC(U) gain from INC		Swing	15.08

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Vaikunth Desai	4,168	39.87%	*New*
	MGP	Gaunso Dessai Satish Nilu	3,597	34.40%
	JP	Rauto Dessai Ganesh Shanker	1,194	11.42%	New
	Independent	Diniz Patrick Domingo	1,060	10.14%	New
	Independent	Dessai Narayan Mahadev	136	1.30%	New
	Independent	Parceker Hira Loli	73	0.70%	New
	Independent	Naik Keshav Molu	24	0.23%	New
Margin of victory			571	5.46%	2.32
Turnout			10,455	60.15%	5.84
Registered electors			17,045		50.80
	INC gain from MGP		Swing	4.99

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MGP	Dhulo Kuttikar	3,406	44.86%	2.2
	UGP	Dessai Molu Ganba	2,815	37.07%	New
	MGP	D. E. F. Shankar Yesso	796	10.48%
	Independent	F Rafaels Silvestre	249	3.28%	New
	Independent	Gaudo Naguesh Ragoba	112	1.48%	New
Margin of victory			591	7.78%	9.84
Turnout			7,593	65.27%	1.50
Registered electors			11,303		12.07
	MGP hold		Swing	2.20

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MGP	Shaba Desai	2,955	42.66%	*New*
	UGP	D. S. Yeshvant	1,734	25.03%	New
	Independent	N. H. Desai	587	8.47%	New
	Independent	D. D. Shaba	555	8.01%	New
	Independent	D. S. Babni	359	5.18%	New
	Independent	V. R. Padiyar	143	2.06%	New
	Independent	S. A. Abilio	143	2.06%	New
Margin of victory			1,221	17.63%
Turnout			6,927	66.00%
Registered electors			10,086
	MGP win (new seat)