Vidhan Sabha · Assembly constituency 3 of Goa

Bicholim

GeneralGoaAC 3Lok Sabha: North Goa

29,082Electors · 2022

89.0%Turnout

5Candidates

13Villages placed

MLA · elected 2022

Dr. Chandrakant Shetye

IND · Independent

9,608

Votes

37.1%

Vote share

318

Margin

Source: TCPD Lok Dhaba, Trivedi Centre for Political Data, Ashoka University.

Election history

Assembly results for Bicholim

Contests since the 2008 delimitation, including by-elections where we have them.

Year

Winner & runner-up

Vote %

Margin

2022

Dr. Chandrakant Shetye IND

def. Naresh Rajaram Sawal (MAG)

37.1%

318

2017

Rajesh Patnekar BJP

def. Naresh Sawal (MAG)

45.7%

666

2012

Naresh Rajaram Sawal IND

def. Rajesh T. Patnekar (INC)

39.7%

1,799

2022 vote share

IND Dr. Chandrakant Shetye37.1%

MAG Naresh Rajaram Sawal35.9%

BJP Rajesh Tulshidas Patnekar19.9%

Others (2 candidates)5.8%

Source: TCPD Lok Dhaba, Trivedi Centre for Political Data, Ashoka University. NOTA excluded.

Source: TCPD Lok Dhaba, Trivedi Centre for Political Data, Ashoka University.

5 candidates

Every candidate, 2022

#	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
1	Dr. Chandrakant Shetye	Independent	9,608	37.12%
2	Naresh Rajaram Sawal	MAG	9,290	35.89%
3	Rajesh Tulshidas Patnekar	Bharatiya Janata Party	5,141	19.86%
4	Meghashyam Vaman Raut	Indian National Congress	913	3.53%
5	Anish Avinash Naik	RGP	593	2.29%

Source: TCPD Lok Dhaba, Trivedi Centre for Political Data, Ashoka University. NOTA votes are not listed.

13 villages

Villages in Bicholim

Placed by map location where we have it (✓), otherwise estimated from their mandal (≈). Boundaries are approximate — the voter list is the final word.

Latambarcem
Bicholim, North Goa6,722 ✓Mulgao
Bicholim, North Goa3,892 ✓Salem
Bicholim, North Goa3,427 ✓Naroa
Bicholim, North Goa1,897 ✓Adwalpale
Bicholim, North Goa1,412 ✓Mencurem
Bicholim, North Goa1,381 ✓Dumacem
Bicholim, North Goa296 ✓Bordem
Bicholim, North Goa ✓Maulinguem South
Bicholim, North Goa ✓Bicholim
Bicholim, North Goa ✓Virdi
Bicholim, North Goa ✓Sankhali
Bicholim, North Goa ✓Lamgao
Bicholim, North Goa ✓

Boundaries: Assembly constituency boundaries, DataMeet (CC BY 2.5 IN).