Bicholim Assembly Constituency
Bicholim is constituency No. 3 of Goa legislative assembly. It is situated in North Goa district and comes under North Goa Lok Sabha constituency. It is an open constituency. According to data with the Election Commission of India, Bicholim has 23,894 registered voters. It comprises 12,094 male and 11,800 female registered voters.
In the 2011 Assembly elections, independent candidate Naresh Rajaram Sawal won this seat by a margin of 1,799 votes. Sawal got 8,331 votes while his nearest opponent, Rajesh T. Patnekar of Congress, got 6,532. The turnout was 88.04%.
Sitting and previous MLAs from Bicholim Assembly Constituency
Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Bicholim assembly elections conducted so far.
| Year | A C No. | Constituency Name | Category | Winner | Gender | Party | Votes | Runner Up | Gender | Party | Votes |
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| 1967 | 8 | Bicholim | GEN | C . D . Keshav | M | MAG | 5565 | S . S . Sakharam | M | IND | 1149 |
| 1972 | 8 | Bicholim | GEN | K. S. Gurudutta | M | MAG | 6589 | S. Ramesh Narayan | M | INC | 2393 |
| 1977 | 7 | Bicholim | GEN | Kakodkar Shashikala Gurudutt | F | MAG | 6866 | Naik Vinayak Vasudev | INC | INC | 3746 |
| 1980 | 7 | Bicholim | GEN | Prabhu Zantye Harish Narayan | M | IND | 8354 | Kakodkar Shashikala Gurudutta | F | MAG | 5981 |
| 1984 | 7 | Bicholim | GEN | Prabhu Zantye Harish Narayan | M | INC | 8607 | Naik Vinayak Vasudeo | M | MAG | 4782 |
| 1989 | 15 | Bicholim | GEN | Raut Pandurang Dattaram | M | MAG | 6465 | Prabhu Zantye Harish Narayan | M | INC | 4897 |
| 1994 | 15 | Bicholim | GEN | Bhatale Pandurang Krishna | M | INC | 5135 | Raut Pandurang Dattaram | M | IND | 4817 |
| 1999 | 15 | Bicholim | GEN | Raut Pandurang Dattaram | M | MAG | 5089 | Patnekar Rajesh Tulshidas | M | BJP | 4999 |
| 2002 | 15 | Bicholim | GEN | Patnekar Rajesh Tulshidas | M | BJP | 8960 | Raut Pandurang Dattaram | M | MAG | 6400 |
| 2007 | 15 | Bicholim | GEN | Patnekar Rajesh Tulsidas | M | BJP | 9352 | Naresh Sawal | M | INC | 6657 |
| 2012 | 3 | Bicholim | GEN | Naresh Rajaram Sawal | M | IND | 8331 | Rajesh T. Patnekar | M | INC | 6532 |
| 2017 | 3 | Bicholim | GEN | Rajesh Patnekar | M | BJP | 10654 | Naresh Sawal | M | MGP | 9988 |
Last Updated on August 14, 2021