# Taleigao Assembly constituency

Taleigao Assembly constituency is one of the 40 Goa Legislative Assembly constituencies of the state of Goa in southern India. Taleigao is also one of the 20 constituencies falling under North Goa Lok Sabha constituency.

## Members of Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Party |
| 1989 | Somnath Dattta Zuwarkar | Indian National Congress |
| 1994 | Somnath Dattta Zuwarkar | Indian National Congress |
| 1999 | Somnath Dattta Zuwarkar | Indian National Congress |
| 2002 | Atanasio Monserrate | United Goans Democratic Party |
| 2005 By-election | Atanasio Monserrate | Indian National Congress |
| 2007 | Atanasio Monserrate | United Goans Democratic Party |
| 2012 | Jennifer Monserrate | Indian National Congress |
| 2017 | Jennifer Monserrate | Indian National Congress |
| 2022 | Jennifer Monserrate | Bharatiya Janata Party |

## Election results
### Assembly Election 2022

2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Taleigao :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Jennifer Monserrate | 10,167 | 43.38% | 4.91 |
| | INC | Tony Alfredo Rodrigues | 8,126 | 34.67% | 16.46 |
| | AAP | Cecille Rodrigues | 2,607 | 11.12% | 2.36 |
| | RGP | Joseph Licio Roncon | 1,651 | 7.05% | New |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 421 | 1.80% | 0.68 |
| | Independent | Adv. Pundalik Namdeo Raiker | 289 | 1.23% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 2,041 | 8.71% | 3.95 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 23,435 | 78.06% | 2.89 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 30,022 | | 7.74 |
| | BJP gain from INC | BJP gain from INC | Swing | 7.75 | |

### Assembly Election 2017

2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Taleigao :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Jennifer Monserrate | 11,534 | 51.13% | 0.36 |
| | BJP | Dattaprasad Naik | 8,679 | 38.48% | 6.83 |
| | AAP | Cecille Rodrigues | 1,976 | 8.76% | New |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 252 | 1.12% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 2,855 | 12.66% | 7.19 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 22,556 | 80.95% | 0.22 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 27,864 | | 7.52 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | 0.36 | |

### Assembly Election 2012

2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Taleigao :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Jennifer Monserrate | 10,682 | 50.78% | New |
| | BJP | Dattaprasad Naik | 9,531 | 45.31% | 16.35 |
| | Goa Su-Raj Party | Annabelle Maria Pereira | 333 | 1.58% | New |
| | Samajwadi Janata Party (ChandraShekhar) | Natty Po | 226 | 1.07% | New |
| | Independent | Vasudev Narayan Sharma | 143 | 0.68% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 1,151 | 5.47% | 15.26 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,036 | 81.02% | 14.24 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 25,916 | | 10.61 |
| | INC gain from UGDP | INC gain from UGDP | Swing | 1.09 | |

### Assembly Election 2007

2007 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Taleigao :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UGDP | Atanasio Monserrate | 9,641 | 49.69% | New |
| | BJP | Silveira Agnelo Mariano | 5,619 | 28.96% | 2.00 |
| | Independent | Somnath Dattta Zuwarkar | 3,833 | 19.75% | New |
| | Independent | Kalangutkar Sudesh Raghuvir | 135 | 0.70% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 4,022 | 20.73% | 14.79 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 19,404 | 66.82% | 2.62 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 28,993 | | 6.32 |
| | UGDP gain from INC | UGDP gain from INC | Swing | 16.79 | |

### Assembly By-election 2005

2005 Goa Legislative Assembly by-election : Taleigao :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Atanasio Monserrate | 11,657 | 66.47% | 37.41 |
| | BJP | Pradeep Nagvenkar | 5,429 | 30.96% | 6.00 |
| | Goa Su-Raj Party | Floriano Lobo | 207 | 1.18% | New |
| | Independent | Patel Rajendra Prasad | 133 | 0.76% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 6,228 | 35.52% | 22.31 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 17,536 | 64.28% | 2.83 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 27,270 | | 6.95 |
| | INC gain from UGDP | INC gain from UGDP | Swing | 24.20 | |

### Assembly Election 2002

2002 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Taleigao :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UGDP | Atanasio Monserrate | 7,237 | 42.28% | New |
| | INC | Zuwarkar Somnath Datta | 4,976 | 29.07% | 23.58 |
| | BJP | Tony Rodrigues | 4,272 | 24.96% | New |
| | NCP | Fernandes Lawrence Jack | 398 | 2.33% | New |
| | Independent | Vijay Anand Palekar | 164 | 0.96% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 2,261 | 13.21% | 1.60 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 17,118 | 67.07% | 6.70 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 25,499 | | 2.12 |
| | UGDP gain from INC | UGDP gain from INC | Swing | 10.37 | |

### Assembly Election 1999

1999 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Taleigao :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Somnath Dattta Zuwarkar | 8,288 | 52.65% | 5.36 |
| | BJP | Salkar Subhash Tukaram | 6,461 | 41.04% | New |
| | MGP | Veluskar Ranganath Vassudev | 515 | 3.27% | New |
| | Independent | Joaquim Jorge Fernandes | 460 | 2.92% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 1,827 | 11.61% | 11.08 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 15,742 | 60.36% | 5.49 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 26,051 | | 24.65 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | 5.36 | |

### Assembly Election 1994

1994 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Taleigao :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Somnath Dattta Zuwarkar | 6,514 | 47.29% | 3.94 |
| | MGP | Fernandes Nicholas Pedro | 6,442 | 46.76% | New |
| | Gomantak Lok Pox | Saldanha Matanhy Jose | 363 | 2.64% | New |
| | BSP | Moraskar Sanjay Gajanan | 163 | 1.18% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 72 | 0.52% | 11.35 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 13,776 | 64.71% | 2.10 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 20,900 | | 22.39 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | 3.94 | |

### Assembly Election 1989

1989 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Taleigao :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Somnath Dattta Zuwarkar | 5,034 | 43.34% | New |
| | MGP | Ramesh Raghuvir Silimkhan | 3,655 | 31.47% | New |
| | Gomantak Lok Pox | Matanhy Jose Saldanha | 1,595 | 13.73% | New |
| | JD | Guru Inacio Shirodkar | 577 | 4.19% | New |
| | Independent | Dionisio Augutinho Trindade | 169 | 1.23% | New |
| | Independent | Minguel Jose Martins | 93 | 0.68% | New |
| | Independent | Sayed Dawood Yacub | 75 | 0.54% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 1,379 | 11.87% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,615 | 66.22% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 17,077 | | |
| | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) |