Calangute Results 2017: BJP candidate wins

Panaji: Calangute is constituency No. 8 of 40-seat 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 the Election Commission of India, Calangute has 22,178 registered voters. It comprises 10,852 male and 11,326 female registered voters.

There are 3 candidates contesting from Calangute in the Goa Assembly elections 2017. Calangute election result 2017 will be declared along with other 4 states on March 11. 

In Calangute Assembly Elections 2017, sitting MLA Michael Vincent Lobo of BJP is pitted against Joseph Robert Sequeira (Indian National Congress) and Godwin Fernandes (Aam Aadmi Party).

With assets worth ₹44 crore, sitting BJP MLA Michael Vincent Lobo is also the richest candidate in this constituency.

In the 2012 Goa assembly elections, the BJP won this constituency by 1,869 votes. Michael Vincent Lobo, the winning BJP candidate, got 9,891 votes. The runner-up was Agnelo Nicholas Fernandes of Congress who got 8,022 votes. The voter turnout was 82.74 %.