2. South Goa is a Lok Sabha / Parliamentary constituency in region of Goa in West India. This rural general constituency has an estimated Scheduled Caste population of 1.24% and a Scheduled Tribe population of 14.3%. The estimated literacy level of South Goa is 87.88%. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, there were a total of eligible electors and the voter turnout was calculated at %. The seat went to the polls on Phase 3 on Tuesday, April 23, 2019.
In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Adv Narendra Keshav Sawaikar of BJP won in this seat by defeating the INC candidate by a margin of 32,330 votes which was 7.88% of the total votes polled in the constituency. BJP had a vote share of 48.44% in 2014 in the seat. There were a total of 12 contestants in 2014.
In 2009, Cosme Francisco Caitano Sardinha of INC emerged victorious in this seat by defeating the BJP candidate by a margin of 12,516 votes which was 4.60% of the total votes polled. INC had a vote share of 46.87% in 2019, in the constituency. There were 11 contestants in 2009.
The voter turnout in the 2014 Parliamentary polls in the seat was 75.28% and in 2009, the constituency registered 50.96% turnout during polling.
As of December 2018, the Member of Parliament from South Goa was: Adv Narendra Keshav Sawaikar (BJP) . The 2019 Lok Sabha election results are scheduled for Thursday, May 23, 2019.
According to the 2014 electoral rolls, the electorate included 2,72,438 men, 2,72,898 women and 0 voters of the third gender.
Refer to the live updating results tables for the latest South Goa Lok Sabha results.
The geographic coordinates of South Goa is: 15.1164 73.9486
Constituency and state name in other Indian languages: दक्षिण गोवा, गोवा (Hindi); দক্ষিণ গোয়া, গোয়া় (Bengali); दक्षिण गोवा, गोवा (Marathi); દક્ષિણ ગોવા, ગોવા (Gujarati); கிழக்கு கோவா, கோவா (Tamil); దక్క్షణ గోవా, గోవా (Telugu); ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಗೋವಾ, ಗೋವಾ (Kannada); സൗത്ത് ഗോവ, ഗോവ (Malayalam).
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