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Constituency

12. Santa Cruz

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Goa Assembly Election, 2002

GA-SANTA-CRUZ

INC 40.1%won by 0.2%BJP 39.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 31.0% to 0.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from MAG (MAG) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 80.0% of the vote between them, up from 70.6% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
16,591
Margin
40
0.24%

Since 1999

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJP swing
−39.6%
INC share
50.8% 40.1%
BJP share
10.9% 39.9%
Turnout