Navelim is a census town and fast growing suburb of the city of Margao located in the Salcete sub-district of South Goa district,Goa,India. It has a large parish and has played a crucial rule in South Goa politics at some stage. The region falls in the coastal South Goa sub-district of Salcete. It has been connected with some important persons from the world of Goan history too.
Avertano Furtado is a Goan politician. He was elected to be the Member of Legislative Assembly of Goa in March 2012 following an election from Navelim constituency after defeating the incumbent Churchill Alemao by 2,000,145 votes.
Luizinho Faleiro is a former All India Trinamool Congress politician from Goa who served as a Vice President in the All India Congress Committee of Indian National Congress since 2013 and was In-charge of the 7 North Eastern States of Manipur,Meghalaya,Mizoram,Sikkim,Arunachal Pradesh,Nagaland and Tripura. Previously he served two terms as the eighth Chief Minister of Goa. Faleiro was credited with devising strategies and stitching alliances that led to formation of Governments in Mizoram,Meghalaya,Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur. In 2013 was Chairman of the Karnataka Pradesh Assembly Elections Screening Committee,following which the Congress won the Karnataka Assembly Elections. He quit the Indian National Congress on 27th September,2021 to join the All India Trinamool Congress on 29th September,2021. On 10 April 2023 he resigned from Trinamool Congress and also resigned from Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament post under the ticket of Trinamool Congress. He is married to Rachel Faleiro and is the father of two sons,Lenin,Rabindra and only daughter Rania.
Bicholim Assembly constituency is one of the 40 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Goa state in India. Bicholim is also one of the 20 constituencies falling under the North Goa Lok Sabha constituency.
Calangute Assembly constituency is one of the 40 Goa Legislative Assembly constituencies of the state of Goa in southern India. Calangute is also one of the 20 constituencies falling under the North Goa Lok Sabha constituency.
Aldona is one of the 40 Goa Legislative Assembly constituencies of the state of Goa in southern India. Aldona is also one of the 20 constituencies falling under the North Goa Lok Sabha constituency.
Cumbarjua Assembly constituency is one of the 40 Goa Legislative Assembly constituencies of the state of Goa in southern India. Cumbarjua is also one of the 20 constituencies falling under the North Goa Lok Sabha constituency.
Cortalim Assembly constituency is one of the 40 Goa Legislative Assembly constituencies in Goa,India. Cortalim is also one of the 20 constituencies falling under the South Goa Lok Sabha constituency.
Benaulim Assembly constituency is one of the 40 Goa Legislative Assembly constituencies of the state of Goa in southern India. Benaulim is also one of the 20 constituencies falling under the South Goa Lok Sabha constituency.
Navelim Assembly constituency is one of the 40 Goa Legislative Assembly constituencies of the state of Goa in southern India. Navelim is also one of the 20 constituencies falling under the South Goa Lok Sabha constituency.
Velim Assembly constituency is one of the 40 Goa Legislative Assembly constituencies of the state of Goa in southern India. Velim is also one of the 20 constituencies falling under the South Goa Lok Sabha constituency and includes villages and towns like Velim,Assolna,Ambelim,Chinchinim and Sao Jose de Areal.
Quepem is one of the 40 Goa Legislative Assembly constituencies of the state of Goa in southern India. Quepem is also one of the 20 constituencies falling under the South Goa Lok Sabha constituency.
Sanguem Assembly constituency is one of the 40 Goa Legislative Assembly constituencies of the state of Goa in southern India. Sanguem is also one of the 20 constituencies falling under the South Goa Lok Sabha constituency.
Goa Forward Party is a regional political party in the western coastal Indian state of Goa,led by Vijai Sardesai. The GFP fielded four candidates in the 2017 Goa Assembly election and won three seats. It played a crucial,if controversial,role in the return of the Bharatiya Janata Party to power in the March 2017 election results in Goa. The party's motto is "Goem,Goemkar,Goemkarponn". The party was launched on 25 January 2016 and its symbol is the coconut.
Pratap Prabhakar Gauns or Pratap Prabhakar Gawas is an Indian politician from the state of Goa. He was elected to the Goa Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Indian National Congress party in 2008. He won against BJP candidate Pramod Sawant by a margin of 1534 votes.
The Seventh Goa Assembly was the unicameral legislature of the state of Goa in western India. It consists of 40 members. In charge of the budget,the Assembly appropriates money for social programs,agricultural development,infrastructure development,etc. It was also responsible for proposing and levying taxes.
Altone D'Costa,is an Indian politician and businessperson from Goa. He is the current member of Goa Legislative Assembly representing the Quepem Assembly constituency. D'Costa contested on Indian National Congress ticket in 2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election and emerged victorious. He defeated former Deputy Chief Minister and four term BJP MLA,Chandrakant Kavlekar by a margin of 3601 votes.
Leo Velho Mauricio was an Indian politician and lawyer from Goa. He was a former member of the Goa Legislative Assembly,representing the Navelim Assembly constituency from 1967 to 1980. He was also a member of the Azad Gomantak Dal.
Gurudas Gauns was an Indian politician who served as Member of Goa Legislative Assembly from Pale Assembly constituency. In 2007 Goa Legislative Assembly election,he got 7,768 votes.
