Sanquelim Assembly constituency

Sakhali
Constituency No. 17 for the Goa Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Goa
District	North Goa
Lok Sabha constituency	North Goa
Established	2008
Total electors	27,919[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
8th Goa Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Dr. Pramod Sawant
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2022

Sakhali Assembly constituency, also known as Sanquelim, is one of the 40 Goa Legislative Assembly constituencies of the state of Goa in Western India. It is also one of the 20 constituencies falling under the North Goa Lok Sabha constituency.

Following the delimitation of constituencies in 2008, Sanquelim was established as a separate assembly constituency. Pratap Prabhakar Gauns of the Indian National Congress became the first elected Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Sanquelim, after winning the 2008 by-election for the erstwhile Pale constituency.^[2]

During his tenure, Shri Pratap Prabhakar Gauns initiated several key development projects in the constituency, including the establishment of the Ravindra Bhavan Sanquelim, the Goa Institute of Management, the Primary Health Centre Sanquelim, a garbage treatment plant, a swimming pool, and a sewage treatment plant in Sanquelim.^[3]

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2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Sanquelim^[1][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dr. Pramod Sawant	12,250	47.73%	5.29
	INC	Dharmesh Saglani	11,584	45.13%	11.69
	RGP	Sujay Gauns	742	2.89%	New
	MGP	Mahadev Yeshwant Khandekar	370	1.44%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	286	1.11%	0.27
Margin of victory			666	2.59%	6.40
Turnout			25,666	91.94%	1.51
Registered electors			27,916		6.52
	BJP hold		Swing	5.29

2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election : Sanquelim^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dr. Pramod Sawant	10,058	42.44%	23.49
	INC	Dharmesh Saglani	7,927	33.45%	0.48
	GSM	Suresh Amonkar	3,831	16.16%	New
	NCP	Pratap Prabhakar Gauns	857	3.62%	New
	AAP	Milind Gauns	408	1.72%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	329	1.39%	New
	Independent	Mahesh Shantaram Parab	218	0.92%	New
Margin of victory			2,131	8.99%	23.00
Turnout			23,700	90.43%	0.59
Registered electors			26,207		8.89
	BJP hold		Swing	23.49

• Pale (Goa Assembly constituency)
• List of constituencies of the Goa Legislative Assembly
• North Goa district

• "Record of all Goa Assembly Elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 14 March 2022.

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