Venzy Viegas
Indian politician (born 1977)
Venzy Viegas | |
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Member of the Goa Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office 10 March 2022 | |
Preceded by | Churchill Alemao |
Constituency | Benaulim |
AAP Working President | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office 24 May 2022 | |
Personal details | |
Born | (1977-08-09) 9 August 1977 (age 47) Goa, India |
Political party | Aam Aadmi Party |
Occupation | Politician |
Captain Venzy Viegas (born 9 August 1977)[1] is an Indian politician and former merchant navy officer[2] who serves as a member of the Goa Legislative Assembly, representing the Benaulim Assembly constituency. A member of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), he was elected as the MLA from Benaulim in the 2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election.[3][4] Viegas was appointed as the legislative party leader of AAP in Goa Assembly in March 2022.[5]
Career
Viegas was also appointed the Working President for AAP in May 2022.[6] He defeated Churchil Alemao (former Chief Minister of Goa) who contested on TMC ticket by a margin of more than 1,000 votes.
Electoral performance
2022 assembly election, Benaulim
This section is transcluded from Benaulim (Goa Assembly constituency). (edit | history)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AAP | Venzy Viegas[8] | 6,411 | 30.36 | ![]() | |
AITC | Churchill Alemao | 5,140 | 24.34 | new | |
INC | Anthony Dias | 4,697 | 22.25 | ![]() | |
RGP | Desmond Fernandes | 3,854 | 18.25 | new | |
BJP | Damodar Bandotkar | 851 | 4.03 | new | |
NOTA | None of the Above | 161 | 0.76 | ||
Majority | 1,271 | ||||
Turnout | 70.20 | ![]() | |||
Registered electors | 28,959 | ||||
AAP gain from NCP | Swing |
References
- ^ "Goa Legislative Assembly". www.goavidhansabha.gov.in. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- ^ "Merchant navy captain to giant killer: AAP's Venzy Viegas keen on uprooting graft in Goa". The Times of India. 20 March 2022. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- ^ "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ^ "AAP wins maiden seats in Goa as Venzy Viegas beats Churchill Alemao". The Week. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ^ "Venzy is AAP's legislative party leader". The Times of India. 30 March 2022. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
- ^ "Support pours in for AAP leader Palekar". oHeraldo. 3 December 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
- ^ "Goa General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ "Goa Assembly Election 2022: Full list of AAP candidates and their constituencies". The Financial Express. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
State Legislative Assembly | ||
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Preceded by | Member of the Goa Legislative Assembly from Benaulim Assembly constituency 2022 – present | Incumbent |
Aam Aadmi Party political offices | ||
Preceded by Post established | Vice president of AAP Goa Jan 2022 – present | Incumbent |
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- Convener: Arvind Kejriwal
- Secretary: Pankaj Gupta
- Treasurer: Narain Dass Gupta
- Joint General Secretary: Ishudan Gadhvi
- Arvind Kejriwal
- Manish Sisodia
- Sanjay Singh
- Gopal Rai
- Atishi
- Durgesh Pathak
- Imran Hussain
- Raghav Chadha
- Rakhi Bidlan
- Arvind Kejriwal
- Manish Sisodia
- Bhagwant Mann
- Sanjay Singh
- Raghav Chadha
- Narain Dass Gupta
- Sushil Gupta
- Ishudan Gadhvi
- Gopal Rai
- Satyendra Kumar Jain
- Imran Hussain
- Rajendra Pal Gautam
- Rakhi Birla
- Harpal Singh Cheema
- Atishi
- Dilip Pandey
- Dinesh Mohaniya
- Aman Arora
- Saravjit Kaur Manuke
- Prof. Baljinder Kaur
- Venzy Viegas
- Preeti Sharma Menon and others
- Saurabh Bhardwaj (Chief Spokesperson)
- Sanjay Singh
- Pankaj Gupta
- Dilip Pandey
- Bhagwant Mann
- Preeti Sharma Menon
- Prithvi Reddy
- Nishikant Mohapatra
- Raghav Chadha
- Anjali Rai