Venzy Viegas
Member of Goa Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
10 March 2022
Preceded byChurchill Alemao
ConstituencyBenaulim
AAP Working President
Assumed office
24 May 2022
Personal details
BornGoa, India
Political partyAam Aadmi Party
OccupationPolitician

Venzy Viegas is an Indian politician who currently serves as a member of the Goa Legislative Assembly, representing the Benaulim Assembly constituency. He is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party.He is closely associated with the Aam Aadmi Party convenor Arvind Kejriwal He was elected as the MLA from Benaulim in the 2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election.[1][2] He was appointed as the legislative party leader of AAP in Goa Assembly in March 2022.[3]

Career

Venzy Viegas was also appointed the Working President for AAP in May 2022. Currently he is the working president of AAP.[4] He defeated Churchil Alemao (former Chief Minister of Goa) who contested on TMC ticket by a margin of more than 1,000 votes.In September 2023 he was appointed as the National Joint secretary and National spokeperson for the Aam Aadmi Party along with Cruz Silva

Electoral performance

2022 assembly election, Benaulim

Assembly Election, 2022: Benaulim[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Venzy Viegas[6] 6,411 30.36 Increase10.76
AITC Churchill Alemao 5,140 24.34 new
INC Anthony Dias 4,697 22.25 Increase12.15
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 Decrease4.32
Registered electors 28959
AAP gain from NCP Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  2. ↑ "AAP wins maiden seats in Goa as Venzy Viegas beats Churchill Alemao". The Week. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  3. ↑ "Venzy is AAP's legislative party leader". The Times of India. 30 March 2022. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  4. ↑ "Support pours in for AAP leader Palekar". oHeraldo. 3 December 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  5. ↑ "Goa General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  6. ↑ "Goa Assembly Election 2022: Full list of AAP candidates and their constituencies". The Financial Express. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
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