Cruz Silva

Cruz Silva (born 1969 or 1970[1]) is an Indian politician and the Member of the Legislative Assembly representing the Velim Assembly constituency. He is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party. Silva was elected as an MLA in the 2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election.[2][3][4]

Cruz Silva
Silva at his office in 2022
Member of the Goa Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
10 March 2022
Preceded byFilipe Nery Rodrigues
ConstituencyVelim
AAP Working President
Assumed office
24 May 2022
Personal details
Born1969 or 1970 (age 53–54)
Goa, India
Political partyAam Aadmi Party (2017—present)
Residence(s)Ambelim, Goa, India
Alma materGoa Engineering College (BE)
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionCivil Engineer

Silva graduated as an engineer from the Goa Engineering College, Farmagudi in 1992.[1] In September 2023 he was appointed as the National Joint secretary and National spokeperson for the Aam Aadmi Party along with Venzy Viegas

Electoral history

2022 assembly election, Velim
2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election: Velim[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Cruz Silva[6] 5,390 23.04%
INC Savio D'Silva 5,221 22.32%
TMC Benjamin Silva 4,134 17.67%
BJP Savio Rodrigues 1,331 5.69%
NCP Filipe Nery Rodrigues 3,420 14.62%
RGP Degley Fernandes 3,653 15.62%
NOTA None of the Above 241 1.03%
Majority
Turnout 72.41%
AAP gain from INC

References
  1. Sequeira, Newton (21 March 2022). "From building homes to building Velim, aam aadmi Cruz Silva". The Times of India.
  2. "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  3. "AAP wins maiden seats in Goa as Venzy Viegas beats Churchill Alemao". The Week. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  4. "Goa Assembly Election Results 2022 | Cruz Silva". NDTV.
  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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