Cruz Silva

Indian politician

Cruz Silva
Silva at his office in 2022

Member of the Goa Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 March 2022
Preceded by	Filipe Nery Rodrigues
Constituency	Velim
AAP Working President
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 May 2022

Personal details
Born	1969 or 1970 (age 54–55) Goa, India
Political party	Aam Aadmi Party (2017—present)
Residence(s)	Ambelim, Goa, India
Alma mater	Goa Engineering College (BE)
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Civil Engineer

Cruz Silva (born 1969 or 1970^[1]) is an Indian politician who currently serves as a Member of the Goa 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]

Silva graduated as an engineer from the Goa Engineering College, Farmagudi in 1992.^[1]

Electoral history

2022 assembly election, Velim

This section is transcluded from Velim (Goa Assembly constituency). (edit | history)

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%
	AITC	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

^ ^a ^b Sequeira, Newton (21 March 2022). "From building homes to building Velim, aam aadmi Cruz Silva". The Times of India.
^ "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.
^ "Goa Assembly Election Results 2022 | Cruz Silva". NDTV.
^ "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.