Pernem Assembly Constituency
Pernem is one of the 40 Legislative Assembly, Goa Legislative Assembly constituencies of the state of Goa in southern India. Pernem is also one of the 20 constituencies falling under North Goa Lok Sabha constituency. Pernem constituency is reserved for candidates belonging to the Dalits, Scheduled Castes. Members of the Legislative Assembly *Defection from MGP to BJP Election results Assembly Election 2022 Assembly Election 2017 Assembly Election 2012 Assembly Election 2007 Assembly Election 2002 Assembly Election 1999 Assembly Election 1994 Assembly Election 1989 Assembly Election 1984 Assembly Election 1980 Assembly Election 1977 Assembly Election 1972 Assembly By-election 1971 Assembly Election 1967 See also * List of constituencies of the Goa Legislative Assembly * North Goa district * Dargalim (Goa Assembl ...
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North Goa District
North Goa district is one of the two districts that constitutes the state of Goa, India. The district has an area of , and is bounded by Kolhapur and Sindhudurg districts of Maharashtra state to the north and by Belgavi district of Karnataka to the east, by South Goa district to the south, and by the Arabian Sea to the west. Historical background At the advent of the Portuguese in AD 1510, all of today's northern territories ( Ilhas, Bardez, Pernem, Bicholim, Antruz, and Sattari) were part of the Bijapur Sultanate. Ilhas and Bardez were annexed by the Portuguese after their successful conquest and the region is now called '' Velhas Conquistas'' (Old Conquests). After the fall of the Deccan sultanates and rise of the Marathas in the late 1600s, the remaining region eventually fell under the control of the Maratha Kingdom of Sawantwadi until AD 1783. These territories were seen as safe haven for the Hindus, Muslims and new-Christians who fled the Portuguese Inquisi ...
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