Clafasio Dias is an Indian politician and former member of the

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. He represented the

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. Dias won by defeating sitting MLA Subhash Rajan Naik of the

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and former Independent MLA Joaquim Alemao. He was also a

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member,

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and Chairperson of South Goa Zilla Panchayat. He was one of the ten members of

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who joined

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in July 2019.

References

Living people Indian National Congress politicians from Goa Goa MLAs 2017–2022 Year of birth missing (living people) Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Goa {{Goa-INC-politician-stub