Damodar Gajanan "Damu" Naik (born 6 September 1971) is an Indian politician and associated with the

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ...

from the state of

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. He was the member for the Fatorda Assembly constituency of the

Goa Legislative Assembly The Goa Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the state of Goa in India. The Assembly meets at the Goa State Legislative Assembly Complex in Porvorim, Bardez. The Eighth Goa Legislative Assembly consists of 40 members. The assem ...

between 2002 and 2012 in the Cabinet of

Manohar Parrikar Manohar Gopalkrishna Prabhu Parrikar (13 December 1955 – 17 March 2019) was an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party who was the Chief Minister of Goa for three terms. He also served as the Union Minister of Defence ...

Early life and education

Damodar Naik was born on 6 September 1971 to Gajanan B. Naik and Laxmi G. Naik. He obtained a

Bachelor of Arts A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated B.A., BA, A.B. or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is the holder of a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the liberal arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts deg ...

from

Goa University Goa University is a public state university headquartered in the city of Panaji, in the Indian state of Goa. The traditions of Goa University date back to the 17th century,Prôa, Miguel Pires. "Escolas Superiores" Portuguesas Antes de 1950 ...

in 1994.

Political career

He represented the Fatorda Assembly constituency for the

. He was elected to the

from the same constituency in the

2002 Goa Legislative Assembly election Elections for the Indian state of Goa took place 2002. Parties contested Results Results by constituency The following is the list of winning MLAs in the election. * Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituen ...

and the

2007 Goa Legislative Assembly election Elections in the Indian state of Goa took place on 2 June 2007. Counting of votes began on 5 June, and the election process was completed by 8 June. Results Results by constituency By-elections Government formation Indian Nation ...

. He served as the National Executive Member of

Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha The Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) (translation: Indian People's Youth Front) is the youth wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), one of the two major political parties in India, and formerly the youth wing of the dissolved Janata Party ...

in 2006. He contested for the

from

Fatorda Fatorda is a suburb of the city of Margao in Salcete, Goa. Fatorda has been originally home to the traditional Scheduled Tribe/ Scheduled Caste population. The Catholic Gawda community has a very large presence in Fatorda. However, due to the ...

constituency in February 2022 as a member of

. and lost to Vijay Sardessai by 1527 votes.

References

External links

Members of the Goa Legislative Assembly

fatorda Vidhan Sabha Chunav 2022: Assembly Elections News, fatorda Constituency, Vidhan Sabha Seat- hindi.news18.com
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