Rodolfo Louis Fernandes is an Indian politician who serves as a member 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 ...

; representing the

St. Cruz Assembly constituency Santa Cruz Assembly constituency is one of the original Goa Legislative Assembly constituency seats in the Tiswadi Taluka of North Goa District in the State of Goa. The other constituencies in Tiswadi are Panaji, Taleigao, St. Andre and Cumb ...

since 2022. He began his political career in 2012 as an independent and subsequently joined the

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

(INC) in 2022.

Career

In 2012, Fernandes initially ran as an independent, contesting the

, previously represented by his mother Victoria Fernandes. He lost to

Atanasio Monserrate Atanasio "Babush" Monserrate is an Indian politician who is a three-term member of the Goa Legislative Assembly. He is a current member of the Goa Legislative Assembly from Panaji Assembly constituency. He was the Member of Legislative Assembly ...

of INC by a margin of 2336 votes which was 10.93% of the total votes polled. Monserrate was barred from Indian National Congress for anti-party activities in 2015. In 2017, Fernandes ran for a second time again as an Independent and lost to Antonio Fernandes of INC, in a field of eight candidates. Hemant Golatkar and Fernandes, procured 5560 and 5262 votes respectively of the 22,215 total votes. In 2022, Fernandes, ran for the third time as Indian National Congress candidate. He switched to BJP the same year.

Personal life

Rodolfo Louis Fernandes was born to Andre Francisco Xavier Romao Franandes and Victoria Fernandes, in Santa Cruz, Goa. He completed his SSC from Santa Cruz High School and went on to complete his HSC from Dhempe College of Art and Science, Miramar, Goa. He is married and has three children. He hails from a

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family.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fernandes, Rodolfo Indian National Congress politicians from Goa Politicians from North Goa district Goa MLAs 2022–2027 Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Goa