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He won the seat in the 2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election with 10,195 votes. Check his verified record below and rate his performance on NetaSampark.\n\n## Who is Joshua De Souza?\n\nJoshua De Souza represents the Mapusa Assembly constituency in the Goa Legislative Assembly as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was elected in the 2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election (results declared 2022-03-10).\n\n## Rate Joshua De Souza: Neta Trust Score\n\n Joshua De Souza has not been rated yet. Be the first citizen to rate this MLA.\n\nThe Neta Trust Score is a score out of 100 built from citizen ratings on NetaSampark across 10 factors: leadership, transparency, accessibility, communication, responsiveness, development work, integrity & ethics, public engagement, citizen confidence and problem resolution. It reflects the opinions of NetaSampark users and is not an official government rating.\n\n## Mapusa election result (2022)\n\n- Winner: Joshua De Souza (BJP) – 10,195 votes (44.63% of valid votes)\n- Runner-up: Sudhir Rama Kandolkar (INC) – 8,548 votes\n- Margin: 1,647 votes\n- Total electors: 29,294\n- Source: Election Commission of India, General Election to the Goa Legislative Assembly 2022 – Detailed Results.\n\n## Political career\n\n- 2022: Elected MLA from Mapusa, Goa Legislative Assembly general election – BJP, 10,195 votes (44.63%), margin 1,647 over Sudhir Rama Kandolkar (INC) [ECI]\n- Note: career events beyond official records (ECI results, official ministers list) are not included.\n- This section uses official records only (ECI results, official council of ministers lists); other career events are not included.\n\n## Joshua De Souza's education and profession\n\nEducation: Graduate (B.Com From St Xavior College Mapusa Goa in 2009), as declared in his 2022 election affidavit.\nProfession: Businessman (self-declared in affidavit).\n\n## Joshua De Souza's assets and affidavit\n\nAs declared in his 2022 election affidavit (compiled by ADR\u002FMyNeta):\n\n- Total assets: Rs 4,15,97,663 (about Rs 4.2 crore)\n- Total liabilities: Rs 32,92,761 (about Rs 32.9 lakh)\n- Criminal cases declared: 0\n\nThese figures are self-declared and reflect the position at the time of filing.\n\n## Neta Updates from Joshua De Souza\n\nJoshua De Souza has not yet started posting updates on NetaSampark. When his office joins NetaSampark Leader, citizens following this profile will see his announcements, work and event updates here.\n\n · Are you Joshua De Souza or his office?\n\n## Sources\n\nElection Commission of India statistical reports (2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election), official Legislative Assembly member list, ADR\u002FMyNeta affidavit data (2022). 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