{{Short description|Indian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Benjamin Silva | birth_name = Benjamin Silva | image = Benjamin Silva in 2016.jpg | caption = Silva in 2016 | birth_date = | birth_place = Goa, India | office1 = Member of Goa Legislative Assembly | constituency1 = Velim | term_start1 = 2012 | term_end1 = 2017 | predecessor1 = Filipe Nery Rodrigues | successor1 = Filipe Nery Rodrigues | party = All India Trinamool Congress | other_party = Independent | spouse = | children = | education = 10th Pass | alma_mater = | profession = Fishing Business | website = | footnotes = | date = | year = | source = }} '''Benjamin Silva''' is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Goa Legislative Assembly from Velim in the 2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election as an Independent member.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://myneta.info/goa2012/candidate.php?candidate_id=50|title=Ganesh Gaonkar(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- SANVORDEM(SOUTH GOA) - Affidavit Information of Candidate|website=myneta.info}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/lok-sabha-elections-2019/goa/news/many-factors-impact-political-fortunes-in-salcete/articleshow/69017315.cms|title=Many factors impact political fortunes in Salcete|newspaper=The Times of India |date=24 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/lok-sabha-elections-2019/goa/news/in-salcete-once-again-it-is-advantage-cong-for-ls-polls/articleshow/68896506.cms|title=In Salcete, once again it is advantage Congress for Lok Sabha polls|newspaper=The Times of India |date=16 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.goanews.com/news_details.php?id=7178|title=6 ruling Christian MLAs together in Kerala, Dy CM bursts out at CM: Coincidence? (By: GOANEWS DESK, PANAJI)|website=Goa News}}</ref>
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