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{{Short description|Indian politician and businesswoman (born 1977)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Delilah Michael Lobo
| caption = Lobo in 2024
| image = Delilah Lobo.png
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|4|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Goa]], India
| office = [[Goa Legislative Assembly|Member of Goa Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency = [[Siolim Assembly constituency|Siolim]]
| term_start = 10 March 2022
| predecessor = [[Vinoda Paliencar]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (2022–present)
| other_party = [[Indian National Congress]]<br/>(2022–2022)
| spouse = [[Michael Lobo (politician)|Michael Lobo]]
| children = 2
| alma_mater = [[Dnyanprassarak Mandal's College]] ([[B.Com]])
| occupation = {{hlist|Politician|businesswoman}}
| website = {{URL|facebook.com/DelilahLoboofficial}}
}}

'''Delilah Michael Lobo''' (born 23 April 1977) is an Indian politician and businesswoman who serves as a member of the [[Goa Legislative Assembly]], representing the [[Siolim Assembly constituency]]. Lobo won the Siolim constituency on the [[Indian National Congress]] (INC) ticket in the [[2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election]]. She defeated four-time MLA [[Dayanand Mandrekar]] of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] by a margin of 1,727 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Delilah Michael Lobo from INC Won Siolim Assembly Election Result 2022: Candidates List and Winner in Siolim Constituency |url=https://indiatoday.in/know-your-candidatesgoa-assembly-election-2022/siolim-constituency-candidates-list/ |access-date=2022-07-31 |website=indiatoday.in |language=en}}</ref> On 14 September 2022, Lobo along with her husband and six other legislators of the [[Indian National Congress]] party quit to join the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-14 |title=At centre of Goa defection storm, Michael Lobo returns to haunt Congress again |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/at-centre-of-goa-defection-storm-michael-lobo-returns-to-haunt-congress-again-8150392/ |access-date=2022-11-24 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

==Early and personal life==
Delilah Michael Lobo was born on 23 April 1977<ref>{{Cite web |title=Goa Legislative Assembly |url=https://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/member_detail.php?mem_id=253 |access-date=2023-11-24 |website=www.goavidhansabha.gov.in}}</ref> in [[Goa]], India, to Almira and Melchiades Vincent Lobo.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Delilah Lobo, INC MLA from Siolim - Our Neta |url=https://ourneta.com/neta/smt-delailah-lobo/ |access-date=2023-11-24 |language=en}}</ref> She has been married to politician and businessman [[Michael Lobo (politician)|Michael Lobo]]. She completed her [[Higher Secondary School Certificate]] (HSSC) and graduation in [[Bachelor of Commerce]] (B.Com) from [[Dnyanprassarak Mandal's College]] in 1998.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Delilah Michael Lobo(Indian National Congress(INC)):Constituency- SIOLIM(NORTH GOA) - Affidavit Information of Candidate |url=https://myneta.info/goa2022/candidate.php?candidate_id=211 |access-date=2022-07-31 |website=myneta.info}}</ref>

==Political career==
Lobo was a panch ([[village panchayat|panchayat]] member) for a period of five years prior to contesting the [[2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election]]s. She is also a former ten-year [[sarpanch]] and former [[BJP Mahila Morcha]] state vice president, who resigned on 11 January 2022 to join the [[Indian National Congress party]] (INC) along with her husband, [[Michael Lobo]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Quint |first=The |date=2022-01-19 |title=Goa Polls: Congress Fields Former BJP Leader Delilah Lobo From Siolim |url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/goa-elections-congress-leader-delilah-lobo |access-date=2022-07-31 |website=TheQuint |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-13 |title=Goa panchayat polls: CM Sawant claims clean sweep, says confident of 2024 victory |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/goa-panchayat-polls-cm-sawant-claims-clean-sweep-confident-2024-8087406/ |access-date=2022-08-27 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

On 14 September 2022, Lobo along with her husband and six other legislators of the [[Indian National Congress]] party quit to join the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-14 |title=At centre of Goa defection storm, Michael Lobo returns to haunt Congress again |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/at-centre-of-goa-defection-storm-michael-lobo-returns-to-haunt-congress-again-8150392/ |access-date=2022-11-24 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

==2022 illegal land filling==
On 5 May 2022, [[Mapusa]] police registered an [[First Information Report|FIR]] against Lobo and her husband for illegal land filling at [[Parra, Goa]]. The FIR was filed by complainant, North Goa planning and development authority (NGPDA), at the behest of Town & Country Planning (TCP) minister, [[Vishwajit Rane]].<ref>{{Cite web |agency=TNN|date=5 May 2022 |title=Goa: FIR against Lobo duo for illegal land filling at Parra {{!}} Goa News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/fir-against-lobo-duo-for-illegal-land-filling-at-parra/articleshow/91326707.cms |access-date=2022-11-24 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref>

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[[Category:1978 births]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Goa]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian women politicians]]
[[Category:Goa MLAs 2022–2027]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Goa]]
[[Category:Businesspeople from Goa]]
[[Category:Women members of the Goa Legislative Assembly]]

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Rrajani at 05:14, 19 April 2026