1980 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election

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1980 Goa legislative assembly election

1980
All 30 assembly constituencies of the Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly 16 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Pratapsingh Rane Shashikala Kakodkar Party Indian National Congress (Urs) Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party Leader's seat Satari Bicholim (lost) Seats before 0 15 Seats won 20 7 Seat change 20 8
Chief Minister before election Shashikala Kakodkar Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party Elected Chief Minister Pratapsingh Rane Indian National Congress (U)

Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu in 1980, to elect 30 members to the Goa Legislative Assembly. The Indian National Congress (Urs) won a majority of seats as well as the popular vote and Pratapsingh Rane was sworn in as Chief Minister of Goa, Daman and Diu

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Indian National Congress (Urs)	134,651	38.36	20	New
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	127,714	36.36	7	–8
Janata Party	14,431	4.11	0	–3
Indian National Congress	12,338	3.51	0	–10
Janata Party (Secular)	6,045	1.72	0	New
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1,089	0.31	0	New
Independents	54,773	15.60	3	+1
Invalid/blank votes	12,232	–	–	–
Total	363,273	100	30	+1
Registered voters/turnout	522,652	69.51	–	–
Source: Election Commission of India

Winning candidates

No.	Constituency	Winner	Party
1	Pernem	Deu Mandrekar		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
2	Mandrem	Ramakant Khalap		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
3	Siolim	Chodankar Chandrakant Uttom		Independents
4	Calangute	Wilfred de Souza		Indian National Congress (U)
5	Mapusa	Nevagi Shamsunder Jairam		Indian National Congress (U)
6	Tivim	Dayanand Narvekar		Indian National Congress (U)
7	Bicholim	Harish Zantye		Independents
8	Pale	Naik Vishnu Rama		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
9	Satari	Pratapsingh Rane		Indian National Congress (U)
10	Panaji	Naik Vishnu Anant		Independents
11	Santa Cruz	Fernandes Michael Antonio Carminho		Indian National Congress (U)
12	Santo Andre	Pereira Teotonio Francisco		Indian National Congress (U)
13	Cumbarjua	Chodankar Vinayak Dharma		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
14	Marcaim	Gaonkar Babusso Sanvlo		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
15	Ponda	Aguiar Jolido Souza		Indian National Congress (U)
16	Siroda	Prabhu Ramchandra Tukaram		Indian National Congress (U)
17	Sanguem	Naik Tari Gurudas Vassudev		Indian National Congress (U)
18	Rivona	Dessai Dilkush Fotu		Indian National Congress (U)
19	Canacona	Gaonkar Vasu Paik		Indian National Congress (U)
20	Quepem	Dessai Voikunt Govind		Indian National Congress (U)
21	Cuncolim	Mario Vaz		Indian National Congress (U)
22	Benaulim	Monte D'Cruz		Indian National Congress (U)
23	Navelim	Luizinho Faleiro		Indian National Congress (U)
24	Margao	Ananta Narcina Naik		Indian National Congress (U)
25	Curtorim	Francisco Sardinha		Indian National Congress (U)
26	Cortalim	Froilano Machado		Indian National Congress (U)
27	Dabolim	Dourado Herculano Luis		Indian National Congress (U)
28	Marmagoa	Sheikh Hassan Haroon		Indian National Congress (U)
29	Daman	Tandel Narsinbhai Lallubhai		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
30	Diu	Solanki Somjibhai Bhikha		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party