1972 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election

1972 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election
All 30 assembly constituencies; 16 seats needed for a majority
Chief Minister before election; Dayanand Bandodkar; Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	Elected Chief Minister ; Dayanand Bandodkar; Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party

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Goa, Daman & Diu Legislative Assembly election, 1972 was held in Indian Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu in 1972, to elect 30 members to the Goa, Daman & Diu Legislative Assembly.^[1]

Results

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Political Party		Seats contested	Seats won	Number of Votes	% of Votes	Seat change
	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	23	18	116,855	38.30%	2
	United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)	26	10	99,156	32.50%	2
	Indian National Congress	19	1	41,612	13.64%	1
	Independents	36	1	28,874	9.64%	1
Total		138	30	305,077

Results by constituency

Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency^[2]
Assembly Constituency		Turnout	Winner					Runner Up					Margin
#k	Names	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Margin
1	Pernem	71.93%	Rane Jaisingrao Abasaheb		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	5,477	61.66%	Deshprabhu Raghunathrao		INC	2,828	31.84%	2,649
2	Mandrem	71.27%	Dayanand Bandodkar		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	8,254	72.93%	Kamulkar Vijay Maruti		INC	2,006	17.72%	6,248
3	Siolim	75.6%	Chandrakant Chodankar		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	5,638	51.37%	S. Souzaw A. Tito Fermina		United Goans Party	4,789	43.64%	849
4	Calangute	73.36%	Jagdish Bhujang Rao		United Goans Party	6,032	51.02%	D. Cruz Anthony Manuel		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	5,425	45.89%	607
5	Aldona	58.14%	José Silveiro Sousa		United Goans Party	5,733	64.06%	Silver Anacleto Mariand		Independent	1,953	21.82%	3,780
6	Mapusa	73.82%	Pankar Raghuvir Shanu		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	5,718	48.97%	N. S. Pandurang		United Goans Party	3,532	30.25%	2,186
7	Tivim	71.58%	Punaji Pandurang Achrekar		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	5,390	57.65%	Gopal Govind Mayekar		INC	2,361	25.25%	3,029
8	Bicholim	80.04%	Shashikala Kakodkar		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	6,589	65.42%	S. Ramesh Narayan		INC	2,393	23.76%	4,196
9	Pale	73.92%	A. K. S. Usgaonkar		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	4,885	51.19%	S. U. Prabhakar Krishna		INC	2,706	28.36%	2,179
10	Sattari	67.61%	Pratapsingh Rane		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	5,005	51.81%	Jaisingrao Rane		Samyukta Socialist Party	2,322	24.04%	2,683
11	Panaji	67.67%	Baban Naik		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	3,983	42.73%	Desai Yeshwant Sitaram		United Goans Party	3,758	40.32%	225
12	St. Cruz	69.28%	Jack de Sequeira		United Goans Party	6,586	57.51%	Fernandes Manuel Francisco Xavier Diogo		Independent	4,483	39.15%	2,103
13	St. Andre	72.28%	Teotonio Pereira		United Goans Party	5,335	50.44%	Melo Agosttinho Santana		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	3,969	37.52%	1,366
14	Cumbarjua	72.28%	Chodankar Vinayak Dharma		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	5,956	54.49%	P. P. Desai Shrikant Govind		United Goans Party	3,530	32.3%	2,426
15	Marcaim	74.34%	Bandodkar Krishna Raghu		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	7,020	77.19%	Kerkar Chandrakant Vijaya		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	1,858	20.43%	5,162
16	Ponda	73.4%	Rhoidas Naik		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	6,052	58.3%	Vishwanath Yeshwant Naik		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	2,259	21.76%	3,793
17	Siroda	65.59%	Jayakrishna Putu Naik		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	5,908	60.26%	Tendolkar N Narahari		United Goans Party	1,425	14.53%	4,483
18	Sanguem	69.54%	Morajker Vassudeu Datta		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	4,580	51.73%	K. Devidas Pandurang		INC	1,989	22.46%	2,591
19	Canacona	70.97%	Ganaba Bhagdu Desai		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	5,874	55.37%	P. D. Shrirang Padmanaba		United Goans Party	3,441	32.43%	2,433
20	Quepem	65.27%	Dhulo Kuttikar		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	3,406	46.16%	Dessai Molu Ganba		United Goans Party	2,815	38.15%	591
21	Curchorem	66.18%	Anil Prabhu Dessai		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	4,055	42.42%	Karmali B. Gopinath		United Goans Party	2,965	31.01%	1,090
22	Cuncolim	64.27%	Roque Santana Fernandes		United Goans Party	5,337	58.44%	Fernandes A. J. Guilman		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	3,133	34.31%	2,204
23	Benaulim	60.3%	Vasudeo Narayan Sarmalkar		United Goans Party	6,604	76.87%	Cardoso Felicio		Independent	1,796	20.91%	4,808
24	Navelim	57.07%	Leo Velho Mauricio		United Goans Party	7,618	69.77%	Miranda Elu Jose		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	2,777	25.43%	4,841
25	Margao	65.51%	Ananta Narcinva Naik		United Goans Party	4,859	54.05%	Virginkar Gopal Naraina		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	2,469	27.46%	2,390
26	Curtorim	58.73%	F. E. S. Silveira Martinho		United Goans Party	7,120	68.16%	Cardozoi Luis Piedade		Independent	2,039	19.52%	5,081
27	Cortalim	57.58%	Barbosa Luis Paleixo		United Goans Party	7,431	77.79%	Telo Mascarenhas		INC	1,018	10.66%	6,413
28	Mormugao	50.08%	Joshi Vassant Subraya		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	5,292	37.79%	A L De Graca Antonio		United Goans Party	4,252	30.36%	1,040
29	Daman	82.78%	H. Vallabhabhai Tendel		INC	7,729	50.46%	Lallubhai Jogibhat Patel		Independent	7,350	47.99%	379
30	Diu	68.24%	Fordo Narayan Shrinivas		Independent	4,598	58.08%	Modasia Balubhai Dharsi		INC	3,318	41.92%	1,280

By Elections

No.	Constituency	Winner	Party
1	Mandrem	Ramakant Khalap		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
2	Benaulim	Wilfred de Souza		United Goans Party (Sequeira group)

References

↑ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1971 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF GOA DAMAN & DIU" (PDF). Election Commission of India.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of Goa, Daman and Diu" (PDF). eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 January 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2024.

External links

[pdf-1] "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1971 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF GOA DAMAN & DIU" (PDF). Election Commission of India.

[2] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of Goa, Daman and Diu" (PDF). eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 January 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2024.

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