1977 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election

1977 Goa legislative assembly election

1977
All 30 assembly constituencies 16 seats needed for a majority
Majority party   Leader Shashikala Kakodkar Party Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party Leader's seat Bicholim Seats before 18 Seats won 15 Seat change 3
Chief Minister before election Shashikala Kakodkar Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party Elected Chief Minister Shashikala Kakodkar Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party

Goa Legislative Assembly election, 1977 was held in Indian Union territory of Goa in 1977, to elect 30 members to the Goa Legislative Assembly.

Results

	Political Party	Seats contested	Seats won	Number of Votes	% of Votes	Seat change
	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	29	15	116,339	38.49%	3
	Indian National Congress	27	10	87,461	28.94%	9
	Janata Party	30	3	69,823	23.10%	3
	Independents	57	2	28,022	9.27%	1
	Total	145	30	302,237

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		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
4	Calangute	Fernandes Rual Ilario		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
5	Mapusa	Surendra Sirsat		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
6	Tivim	Dayanand Narvekar		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
7	Bicholim	Shashikala Kakodkar		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
8	Pale	Shenvi Surlikar Laxmikant Santaram		Indian National Congress
9	Satari	Pratapsingh Rane		Indian National Congress
10	Panaji	Madhav R. Bir		Janata Party
11	Santa Cruz	Jack Sequeira		Janata Party
12	Santo Andre	Cuncoliencar Shripad Laxman		Indian National Congress
13	Cumbarjua	Chodankar Vinayak Dharma		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
14	Marcaim	Bandodkar Krishna Raghu		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
15	Ponda	Rhoidas H. Naik		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
16	Siroda	Jayakrishna Putu Naik		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
17	Sanguem	Marathe Sadashiv Vaman		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
18	Rivona	Dessai Dilkush Fotu		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
19	Canacona	Gaonkar Vasu Paik		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
20	Quepem	Dessai Voikunt Govind		Indian National Congress
21	Cuncolim	Ferdino Rebello		Janata Party
22	Benaulim	Cota Lourence Pedro Santano		Indian National Congress
23	Navelim	Leo Velho Mauricio		Indian National Congress
24	Margao	Ananta Narcina Naik		Indian National Congress
25	Curtorim	Francisco Sardinha		Indian National Congress
26	Cortalim	Froilano Machado		Indian National Congress
27	Dabolim	Laad Shankar Vishveswar		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
28	Marmagoa	Sheikh Hassan Haroon		Indian National Congress
29	Daman	Bhathala Makhanbhai Moraji		Independents
30	Diu	Narayan Fugro		Independents

References

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