1963 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election

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1963 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election
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9 December 1963 1967  →
All 30 seats in the Goa, Daman & Diu Legislative Assembly
16 seats needed for a majority
Turnout50-70% [1]
 Majority partyMinority partyThird party
  Dayanand Bandodkar (cropped).jpg Two oxen variante.svg
Leader Dayanand Bandodkar Jack de Sequeira
Party MGP United Goans Party INC
Leader's seat Marcaim (bypoll) Panaji
Seats beforeNewNewNew
Seats won14121
Seat changeNewNewNew
Popular vote40.13%29.69%17.27%
Elected CM

Dayanand Bandodkar
MGP

The first elections to the Goa, Daman & Diu Legislative Assembly were held in December 1963, to elect members of the 30 constituencies, in the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu, India. [2]

Contents

The Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party won the most seats (fourteen), and its leader, Dayanand Bandodkar was appointed as the Chief Minister of Goa, Daman and Diu. [3] [4] The United Goans Party won 12 seats, three seats were won by Independents, whereas the Jawaharlal Nehru-led Indian National Congress only won one seat. [5] [6]

Background

After the Annexation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli in 1954, followed by the Annexation of Goa in 1961, the new union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu was established. Later, in 1963, after the passing of the Government of Union Territories Act, 1963, Goa, Daman and Diu was assigned a Legislative Assembly of thirty seats. [7]

To facilitate the upcoming election, A. F. Couto was made the Chief Electoral Officer of the union territory on 19 August 1963. [8] The Delimitation Commission of India split up the Union territory into 30 constituencies; 28 in Goa and one each for Daman and Diu. [9] On 3 October, it was announced that the Indian National Congress, Frente Popular and the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) were allowed to have reserved electoral symbols, [10] followed on 24 October, by the United Goans Party (UGP). [11]

Election Schedule

EventDate [12]
Last Date for filing Nominations11 November 1963
Date for scrutiny of nominations13 November 1963
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures16 November 1963
Date of poll9 December 1963
Date before which the election shall be completed11 December 1963

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party 100,11740.1314
United Goans Party 74,08129.6912
Indian National Congress 43,10017.271
Frente Popular 4,5481.820
Independents [lower-alpha 1] 27,64811.083
Total249,494100.0030
Valid votes249,49495.82
Invalid/blank votes10,8784.18
Total votes260,372100.00
Source: [5] [13] [14]
  1. ↑ Independents included two candidates of the Praja Socialist Party

Elected Members

#ConstituencyMember [15] Party
1 Pernem Kashinath Shetgaonkar Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
2 Mandrem Vijay Kamulkar Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
3 Siolim Pandurang Purushottam Shirodkar Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
4 Calangute John D'Souza United Goans Party
5 Aldona Orlando Sequeira Lobo United Goans Party
6 Mapusa Raghunath Tople Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
7 Tivim Shambu Palienkar Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
8 Bicholim Kusmakar Kadkade Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
9 Pale A. K. S. Usgaonkar Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
10 Sattari Jaisingrao Rane Praja Socialist Party
11 Panaji Jack Sequeira United Goans Party
12 Santa Cruz Joaquim L. Araujo United Goans Party
13 Santo Andre Teotonio Pereira United Goans Party
14 Sant Estevam Dattaram Chopdekar Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
15 Marcaim Vasant Velingkar [lower-alpha 1] Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
16 Ponda Gajanan Raikar Praja Socialist Party
17 Siroda Pundalik Naik Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
18 Sanguem Tony Fernandes Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
19 Canacona Ganba Desai Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
20 Quepem Dattaram Desai Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
21 Curchorem Vittal Karmali United Goans Party
22 Cuncolim Sebastiao Mazarelo United Goans Party
23 Benaulim Maurilio Furtado United Goans Party
24 Navelim Alvaro de Loyola Furtado United Goans Party
25 Margao Vasudeo Narayan Sarmalkar United Goans Party
26 Curtorim Enio Pimenta United Goans Party
27 Cortalim Luis Proto Barbosa United Goans Party
28 Marmagoa Urminda Mascarenhas United Goans Party
29DamanKalidas Patel Indian National Congress
30DiuMamdali Jiwani Independent
  1. ↑ Resigned for Dayanand Bandodkar

Aftermath

On 20 December 1963, Dayanand Bandodkar was sworn in as Chief Minister. His cabinet included only two other ministers, Vitthal Subrai and Tony Fernandes. [16] Jack de Sequeira, of the UGP, was the first Leader of the Opposition [17] and Pandurang Purushottam Shirodkar was the first Speaker of the Assembly. [18]

Since the party in government, the MGP, was in favour of merging the territory with Maharashtra, they precipitated the issue. This led to the 1967 Goa status referendum, [19] where the voters rejected the merger and instead opted to remain a Union Territory. [20]

Bypolls

YearConstituencyReason for by-pollWinning candidateParty
1964 Marcaim Resignation of V.C. Velingker Dayanand Bandodkar Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
Source:ECI [21]

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References

  1. ↑ "Goa turnout high in first election; Voting Quiet Despite Issue Over Joining Indian State". New York Times . 9 December 1963. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  2. ↑ "Article 2 - Goa After Liberation". www.goavidhansabha.gov.in. Retrieved 28 December 2021. The 1st General election of liberated Goa, Daman and Diu, was held on 09/12/1963 ... Late Shri Dayanand Bandodkar became the first Chief Minister of Independent Goa, Daman and Diu.
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