1972 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election

1972 Goa legislative assembly election
All 30 assembly constituencies; 16 seats needed for a majority
Chief Minister before election; Dayanand Bandodkar ; MGP	Elected Chief Minister ; Dayanand Bandodkar ; MGP

Last updated February 15, 2025

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

Summary of results of the Goa, Daman & Diu Legislative Assembly election, 1972^[1]

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

1 2 "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.

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[pdf-1] 1 2 "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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