1972 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election

1972 Goa legislative assembly election
1972
All 30 assembly constituencies
16 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Dayanand Bandodkar (cropped).jpg
UGP
Leader Dayanand Bandodkar Jack Sequeira
Party MGP UGP
Leader's seat Marcaim St. Cruz
Seats before 16 12
Seats won 18 10
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 2
Chief Minister before election

Dayanand Bandodkar
MGP

Elected Chief Minister

Dayanand Bandodkar
MGP

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% Increase 2
United Goans Party (Sequeira Group) 26 10 99,156 32.50% Decrease 2
Indian National Congress 19 1 41,612 13.64% Increase 1
Independents 36 1 28,874 9.64% Decrease 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 %
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. ^ a b "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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