1972 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election explained

Election Name:1972 Goa legislative assembly election
Country:India
Type:Legislative
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1967 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election
Previous Year:1967
Next Election:1977 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election
Next Year:1977
Seats For Election:All 30 assembly constituencies
Election Date:1972
Image1:Dayanand Bandodkar (cropped).jpg
Leader1:Dayanand Bandodkar
Party1:Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
Leaders Seat1:Marcaim
Seats Before1:16
Seats1:18
Seat Change1: 2
Chief Minister
Before Election:Dayanand Bandodkar
After Election:Dayanand Bandodkar
Before Party:Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
After Party:Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
Majority Seats:16

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

!colspan=10||- align=center!colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Political Party
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seats contested
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seats won
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Number of Votes
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |% of Votes
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seat change
|-| |align="left"|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party||23||18||116,855||38.30%|| 2|-| |align="left"|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)||26||10||99,156||32.50%|| 2|-| |align="left"|Indian National Congress||19||1||41,612||13.64%|| 1|-| |align="left"|Independents||36||1||28,874||9.64%|| 1|-|colspan=2 align="left"|Total||138||30||305,077|||-|}

Winning candidates

No.Constituency Winner Party
1
2
3
4
5
6
7 Achrekar Punaji Pandurang
8 Shashikala Kakodkar
9 A. K. S. Usgaonkar
10 Pratapsingh Rane
11 Naik BabanaMaharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
12 Jack Sequeira
13 Teotonio Pereira
14 Chodankar Vinayak Dharma
15 Bandodkar Krishna Raghu
16 Rhoidas H. Naik
17 Jayakrishna Putu Naik
18 Vasudev Morajkar
19 Ganba Desai
20 Dhulo Kuttikar
21 Prabhu Dessai Anil HariMaharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
22 Roque Santana Fernandes
23 Vasudeo Narayan Sarmalkar
24 Leo Velho Mauricio
25 Ananta Narcina Naik
26 Eduardo Faleiro
27 Luis Proto Barbosa
28 Joshi Vassant SubrayaMaharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
29 H. Vallabhabhai Tendel
30 Narayan Fugro

By Elections

No.Constituency Winner Party
1 Ramakant Khalap
2 Wilfred de SouzaUnited Goans Party (Sequeira group)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1971 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF GOA DAMAN & DIU . Election Commission of India.