Ganba Desai Explained

Ganba Desai
Birth Name:Ganba Bhagdu Desai
Birth Place:Goa, Portuguese India
Death Date:Unknown
Office1:Member of Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly
Predecessor1:constituency established
Party:Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (1963–1977)
Successor1:Manju Naik Gaonkar
Termstart1:1963
Termend1:1967
Constituency1:Canacona
Predecessor2:Manju Naik Gaonkar
Majority1:5,854 (64.08%)
Majority2:5,874 (55.37%)
Successor2:Vasu Gaonkar
Constituency2:Canacona
Termstart2:1972
Termend2:1977
Occupation:Politician

Ganba Bhagdu Desai was an Indian politician. He was a former member of the Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly, representing the Canacona Assembly constituency from 1963 to 1967 and 1972 to 1977.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Career

Desai had contested in the 1963 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election from the Canacona Assembly constituency on the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) ticket and emerged victorious, he served from 1962 to 1967. He then successfully contested in the 1972 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election from the same consistency on the MGP ticket and defeated United Goans (Sequiera Group) candidate, P. D. Shrirang Padmanaba by a margin of 2,433 votes. He served for five years from 1972 to 1977. This marked Desai's last election participation in his political career.[5] [6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Goa Legislative Assembly . 2022-11-20 . www.goavidhansabha.gov.in.
  2. Book: Assembly, Goa, Daman and Diu (India) Legislative . Debates; Official Report . 1965 . en.
  3. Book: Goa Today . 1971 . Goa Publications . en.
  4. Book: Diu (India), Goa, Daman and . Government Gazette. Boletim Oficial . April 1964. en.
  5. Book: The Times of India Directory & Yearbook, Including Who's who . 1976 . Times of India Press . en.
  6. Book: Reed, Sir Stanley . Indian and Pakistan Year Book and Who's who . 1977 . Bennett, Coleman. . en.