1972 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election

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]

1972 Goa legislative assembly election

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All 30 assembly constituencies 16 seats needed for a majority
Majority party   Leader Dayanand Bandodkar Party MGP Leader's seat Marcaim Seats before 16 Seats won 18 Seat change 2
Chief Minister before election Dayanand Bandodkar MGP Elected Chief Minister Dayanand Bandodkar MGP

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	%
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)