1977 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election

Goa, Daman & Diu Legislative Assembly election, 1977 was held in Indian Union territory of Goa in 1977, to elect 30 members to the Goa Legislative Assembly.^[1]

1977 Goa legislative assembly election

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All 30 assembly constituencies 16 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Shashikala Kakodkar Pratapsingh Rane Party MGP INC Leader's seat Bicholim Satari Seats before 18 1 Seats won 15 10 Seat change 3 9
Chief Minister before election Shashikala Kakodkar MGP Elected Chief Minister Shashikala Kakodkar MGP

Results

Summary of results of the Goa Legislative Assembly election, 1977^[1]

	Political Party	Seats contested	Seats won	Number of Votes	% of Votes	Seat change
	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	29	15	116,339	38.49%	3
	Indian National Congress	27	10	87,461	28.94%	9
	Janata Party	30	3	69,823	23.10%	3
	Independents	57	2	28,022	9.27%	1
	Total	145	30	302,237

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	51.68%	Deu Mandrekar		MGP	3,978	50.3%	Morajkar Ramdas Shankar		INC	1,990	25.16%	1,988
2	Mandrem	62.38%	Ramakant Khalap		MGP	5,394	56.64%	Parab Gopal Atmaram		INC	3,375	35.44%	2,019
3	Siolim	64.54%	Chandrakant Chodankar		MGP	6,088	52.69%	Punaji Achrekar		JP	3,211	27.79%	2,877
4	Calangute	62.16%	Fernandes Rual Ilario		MGP	4,621	39.3%	Fernandes Mark A. Anselmo		JP	4,335	36.87%	286
5	Mapusa	63.93%	Surendra Sirsat		MGP	5,229	43.26%	Bhandare Gangadhar Yeshwant		JP	3,563	29.48%	1,666
6	Tivim	61.25%	Dayanand Narvekar		MGP	4,557	41.9%	Rinbeeio Malvina Leoner Pinto Rangel		JP	4,094	37.64%	463
7	Bicholim	71.93%	Shashikala Kakodkar		MGP	6,866	56.46%	Naik Vinayak Vasudev		INC	3,746	30.8%	3,120
8	Pale	67.15%	Shenvi Surlikar Laxmikant Santaram		INC	5,108	45.3%	Sinai Usgaonker Atchut Kashinath		MGP	4,752	42.15%	356
9	Sattari	65.26%	Pratapsingh Rane		INC	4,084	41.72%	Jaisingrao Rane		MGP	2,973	30.37%	1,111
10	Panaji	55.41%	Madhav R. Bir		JP	3,555	40.95%	Sardessai Kashinath Venkatesh		MGP	2,549	29.36%	1,006
11	St. Cruz	67.14%	Jack de Sequeira		JP	4,462	46.11%	Fernandes Manuel Francisco Xavier Diogo		MGP	2,656	27.45%	1,806
12	Cumbarjua	62.78%	Ghodankar Vinayak Dharma		MGP	5,145	48.64%	Desai Shrikant Govind		JP	4,177	39.49%	968
13	St. Andre	60.91%	Shripad Cuncolienkar		INC	2,817	34.09%	Pankar Raghuvir Shanu		MGP	2,655	32.13%	162
14	Marcaim	67.01%	Bandodcar Krishan Ragu		MGP	6,246	60.72%	Panjiker Shashi Govind		Independent	2,400	23.33%	3,846
15	Ponda	70.15%	Rhoidas Naik		MGP	4,749	46.24%	Aguiar Joildo Souza		INC	4,436	43.19%	313
16	Siroda	63.17%	Naik Jayakrishna Putu		MGP	5,964	58.63%	Shirodhar Vassanta Shankar		INC	2,988	29.37%	2,976
17	Sanguem	61.96%	Marather Sadashiv Vaman		MGP	5,239	50.18%	Naik Tari Gurudas Vassudev		INC	4,391	42.06%	848
18	Rivona	65.39%	Dessai Dilkush Fettu		MGP	3,442	40.25%	Desai Molu Ganaba		INC	2,371	27.72%	1,071
19	Canacona	70.25%	Gaonkar Vasu Paik		MGP	5,544	49.84%	Prabhu Gopal Venkatesh		JP	3,013	27.09%	2,531
20	Quepem	60.15%	Vaikunth Desai		INC	4,168	40.66%	Gaunso Dessai Satish Nilu		MGP	3,597	35.09%	571
21	Cuncolim	56.12%	Ferdino Rebello		JP	3,321	31.81%	Roque Santana Fernandes		INC	3,281	31.42%	40
22	Benaulim	55.35%	Cota Lourence Pedro Santano		INC	4,196	42.91%	Barreto Jaco Jesmina		JP	3,117	31.87%	1,079
23	Navelim	58.76%	Leo Velho Mauricio		INC	4,434	49.35%	Kadam Shantaram Bicaji		MGP	2,425	26.99%	2,009
24	Margao	62.81%	Naik Ananta Narcinava		INC	4,551	49.17%	Vaidya Gopal Pandurang		MGP	2,764	29.86%	1,787
25	Curtorim	53.59%	Francisco Sardinha		INC	3,945	42.3%	Aguiar Manuel Sebastiao		JP	2,817	30.21%	1,128
26	Cortalim	61.02%	Froilano Machado		INC	4,654	50.96%	Colaco Pedro Anastacio		MGP	2,431	26.62%	2,223
27	Dabolim	55.39%	Laad Shankar Vishveswar		MGP	3,057	39.01%	Dourado Herculano Teodoro		INC	2,445	31.2%	612
28	Mormugao	51.49%	Sheikh Hassan Haroon		INC	3,256	38.62%	Joshi Vasant Subray		MGP	2,615	31.02%	641
29	Daman	67.99%	Bhathela Makanbhai Morarji		Independent	6,423	45.77%	Bhathela Dajibhai Kanjibhai		JP	6,401	45.61%	22
30	Diu	70.76%	Fugro Narayan Shrinivas		Independent	5,522	56.41%	Modasia Balubhai Dharsi		MGP	3,565	36.42%	1,957