1980 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election

Elections were held in the Indian Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu in 1980, to elect 30 members to the Goa Legislative Assembly.^[2] The Indian National Congress (Urs) won a majority of seats as well as the popular vote and Pratapsingh Rane was sworn in as Chief Minister of Goa, Daman and Diu^[3]

1980 Goa legislative assembly election

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All 30 assembly constituencies of the Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly 16 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Pratapsingh Rane Shashikala Kakodkar Party INC(U) MGP Leader's seat Satari Bicholim (lost)[1] Seats before 0 15 Seats won 20 7 Seat change 20 8
Chief Minister before election Shashikala Kakodkar MGP Elected Chief Minister Pratapsingh Rane INC(U)

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Indian National Congress (Urs)	134,651	38.36	20	New
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	127,714	36.36	7	8
Janata Party	14,431	4.11	0	3
Indian National Congress	12,338	3.51	0	10
Janata Party (Secular)	6,045	1.72	0	New
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1,089	0.31	0	New
Independents	54,773	15.60	3	1
Invalid/blank votes	12,232	–	–	–
Total	363,273	100	30	1
Registered voters/turnout	522,652	69.51	–	–
Source: Election Commission of India

Results by constituency

• Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency^[4]

Assembly Constituency		Turnout	Winner					Runner Up					Margin
#k	Names	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%
1	Pernem	58.66%	Deu Mandrekar		MGP	4,701	51.95%	Morajkar Ramdas Shankar		INC(I)	2,290	25.31%	2,411
2	Mandrem	71.55%	Ramakant Khalap		MGP	5,703	50.73%	Parab Gopal Atmaram		INC(I)	5,301	47.15%	402
3	Siolim	67.75%	Chandrakant Chodankar		Independent	5,841	46.35%	Salgaukar Ladu Buthi		MGP	4,084	32.4%	1,757
4	Calangute	67.55%	Wilfred de Souza		INC(U)	6,920	51.01%	D'Souza Francisco Agusta		MGP	5,506	40.59%	1,414
5	Mapusa	70.25%	Nevagi Shamsunder Jairam		INC(U)	6,640	49.2%	Surendra Sirsat		MGP	5,559	41.19%	1,081
6	Tivim	67.62%	Dayanand Narvekar		INC(U)	8,219	61.43%	Chodankar Madan Varnan		MGP	4,414	32.99%	3,805
7	Bicholim	80.47%	Harish Zantye		Independent	8,354	58.28%	Shashikala Kakodkar		MGP	5,981	41.72%	2,373
8	Pale	75.3%	Naik Vishnu Rama		MGP	5,827	43.07%	Suryarao Sardessai Ramesh Narayan		INC(U)	4,932	36.45%	895
9	Sattari	72.46%	Pratapsingh Rane		INC(U)	5,283	44.71%	Prabhu Tendulkar Sadanand Sonu		MGP	3,211	27.18%	2,072
10	Panaji	65.63%	Vishnu Naik		Independent	3,967	36.56%	Baban Naik		MGP	3,138	28.92%	829
11	St. Cruz	68.94%	Fernandes Michael Antonic Carminho		INC(U)	4,574	42.11%	Branco Francisco Afonso		MGP	3,110	28.63%	1,464
12	Cumbarjua	68.58%	Chodankar Vinayak Dharma		MGP	4,876	41.36%	Mayenkar Mukund Narayan		Independent	3,143	26.66%	1,733
13	St. Andre	66.94%	Teotonio Pereira		INC(U)	4,200	44.38%	Cuncolenkar Sripad Laxman		MGP	3,429	36.24%	771
14	Marcaim	71.56%	Gaunkar Babuso Saulo		MGP	6,377	54.76%	Panjikar Sashi Govind		Independent	3,155	27.09%	3,222
15	Ponda	71.21%	Aguiar Joildo Souza		INC(U)	6,700	47.77%	Ravi Naik		MGP	6,009	42.84%	691
16	Siroda	75.01%	Prabhu Ramchandra Tukaram		INC(U)	6,315	47.86%	Naik Jaykrishna Putu		MGP	5,891	44.65%	424
17	Sanguem	69.07%	Naik Tari Gurudas Vasudev		INC(U)	6,365	51.56%	Karmalkar Vinayak Dharmu		MGP	4,562	36.95%	1,803
18	Rivona	69.31%	Dessai Dilkush Fettu		INC(U)	4,132	42.21%	Velip Jiva Kusta		MGP	3,656	37.35%	476
19	Canacona	73.11%	Gaonkar Vassu Paik		INC(U)	8,855	69.35%	Namshikar Eknath Tukaram		MGP	3,752	29.39%	5,103
20	Quepem	65.3%	Vaikunth Desai		INC(U)	7,073	56.29%	Naik Vithal Sonu		MGP	4,474	35.61%	2,599
21	Cuncolim	56.51%	Jose Vaz		INC(U)	7,328	67.54%	Vaz Afronio Joaquim Piedade		MGP	2,555	23.55%	4,773
22	Benaulim	59.26%	Cruz Francisco Monte Piedade		INC(U)	7,936	74.2%	Cardozo Raul Joaquim		MGP	1,852	17.31%	6,084
23	Navelim	61.99%	Luizinho Faleiro		INC(U)	7,715	73.72%	Temudo Benelito Francisco		MGP	2,287	21.85%	5,428
24	Margao	62.19%	Naik Anant Narcinva		INC(U)	6,502	68.17%	Shirodkar Gokuldas Shanu		MGP	2,628	27.55%	3,874
25	Curtorim	60.29%	Francisco Sardinha		INC(U)	7,418	67.71%	Costa Sebastao Vicente		MGP	2,561	23.38%	4,857
26	Cortalim	65.48%	Froilano Nanchado		INC(U)	6,296	58.74%	Caetano Barreto		MGP	3,077	28.71%	3,219
27	Dabolim	63.56%	Douradao Narculano Luis		INC(U)	5,780	48.72%	Bandekar Shankar Vishnu		MGP	2,510	21.16%	3,270
28	Mormugao	54.84%	Sheikh Hassan Haroon		INC(U)	4,018	45.49%	Arolkar Jagannath Keshav		MGP	3,339	37.8%	679
29	Daman	63.57%	Tandel Narsinhbai Lallubhai		MGP	6,613	46.75%	Mhawla Gulamhusein Ramzan		Independent	3,968	28.05%	2,645
30	Diu	71.86%	Solanki Somji Bhikha		MGP	6,032	56.56%	Fugro Narayan Shrinivas		Independent	4,633	43.44%	1,399