1984 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly were held in December 1984, to elect members of the 60 constituencies in Goa, Daman and Diu, India. The Indian National Congress won the most seats as well as the popular vote, and Pratapsingh Rane was re-appointed as the Chief Minister of Goa, Daman and Diu.^[1]

1984 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election

← 1980 27 December 1984 1989 (Goa) →
All 30 seats in the Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly 16 seats needed for a majority
Registered	586,657
Turnout	71.86%
Majority party Minority party   MGP Leader Pratapsingh Rane Ramakant Khalap Party INC MGP Leader's seat Sattari Mandrem Seats before 0 7 Seats won 18 8 Seat change 18 1 Popular vote 39.48% 21.12%
CM before election Pratapsingh Rane INC Elected CM Pratapsingh Rane INC

Goa, Daman and Diu within India

After the passing of the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976 by the Delimitation Commission of India, the legislative assembly had 30 constituencies.^[2] Halfway through the term, on 30 May 1987, the union territory was split, and Goa was made India's twenty-fifth state, with Daman and Diu remaining a union territory.^[3]

Result

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress	160,944	39.48	18	+18
	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	86,100	21.12	8	+1
	Bharatiya Janata Party	4,915	1.21	0	New
	Janata Party	3,013	0.74	0	0
	Communist Party of India	1,554	0.38	0	New
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	756	0.19	0	0
	Independents	150,424	36.90	4	+1
Total		407,706	100.00	30	0
Valid votes		407,706	96.72
Invalid/blank votes		13,844	3.28
Total votes		421,550	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		586,657	71.86
Source: ECI[4]

Results by constituency

• Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency^[5]

Assembly Constituency		Turnout	Winner					Runner Up					Margin
#k	Names	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%
1	Pernem	68.51%	Bandekar Shambhu Bhavti		INC	4,648	40.2%	Pednekar Mahohar		MGP	4,632	40.06%	16
2	Mandrem	77.29%	Ramakant Khalap		MGP	6,652	51.21%	Parab Gopal Atmaram		INC	4,667	35.93%	1,985
3	Siolim	72.43%	Ashok Salgaonkar		MGP	5,967	40.48%	Chandrakant Chodankar		INC	5,201	35.28%	766
4	Calangute	71.39%	Malik Shrikant Keshav		MGP	5,995	38.87%	Wilfred de Souza		Independent	5,765	37.38%	230
5	Mapusa	70.84%	Diucar Chandreshkar Sihivram		MGP	4,649	33.16%	Dhuri Ulhas Bhiku		INC	4,257	30.37%	392
6	Tivim	70.09%	Dayanand Narvekar		INC	7,858	50.24%	Alvares Gabriel Felix		Independent	4,402	28.15%	3,456
7	Bicholim	73.%	Harish Zantye		INC	8,607	57.25%	Naik Vinayak Vasudeo		MGP	4,782	31.81%	3,825
8	Pale	71.06%	Verenkar Chandrakant Vishwanath		INC	5,897	40.58%	Parab Dasharath Kashinath		MGP	4,184	28.79%	1,713
9	Sattari	76.05%	Pratapsingh Rane		INC	7,769	52.76%	Sadekar Vasudeo Janardhan		MGP	4,639	31.5%	3,130
10	Panaji	64.2%	Joan Gonsalves		INC	4,844	45.85%	Baban Naik		MGP	1,867	17.67%	2,977
11	St. Cruz	66.12%	Branco Freancisco Afonso		Independent	5,537	44.98%	Monteiro Antonicio Antonio Agnelo Marcos Castilho		INC	2,939	23.87%	2,598
12	Cumbarjua	66.86%	Kashinath Jalmi		MGP	3,721	29.84%	Mahambre Premanand Parshuram		INC	3,267	26.2%	454
13	St. Andre	66.33%	Shripad Cuncolienkar		INC	4,478	39.55%	Pereira Teotonio Fracisco Paulo		Independent	3,199	28.25%	1,279
14	Marcaim	75.54%	Gaunkar Babusso Sanvlo		MGP	6,448	47.57%	Naik Shama Mahanandu		INC	4,449	32.82%	1,999
15	Ponda	74.98%	Ravi Naik		MGP	7,384	46.15%	Naik Gaunekar Anil Norsu		INC	4,762	29.76%	2,622
16	Siroda	71.5%	Subhash Shirodkar		INC	6,722	48.5%	Shirodkar Jaikrishna Putu		Independent	3,102	22.38%	3,620
17	Sanguem	71.15%	Naik Pandu Vassu		INC	5,553	39.09%	Dessai Madavarao Shivajirao		Independent	3,510	24.71%	2,043
18	Rivona	71.79%	Prakash Velip		MGP	4,644	40.31%	Phal Dessai Sahnkar		INC	3,685	31.99%	959
19	Canacona	75.48%	Gaonkar Vassu Paik		INC	7,031	47.79%	Kakodkar Shashikala Gurudutt		Independent	3,973	27.%	3,058
20	Quepem	69.8%	Vaikunth Desai		INC	5,375	35.47%	Fernandes Domnic Joaquim		Independent	4,790	31.61%	585
21	Cuncolim	62.47%	Manu Fernandes		INC	5,535	43.94%	Naique Dessai Motilal Rogunata		Independent	2,893	22.96%	2,642
22	Benaulim	68.28%	Cruz Francisco Monte Piedade		INC	7,280	56.03%	Churchill Alemao		Independent	5,555	42.75%	1,725
23	Navelim	64.45%	Luizinho Faleiro		Independent	9,126	68.08%	Temudo Benedito Francis		INC	3,472	25.9%	5,654
24	Margao	65.8%	Bhembre Uday Laxmikant		Independent	6,132	53.1%	Naik Ananta Narcinva		INC	4,775	41.35%	1,357
25	Curtorim	66.4%	Francisco Sardinha		INC	9,452	69.86%	Dias Inacio Caetano Marcelino		Independent	3,787	27.99%	5,665
26	Cortalim	62.91%	Barbosa Luis Proto		INC	4,818	41.89%	Fernandes Antonio Francisco Paulo		Independent	3,195	27.78%	1,623
27	Dabolim	64.61%	D'Souza Simon Peter		INC	5,865	38.57%	Dourado Herculano Teodoro		Independent	3,171	20.85%	2,694
28	Mormugao	62.71%	Sheikh Hassan Haroon		INC	6,425	51.41%	Amonkar Padmanabh Hari		MGP	2,873	22.99%	3,552
29	Daman	70.9%	Prabhakar Jivanbhai Somabhai		Independent	5,316	29.64%	Patel Dahyabhai Vallabhabhai		Independent	3,451	19.24%	1,865
30	Diu	72.03%	Solanki Shamjibhai Bhikha		INC	6,109	50.29%	Fugro Narayan Shrinivass		Independent	5,727	47.15%	382

Later events

In May 1987, the Government of India split the union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu into the new state of Goa and the union territory of Daman and Diu by The Constitution (Fifty-sixth Amendment) Act, 1987.^[6] The new Goa Legislative Assembly was assigned 40 seats from the next election, in 1989.

See also

• List of constituencies of the Goa Legislative Assembly
• 1984 elections in India