1972_Goa,_Daman_and_Diu_Legislative_Assembly_election Knowpia

1972 Goa legislative assembly election
All 30 assembly constituencies; 16 seats needed for a majority
Chief Minister before election; Dayanand Bandodkar; MGP	Elected Chief Minister ; Dayanand Bandodkar; MGP

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]

Results edit

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

Winning candidates edit

No.	Constituency	Winner
1	Pernem	Jaisingrao Rane	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
2	Mandrem	Dayanand Bandodkar	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
3	Siolim	Chodankar Chandrakant Uttom	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
4	Calangute	Jagdish Bhujang Rao	United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)
5	Aldona	Souza Silverio Jose	United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)
6	Mapusa	Pancar Raghuvir Shanu	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
7	Tivim	Achrekar Punaji Pandurang	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
8	Bicholim	Shashikala Kakodkar	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
9	Pale	A. K. S. Usgaonkar	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
10	Satari	Pratapsingh Rane	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
11	Panaji	Naik Babana	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
12	Santa Cruz	Jack Sequeira	United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)
13	Santo Andre	Teotonio Pereira	United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)
14	Sant Estevam	Chodankar Vinayak Dharma	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
15	Marcaim	Bandodkar Krishna Raghu	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
16	Ponda	Rhoidas H. Naik	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
17	Siroda	Jayakrishna Putu Naik	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
18	Sanguem	Vasudev Morajkar	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
19	Canacona	Ganba Desai	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
20	Quepem	Dhulo Kuttikar	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
21	Curchorem	Prabhu Dessai Anil Hari	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
22	Cuncolim	Roque Santana Fernandes	United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)
23	Benaulim	Vasudeo Narayan Sarmalkar	United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)
24	Navelim	Leo Velho Mauricio	United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)
25	Margao	Ananta Narcina Naik	United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)
26	Curtorim	Eduardo Faleiro	United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)
27	Cortalim	Luis Proto Barbosa	United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)
28	Marmagoa	Joshi Vassant Subraya	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
29	Daman	H. Vallabhabhai Tendel	Indian National Congress
30	Diu	Narayan Fugro	Independents