1980 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election

1980 Goa legislative assembly election
All 30 assembly constituencies of the Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly; 16 seats needed for a majority
Chief Minister before election; Shashikala Kakodkar; MGP	Elected Chief Minister ; Pratapsingh Rane; INC(U)

Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election 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]

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

Winning candidates

No.	Constituency	Winner
1	Pernem	Deu Mandrekar	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
2	Mandrem	Ramakant Khalap	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
3	Siolim	Chodankar Chandrakant Uttom	Independents
4	Calangute	Wilfred de Souza	Indian National Congress (U)
5	Mapusa	Nevagi Shamsunder Jairam	Indian National Congress (U)
6	Tivim	Dayanand Narvekar	Indian National Congress (U)
7	Bicholim	Harish Zantye	Independents
8	Pale	Naik Vishnu Rama	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
9	Sattari	Pratapsingh Rane	Indian National Congress (U)
10	Panaji	Naik Vishnu Anant	Independents
11	Santa Cruz	Fernandes Michael Antonio Carminho	Indian National Congress (U)
12	Santo Andre	Teotonio Pereira	Indian National Congress (U)
13	Cumbarjua	Chodankar Vinayak Dharma	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
14	Marcaim	Gaonkar Babusso Sanvlo	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
15	Ponda	Aguiar Jolido Souza	Indian National Congress (U)
16	Siroda	Prabhu Ramchandra Tukaram	Indian National Congress (U)
17	Sanguem	Gurudas Naik Tari	Indian National Congress (U)
18	Rivona	Dessai Dilkush Fotu	Indian National Congress (U)
19	Canacona	Gaonkar Vasu Paik	Indian National Congress (U)
20	Quepem	Vaikunth Desai	Indian National Congress (U)
21	Cuncolim	Jose Mario Vaz	Indian National Congress (U)
22	Benaulim	Monte D'Cruz	Indian National Congress (U)
23	Navelim	Luizinho Faleiro	Indian National Congress (U)
24	Margao	Ananta Narcina Naik	Indian National Congress (U)
25	Curtorim	Francisco Sardinha	Indian National Congress (U)
26	Cortalim	Froilano Machado	Indian National Congress (U)
27	Dabolim	Dourado Herculano Luis	Indian National Congress (U)
28	Marmagoa	Sheikh Hassan Haroon	Indian National Congress (U)
29	Daman	Tandel Narsinbhai Lallubhai	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
30	Diu	Solanki Somjibhai Bhikha	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party

References

^ "State Elections - Partywise Comparison for 7-Bicholim Constituency of Goa". eci.nic.in. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Goa". Election Commission of India.
^ "Chief Ministers of Goa". Department of Information and Publicity, Government of Goa. Archived from the original on 24 August 2003. Retrieved 20 March 2014.

[1] "State Elections - Partywise Comparison for 7-Bicholim Constituency of Goa". eci.nic.in. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02.

[pdf-2] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Goa". Election Commission of India.

[CMs-3] "Chief Ministers of Goa". Department of Information and Publicity, Government of Goa. Archived from the original on 24 August 2003. Retrieved 20 March 2014.

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