1972 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election

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.

1972 Goa legislative assembly election

1972
All 30 assembly constituencies 16 seats needed for a majority
Majority party   Leader Dayanand Bandodkar Party MGP Leader's seat Marcaim Seats before 16 Seats won 18 Seat change 2
Chief Minister before election Dayanand Bandodkar MGP Elected Chief Minister Dayanand Bandodkar MGP

Results

Summary of results of the Goa, Daman & Diu Legislative Assembly election, 1972

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

No.	Constituency	Winner	Party
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

By Elections

No.	Constituency	Winner	Party
1	Mandrem	Ramakant Khalap		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
2	Benaulim	Wilfred de Souza		United Goans Party (Sequeira group)