1977 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election

1977 Goa legislative assembly election
All 30 assembly constituencies; 16 seats needed for a majority
Chief Minister before election; Shashikala Kakodkar; MGP	Elected Chief Minister ; Shashikala Kakodkar; MGP

Goa, Daman & Diu Legislative Assembly election, 1977 was held in Indian Union territory of Goa in 1977, to elect 30 members to the Goa Legislative Assembly.^[1]

Results

Summary of results of the Goa Legislative Assembly election, 1977^[1]

Political Party	Seats contested	Seats won	Number of Votes	% of Votes	Seat change
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	29	15	116,339	38.49%	3
Indian National Congress	27	10	87,461	28.94%	9
Janata Party	30	3	69,823	23.10%	3
Independents	57	2	28,022	9.27%	1
Total	145	30	302,237

Results by constituency

Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency^[2]
Assembly Constituency		Turnout	Winner					Runner Up					Margin
#k	Names	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Margin
1	Pernem	51.68%	Deu Mandrekar		MGP	3,978	50.3%	Morajkar Ramdas Shankar		INC	1,990	25.16%	1,988
2	Mandrem	62.38%	Ramakant Khalap		MGP	5,394	56.64%	Parab Gopal Atmaram		INC	3,375	35.44%	2,019
3	Siolim	64.54%	Chandrakant Chodankar		MGP	6,088	52.69%	Punaji Achrekar		JP	3,211	27.79%	2,877
4	Calangute	62.16%	Fernandes Rual Ilario		MGP	4,621	39.3%	Fernandes Mark A. Anselmo		JP	4,335	36.87%	286
5	Mapusa	63.93%	Surendra Sirsat		MGP	5,229	43.26%	Bhandare Gangadhar Yeshwant		JP	3,563	29.48%	1,666
6	Tivim	61.25%	Dayanand Narvekar		MGP	4,557	41.9%	Rinbeeio Malvina Leoner Pinto Rangel		JP	4,094	37.64%	463
7	Bicholim	71.93%	Shashikala Kakodkar		MGP	6,866	56.46%	Naik Vinayak Vasudev		INC	3,746	30.8%	3,120
8	Pale	67.15%	Shenvi Surlikar Laxmikant Santaram		INC	5,108	45.3%	Sinai Usgaonker Atchut Kashinath		MGP	4,752	42.15%	356
9	Sattari	65.26%	Pratapsingh Rane		INC	4,084	41.72%	Jaisingrao Rane		MGP	2,973	30.37%	1,111
10	Panaji	55.41%	Madhav R. Bir		JP	3,555	40.95%	Sardessai Kashinath Venkatesh		MGP	2,549	29.36%	1,006
11	St. Cruz	67.14%	Jack de Sequeira		JP	4,462	46.11%	Fernandes Manuel Francisco Xavier Diogo		MGP	2,656	27.45%	1,806
12	Cumbarjua	62.78%	Ghodankar Vinayak Dharma		MGP	5,145	48.64%	Desai Shrikant Govind		JP	4,177	39.49%	968
13	St. Andre	60.91%	Shripad Cuncolienkar		INC	2,817	34.09%	Pankar Raghuvir Shanu		MGP	2,655	32.13%	162
14	Marcaim	67.01%	Bandodcar Krishan Ragu		MGP	6,246	60.72%	Panjiker Shashi Govind		Independent	2,400	23.33%	3,846
15	Ponda	70.15%	Rhoidas Naik		MGP	4,749	46.24%	Aguiar Joildo Souza		INC	4,436	43.19%	313
16	Siroda	63.17%	Naik Jayakrishna Putu		MGP	5,964	58.63%	Shirodhar Vassanta Shankar		INC	2,988	29.37%	2,976
17	Sanguem	61.96%	Marather Sadashiv Vaman		MGP	5,239	50.18%	Naik Tari Gurudas Vassudev		INC	4,391	42.06%	848
18	Rivona	65.39%	Dessai Dilkush Fettu		MGP	3,442	40.25%	Desai Molu Ganaba		INC	2,371	27.72%	1,071
19	Canacona	70.25%	Gaonkar Vasu Paik		MGP	5,544	49.84%	Prabhu Gopal Venkatesh		JP	3,013	27.09%	2,531
20	Quepem	60.15%	Vaikunth Desai		INC	4,168	40.66%	Gaunso Dessai Satish Nilu		MGP	3,597	35.09%	571
21	Cuncolim	56.12%	Ferdino Rebello		JP	3,321	31.81%	Roque Santana Fernandes		INC	3,281	31.42%	40
22	Benaulim	55.35%	Cota Lourence Pedro Santano		INC	4,196	42.91%	Barreto Jaco Jesmina		JP	3,117	31.87%	1,079
23	Navelim	58.76%	Leo Velho Mauricio		INC	4,434	49.35%	Kadam Shantaram Bicaji		MGP	2,425	26.99%	2,009
24	Margao	62.81%	Naik Ananta Narcinava		INC	4,551	49.17%	Vaidya Gopal Pandurang		MGP	2,764	29.86%	1,787
25	Curtorim	53.59%	Francisco Sardinha		INC	3,945	42.3%	Aguiar Manuel Sebastiao		JP	2,817	30.21%	1,128
26	Cortalim	61.02%	Froilano Machado		INC	4,654	50.96%	Colaco Pedro Anastacio		MGP	2,431	26.62%	2,223
27	Dabolim	55.39%	Laad Shankar Vishveswar		MGP	3,057	39.01%	Dourado Herculano Teodoro		INC	2,445	31.2%	612
28	Mormugao	51.49%	Sheikh Hassan Haroon		INC	3,256	38.62%	Joshi Vasant Subray		MGP	2,615	31.02%	641
29	Daman	67.99%	Bhathela Makanbhai Morarji		Independent	6,423	45.77%	Bhathela Dajibhai Kanjibhai		JP	6,401	45.61%	22
30	Diu	70.76%	Fugro Narayan Shrinivas		Independent	5,522	56.41%	Modasia Balubhai Dharsi		MGP	3,565	36.42%	1,957

References

^ ^a ^b "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1977 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF GOA" (PDF). Election Commission of India.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1977 to the Legislative Assembly of Goa, Daman and Diu" (PDF). eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 January 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2024.

[pdf-1] "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1977 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF GOA" (PDF). Election Commission of India.

[2] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1977 to the Legislative Assembly of Goa, Daman and Diu" (PDF). eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 January 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2024.

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