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
27 December 1984
All 30 seats in the Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly
16 seats needed for a majority
Registered586,657
Turnout71.86%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Pratapsingh Rane Ramakant Khalap
Party INC MGP
Leader's seat Sattari Mandrem
Seats before 0 7
Seats won 18 8
Seat change Increase18 Increase1
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
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Indian National Congress160,94439.4818+18
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party86,10021.128+1
Bharatiya Janata Party4,9151.210New
Janata Party3,0130.7400
Communist Party of India1,5540.380New
Communist Party of India (Marxist)7560.1900
Independents150,42436.904+1
Total407,706100.00300
Valid votes407,70696.72
Invalid/blank votes13,8443.28
Total votes421,550100.00
Registered voters/turnout586,65771.86
Source: ECI[4]

Elected Members
Constituency Reserved for
(SC/None)		 Member Party
PernemSCBandekar Shambhu Bhavti Indian National Congress
MandremNoneRamakant Khalap Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
SiolimNoneNaik Ashok Tukaram Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
CalanguteNoneMalik Shrikant Keshav Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
MapusaNoneDiucar Chandreshkar Sihivram Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
TivimNoneNarvekar Dayanand Ganesh Indian National Congress
BicholimNonePrabhu Zantye Harish Narayan Indian National Congress
PaleNoneVerenkar Chandrakant Vishwanath Indian National Congress
SatariNonePratapsingh Rane Indian National Congress
PanajiNoneGonsalves Joao Baptista Florino Indian National Congress
Santa CruzNoneBranco Freancisco Afonso Independent
Chum BarjuaNoneJhalmi Kashinath Govind Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
Santo AndreNoneConcolinkar Sripad Laxmian Indian National Congress
MarcaimNoneGaunkar Babusso Sanvlo Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
PondaNoneNaik Ravi Sitaram Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
SirodaNoneShirodker Subhash Ankush Indian National Congress
SanguemNoneNaik Pandu Vassu Indian National Congress
RivonaNoneVelip Prakash Shankar Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
CanaconaNoneGaonkar Vassu Paik Indian National Congress
QuepemNoneVoikunt Dessai Indian National Congress
CuncolimNoneFernandes Manu Indian National Congress
BenaulimNoneCruz Francisco Monte Piedade Indian National Congress
NavelimNoneFaleiro Luizinho Independent
MargaoNoneBhembre Uday Laxmikant Independent
CurtorimNoneSardinha Francisco Caetano Indian National Congress
CortalimNoneBarbosa Luis Proto Indian National Congress
DabolimNoneD'souza Simon Peter Indian National Congress
MormugaoNoneShaikh Hassan Haroon Indian National Congress
DamanNonePrabhakar Jivanbhai Somabhai Independent
DiuNoneSolanki Shamjibhai Bhikha Indian National Congress

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.[5] The new Goa Legislative Assembly was assigned 40 seats from the next election, in 1989.

See also

References
  1. "Chief Ministers of Goa". Department of Information and Publicity, Government of Goa. Archived from the original on 24 August 2003. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  2. "DPACO (1976) - Archive Delimitation Orders". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  3. Poddar, Prem (2 July 2008). Historical Companion to Postcolonial Literatures - Continental Europe and its Empires. Edinburgh University Press. p. 454. ISBN 9780748630271.
  4. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1984 to the Legislative Assembly of Goa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  5. "The Constitution (Fifty-sixth Amendment) Act, 1987". 6 May 1987. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
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