Ganba Desai

Ganba Bhagdu Desai[lower-alpha 1] was an Indian politician from Goa. He was a former member of the Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly, representing the Canacona Assembly constituency from 1963 to 1967 and 1972 to 1977.[1][2][3][4]

Ganba Desai
Official portrait in 1972
Member of Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly
In office
1963–1967
Preceded byconstituency established
Succeeded byManju Naik Gaonkar
ConstituencyCanacona
Majority5,854 (64.08%)
In office
1972–1977
Preceded byManju Naik Gaonkar
Succeeded byVasu Gaonkar
ConstituencyCanacona
Majority5,874 (55.37%)
Personal details
Born
Ganba Bhagdu Desai

Goa, Portuguese India
DiedUnknown
Political partyMaharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (1963–1977)
OccupationPolitician

Career

Desai had contested in the 1963 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election from the Canacona Assembly constituency on the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) ticket and emerged victorious, he served from 1962 to 1967.

He then successfully contested in the 1972 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election from the same consistency on the MGP ticket and defeated United Goans (Sequiera Group) candidate, P. D. Shrirang Padmanaba by a margin of 2,433 votes. He served for five years from 1972 to 1977. This marked Desai's last election participation in his political career.[1][5][6]

Notes

  1. his first name, Ganba is also spelled as Ganaba according to

References

  1. "Goa Legislative Assembly". www.goavidhansabha.gov.in. Retrieved 2022-11-20.
  2. Assembly, Goa, Daman and Diu (India) Legislative (1965). Debates; Official Report.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. Goa Today. Goa Publications. 1971.
  4. Diu (India), Goa, Daman and (April 1964). Government Gazette. Boletim Oficial.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. The Times of India Directory & Yearbook, Including Who's who. Times of India Press. 1976.
  6. Reed, Sir Stanley (1977). Indian and Pakistan Year Book and Who's who. Bennett, Coleman.
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