# 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.

## Results

Summary of results of the Goa, Daman & Diu Legislative Assembly election, 1972 :
| Political Party | 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 | Total | 138 | 30 | 305,077 | |

### Results by constituency

Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency :
| Assembly Constituency | Assembly Constituency | Turnout | Winner | Winner | Winner | Winner | Winner | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Margin |
| #k | Names | % | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Margin |
| 1 | Pernem | 71.93% | Rane Jaisingrao Abasaheb | | MGP | 5,477 | 61.66% | Deshprabhu Raghunathrao | | INC | 2,828 | 31.84% | 2,649 |
| 2 | Mandrem | 71.27% | Dayanand Bandodkar | | MGP | 8,254 | 72.93% | Kamulkar Vijay Maruti | | INC | 2,006 | 17.72% | 6,248 |
| 3 | Siolim | 75.6% | Chandrakant Chodankar | | MGP | 5,638 | 51.37% | S. Souzaw A. Tito Fermina | | United Goans Party (Sequeira Group) | 4,789 | 43.64% | 849 |
| 4 | Calangute | 73.36% | Jagdish Bhujang Rao | | United Goans Party (Sequeira Group) | 6,032 | 51.02% | D. Cruz Anthony Manuel | | MGP | 5,425 | 45.89% | 607 |
| 5 | Aldona | 58.14% | José Silveiro Sousa | | United Goans Party (Sequeira Group) | 5,733 | 64.06% | Silver Anacleto Mariand | | Independent | 1,953 | 21.82% | 3,780 |
| 6 | Mapusa | 73.82% | Pankar Raghuvir Shanu | | MGP | 5,718 | 48.97% | N. S. Pandurang | | United Goans Party (Sequeira Group) | 3,532 | 30.25% | 2,186 |
| 7 | Tivim | 71.58% | Punaji Pandurang Achrekar | | MGP | 5,390 | 57.65% | Gopal Govind Mayekar | | INC | 2,361 | 25.25% | 3,029 |
| 8 | Bicholim | 80.04% | Shashikala Kakodkar | | MGP | 6,589 | 65.42% | S. Ramesh Narayan | | INC | 2,393 | 23.76% | 4,196 |
| 9 | Pale | 73.92% | A. K. S. Usgaonkar | | MGP | 4,885 | 51.19% | S. U. Prabhakar Krishna | | INC | 2,706 | 28.36% | 2,179 |
| 10 | Sattari | 67.61% | Pratapsingh Rane | | MGP | 5,005 | 51.81% | Jaisingrao Rane | | SSP | 2,322 | 24.04% | 2,683 |
| 11 | Panaji | 67.67% | Baban Naik | | MGP | 3,983 | 42.73% | Desai Yeshwant Sitaram | | United Goans Party (Sequeira Group) | 3,758 | 40.32% | 225 |
| 12 | St. Cruz | 69.28% | Jack de Sequeira | | United Goans Party (Sequeira Group) | 6,586 | 57.51% | Fernandes Manuel Francisco Xavier Diogo | | Independent | 4,483 | 39.15% | 2,103 |
| 13 | St. Andre | 72.28% | Teotonio Pereira | | United Goans Party (Sequeira Group) | 5,335 | 50.44% | Melo Agosttinho Santana | | MGP | 3,969 | 37.52% | 1,366 |
| 14 | Cumbarjua | 72.28% | Chodankar Vinayak Dharma | | MGP | 5,956 | 54.49% | P. P. Desai Shrikant Govind | | United Goans Party (Sequeira Group) | 3,530 | 32.3% | 2,426 |
| 15 | Marcaim | 74.34% | Bandodkar Krishna Raghu | | MGP | 7,020 | 77.19% | Kerkar Chandrakant Vijaya | | MGP | 1,858 | 20.43% | 5,162 |
| 16 | Ponda | 73.4% | Rhoidas Naik | | MGP | 6,052 | 58.3% | Vishwanath Yeshwant Naik | | MGP | 2,259 | 21.76% | 3,793 |
| 17 | Siroda | 65.59% | Jayakrishna Putu Naik | | MGP | 5,908 | 60.26% | Tendolkar N Narahari | | United Goans Party (Sequeira Group) | 1,425 | 14.53% | 4,483 |
| 18 | Sanguem | 69.54% | Morajker Vassudeu Datta | | MGP | 4,580 | 51.73% | K. Devidas Pandurang | | INC | 1,989 | 22.46% | 2,591 |
| 19 | Canacona | 70.97% | Ganaba Bhagdu Desai | | MGP | 5,874 | 55.37% | P. D. Shrirang Padmanaba | | United Goans Party (Sequeira Group) | 3,441 | 32.43% | 2,433 |
| 20 | Quepem | 65.27% | Dhulo Kuttikar | | MGP | 3,406 | 46.16% | Dessai Molu Ganba | | United Goans Party (Sequeira Group) | 2,815 | 38.15% | 591 |
| 21 | Curchorem | 66.18% | Anil Prabhu Dessai | | MGP | 4,055 | 42.42% | Karmali B. Gopinath | | United Goans Party (Sequeira Group) | 2,965 | 31.01% | 1,090 |
| 22 | Cuncolim | 64.27% | Roque Santana Fernandes | | United Goans Party (Sequeira Group) | 5,337 | 58.44% | Fernandes A. J. Guilman | | MGP | 3,133 | 34.31% | 2,204 |
| 23 | Benaulim | 60.3% | Vasudeo Narayan Sarmalkar | | United Goans Party (Sequeira Group) | 6,604 | 76.87% | Cardoso Felicio | | Independent | 1,796 | 20.91% | 4,808 |
| 24 | Navelim | 57.07% | Leo Velho Mauricio | | United Goans Party (Sequeira Group) | 7,618 | 69.77% | Miranda Elu Jose | | MGP | 2,777 | 25.43% | 4,841 |
| 25 | Margao | 65.51% | Ananta Narcinva Naik | | United Goans Party (Sequeira Group) | 4,859 | 54.05% | Virginkar Gopal Naraina | | MGP | 2,469 | 27.46% | 2,390 |
| 26 | Curtorim | 58.73% | F. E. S. Silveira Martinho | | United Goans Party (Sequeira Group) | 7,120 | 68.16% | Cardozoi Luis Piedade | | Independent | 2,039 | 19.52% | 5,081 |
| 27 | Cortalim | 57.58% | Barbosa Luis Paleixo | | United Goans Party (Sequeira Group) | 7,431 | 77.79% | Telo Mascarenhas | | INC | 1,018 | 10.66% | 6,413 |
| 28 | Mormugao | 50.08% | Joshi Vassant Subraya | | MGP | 5,292 | 37.79% | A L De Graca Antonio | | United Goans Party (Sequeira Group) | 4,252 | 30.36% | 1,040 |
| 29 | Daman | 82.78% | H. Vallabhabhai Tendel | | INC | 7,729 | 50.46% | Lallubhai Jogibhat Patel | | Independent | 7,350 | 47.99% | 379 |
| 30 | Diu | 68.24% | Fordo Narayan Shrinivas | | Independent | 4,598 | 58.08% | Modasia Balubhai Dharsi | | INC | 3,318 | 41.92% | 1,280 |

## By Elections

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