# 1980 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election

Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election were held in the Indian Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu in 1980, to elect 30 members to the Goa Legislative Assembly. The Indian National Congress (Urs) won a majority of seats as well as the popular vote and Pratapsingh Rane was sworn in as Chief Minister of Goa, Daman and Diu

## Results

| Indian National Congress (Urs) | 134,651 | 38.36 | 20 | New |
| Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party | 127,714 | 36.36 | 7 | 8 |
| Janata Party | 14,431 | 4.11 | 0 | 3 |
| Indian National Congress | 12,338 | 3.51 | 0 | 10 |
| Janata Party (Secular) | 6,045 | 1.72 | 0 | New |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 1,089 | 0.31 | 0 | New |
| Independents | 54,773 | 15.60 | 3 | 1 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 12,232 | – | – | – |
| Total | 363,273 | 100 | 30 | 1 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 522,652 | 69.51 | – | – |
| Source: Election Commission of India |||||

### 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 | 58.66% | Deu Mandrekar | | MGP | 4,701 | 51.95% | Morajkar Ramdas Shankar | | INC(I) | 2,290 | 25.31% | 2,411 |
| 2 | Mandrem | 71.55% | Ramakant Khalap | | MGP | 5,703 | 50.73% | Parab Gopal Atmaram | | INC(I) | 5,301 | 47.15% | 402 |
| 3 | Siolim | 67.75% | Chandrakant Chodankar | | Independent | 5,841 | 46.35% | Salgaukar Ladu Buthi | | MGP | 4,084 | 32.4% | 1,757 |
| 4 | Calangute | 67.55% | Wilfred de Souza | | INC(U) | 6,920 | 51.01% | D'Souza Francisco Agusta | | MGP | 5,506 | 40.59% | 1,414 |
| 5 | Mapusa | 70.25% | Nevagi Shamsunder Jairam | | INC(U) | 6,640 | 49.2% | Surendra Sirsat | | MGP | 5,559 | 41.19% | 1,081 |
| 6 | Tivim | 67.62% | Dayanand Narvekar | | INC(U) | 8,219 | 61.43% | Chodankar Madan Varnan | | MGP | 4,414 | 32.99% | 3,805 |
| 7 | Bicholim | 80.47% | Harish Zantye | | Independent | 8,354 | 58.28% | Shashikala Kakodkar | | MGP | 5,981 | 41.72% | 2,373 |
| 8 | Pale | 75.3% | Naik Vishnu Rama | | MGP | 5,827 | 43.07% | Suryarao Sardessai Ramesh Narayan | | INC(U) | 4,932 | 36.45% | 895 |
| 9 | Sattari | 72.46% | Pratapsingh Rane | | INC(U) | 5,283 | 44.71% | Prabhu Tendulkar Sadanand Sonu | | MGP | 3,211 | 27.18% | 2,072 |
| 10 | Panaji | 65.63% | Vishnu Naik | | Independent | 3,967 | 36.56% | Baban Naik | | MGP | 3,138 | 28.92% | 829 |
| 11 | St. Cruz | 68.94% | Fernandes Michael Antonic Carminho | | INC(U) | 4,574 | 42.11% | Branco Francisco Afonso | | MGP | 3,110 | 28.63% | 1,464 |
| 12 | Cumbarjua | 68.58% | Chodankar Vinayak Dharma | | MGP | 4,876 | 41.36% | Mayenkar Mukund Narayan | | Independent | 3,143 | 26.66% | 1,733 |
| 13 | St. Andre | 66.94% | Teotonio Pereira | | INC(U) | 4,200 | 44.38% | Cuncolenkar Sripad Laxman | | MGP | 3,429 | 36.24% | 771 |
| 14 | Marcaim | 71.56% | Gaunkar Babuso Saulo | | MGP | 6,377 | 54.76% | Panjikar Sashi Govind | | Independent | 3,155 | 27.09% | 3,222 |
| 15 | Ponda | 71.21% | Aguiar Joildo Souza | | INC(U) | 6,700 | 47.77% | Ravi Naik | | MGP | 6,009 | 42.84% | 691 |
| 16 | Siroda | 75.01% | Prabhu Ramchandra Tukaram | | INC(U) | 6,315 | 47.86% | Naik Jaykrishna Putu | | MGP | 5,891 | 44.65% | 424 |
| 17 | Sanguem | 69.07% | Naik Tari Gurudas Vasudev | | INC(U) | 6,365 | 51.56% | Karmalkar Vinayak Dharmu | | MGP | 4,562 | 36.95% | 1,803 |
| 18 | Rivona | 69.31% | Dessai Dilkush Fettu | | INC(U) | 4,132 | 42.21% | Velip Jiva Kusta | | MGP | 3,656 | 37.35% | 476 |
| 19 | Canacona | 73.11% | Gaonkar Vassu Paik | | INC(U) | 8,855 | 69.35% | Namshikar Eknath Tukaram | | MGP | 3,752 | 29.39% | 5,103 |
| 20 | Quepem | 65.3% | Vaikunth Desai | | INC(U) | 7,073 | 56.29% | Naik Vithal Sonu | | MGP | 4,474 | 35.61% | 2,599 |
| 21 | Cuncolim | 56.51% | Jose Vaz | | INC(U) | 7,328 | 67.54% | Vaz Afronio Joaquim Piedade | | MGP | 2,555 | 23.55% | 4,773 |
| 22 | Benaulim | 59.26% | Cruz Francisco Monte Piedade | | INC(U) | 7,936 | 74.2% | Cardozo Raul Joaquim | | MGP | 1,852 | 17.31% | 6,084 |
| 23 | Navelim | 61.99% | Luizinho Faleiro | | INC(U) | 7,715 | 73.72% | Temudo Benelito Francisco | | MGP | 2,287 | 21.85% | 5,428 |
| 24 | Margao | 62.19% | Naik Anant Narcinva | | INC(U) | 6,502 | 68.17% | Shirodkar Gokuldas Shanu | | MGP | 2,628 | 27.55% | 3,874 |
| 25 | Curtorim | 60.29% | Francisco Sardinha | | INC(U) | 7,418 | 67.71% | Costa Sebastao Vicente | | MGP | 2,561 | 23.38% | 4,857 |
| 26 | Cortalim | 65.48% | Froilano Nanchado | | INC(U) | 6,296 | 58.74% | Caetano Barreto | | MGP | 3,077 | 28.71% | 3,219 |
| 27 | Dabolim | 63.56% | Douradao Narculano Luis | | INC(U) | 5,780 | 48.72% | Bandekar Shankar Vishnu | | MGP | 2,510 | 21.16% | 3,270 |
| 28 | Mormugao | 54.84% | Sheikh Hassan Haroon | | INC(U) | 4,018 | 45.49% | Arolkar Jagannath Keshav | | MGP | 3,339 | 37.8% | 679 |
| 29 | Daman | 63.57% | Tandel Narsinhbai Lallubhai | | MGP | 6,613 | 46.75% | Mhawla Gulamhusein Ramzan | | Independent | 3,968 | 28.05% | 2,645 |
| 30 | Diu | 71.86% | Solanki Somji Bhikha | | MGP | 6,032 | 56.56% | Fugro Narayan Shrinivas | | Independent | 4,633 | 43.44% | 1,399 |