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{{Short description|Election in Indian state}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1967 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election
| country = India
| type = Legislative
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1963 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election
| previous_year = 1963
| next_election = 1972 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election
| next_year = 1972
| seats_for_election = All 30 assembly constituencies
| majority_seats = 16
| election_date = 21 February 1967
| registered = {{formatnum:418404}}
| turnout = 68.25%
| image_size = 120px
| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Dayanand Bandodkar (cropped).jpg|bSize=110|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=05|oTop=05}}
| party1 = Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
| leader1 = [[Dayanand Bandodkar]]
| leader_since1 =
| alliance1 =
| leaders_seat1 = [[Marcaim Assembly constituency|Marcaim]]
| last_election1 =
| seats_before1 = 14
| seats1 = 16
| seat_change1 = {{increase}}2
| percentage1 = 40.42%
| swing1 =

| party2 = United Goans Party
| image2 = {{eppt|United Goans Party|height=120|width=100}}
| leader2 = [[Jack Sequeira]]
| leaders_seat2 = [[St. Cruz Assembly constituency|St. Cruz]]
| last_election2 =
| seats_before2 = 12
| seats2 = 12
| seat_change2 = 0
| percentage2 = 37.98%
| swing2 =

| map_image =
| map_size =
| map_caption =
| title = [[List of Chief Ministers of Goa|CM]]
| before_election = [[Dayanand Bandodkar]]
| after_election = [[Dayanand Bandodkar]]
| before_party = Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
| after_party = Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
}}
Elections were held in February 1967, in the [[India]]n [[Union territory]] of [[Goa, Daman and Diu]], to elect 30 members to the [[Goa Legislative Assembly|Goa, Daman & Diu Legislative Assembly]].<ref name= pdf>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statisticall%20Report%20Goa%201967.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Goa Daman and Diu}}</ref>

== Results ==
{{election table|title=Summary of results of the Goa, Daman & Diu Legislative Assembly election, 1967<ref name= pdf />|sortable=yes}}
!colspan=10|[[File:India Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly 1967.svg]]
|- align=center
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" class="unsortable"|
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Political Party 
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seats contested 
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seats won 
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Number of Votes 
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |% of Votes 
|-
| {{party color cell|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}
|align="left"|[[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party]]||26||16||111,110||40.42%
|-
| {{party color cell|United Goans Party}}
|align="left"|[[United Goans Party|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)]]||30||12||104,426||37.98%
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent (politician)}}
|align="left"|[[Independent (politician)|Independents]]||156||2||48,471||17.63%
|-
|
|align="left"|'''Total'''<ref>The total includes votes and contestants of all parties, even those who failed to win one seat</ref>||'''226'''||'''30'''||'''274,92'''||
|-
|}

=== Results by constituency ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Results by constituency |
* Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency<ref>{{cite web|website=eci.gov.in |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Goa, Daman and Diu |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statisticall%20Report%20Goa%201967.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117085800/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statisticall%20Report%20Goa%201967.pdf |archive-date=17 January 2012 |access-date=15 February 2024|format=pdf}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |Assembly Constituency
!Turnout
! colspan="5" |Winner
! colspan="5" |Runner Up
! rowspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Margin
|-
! #k
! Names
!%
! Candidate
! colspan="2" | Party
! data-sort-type=number | Votes
!%
! Candidate
! colspan="2" | Party
! data-sort-type=number | Votes
!%
|-
|1||[[Pernem Assembly constituency|Pernem]]||64.22%||K. B. Laxman||{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}||4,499||60.15%||B. Desprabhu||{{party name with color|Independent politician}}||2,181||29.16%||style="background:{{party color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}"|'''2,318'''
|-
|2||[[Mandrem Assembly constituency|Mandrem]]||64.52%||[[Anthony de Souza (politician)Anthony D'Souza]] ||{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}||6,907||71.65%||K. M. Vinayak||{{party name with color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}||1,540||15.98%||style="background:{{party color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}"|'''5,367'''
|-
|3||[[Siolim Assembly constituency|Siolim]]||73.36%||Punaji Achrekar ||{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}||5,175||50.35%||D. Zeferino||{{party name with color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}||4,556||44.32%||style="background:{{party color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}"|'''619'''
|-
|4||[[Calangute Assembly constituency|Calangute]]||74.17%||S. Valente||{{party name with color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}||6,329||54.29%||M. R. Dharma||{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}||4,633||39.74%||style="background:{{party color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}"|'''1,696'''
|-
|5||[[Aldona Assembly constituency|Aldona]]||73.49%||Lobo Sequeira Orlando ||{{party name with color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}||6,084||57.79%||M. N. Pandharinath||{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}||3,969||37.7%||style="background:{{party color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}"|'''2,115'''
|-
|6||[[Mapusa Assembly constituency|Mapusa]]||72.2%||[[Gopal Mayekar]]||{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}||5,476||52.57%||K. T. Mangesh||{{party name with color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}||4,040||38.79%||style="background:{{party color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}"|'''1,436'''
|-
|7||[[Tivim Assembly constituency|Tivim]]||63.89%||[[Jaisingrao Rane]]||{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}||4,761||61.26%||N. Narayananant||{{party name with color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}||1,794||23.08%||style="background:{{party color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}"|'''2,967'''
|-
|8||[[Bicholim Assembly constituency|Bicholim]]||70.39%||C. D. Keshav||{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}||5,565||66.96%||S. S. Sakharam||{{party name with color|Independent politician}}||1,149||13.83%||style="background:{{party color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}"|'''4,416'''
|-
|9||[[Pale Assembly constituency|Pale]]||66.02%||[[A. K. S. Usgaonkar]]||{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}||5,671||65.09%||S. U. P. Krishna||{{party name with color|Independent politician}}||1,961||22.51%||style="background:{{party color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}"|'''3,710'''
|-
|10||[[Sattari Assembly constituency|Sattari]]||57.7%||[[Gopal Kamat]]||{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}||2,962||40.04%||D. B. Hirojirao||{{party name with color|Independent politician}}||1,068||14.44%||style="background:{{party color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}"|'''1,894'''
|-
|11||[[Panaji Assembly constituency|Panaji]]||66.97%||Y. S. Desai||{{party name with color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}||3,846||42.56%||T. M. Upendra||{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}||3,776||41.78%||style="background:{{party color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}"|'''70'''
|-
|12||[[St. Cruz Assembly constituency|St. Cruz]]||77.33%||[[Jack de Sequeira]]||{{party name with color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}||7,087||59.94%||J. L. C. Araujo||{{party name with color|United Goans Party (Furtado Group)}}||4,045||34.21%||style="background:{{party color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}"|'''3,042'''
|-
|13||[[St. Andre Assembly constituency|St. Andre]]||71.75%||[[Teotonio Pereira]]||{{party name with color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}||5,656||57.47%||Melo Agosttinho Santana||{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}||3,466||35.22%||style="background:{{party color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}"|'''2,190'''
|-
|14||[[Cumbarjua Assembly constituency|Cumbarjua]]||67.27%||B. P. Shrinivas||{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}||5,296||54.67%||J. T. Timotio||{{party name with color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}||3,355||34.63%||style="background:{{party color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}"|'''1,941'''
|-
|15||[[Marcaim Assembly constituency|Marcaim]]||71.14%||B. D. Balkrishna||{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}||7,800||92.4%||K. T. Pundlik||{{party name with color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}||423||5.01%||style="background:{{party color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}"|'''7,377'''
|-
|16||[[Ponda Assembly constituency|Ponda]]||68.49%||[[Shashikala Kakodkar]]||{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}||7,144||76.66%||K. S. Dattatray||{{party name with color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}||1,567||16.82%||style="background:{{party color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}"|'''5,577'''
|-
|17||[[Siroda Assembly constituency|Siroda]]||59.26%||[[Vittal Karmali]]||{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}||4,571||53.%||J. F. S. Fernandes||{{party name with color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}||1,294||15.%||style="background:{{party color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}"|'''3,277'''
|-
|18||[[Sanguem Assembly constituency|Sanguem]]||62.57%||M. V. Datta||{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}||4,646||58.85%||S. H. A. Lathif||{{party name with color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}||2,785||35.28%||style="background:{{party color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}"|'''1,861'''
|-
|19||[[Canacona Assembly constituency|Canacona]]||66.15%||N. G. M. Balkrishna||{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}||5,126||58.95%||M. R. Desai||{{party name with color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}||2,141||24.62%||style="background:{{party color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}"|'''2,985'''
|-
|20||[[Quepem Assembly constituency|Quepem]]||66.%||[[Shaba Desai]]||{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}||2,955||44.39%||D. S. Yeshvant||{{party name with color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}||1,734||26.05%||style="background:{{party color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}"|'''1,221'''
|-
|21||[[Curchorem Assembly constituency|Curchorem]]||65.09%||Abdul Razak ||{{party name with color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}||3,657||42.84%||N. X. G. Desai||{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}||3,519||41.23%||style="background:{{party color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}"|'''138'''
|-
|22||[[Cuncolim Assembly constituency|Cuncolim]]||62.01%||[[Roque Santana Fernandes]]||{{party name with color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}||3,774||43.62%||K. M. Jaiwant||{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}||1,720||19.88%||style="background:{{party color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}"|'''2,054'''
|-
|23||[[Benaulim Assembly constituency|Benaulim]]||62.54%||M. E. Jose||{{party name with color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}||6,528||74.53%||C. F. Clodomiro||{{party name with color|Independent politician}}||1,008||11.51%||style="background:{{party color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}"|'''5,520'''
|-
|24||[[Navelim Assembly constituency|Navelim]]||62.1%||[[Leo Velho Mauricio]]||{{party name with color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}||6,546||59.5%||D. P. Santano||{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}||2,831||25.73%||style="background:{{party color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}"|'''3,715'''
|-
|25||[[Margao Assembly constituency|Margao]]||64.26%||N. A. Narcinva||{{party name with color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}||4,905||57.89%||S. V. Purshotam||{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}||2,832||33.42%||style="background:{{party color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}"|'''2,073'''
|-
|26||[[Curtorim Assembly constituency|Curtorim]]||59.81%||Barretto Roque Joaquim||{{party name with color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}||8,778||86.39%||C. A. M. Jose||{{party name with color|Independent politician}}||556||5.47%||style="background:{{party color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}"|'''8,222'''
|-
|27||[[Cortalim Assembly constituency|Cortalim]]||65.1%||L. P. Barbosa||{{party name with color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}||6,977||77.03%||L. C. Carvalho||{{party name with color|Independent politician}}||1,662||18.35%||style="background:{{party color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}"|'''5,315'''
|-
|28||[[Mormugao Assembly constituency|Mormugao]]||54.29%||Gajanan Patil||{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}||5,570||46.11%||M. R. Manuel||{{party name with color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}||3,932||32.55%||style="background:{{party color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}"|'''1,638'''
|-
|29||[[Daman Assembly constituency|Daman]]||60.62%||M. M. Bhathala||{{party name with color|Independent politician}}||2,775||29.48%||B. O. Pandya||{{party name with color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}||2,544||27.02%||style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}"|'''231'''
|-
|30||[[Diu Assembly constituency|Diu]]||66.33%||F. N. Srinivassa||{{party name with color|Independent politician}}||1,552||23.6%||A. R. Hadmat||{{party name with color|Independent politician}}||1,501||22.83%||style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}"|'''51'''

|}

==== By Elections ====
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|-
!No.
!Constituency
!Winner
! colspan="2" |Party
|-
|-
| 1 || [[Siroda Assembly constituency|Shiroda]] ||[[Krishnanath Baburao Naik]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}" |
|[[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party]]
|-
|-
| 2 || [[Pernem Assembly constituency|Pernem]] ||[[Bhalchandra Kinlekar]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}" |
|[[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party]]
|-
|}

== See also ==
* [[Elections in Goa]]
* [[1967 elections in India]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Goan elections}}

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[[Category:1967 State Assembly elections in India]]
[[Category:1960s in Goa, Daman, and Diu]]
[[Category:Elections in Goa, Daman and Diu|1967]]

1967 Goa Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election - Revision history

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