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{{Short description|Election in Indian state}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1972 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election
| country = India
| flag_year =
| type = Legislative
| ongoing = no
| party_colour =
| previous_election = 1967 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election
| previous_year = 1967
| next_election = 1977 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election
| next_year = 1977
| seats_for_election = All 30 assembly constituencies
| election_date = 1972
| turnout =
| image_size = 120px
| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Dayanand Bandodkar (cropped).jpg|bSize=110|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=05|oTop=05}}
| leader1 = [[Dayanand Bandodkar]]
| leader_since1 =
| party1 = Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
| alliance1 =
| leaders_seat1 = [[Marcaim Assembly constituency]]
| last_election1 =
| seats_before1 = 16
| seats_needed1 =
| seats1 = 18
| seats_after1 =
| seat_change1 = {{gain}} 2
| popular_vote1 =
| percentage1 =
| 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 = 10
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 2
| percentage2 =
| swing2 =
| map_image =
| map_size =
| map_caption =
| title = [[List of Chief Ministers of Goa|Chief Minister]]
| posttitle =
| before_election = [[Dayanand Bandodkar]]
| after_election = [[Dayanand Bandodkar]]
| before_party = Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
| after_party = Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
| result =
| majority_seats = 16
}}
'''Goa, Daman & Diu Legislative Assembly election, 1972''' was held in [[India]]n [[Union territory]] of [[Goa, Daman and Diu]] in 1972, 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_1972/StatisticalRep_GOA_72.pdf |title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1971 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF GOA DAMAN & DIU |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>

==Results==
{{election table|title=Summary of results of the Goa, Daman & Diu Legislative Assembly election, 1972<ref name= pdf />|sortable=yes}}
!colspan=10|[[File:India Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly 1972.svg]]
|- align=center
!colspan=2 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 
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seat change 
|-
| {{party color cell|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}
|align="left"|[[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party]]||23||18||116,855||38.30%||{{increase}} 2
|-
| {{party color cell|United Goans Party}}
|align="left"|[[United Goans Party|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)]]||26||10||99,156||32.50%||{{decrease}} 2
|-
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|align="left"|[[Indian National Congress]]||19||1||41,612||13.64%||{{increase}} 1
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent politician}}
|align="left"|[[Independent politician|Independents]]||36||1||28,874||9.64%||{{decrease}} 1
|-
|colspan=2 align="left"|'''Total'''||'''138'''||'''30'''||'''305,077'''||
|-
|}

=== 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, 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of Goa, Daman and Diu |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatisticalRep_GOA_72.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114075126/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatisticalRep_GOA_72.pdf |archive-date=14 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]]||71.93%||Rane Jaisingrao Abasaheb||{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}||5,477||61.66%||Deshprabhu Raghunathrao||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||2,828||31.84%||style="background:{{party color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}"|'''2,649'''
|-
|2||[[Mandrem Assembly constituency|Mandrem]]||71.27%||[[Dayanand Bandodkar]]||{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}||8,254||72.93%||Kamulkar Vijay Maruti||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||2,006||17.72%||style="background:{{party color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}"|'''6,248'''
|-
|3||[[Siolim Assembly constituency|Siolim]]||75.6%||Chandrakant Chodankar||{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}||5,638||51.37%||S. Souzaw A. Tito Fermina||{{party name with color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}||4,789||43.64%||style="background:{{party color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}"|'''849'''
|-
|4||[[Calangute Assembly constituency|Calangute]]||73.36%||Jagdish Bhujang Rao||{{party name with color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}||6,032||51.02%||D. Cruz Anthony Manuel||{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}||5,425||45.89%||style="background:{{party color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}"|'''607'''
|-
|5||[[Aldona Assembly constituency|Aldona]]||58.14%||José Silveiro Sousa||{{party name with color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}||5,733||64.06%||Silver Anacleto Mariand||{{party name with color|Independent politician}}||1,953||21.82%||style="background:{{party color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}"|'''3,780'''
|-
|6||[[Mapusa Assembly constituency|Mapusa]]||73.82%||Pankar Raghuvir Shanu||{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}||5,718||48.97%||N. S. Pandurang||{{party name with color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}||3,532||30.25%||style="background:{{party color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}"|'''2,186'''
|-
|7||[[Tivim Assembly constituency|Tivim]]||71.58%||Punaji Pandurang Achrekar||{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}||5,390||57.65%||Gopal Govind Mayekar||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||2,361||25.25%||style="background:{{party color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}"|'''3,029'''
|-
|8||[[Bicholim Assembly constituency|Bicholim]]||80.04%||[[Shashikala Kakodkar]]||{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}||6,589||65.42%||S. Ramesh Narayan||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||2,393||23.76%||style="background:{{party color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}"|'''4,196'''
|-
|9||[[Pale Assembly constituency|Pale]]||73.92%||[[A. K. S. Usgaonkar]]||{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}||4,885||51.19%||S. U. Prabhakar Krishna||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||2,706||28.36%||style="background:{{party color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}"|'''2,179'''
|-
|10||[[Sattari Assembly constituency|Sattari]]||67.61%||[[Pratapsingh Rane]]||{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}||5,005||51.81%||[[Jaisingrao Rane]]||{{party name with color|Samyukta Socialist Party}}||2,322||24.04%||style="background:{{party color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}"|'''2,683'''
|-
|11||[[Panaji Assembly constituency|Panaji]]||67.67%||Baban Naik ||{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}||3,983||42.73%||Desai Yeshwant Sitaram||{{party name with color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}||3,758||40.32%||style="background:{{party color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}"|'''225'''
|-
|12||[[St. Cruz Assembly constituency|St. Cruz]]||69.28%||[[Jack de Sequeira]]||{{party name with color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}||6,586||57.51%||Fernandes Manuel Francisco Xavier Diogo||{{party name with color|Independent politician}}||4,483||39.15%||style="background:{{party color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}"|'''2,103'''
|-
|13||[[St. Andre Assembly constituency|St. Andre]]||72.28%||[[Teotonio Pereira]]||{{party name with color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}||5,335||50.44%||Melo Agosttinho Santana||{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}||3,969||37.52%||style="background:{{party color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}"|'''1,366'''
|-
|14||[[Cumbarjua Assembly constituency|Cumbarjua]]||72.28%||Chodankar Vinayak Dharma||{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}||5,956||54.49%||P. P. Desai Shrikant Govind||{{party name with color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}||3,530||32.3%||style="background:{{party color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}"|'''2,426'''
|-
|15||[[Marcaim Assembly constituency|Marcaim]]||74.34%||Bandodkar Krishna Raghu||{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}||7,020||77.19%||Kerkar Chandrakant Vijaya||{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}||1,858||20.43%||style="background:{{party color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}"|'''5,162'''
|-
|16||[[Ponda Assembly constituency|Ponda]]||73.4%||[[Rhoidas Naik]]||{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}||6,052||58.3%||Vishwanath Yeshwant Naik||{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}||2,259||21.76%||style="background:{{party color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}"|'''3,793'''
|-
|17||[[Siroda Assembly constituency|Siroda]]||65.59%||Jayakrishna Putu Naik||{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}||5,908||60.26%||Tendolkar N Narahari||{{party name with color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}||1,425||14.53%||style="background:{{party color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}"|'''4,483'''
|-
|18||[[Sanguem Assembly constituency|Sanguem]]||69.54%||Morajker Vassudeu Datta||{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}||4,580||51.73%||K. Devidas Pandurang||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||1,989||22.46%||style="background:{{party color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}"|'''2,591'''
|-
|19||[[Canacona Assembly constituency|Canacona]]||70.97%||Ganaba Bhagdu Desai||{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}||5,874||55.37%||P. D. Shrirang Padmanaba||{{party name with color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}||3,441||32.43%||style="background:{{party color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}"|'''2,433'''
|-
|20||[[Quepem Assembly constituency|Quepem]]||65.27%||[[Dhulo Kuttikar]]||{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}||3,406||46.16%||Dessai Molu Ganba||{{party name with color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}||2,815||38.15%||style="background:{{party color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}"|'''591'''
|-
|21||[[Curchorem Assembly constituency|Curchorem]]||66.18%||Anil Prabhu Dessai ||{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}||4,055||42.42%||Karmali B. Gopinath||{{party name with color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}||2,965||31.01%||style="background:{{party color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}"|'''1,090'''
|-
|22||[[Cuncolim Assembly constituency|Cuncolim]]||64.27%||[[Roque Santana Fernandes]]||{{party name with color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}||5,337||58.44%||Fernandes A. J. Guilman||{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}||3,133||34.31%||style="background:{{party color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}"|'''2,204'''
|-
|23||[[Benaulim Assembly constituency|Benaulim]]||60.3%||[[Vasudeo Narayan Sarmalkar]]||{{party name with color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}||6,604||76.87%||Cardoso Felicio||{{party name with color|Independent politician}}||1,796||20.91%||style="background:{{party color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}"|'''4,808'''
|-
|24||[[Navelim Assembly constituency|Navelim]]||57.07%||[[Leo Velho Mauricio]]||{{party name with color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}||7,618||69.77%||Miranda Elu Jose||{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}||2,777||25.43%||style="background:{{party color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}"|'''4,841'''
|-
|25||[[Margao Assembly constituency|Margao]]||65.51%||Ananta Narcinva Naik||{{party name with color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}||4,859||54.05%||Virginkar Gopal Naraina||{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}||2,469||27.46%||style="background:{{party color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}"|'''2,390'''
|-
|26||[[Curtorim Assembly constituency|Curtorim]]||58.73%||F. E. S. Silveira Martinho||{{party name with color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}||7,120||68.16%||Cardozoi Luis Piedade||{{party name with color|Independent politician}}||2,039||19.52%||style="background:{{party color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}"|'''5,081'''
|-
|27||[[Cortalim Assembly constituency|Cortalim]]||57.58%||Barbosa Luis Paleixo||{{party name with color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}||7,431||77.79%||Telo Mascarenhas||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||1,018||10.66%||style="background:{{party color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}"|'''6,413'''
|-
|28||[[Mormugao Assembly constituency|Mormugao]]||50.08%||Joshi Vassant Subraya||{{party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}||5,292||37.79%||A L De Graca Antonio||{{party name with color|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)}}||4,252||30.36%||style="background:{{party color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}"|'''1,040'''
|-
|29||[[Daman Assembly constituency|Daman]]||82.78%||H. Vallabhabhai Tendel||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||7,729||50.46%||Lallubhai Jogibhat Patel||{{party name with color|Independent politician}}||7,350||47.99%||style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|'''379'''
|-
|30||[[Diu Assembly constituency|Diu]]||68.24%||Fordo Narayan Shrinivas||{{party name with color|Independent politician}}||4,598||58.08%||Modasia Balubhai Dharsi||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||3,318||41.92%||style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}"|'''1,280'''
|}

== By Elections ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|-
!No.
!Constituency
!Winner
! colspan="2" |Party
|-
|-
| 1 || [[Mandrem Assembly constituency|Mandrem]] ||[[Ramakant Khalap]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}" |
|[[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party]]
|-
|-
| 2 || [[Benaulim Assembly constituency|Benaulim]] ||[[Wilfred de Souza]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|United Goans Party}}" |
|[[United Goans Party|United Goans Party (Sequeira group)]]
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Goan elections}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election, 1972}}
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[[Category:1972 State Assembly elections in India]]
[[Category:1970s in Goa, Daman and Diu]]
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1972 Goa Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election - Revision history

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