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{{Short description|Legislative Assembly election in Goa, Daman and Diu, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2021}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1984 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election
| country = India
| type = legislative
| vote_type = Popular 
| ongoing = no
| party_colour =
| party_name =
| alliance_name =
| previous_election = 1980 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election
| previous_year = 1980
| next_election = 1989 Goa Legislative Assembly election
| next_year = 1989
| election_date = ''27 December 1984''
| seats_for_election = All 30 seats in the [[Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly]]
| majority_seats = 16
| registered = {{formatnum:586657}}
| turnout = 71.86%

| image1 = Pratapsingh Rane.jpg
| leader1 = [[Pratapsingh Rane]]
| leaders_seat1 = Satara
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| seats_before1 = 0
| popular_vote1= 39.48%
| seat_change1 = +18
| seats1 = 18
| swing1 =

| image2 = Indian Election Symbol Lion.png
| leader2 = [[Ramakant Khalap]]
| leaders_seat2 = [[Mandrem (Goa Assembly constituency)|Mandrem]]
| party2 = Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
| seats_before2 = 7
| popular_vote2= 21.12%
| seat_change2 = +1
| seats2 = 8
| swing2 =


| title = [[Chief Minister of Goa, Daman and Diu|CM]]
| before_party = Indian National Congress
| before_election = [[Pratapsingh Rane]]
| after_party = Indian National Congress
| after_election = [[Pratapsingh Rane]]
}}
[[File:IN-GDD.svg|thumb|Goa, Daman and Diu within India]]

Elections to the '''[[Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly]]''' were held in December 1984, to elect members of the 60 constituencies in [[Goa, Daman and Diu]], India. The [[Indian National Congress]] won the most seats as well as the popular vote, and [[Pratapsingh Rane]] was re-appointed as the [[Chief Minister of Goa, Daman and Diu]].<ref name="CMs">{{cite web |url=http://www.goainformation.org/html/modules.php?name=Sections&sop=viewarticle&artid=41 |title=Chief Ministers of Goa |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030824214302/http://www.goainformation.org/html/modules.php?name=Sections&sop=viewarticle&artid=41 |archive-date=24 March 2003 |publisher=Department of Information and Publicity, [[Government of Goa]] |access-date=20 March 2014}}</ref>

After the passing of the ''Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976'' by the [[Delimitation Commission of India]], the legislative assembly had 30 constituencies.<ref name="delimitation1976">{{cite web |url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3939-dpaco-1976/ |title=DPACO (1976) - Archive Delimitation Orders |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date= December 9, 2020}}</ref> Halfway through the term, on 30 May 1987, the union territory was split, and Goa was made India's twenty-fifth state, with [[Daman and Diu]] remaining a union territory.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=peOqBgAAQBAJ&q=Goa+was+made+India's+twenty-fifth+state&pg=PA454 |title=Historical Companion to Postcolonial Literatures - Continental Europe and its Empires |last=Poddar |first=Prem |date=2 July 2008 |publisher=[[Edinburgh University Press]] |isbn=9780748630271 |page=454 |language=en}}</ref>

==Result==
{{Election results
|image=[[File:India Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly 1984.svg]]
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=160944|seats1=18|sc1=+18
|party2=[[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party]]|votes2=86100|seats2=8|sc2=+1
|party3=[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]|votes3=4915|seats3=0|sc3=New
|party4=[[Janata Party]]|votes4=3013|seats4=0|sc4=0
|party5=[[Communist Party of India]]|votes5=1554|seats5=0|sc5=New
|party6=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]|votes6=756|seats6=0|sc6=0
|party11=Independents|votes11=150424|seats11=4|sc11=+1
|total_sc=0
|invalid=13844
|electorate=586657
|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3847-goa-1984/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1984 to the Legislative Assembly of Goa |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=29 November 2021}}</ref>
}}

==Elected Members==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Constituency
!Reserved for<br/>([[Scheduled Castes|SC]]/None)
!Member
!colspan=2|Party
|-
| [[Pernem (Goa Assembly constituency)|Pernem]] || SC || Bandekar Shambhu Bhavti || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[Mandrem (Goa Assembly constituency)|Mandrem]] || None || [[Ramakant Khalap]] || {{Full party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}
|-
| [[Siolim (Goa Assembly constituency)|Siolim]] || None || Naik Ashok Tukaram || {{Full party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}
|-
| [[Calangute (Goa Assembly constituency)|Calangute]] || None || Malik Shrikant Keshav || {{Full party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}
|-
| [[Mapusa (Goa Assembly constituency)|Mapusa]] || None || Diucar Chandreshkar Sihivram || {{Full party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}
|-
| [[Tivim (Goa Assembly constituency)|Tivim]] || None || Narvekar Dayanand Ganesh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[Bicholim (Goa Assembly constituency)|Bicholim]] || None || Prabhu Zantye Harish Narayan || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[Pale (Goa Assembly constituency)|Pale]] || None || Verenkar Chandrakant Vishwanath || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Satari || None || [[Pratapsingh Rane]] || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[Panaji (Goa Assembly constituency)|Panaji]] || None || Gonsalves Joao Baptista Florino || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Santa Cruz || None || Branco Freancisco Afonso || {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
|-
| Chum Barjua || None || Jhalmi Kashinath Govind || {{Full party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}
|-
| Santo Andre || None || Concolinkar Sripad Laxmian || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[Marcaim (Goa Assembly constituency)|Marcaim]] || None || Gaunkar Babusso Sanvlo || {{Full party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}
|-
| [[Ponda (Goa Assembly constituency)|Ponda]] || None || Naik Ravi Sitaram || {{Full party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}
|-
| [[Siroda (Goa Assembly constituency)|Siroda]] || None || Shirodker Subhash Ankush || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[Sanguem (Goa Assembly constituency)|Sanguem]] || None || Naik Pandu Vassu || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Rivona || None || Velip Prakash Shankar || {{Full party name with color|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party}}
|-
| [[Canacona (Goa Assembly constituency)|Canacona]] || None || Gaonkar Vassu Paik || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[Quepem (Goa Assembly constituency)|Quepem]] || None || Voikunt Dessai || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[Cuncolim (Goa Assembly constituency)|Cuncolim]] || None || Fernandes Manu || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[Benaulim (Goa Assembly constituency)|Benaulim]] || None || Cruz Francisco Monte Piedade || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[Navelim (Goa Assembly constituency)|Navelim]] || None || Faleiro Luizinho || {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
|-
| [[Margao (Goa Assembly constituency)|Margao]] || None || Bhembre Uday Laxmikant || {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
|-
| [[Curtorim (Goa Assembly constituency)|Curtorim]] || None || Sardinha Francisco Caetano || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[Cortalim (Goa Assembly constituency)|Cortalim]] || None || Barbosa Luis Proto || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[Dabolim (Goa Assembly constituency)|Dabolim]] || None || D'souza Simon Peter || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[Mormugao (Goa Assembly constituency)|Mormugao]] || None || Shaikh Hassan Haroon || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[Daman district, India|Daman]] || None || Prabhakar Jivanbhai Somabhai || {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
|-
| [[Diu district|Diu]] || None || Solanki Shamjibhai Bhikha || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|}

==Later events==
In May 1987, the Government of India split the union territory of [[Goa, Daman and Diu]] into the new state of [[Goa]] and the union territory of [[Daman and Diu]] by the ''[[Fifty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution of India|The Constitution (Fifty-sixth Amendment) Act, 1987]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.india.gov.in/my-government/constitution-india/amendments/constitution-india-fifty-sixth-amendment-act-1987 |title=The Constitution (Fifty-sixth Amendment) Act, 1987 |date=6 May 1987 |access-date= 3 December 2021}}</ref> The new [[Goa Legislative Assembly]] was assigned 40 seats from the next election, in [[1989 Goa Legislative Assembly election|1989]].

== See also ==
* [[List of constituencies of the Goa Legislative Assembly]]
* [[1984 elections in India]]

==References==
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