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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Ganba Desai<br />
| image = Ganba Desai.jpg<br />
| image_size = 150px<br />
| caption = Official portrait in 1972<br />
| birth_name = Ganba Bhagdu Desai<br />
| birth_place = [[Goa]], [[Portuguese India]]<br />
| death_date = Unknown<br />
| office1 = [[Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly|Member of Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| predecessor1 = ''constituency established''<br />
| party = [[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party]] (1963–1977)<br />
| successor1 = [[Manju Naik Gaonkar]]<br />
| term_start1 = 1963<br />
| term_end1 = 1967<br />
| constituency1 = [[Canacona Assembly constituency|Canacona]]<br />
| predecessor2 = [[Manju Naik Gaonkar]]<br />
| majority1 = 5,854 (64.08%)<br />
| majority2 = 5,874 (55.37%)<br />
| successor2 = [[Vasu Gaonkar]]<br />
| constituency2 = Canacona<br />
| term_start2 = 1972<br />
| term_end2 = 1977<br />
| occupation = Politician<br />
}}<br />
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'''Ganba Bhagdu Desai'''{{efn|his first name, Ganba is also spelled as Ganaba according to [https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3843-goa-1972/]}} was an Indian politician. He was a former member of the [[Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly]], representing the [[Canacona Assembly constituency]] from 1963 to 1967 and 1972 to 1977.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Goa Legislative Assembly |url=https://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/member_detail.php?mem_id=203 |access-date=2022-11-20 |website=www.goavidhansabha.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Assembly |first=Goa, Daman and Diu (India) Legislative |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IjgIAQAAIAAJ&q=Ganba+Desai |title=Debates; Official Report |date=1965 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OHboAAAAMAAJ&q=Ganba+Desai |title=Goa Today |date=1971 |publisher=Goa Publications |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Diu (India) |first=Goa, Daman and |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-8iY4iHdGRsC&q=Ganba+Desai |title=Government Gazette. Boletim Oficial |date= April 1964|language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Desai had contested in the [[1963 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election]] from the [[Canacona Assembly constituency]] on the [[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party]] (MGP) ticket and emerged victorious, he served from 1962 to 1967. He then successfully contested in the [[1972 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election]] from the same consistency on the MGP ticket and defeated [[United Goans (Sequiera Group)]] candidate, P. D. Shrirang Padmanaba by a margin of 2,433 votes. He served for five years from 1972 to 1977. This marked Desai's last election participation in his political career.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NhG2AAAAIAAJ&q=Ganba+Bhagdu+Desai |title=The Times of India Directory & Yearbook, Including Who's who |date=1976 |publisher=Times of India Press |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Reed |first=Sir Stanley |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G2LVAAAAMAAJ&q=Ganba+Bhagdu+Desai |title=Indian and Pakistan Year Book and Who's who |date=1977 |publisher=Bennett, Coleman. |language=en}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Goa, Daman and Diu MLAs 1972–1977]]<br />
[[Category:Politicians from South Goa district]]<br />
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