1963 Goa Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election

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The first elections to the Goa, Daman & Diu Legislative Assembly were held in December 1963, to elect members of the 30 constituencies, in the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu, India.[1]

The Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party won the most seats (fourteen), and its leader, Dayanand Bandodkar was appointed as the Chief Minister of Goa, Daman and Diu.[2][3] The United Goans Party won 12 seats, three seats were won by Independents, whereas the Jawaharlal Nehru-led Indian National Congress only won one seat.[4][5]

Background

After the Annexation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli in 1954, followed by the Annexation of Goa in 1961, the new union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu was established. Later, in 1963, after the passing of the Government of Union Territories Act, 1963, Goa, Daman and Diu was assigned a Legislative Assembly of thirty seats.[6]

To facilitate the upcoming election, A. F. Couto was made the Chief Electoral Officer of the union territory on 19 August 1963.[7] The Delimitation Commission of India split up the Union territory into 30 constituencies; 28 in Goa and one each for Daman and Diu.[8] On 3 October, it was announced that the Indian National Congress, Frente Popular and the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) were allowed to have reserved electoral symbols,[9] followed on 24 October, by the United Goans Party (UGP).[10]

Election Schedule

Event Date[11]
Last Date for filing Nominations 11 November 1963
Date for scrutiny of nominations 13 November 1963
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures 16 November 1963
Date of poll 9 December 1963
Date before which the election shall be completed 11 December 1963

Results

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Elected Members

# Constituency Member[12] Party
1 Pernem Kashinath Shetgaonkar Template:Full party name with color
2 Mandrem Vijay Kamulkar Template:Full party name with color
3 Siolim Pandurang Purushottam Shirodkar Template:Full party name with color
4 Calangute John M. D'Souza Template:Full party name with color
5 Aldona Orlando Sequeira Lobo Template:Full party name with color
6 Mapusa Raghunath Tople Template:Full party name with color
7 Tivim Shambu Palienkar Template:Full party name with color
8 Bicholim Kusmakar Kadkade Template:Full party name with color
9 Pale A. K. S. Usgaonkar Template:Full party name with color
10 Satari Jaisingrao V. Rane Template:Full party name with color
11 Panaji Jack Sequeira Template:Full party name with color
12 Santa Cruz Joaquim L. Araujo Template:Full party name with color
13 Santo Andre Teotonio Pereira Template:Full party name with color
14 Sant Estevam Dattaram Chopdekar Template:Full party name with color
15 Marcaim Vasant VelingkarTemplate:Efn Template:Full party name with color
16 Ponda Gajanan Raikar Template:Full party name with color
17 Siroda Pundalik Naik Template:Full party name with color
18 Sanguem Tony Fernandes Template:Full party name with color
19 Canacona Ganba Desai Template:Full party name with color
20 Quepem Dattaram Desai Template:Full party name with color
21 Curchorem Karmali Vitthal Subrai Template:Full party name with color
22 Cuncolim Sebastiao Mazarello Template:Full party name with color
23 Benaulim Maurilio Furtado Template:Full party name with color
24 Navelim Alvaro de Loyola Furtado Template:Full party name with color
25 Margao Vasudev Sarmalkar Template:Full party name with color
26 Curtorim Enio Pimenta Template:Full party name with color
27 Cortalim Luis Proto Barbosa Template:Full party name with color
28 Marmagoa Urminda Lima Leitao Template:Full party name with color
29 Daman Kalidas Patel Template:Full party name with color
30 Diu Mamdali Jiwani Template:Full party name with color

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Aftermath

On 20 December 1963, Dayanand Bandodkar was sworn in as Chief Minister. His cabinet included only two other ministers, Vitthal Subrai and Tony Fernandes.[13] Jack de Sequeira, of the UGP, was the first Leader of the Opposition[14] and Pandurang Purushottam Shirodkar was the first Speaker of the Assembly.[15]

Since the party in government, the MGP, was in favour of merging the territory with Maharashtra, they precipitated the issue. This led to the 1967 Goa status referendum,[16] where the voters rejected the merger and instead opted to remain a Union Territory.[17]

Bypolls

Year Constituency Reason for by-poll Winning candidate Party
1964 Marcaim Resignation of V.C. Velingker Dayanand Bandodkar Template:Full party name with color
Source:ECI[18]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Article 2 - Goa After Liberation. www.goavidhansabha.gov.in. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  2. ↑ Chief Ministers of Goa. Department of Information and Publicity, Government of Goa, India.
  3. ↑ Pro-Merger Party Leads in Goa Vote(11 December 1963). Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  4. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named result1963
  5. ↑ Herald: Goa 1961 – 2021 Reviewing and recovering. O Heraldo(12 Dec 2021). Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  6. ↑ Government of Union Territories Act, 1963(10 May 1963). Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  7. ↑ Office of the Chief Electoral Officer - Notification AJSM/IEIRO /63/1185913(19 August 1963). Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  8. ↑ Delimitation Commission - Final Order No. 18(19 August 1963). Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  9. ↑ Notification - 56/1/63(2)(3 October 1963). Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  10. ↑ Notification - No. 56/1/63 (2)(24 October 1963). Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  11. ↑ Election Commission - Notification No. 82/3/64(1 September 1964). Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  12. ↑ MLAs - First Legislative Assembly Of Goa, Daman & Diu. www.goavidhansabha.gov.in. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  13. ↑ Government of Goa, Daman and Diu - Administrator's Secretariat - Notification No. 1/ADM/63(20 December 1963). Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  14. ↑ MLA Bio - Sequeira, Dr. Jack De, Janata. www.goavidhansabha.gov.in. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  15. ↑ Goa was his life, but Angola was his love. Times of India(13 November 2016). Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  16. ↑ Goa: Into the Mainstream{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Abhinav Publications(2003). ISBN 9788170170051
  17. ↑ Template:Cite magazine
  18. ↑ Details of Assembly By- Elections since 1952 (Year-Wise). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 December 2021.

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