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1984 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election

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All 30 seats in the Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly 16 seats needed for a majority
Registered	586,657
Turnout	71.86%
Majority party Minority party   Leader Pratapsingh Rane Ramakant Khalap Party INC MGP Leader's seat Sattari Mandrem Seats before 0 7 Seats won 18 8 Seat change 18 1 Popular vote 39.48% 21.12%
CM before election Pratapsingh Rane INC Elected CM Pratapsingh Rane INC

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.

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. 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.

Result

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress	160,944	39.48	18	+18
	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	86,100	21.12	8	+1
	Bharatiya Janata Party	4,915	1.21	0	New
	Janata Party	3,013	0.74	0	0
	Communist Party of India	1,554	0.38	0	New
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	756	0.19	0	0
	Independents	150,424	36.90	4	+1
Total		407,706	100.00	30	0
Valid votes		407,706	96.72
Invalid/blank votes		13,844	3.28
Total votes		421,550	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		586,657	71.86
Source: ECI

Elected Members

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 Constitution (Fifty-sixth Amendment) Act, 1987. The new Goa Legislative Assembly was assigned 40 seats from the next election, in 1989.

See also

• List of constituencies of the Goa Legislative Assembly
• 1984 elections in India

References

1. "Chief Ministers of Goa". Department of Information and Publicity, Government of Goa. Archived from the original on 24 August 2003. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
2. "DPACO (1976) - Archive Delimitation Orders". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
3. Poddar, Prem (2 July 2008). Historical Companion to Postcolonial Literatures - Continental Europe and its Empires. Edinburgh University Press. p. 454. ISBN 9780748630271.
4. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1984 to the Legislative Assembly of Goa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
5. "The Constitution (Fifty-sixth Amendment) Act, 1987". 6 May 1987. Retrieved 3 December 2021.

• 1984 State Assembly elections in India
• State Assembly elections in Goa
• 1980s in Goa, Daman and Diu