Election history

Goa, Daman and Diu Assembly Elections

Historical results, trends and insights from 1967 to 1984.

Lok Sabha5 Vidhan Sabha5

1984 1980 1977 1972 1967

Current seats

in the present Goa, Daman and Diu assembly

Elections contested

Leading party, 1984

INC

18 of 30 seats

Compare elections

See what changed between any two Vidhan Sabha elections in Goa, Daman and Diu.

Seat swings, vote share shifts and constituency-level changes, side by side.

Seat share over the years

Seats and vote share by election for the parties that have won the most Vidhan Sabha seats in Goa, Daman and Diu

Party	1984	1980	1977	1972	1967
MAG	8	7	15	18	16
INC	18	0	10	1	0
UGS	0	0	0	10	12
INC(U)	0	20	0	0	0
Others	4	3	5	1	2
Total seats	30	30	30	30	30

Seats won over time

The four parties that have won the most Vidhan Sabha seats in Goa, Daman and Diu

MAG
INC
UGS
INC(U)

Constituency performance

From the 30 results in Goa, Daman and Diu, 1984

Best performance

CURTORIM

SARDINHA FRANCISCO CAETANO, 69.86% share

Closest contest

PERNEM

won by 16 (0.14%)

Biggest victory

NAVELIM

won by 5,654 (42.18%)

Lowest turnout

CUNCOLIM

62.47%

Seat change & vote share

Goa, Daman and Diu, 1984

Retained1 (3%)
Changed hands25 (83%)
New seat4 (13%)

1 constituencies were won by the same party as 1980; 25 changed hands; 4 did not exist then.

Vote share by party

INC39.48%

IND36.90%

MAG21.12%

BJP1.21%

JNP0.74%

CPI0.38%

CPM0.19%

Result by election

1984Full result →30 seats

INC18
MAG8
IND4

1980Full result →30 seats

INC(U)20
MAG7
IND3

1977Full result →30 seats

MAG15
INC10
JNP3
IND2

1972Full result →30 seats

MAG18
UGS10
IND1
INC1

1967Full result →30 seats

MAG16
UGS12
IND2

Assembly constituencies

34 current, 31 under former boundaries · showing 51–65 of 65

No.	Assembly seat	Reservation	Elections	Last contested
16	PONDAformer boundary	GEN	2	1972
17	SIRODAformer boundary	GEN	2	1972
18	SANGUEMformer boundary	GEN	2	1972
19	CANACONAformer boundary	GEN	2	1972
20	QUEPEMformer boundary	GEN	2	1972
21	CURCHOREMformer boundary	GEN	2	1972
22	CUNCOLIMformer boundary	GEN	2	1972
23	BENAULIMformer boundary	GEN	2	1972
24	NAVELIMformer boundary	GEN	2	1972
25	MARGAOformer boundary	GEN	2	1972
26	CURTORIMformer boundary	GEN	2	1972
27	CORTALIMformer boundary	GEN	2	1972
28	MARMAGOAformer boundary	GEN	2	1972
29	DAMANformer boundary	GEN	2	1972
30	DIUformer boundary	GEN	2	1972

Seats marked “former boundary” were redrawn by a later delimitation order. A name that survives a redrawing keeps its own page, with each boundary era labelled on the result.