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.[2]
The
Background
After the
To facilitate the upcoming election, A. F. Couto was made the Chief Electoral Officer of the union territory on 19 August 1963.[8] The Delimitation Commission of India split up the Union territory into 30 constituencies; 28 in Goa and one each for Daman and Diu.[9] 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,[10] followed on 24 October, by the United Goans Party (UGP).[11]
Election Schedule
Event | Date[12] |
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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
Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
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Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party | 100,117 | 40.13 | 14 | |
United Goans Party | 74,081 | 29.69 | 12 | |
Indian National Congress | 43,100 | 17.27 | 1 | |
Frente Popular | 4,548 | 1.82 | 0 | |
Independents[a] | 27,648 | 11.08 | 3 | |
Total | 249,494 | 100.00 | 30 | |
Valid votes | 249,494 | 95.82 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 10,878 | 4.18 | ||
Total votes | 260,372 | 100.00 | ||
Source: [5][13][14] |
- ^ Independents included two candidates of the Praja Socialist Party
Elected Members
- ^ Resigned for Dayanand Bandodkar
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.[16] Jack de Sequeira, of the UGP, was the first Leader of the Opposition[17] and Pandurang Purushottam Shirodkar was the first Speaker of the Assembly.[18]
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,[19] where the voters rejected the merger and instead opted to remain a Union Territory.[20]
Bypolls
Year | Constituency | Reason for by-poll | Winning candidate | Party | |
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1964 | Marcaim | Resignation of V.C. Velingker | Dayanand Bandodkar | Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party | |
Source:ECI[21] |
See also
References
- New York Times. 9 December 1963. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
- ^ "Article 2 - Goa After Liberation". www.goavidhansabha.gov.in. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
The 1st General election of liberated Goa, Daman and Diu, was held on 09/12/1963 ... Late Shri Dayanand Bandodkar became the first Chief Minister of Independent Goa, Daman and Diu.
- ^ "Chief Ministers of Goa". Department of Information and Publicity, Government of Goa, India. Archived from the original on 24 August 2003.
- New York Times. 11 December 1963. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
- ^ a b "Assembly Election - 1963" (PDF). Chief Election Commissioner of Goa. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
- ^ Alexandre Moniz Barbosa (12 December 2021). "Herald: Goa 1961 – 2021 Reviewing and recovering". O Heraldo. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ "Government of Union Territories Act, 1963" (PDF). 10 May 1963. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
There shall be a Legislative Assembly for each Union territory ... The total number of seats in the Legislative Assembly of [the Union territory] to be filled by persons chosen by direct election shall be thirty.
- ^ P. J. Fernandes (19 August 1963). "Office of the Chief Electoral Officer - Notification AJSM/IEIRO /63/1185913" (PDF). p. 4. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ J. L. Kapur (19 August 1963). "Delimitation Commission - Final Order No. 18" (PDF). Retrieved 28 December 2021.
- ^ Prakash Narain (3 October 1963). "Notification - 56/1/63(2)" (PDF). Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ Prakash Narain (24 October 1963). "Notification - No. 56/1/63 (2)" (PDF). Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ A. F. Couto, Chief Electoral Officer (1 September 1964). "Election Commission - Notification No. 82/3/64" (PDF). Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ Esteves, Sarto (1966). Goa and its future.
- ^ Maria Do Ceu Rodrigues (1996). Opinion Poll in Goa - An evaluation of the method to settle the controversy (PDF) (Thesis). Retrieved 20 December 2021.
- ^ "MLAs - First Legislative Assembly Of Goa, Daman & Diu". www.goavidhansabha.gov.in. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
- ^ M.R. Sachdev (20 December 1963). "Government of Goa, Daman and Diu - Administrator's Secretariat - Notification No. 1/ADM/63" (PDF). Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ "MLA Bio - Sequeira, Dr. Jack De, Janata" (PDF). www.goavidhansabha.gov.in. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- Times of India. TNN. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
By 1963, he was a prominent founding member of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party, which formed liberated Goa's first elected government, where Shirodkar served as the speaker.
- ISBN 9788170170051. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ "Goa: But Not Gone". Time. 27 January 1967. Archived from the original on 15 December 2008. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ "Details of Assembly By- Elections since 1952 (Year-Wise)". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 December 2021.