1984_Goa,_Daman_and_Diu_Legislative_Assembly_election

1984 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election

1984 Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly election

Legislative Assembly election in Goa, Daman and Diu, India

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.[1]

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Goa, Daman and Diu within India

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.[2] 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.[3]

Result

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Elected Members

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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.[5] The new Goa Legislative Assembly was assigned 40 seats from the next election, in 1989.

See also

References

  1. [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. [2]
    "DPACO (1976) - Archive Delimitation Orders". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  3. [3]
    Poddar, Prem (2 July 2008). Historical Companion to Postcolonial Literatures - Continental Europe and its Empires. Edinburgh University Press. p. 454. ISBN 9780748630271.
  4. [4]
    "Statistical Report on General Election, 1984 to the Legislative Assembly of Goa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  5. [5]
    "The Constitution (Fifty-sixth Amendment) Act, 1987". 6 May 1987. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
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