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Constituency

23. Benaulim

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Goa Assembly Election, 1972

GA-BENAULIM

UGS 76.9%won by 56.0%IND 20.9%

What changed here

Derived

UGS held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 63.0% to 56.0%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.8% of the vote between them, up from 86.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Safe seatUGS won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
8,591
Margin
4,808
55.97%

Candidates

4 contested · winner UGS
  1. 1SARMALKAR V NARAYANUGS · UGS6,60476.9%
  2. 2CARDOSO FELICIO SIndependent · IND1,79620.9%
  3. 3MIRANDA ELU JOSEIndependent · IND1261.5%
  4. 4FERNANDES VICENTE CAMILOIndependent · IND650.8%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
UGS
Winner now
UGS
UGS–IND swing
−7.1%
UGS share
74.5% → 76.9%
IND share
11.5% → 20.9%
Turnout
— → —
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