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1987 Daman And Diu By-election
In May 1987 the Indian Union Territory of Goa, Daman and Diu was bifurcated, as Goa attained statehood. Daman and Diu became a Union Territory of its own. Subsequently a by-election for a new Daman and Diu seat in the Lok Sabha (lower house of the Parliament of India) was held on November 7, 1987. The by-election was won by the Indian National Congress candidate Gopal Kalan Tandel Gopal Kalan Tandel (born 5 August 1953) is an Indian politician.Lok Sabha. ' He was a Member of Parliament in the 8th (elected in 1987) and 1996-1998 in 11th Lok Sabha. He was the first parliamentarian to represent Daman and Diu (Lok Sabha co ..., who obtained 17,027 votes. Narayan Srinivasa Fugro, standing as an independent, finished in second place with 9,303 votes. There were also five other candidates in the fray, who all lost their deposits; M.B. Madhavbhai (independent, 852 votes), M.G. Ramzan (independent, 469 votes), B.R. Bhikabhai (NPI, 343 votes), D.B. Mohanlal (independent, 255 vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha, constitutionally the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past-the-post system to represent their respective constituencies, and they hold their seats for five years or until the body is dissolved by the President on the advice of the council of ministers. The house meets in the Lok Sabha Chambers of the Sansad Bhavan, New Delhi. The maximum membership of the House allotted by the Constitution of India is 552 (Initially, in 1950, it was 500). Currently, the house has 543 seats which are made up by the election of up to 543 elected members and at a maximum. Between 1952 and 2020, 2 additional members of the Anglo-Indian community were also nominated by the President of India on the advice of Government of India, which was abolished in January 2020 by the 104th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2019. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Empire in Asia and Africa. From the late 19th century, and especially after 1920, under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, the Congress became the principal leader of the Indian independence movement. The Congress led India to independence from the United Kingdom, and significantly influenced other anti-colonial nationalist movements in the British Empire. Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, along with its main rival the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is a "big tent" party whose platform is generally considered to lie in the centre to of Indian politics. After Indian independence in 1947, Congress emerged as a catch-all and secular party, dominating Indian politics for the next 20 years. The party's first prime minister ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago., "Y-Chromosome and Mt-DNA data support the colonization of South Asia by modern humans originating in Africa. ... Coalescence dates for most non-European populations average to between 73–55 ka.", "Modern human beings—''Homo sapiens''—originated in Africa. Then, int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goa, Daman And Diu
Goa, Daman and Diu (, ) was a union territory of the Republic of India established in 1961 following the annexation of Portuguese India, with Maj Gen K P Candeth as its first Military Governor. The Goa portion of the territory was granted full statehood within the Indian union on 30 May 1987, Daman and Diu remained a separate territory until December 2019, when it was merged with Dadra and Nagar Haveli and is today the territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. The areas of Goa and Damaon are located at southern and northern edges of the Konkan region, geographically separated from each other by land and sea, the two areas were among the many other possessions that were ruled over for centuries, by the Portuguese in Goa and Bombay. For the purposes of local administration, the territory was divided into three districts, Goa, Daman, and Dio district, with the capital in Panjim. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daman And Diu
Daman and Diu (; ) was a former union territory in northwestern India. With an area of , it was the smallest administrative subdivision of India on the mainland. The territory comprised two districts, Damaon and Dio island, geographically separated by the Gulf of Khambat. The state of Gujarat and the Arabian Sea bordered the territory. A Portuguese colony since the 1500s, the territories were taken by India with the Annexation of Goa in 1961. Daman and Diu were administered as part of the union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu between 1961 and 1987, after the Goa Opinion Poll they became a separate union territory. In 2019, legislation was passed to merge the union territory of Daman and Diu with its neighbouring union territory, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, to form the new union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu with effect from 26 January 2020. History For over 450 years, the coastal enclaves of Daman (Portuguese: Damão) and Diu on the Arabian Sea coast were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daman And Diu (Lok Sabha Constituency)
Daman and Diu Lok Sabha constituency is one of the two Lok Sabha constituencies in the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu in western India. This constituency came into existence in 1987, following the implementation of the Goa, Daman, and Diu Reorganisation Act, 1987 (Act No. 18 of 1987). Members of Parliament Election results 1987 by-election ** The constituency did not exist at the time of 1984 general election, but was specially created in 1987 when Goa became a state, and Daman and Diu ceased to be associated with Goa.Election Commission of India. Bye-election results 1952-95' * Gopal Kalan Tandel (Indian National Congress) : 17,027 votes * Narayan Srinivasa Fugro (independent) : 9,303 votes 2004 2009 2014 2019 See also * Daman and Diu * 1987 Daman and Diu by-election * Dadra and Nagar Haveli (Lok Sabha constituency) * List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha References {{DEFAULTSORT:Dama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parliament Of India
The Parliament of India (International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, IAST: ) is the supreme legislative body of the Republic of India. It is a bicameralism, bicameral legislature composed of the president of India and two houses: the Rajya Sabha (Council of States) and the Lok Sabha (House of the People). The president in his role as head of the legislature has full powers to summon and prorogue either house of Parliament or to dissolve the Lok Sabha. The president can exercise these powers only upon the advice of the prime minister of India, prime minister and his Union Council of Ministers. Those elected or nominated (by the president) to either house of Parliament are referred to as member of Parliament (India), members of Parliament (MPs). The member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, members of parliament of the Lok Sabha are direct election, directly elected by the Indian public voting in single-member districts and the member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, members of parliam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gopal Kalan Tandel
Gopal Kalan Tandel (born 5 August 1953) is an Indian politician.Lok Sabha. ' He was a Member of Parliament in the 8th (elected in 1987) and 1996-1998 in 11th Lok Sabha. He was the first parliamentarian to represent Daman and Diu (Lok Sabha constituency) in the Lok Sabha. He has been part of Indian National Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party, and currently Bharatiya Janata Party. Early life and education Gopal Kalan Tandel is the son of Kalan Bijia Tandel. He studied at the South Gujarat University, obtaining a B.Com. degree. He served as the president of the Daman Municipal Council between 1984 and 1986. Daman and Diu by-election After Daman and Diu were separated from Goa and given Union Territory status of its own, a by-election for a new Lok Sabha constituency was held on 7 November 1987. Tandel won the seat, defeating the independent candidate Narayan Fugro.Election Commission of India. Bye-election results 1952-95' Tandel had stood as an Indian National Congress candidat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narayan Srinivasa Fugro
Narayan Srinivasa Fugro (March 2, 1932 – September 1, 2009) was an Indian politician.''The Hindu''. Fugro passes away' He served as the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Goa, Daman and Diu between February 24, 1972, and January 20, 1980. He was the son of Shriniwas Krishna and Radhabai. Fugro became a municipal councilor in Diu in 1959. In 1967 he became the president of the Amichand Rupchand Charitable Dispensary Trust in Diu. He was elected as an independent candidate from the Diu seat in the first Legislative Assembly election in 1967, with 1,552 votes (23.60% of the votes in the constituency). In April 1971, he voted against a motion to include Konkani language in the Eight Scheduled of the Constitution of India. He retained the Diu seat in the 1972 election, obtaining 4,598 votes (58.08%). He again won the Diu seat in the 1977 election, with 5,522 votes (56.41%). His candidature was supported by the Congress (I). In 1979 Fugro withdrew his support to the Shas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 Elections In India
Elections in the Republic of India in 1987 included elections to six state legislative assemblies, seats in the Rajya Sabha and the posts of President and vice president. Legislative Assembly elections Haryana , - align=center !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" class="unsortable", !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center, Political Party !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , No. of candidates !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , No. of elected !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , Number of Votes !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , % of Votes , - , , align="left", Lok Dal, , 69, , 60, , 2,349,397, , 38.58% , - , , align="left", Bharatiya Janata Party, , 20, , 16, , 613,819, , 10.08% , - , , align="left", Indian National Congress, , 0, , 5, , 1,776,820, , 29.18% , - , , align="left", Communist Party of India (Marxist), , 4, , 1, , 47,434, , 0.78% , - , , align="left", Communist Party of India Communist Party of India (CPI) is the oldest Marxist–Leninist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lok Sabha By-elections
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