Elections to the

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were held in December 1984, to elect members of the 60 constituencies in

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 fu ...

, India. The

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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. After the passing of the ''Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976'' by the

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, the legislative assembly had 30 constituencies. Halfway through the term, on 30 May 1987, the union territory was split, and Goa was made India's twenty-fifth state, with

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remaining a union territory.

Result

Elected Members

Later events

In May 1987, the Government of India split the union territory of

into the new state of

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and the union territory of

by '' The Constitution (Fifty-sixth Amendment) Act, 1987''. The new Goa Legislative Assembly was assigned 40 seats from the next election, in

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1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

Result

Elected Members

Later events

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