Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
The Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) ( Marathi महाराष्ट्रवादी गोमंतक पक्ष ) is a regional party in the Indian state of Goa . In the first decades after Goa was incorporated into India in 1961, the MGP was of greater importance for Goa's politics. Today their political weight has fallen sharply.
Party history
The party was founded in India in 1963, two years after the end of the Portuguese colonial empire . The party drew its electorate mainly from the poorer Hindu population of Goa. The first two chief ministers to rule Goa between 1963 and 1979 came from the MGP. At that time there was a strong tendency in the MGP to unite Goa, which was a union territory until 1987 and only then received state status, with neighboring Maharashtra . The MGP also advocated the introduction of Marathi as the official language of Goa over the Konkani, which is also widely used in Goa . The main political opponent at this time was the United Goans Party (UGP), which had mainly supporters among upper Hindu castes and among Goa Catholics and which took opposing positions on both issues.
The MGP won the first elections to the parliament of the Union Territory of Goa, Daman and Diu in 1963. Dayanand Bandodkar (MGP) became Chief Minister and remained in this office from 1963-66 and 1967-73. Bandodjkar operated the integration of Goa into Maharashtra, as well as the Daman and Dius to Gujarat , which was rejected by the majority of the Goan population in a referendum on January 16, 1967. After Bandokar died in 1973, he was followed by his daughter Shashikala Kakodkar (MGP) as Chief Minister, which she held until 1980. The election to the parliament of Goa, Daman and Diu in 1980 was won by the Congress (U) , a split from the Indian Congress Party. In the period that followed, the MGP was no longer a Chief Minister and its importance declined increasingly. Something similar happened with its main rival, the UGP. Today the political landscape of Goa is largely determined by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress Party . Regional parties only play a subordinate role.
Election results
The following table shows the election results of the MGP in all-India elections ( Goa elects two MPs for the Lok Sabha ) and in elections to the parliament of Goa. In the all-Indian elections since 1998, the MGP achieved less than 0.01% of the all-Indian votes and did not win any constituencies, so these election results are no longer listed.
| year | choice | voting share |
Seats in parliament |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 |
 Elected Lok Sabha in 1967
|
0% |
0/520 |
| 1967 | Election to the Parliament of Goa | 40.42% |
16/30 |
| 1971 |
Elected Lok Sabha in 1971
|
0.04% |
0/518 |
| 1972 | Election to the Parliament of Goa | 38.30% |
18/30 |
| 1977 |
Elected Lok Sabha in 1977
|
0.06% |
1/542 |
| 1977 | Election to the Parliament of Goa | 38.49% |
15/30 |
| 1980 |
Election for Lok Sabha in 1980
|
0.06% |
1/529 |
| 1980 | Election to the Parliament of Goa | 36.38% |
7/30 |
| 1984 |
Elected Lok Sabha in 1984
|
0.04% |
0/514 |
| 1984 | Election to the Parliament of Goa | 21.12% |
8/30 |
| 1989 |
Elected Lok Sabha in 1989
|
0.04% |
1/529 |
| 1989 | Election to the Parliament of Goa | 38.78% |
18/40 |
| 1991 |
Election for Lok Sabha in 1991
|
0.02% |
0/521 |
| 1994 | Election to the Parliament of Goa | 22.24% |
12/40 |
| 1996 |
Elected Lok Sabha 1996
|
0.02% |
1/543 |
| 2002 | Election to the Parliament of Goa | 7.16% |
2/40 |
| 2007 | Election to the Parliament of Goa | 8.65% |
2/40 |
| 2012 | Election to the Parliament of Goa | 6.72% |
3/40 |
| 2017 | Election to the Parliament of Goa | 11.27% |
3/40 |
Web links
- History of Goa at goacentral.com (English)
- About Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party at elections.in (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Prelude to Liberation - Nehru's unheeded warning. (No longer available online.) Goacentral.com, archived from the original on January 11, 2007 ; accessed on December 5, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Election Results - Full Statistical Reports. Indian Election Commission, accessed December 5, 2014 (English, election results of all Indian elections to the Lok Sabha and state parliaments since independence).
