Goa Legislative Assembly

Goa Legislative Assembly
Goa Legislative Assembly
8th Goa Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
Term limits	5 years
History
Founded	January 9, 1964
Leadership
Speaker of the House	Ramesh Tawadkar, BJP ; since 29 March 2022
Deputy Speaker of the House	Joshua D'Souza, BJP ; since 22 July 2022
Leader of the House ; (Chief Minister)	Pramod Sawant, BJP ; since 19 March 2019
Deputy Leader of the House	Vishwajit Pratapsingh Rane, BJP ; since 28 March 2022
Leader of the Opposition	Yuri Alemao, INC ; since 30 September 2022
Deputy Leader of the Opposition	Cruz Silva; Additional Charge, AAP ; since 30 September 2022
Structure
Seats	40
Political groups	Government (33) NDA (33) BJP (28); MGP (2); IND (3); Official Opposition (7) INDIA (6) INC (3); AAP (2); GFP (1); Other Opposition (1) RGP (1)
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	14 February 2022
Next election	2027
Meeting place
	Goa State Legislative Assembly Complex, Porvorim, Bardez, Goa, India
Website
	Goa Legislative Assembly

The Goa Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the state of Goa in India. The Assembly meets at the Goa State Legislative Assembly Complex in Porvorim, Bardez. The Eighth Goa Legislative Assembly consists of 40 members. The assembly is in charge of the budget, the Assembly appropriates money for social programs, agricultural development, infrastructure development, etc. It is also responsible for proposing and levying taxes.

History

Following the end of Portuguese rule in 1961, Goa was placed under military administration headed by Lieutenant General Kunhiraman Palat Candeth as Lieutenant-Governor. On 8 June 1962, military rule was replaced by civilian government when the Lieutenant-Governor nominated an informal Consultative Council of 29 nominated members to assist him in the administration of the territory. The first Council met on 24 September 1962 in a meeting open to the public.

The Assembly first convened on 9 January 1964 in the Secretariat building (Adil Shah's Palace).^[2] Hence, 9 January is marked as "Legislator's Day" every year in Goa.^[3]^[4] In 1987, Goa became an Indian state and the number of seats in the Assembly was increased to 40.

The Assembly meets at the Goa State Legislative Assembly Complex in Porvorim, Bardez. The construction of the building began on 22 January 1994, and was completed on 5 March 2000.

Composition

Composition after 14 September 2022 when 8 Congress MLA switched party and joined BJP.^[5]

Alliance		Party		Seats			Bench
Alliance		Party		Party	Alliance	Bench	Bench
	NDA		Bharatiya Janata Party	28	33			Government
			Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	2
			Independents	3
	I.N.D.I.A		Indian National Congress	3	6	7		Others
			Aam Aadmi Party	2
			Goa Forward Party	1
	RGP		Revolutionary Goans Party	1
Total				40

Members of Legislative Assembly

District	No.	Constituency	Name			Remarks
North Goa	1	Mandrem	Jit Arolkar	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	NDA
	2	Pernem (SC)	Pravin Arlekar	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	3	Bicholim	Chandrakant Shetye	Independent	NDA
	4	Tivim	Nilkanth Halarnkar	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA	Cabinet Minister
	5	Mapusa	Joshua D'Souza	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	6	Siolim	Delilah Lobo	Indian National Congress	UPA	Switched from INC to BJP on 14 September 2022^[5]
	6	Siolim	Delilah Lobo	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA	Switched from INC to BJP on 14 September 2022^[5]
	7	Saligao	Kedar Naik	Indian National Congress	UPA	Switched from INC to BJP on 14 September 2022^[5]
	7	Saligao	Kedar Naik	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA	Switched from INC to BJP on 14 September 2022^[5]
	8	Calangute	Michael Lobo	Indian National Congress	UPA	Switched from INC to BJP on 14 September 2022^[5]
	8	Calangute	Michael Lobo	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA	Switched from INC to BJP on 14 September 2022^[5]
	9	Porvorim	Rohan Khaunte	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA	Cabinet Minister
	10	Aldona	Carlos Alvares Ferreira	Indian National Congress	UPA
	11	Panaji	Atanasio Monserrate	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA	Cabinet Minister
	12	Taleigao	Jennifer Monserrate	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	13	Santa Cruz	Rodolfo Louis Fernandes	Indian National Congress	UPA	Switched from INC to BJP on 14 September 2022^[5]
	13	Santa Cruz	Rodolfo Louis Fernandes	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA	Switched from INC to BJP on 14 September 2022^[5]
	14	St. Andre	Viresh Borkar	Revolutionary Goans Party
	15	Cumbarjua	Rajesh Faldessai	Indian National Congress	UPA	Switched from INC to BJP on 14 September 2022^[5]
	15	Cumbarjua	Rajesh Faldessai	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA	Switched from INC to BJP on 14 September 2022^[5]
	16	Maem	Premendra Shet	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	17	Sanquelim	Pramod Sawant	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA	Chief Minister
	18	Poriem	Deviya Rane	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	19	Valpoi	Vishwajit Pratapsingh Rane	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA	Cabinet Minister
	20	Priol	Govind Gaude	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA	Cabinet Minister
	21	Ponda	Ravi Naik	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA	Cabinet Minister
	22	Siroda	Subhash Shirodkar	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA	Cabinet Minister
	23	Marcaim	Sudin Dhavalikar	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	NDA	Cabinet Minister
South Goa	24	Mormugao	Sankalp Amonkar	Indian National Congress	UPA	Switched from INC to BJP on 14 September 2022^[5]
	24	Mormugao	Sankalp Amonkar	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA	Switched from INC to BJP on 14 September 2022^[5]
	25	Vasco Da Gama	Krishna Salkar	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	26	Dabolim	Mauvin Godinho	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA	Cabinet Minister
	27	Cortalim	Antonio Vas	Independent	NDA
	28	Nuvem	Aleixo Sequeira	Indian National Congress	UPA	Switched from INC to BJP on 14 September 2022^[5]
	28	Nuvem	Aleixo Sequeira	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA	Switched from INC to BJP on 14 September 2022^[5]
	29	Curtorim	Aleixo Lourenco	Independent	NDA
	30	Fatorda	Vijai Sardesai	Goa Forward Party	UPA
	31	Margao	Digambar Kamat	Indian National Congress	UPA	Switched from INC to BJP on 14 September 2022^[5]
	31	Margao	Digambar Kamat	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA	Switched from INC to BJP on 14 September 2022^[5]
	32	Benaulim	Venzy Viegas	Aam Aadmi Party
	33	Navelim	Ulhas Tuenkar	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	34	Cuncolim	Yuri Alemao	Indian National Congress	UPA
	35	Velim	Cruz Silva	Aam Aadmi Party
	36	Quepem	Altone D'Costa	Indian National Congress	UPA
	37	Curchorem	Nilesh Cabral	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA	Cabinet Minister
	38	Sanvordem	Ganesh Gaonkar	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	39	Sanguem	Subhash Phal Desai	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA	Cabinet Minister
	40	Canacona	Ramesh Tawadkar	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA	Speaker

List of speakers

Assembly	Name	Party		Tenure
Assembly	Name	Party		Term start	Term end
	Pandurang Purushottam Shirodkar		MGP	10 January 1964	11 April 1967
	Gopal Kamat		MGP	13 April 1967	23 March 1972
	Narayan Fugro		IND	24 March 1972	20 January 1980
	Froilano Machado		INC	21 January 1980	22 March 1984
	Dayanand Narvekar			5 April 1984	16 September 1989
	Luis Proto Barbosa			22 January 1990	14 April 1990
	Surendra Sirsat		MGP	26 April 1990	4 April 1991
	Sheikh Hassan Haroon		INC	26 July 1991	15 January 1995
	Tomazinho Cardozo			16 January 1995	14 June 1999
	Pratapsingh Rane			15 June 1999	11 June 2002
	Vishwas Satarkar		BJP	12 June 2002	28 February 2005
	Francisco Sardinha (pro-tem)		INC	28 February 2005	8 July 2005
	Francisco Sardinha			8 July 2005	11 June 2007
5th	Pratapsingh Rane			15 June 2007	6 March 2012
6th	Rajendra Arlekar		BJP	16 March 2012	1 October 2015
6th	Anant Shet			12 January 2016	11 March 2017
7th	Pramod Sawant			22 March 2017	19 March 2019
7th	Rajesh Patnekar			19 March 2019	10 March 2022
8th	Ramesh Tawadkar			29 March 2022	Incumbent

References

^ "BJP wins Goa, gets support of MGP and 3 Independents". Hindustan Times. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
^ "Infrastructure - Goa Legislative Assembly". Goavidhansabha.gov.in. Archived from the original on 16 October 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
^ "Legislators' day sees voices raised against agriculture bill". Goanconnection.com. Archived from the original on 25 February 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
^ "Legislators Day Celebrated". Goainfomedia.com. 9 January 2016. Archived from the original on 1 August 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "8 Goa Congress MLAs defect to BJP". The Indian Express. 14 September 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.

External links

Goa Lok Sabha Election 2019 Results Website Archived 9 December 2022 at the Wayback Machine
Goa Legislature official site

[1] "BJP wins Goa, gets support of MGP and 3 Independents". Hindustan Times. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.

[2] "Infrastructure - Goa Legislative Assembly". Goavidhansabha.gov.in. Archived from the original on 16 October 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.

[3] "Legislators' day sees voices raised against agriculture bill". Goanconnection.com. Archived from the original on 25 February 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2016.

[4] "Legislators Day Celebrated". Goainfomedia.com. 9 January 2016. Archived from the original on 1 August 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2016.

[Goa_2022-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "8 Goa Congress MLAs defect to BJP". The Indian Express. 14 September 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.

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