Goa Legislative Assembly

Goa Legislative Assembly
Goa Legislative Assembly
7th Legislative Assembly of Goa
Type
Type	Unicameral
Term limits	5 years
Leadership
Speaker	Rajesh Patnekar, BJP ; since 3 June 2019
Deputy Speaker	Isidore Fernandes, BJP ; since 25 July 2019
Leader of the House ; (Chief Minister)	Pramod Sawant, BJP ; since 19 March 2019
Leader of the Opposition	Digambar Kamat, INC ; since 18 July 2019
Structure
Seats	40
Political groups	Government (34) BJP (27); GFP (3); MGP (1); IND (2); IND (1); Opposition (6) INC (5); NCP (1);
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	4 February 2017
Next election	February 2022
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. It consists of 40 members. 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.

Following the end of Portuguese rule in 1961, Goa was placed under military administration headed by Lieutenant General Kunhiraman Palat Candeth as Lieutenant-Governor. But 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).^[1] Hence, 9 January is marked as "Legislator's Day" every year in Goa.^[2]^[3] When Goa became a state of India in 1987, the number of seats in the Assembly was increased to 40.

Currently, the Assembly meets in its own Goa State Legislative Assembly Complex in Porvorim, Bardez. Construction on the building began on 22 January 1994, and its completion was inaugurated by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on 5 March 2000.

Present assembly[]

Party		Seats
	Bharatiya Janta Party	27
	Indian National Congress	5
	Goa Forward Party	3
	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	1
	Nationalist Congress Party	1
	Independent	3
Total		40

List of speakers[]

Name	Party affiliation	Tenure
Name	Party affiliation	Term start	Term end
Pandurang Purushottam Shirodkar	MGP	10-1-1964	11-4-1967
Gopal Apa Kamat	MGP	13-4–1967	23-3-1972
Narayan Fugro	Independent	21-1-1980	22-3-1984
Froilano Machado	INC	5-4-1984	20-1-1985
Dayanand Narvekar	INC	21-1-1985	16-9-1989
Luis Proto Barbosa	INC	22-1-1990	14-4-1990
Surendra Sirsat	MGP	26-4-1990	4-4-1991
Sheikh Hassan Haroon	INC	26-7-1991	15-1-1995
Tomazinho Cardozo	INC	16-1-1995	14-6-1999
Pratapsingh Rane	INC	15-6-1999	11-6-2002
Vishwas Satarkar	BJP	12-6-2002	28-2-2005
Francisco Sardinha (pro-tem)	INC	28-2-2005	8-7-2005
Francisco Sardinha	INC	8-7-2005	11-6-2007
Pratapsingh Rane	INC	15-6-2007	6-3-2012
Rajendra Arlekar	BJP	16-3-2012	01-10-2015
Anant Shet	BJP	12-01-2016	11-03-2017
Pramod Sawant	BJP	22-03-2017	19-03-2019
Rajesh Patnekar	BJP	19-03-2019	Incumbent

Constituencies[]

S.No	Constituency	MLA		Alliance
1	Mandrem	Dayanand Sopte	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
2	Pernem	Manohar Ajgaonkar	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
3	Bicholim	Rajesh Patnekar	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
4	Tivim	Nilkanth Halarnkar	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
5	Mapusa	Joshua D'Souza	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
6	Siolim	Vinoda Paliencar	Goa Forward Party	NDA
7	Saligao	Jayesh Salgaonkar	Goa Forward Party	NDA
8	Calangute	Michael Lobo	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
9	Porvorim	Rohan Khaunte	Independent	NDA
10	Aldona	Glenn Ticlo	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
11	Panaji	Atanasio Monserrate	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
12	Taleigao	Jennifer Monserrate	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
13	St. Cruz	Antonio Fernandes	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
14	St. Andre	Francisco Silveira	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
15	Cumbarjua	Pandurang Madkaikar	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
16	Maem	Pravin Zantye	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
17	Sanquelim	Pramod Sawant	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
18	Poriem	Pratapsingh Rane	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
19	Valpoi	Vishwajit Pratapsingh Rane	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
20	Priol	Govind Gaude	Independent	NDA
21	Ponda	Ravi Naik	Indian National Congress	UPA
22	Siroda	Subhash Shirodkar	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
23	Marcaim	Sudin Dhavalikar	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	NDA
24	Mormugao	Milind Naik	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
25	Vasco da Gama	Carlos Almeida	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
26	Dabolim	Mauvin Godinho	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
27	Cortalim	Alina Saldanha	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
28	Nuvem	Wilfred D'sa	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
29	Curtorim	Aleixo Lourenco	Indian National Congress	UPA
30	Fatorda	Vijai Sardesai	Goa Forward Party	NDA
31	Margao	Digambar Kamat	Indian National Congress	UPA
32	Benaulim	Churchill Alemao	Nationalist Congress Party	UPA
33	Navelim	Luizinho Faleiro	Indian National Congress	UPA
34	Cuncolim	Clafasio Dias	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
35	Velim	Filipe Nery Rodrigues	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
36	Quepem	Chandrakant Kavlekar	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
37	Curchorem	Nilesh Cabral	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
38	Sanvordem	Deepak Pauskar	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
39	Sanguem	Prasad Gaonkar	Independent	NDA
40	Canacona	Isidore Fernandes	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA

References[]

^ "Infrastructure - Goa Legislative Assembly". Goavidhansabha.gov.in.
^ "Legislators' day sees voices raised against agriculture bill". Goanconnection.com.
^ "Legislators Day Celebrated". Goainfomedia.com. 9 January 2016.

External links[]

[1] "Infrastructure - Goa Legislative Assembly". Goavidhansabha.gov.in.

[2] "Legislators' day sees voices raised against agriculture bill". Goanconnection.com.

[3] "Legislators Day Celebrated". Goainfomedia.com. 9 January 2016.

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