8th Goa Assembly

Eighth Goa Assembly
Eighth Goa Assembly
Goa Legislative Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
Term limits	5 years
History
Founded	2022
Preceded by	7th Goa Assembly
Leadership
Speaker	Ganesh Gaonkar, BJP ; since 25 September 2025
Deputy Speaker	Joshua D'Souza, BJP ; since 22 July 2022
Leader of the House ; (Chief Minister)	Pramod Sawant, BJP ; since 19 March 2019
Leader of the Opposition	Yuri Alemao, INC ; since 30 September 2022
Structure
Seats	40
Political groups	Government (33) NDA (33) BJP (28); MGP (2); IND (3); Opposition (7) INDIA (4) INC (3); GFP (1); AAP (2) 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 Eighth Goa Assembly (term : 2022-present) is the unicameral legislature of the state of Goa in western India. It consists of 40 members. It 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.

The Assembly meets in the Goa State Legislative Assembly Complex in Porvorim, Bardez.

History

Elections

Legislative Assembly elections were held in Goa on 14 February 2022 to elect 40 members of the Eighth Goa Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and the results were declared on 10 March 2022.

In July 2022, the ruling BJP's MLA Joshua D'Souza was elected for the post of the Deputy Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly, with 25 votes.^[2]^[3]

Defections

On 14 September 2022, 8 Congress MLAs switched party and joined BJP after a successful Operation Kamala.^[4]^[5] Former Minister Michael Lobo, along with 7 other Congress MLAs joined Bharatiya Janata Party, after meeting Dr. Pramod Sawant, Chief Minister of Goa from BJP.^[6]^[7]

No.	Constituency	Name	Remarks
6	Siolim	Delilah Lobo	Defected from Congress to BJP on 14 September 2022^[5]
7	Saligao	Kedar Naik	Defected from Congress to BJP on 14 September 2022^[5]
8	Calangute	Michael Lobo	Defected from Congress to BJP on 14 September 2022^[5]
13	St. Cruz	Rodolfo Louis Fernandes	Defected from Congress to BJP on 14 September 2022^[5]
15	Cumbarjua	Rajesh Faldessai	Defected from Congress to BJP on 14 September 2022^[5]
24	Mormugao	Sankalp Amonkar	Defected from Congress to BJP on 14 September 2022^[5]
28	Nuvem	Aleixo Sequeira	Defected from Congress to BJP on 14 September 2022^[5]
31	Margao	Digambar Kamat	Defected from Congress to BJP on 14 September 2022^[5]

Composition

March 2022 - September 2022

Composition of the Eighth Goa Legislative Assembly by alliance and party, after the election results in 2022

Alliance		Party		Seats			Bench
Alliance		Party		Party	Alliance	Bench	Bench
	NDA		Bharatiya Janata Party	20	25			Government
			Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	2
			Independents	3
	UPA		Indian National Congress	11	12	15		Others
	UPA		Goa Forward Party	1	12
	AAP		Aam Aadmi Party	2
	RGP		Revolutionary Goans Party	1
Total				40

September 2022 - to present

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	4	7		Others
	I.N.D.I.A		Goa Forward Party	1	4
	AAP		Aam Aadmi Party	2
	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
	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]Cabinet Minister
	31	Margao	Digambar Kamat	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
	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
	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	Cabinet Minister

References

^ "BJP wins Goa, gets support of MGP and 3 Independents". Hindustan Times. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
^ "Wary of Goa Congress 'defection', Opposition gives BJP walkover in deputy Speaker poll". The Indian Express. 24 July 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
^ "Goa Elections: Congress Moves Candidates To Resort, Starts Talks With AAP". outlookindia.com/. 9 March 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
^ "BJP ministers react to 'operation kamal'". The Goan EveryDay. 16 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r "8 Goa Congress MLAs defect to BJP". The Indian Express. 14 September 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
^ "Another Setback to Congress in Goa, 8 Party MLAs join BJP including Digambar Kamat and Michael Lobo". News18. 14 September 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
^ "Another Setback to Congress in Goa, 8 Party MLAs join BJP including Digambar Kamat and Michael Lobo". Times of India. 14 September 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.

External links

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] "Wary of Goa Congress 'defection', Opposition gives BJP walkover in deputy Speaker poll". The Indian Express. 24 July 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.

[3] "Goa Elections: Congress Moves Candidates To Resort, Starts Talks With AAP". outlookindia.com/. 9 March 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.

[4] "BJP ministers react to 'operation kamal'". The Goan EveryDay. 16 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.

[Goa_2022-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r "8 Goa Congress MLAs defect to BJP". The Indian Express. 14 September 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.

[6] "Another Setback to Congress in Goa, 8 Party MLAs join BJP including Digambar Kamat and Michael Lobo". News18. 14 September 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.

[7] "Another Setback to Congress in Goa, 8 Party MLAs join BJP including Digambar Kamat and Michael Lobo". Times of India. 14 September 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.

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