7th Goa Assembly

The Seventh Goa Assembly (term : 2017-2022) was the unicameral legislature of the state of Goa in western India. It consists of 40 members. In charge of the budget, the Assembly appropriates money for social programs, agricultural development, infrastructure development, etc. It was also responsible for proposing and levying taxes.

7th Goa Assembly
Goa Legislative Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
Term limits	5 years
History
Founded	2017
Disbanded	2022
Preceded by	6th Goa Assembly
Succeeded by	8th Goa Assembly
Leadership
Speaker	Rajesh Patnekar, BJP since 3 June 2019
Deputy Speaker	Vacant since 20 January 2021
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 (19) NDA (19)   BJP (19) Opposition (3) UPA (3)   INC (2)   GFP (1) Others (2) AITC+ (2)   MGP (1)   AITC (1) Vacant (16)   Vacant (16)
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	4 February 2017
Next election	14 February 2022
Meeting place
Goa State Legislative Assembly Complex, Porvorim, Bardez, Goa, India
Website
Goa Legislative Assembly

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

History

Elections

This section is transcluded from 2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election. (edit | history)

The 2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election was held on 4 February 2017 to elect the 40 members of the Seventh Goa Legislative Assembly, as the term of Sixth Legislative Assembly ended on 18 March 2017.^[1][2] VVPAT-fitted EVMs was used in entire Goa state in the 2017 elections, which was the first time that an entire state in India saw the implementation of VVPAT.^[3][4][5]

Defections

In July 2019 fourteen members of Indian National Congress switched their parties and joined Bharatiya Janata Party.^[6][7]

List of MLAs

No.	Assembly Constituency		MLA	Notes
	#	Name
1	22	Siroda	Subhash Shirodkar	In 2017 changed party from Congress to BJP
2	1	Mandrem	Dayanand Sopte	In 2019 changed party from Congress to BJP
3	4	Tivim	Nilkanth Halarnkar	In 2019 changed party from Congress to BJP
4	7	Saligao	Jayesh Salgaonkar	In 2019 changed party from GFP to BJP
5	9	Porvorim	Rohan Khaunte	In 2019 changed party from Independent to BJP
6	11	Panaji	Atanasio Monserrate	In 2019 changed party from Congress to BJP
7	12	Taleigao	Jennifer Monserrate	In 2019 changed party from Congress to BJP
8	13	St. Cruz	Antonio Fernandes	in 2019 changed party from Congress to BJP
9	14	St. Andre	Francisco Silveira	in 2019 changed party from Congress to BJP
10	19	Valpoi	Vishwajit Pratapsingh Rane	In 2019 changed party from Congress to BJP
11	28	Nuvem	Wilfred D'sa	in 2019 changed party from Congress to BJP
12	34	Cuncolim	Clafasio Dias	in 2019 changed party from Congress to BJP
13	35	Velim	Filipe Nery Rodrigues	in 2019 changed party from Congress to BJP
14	36	Quepem	Chandrakant Kavlekar	in 2019 changed party from Congress to BJP
15	40	Canacona	Isidore Fernandes	in 2019 changed party from Congress to BJP
16	21	Ponda	Ravi Naik	In 2021 changed party from Congress to BJP

List of speakers

Name	Party	Tenure
		Term start	Term end
Pramod Sawant	BJP	22-03-2017	19-03-2019
Rajesh Patnekar	BJP	19-03-2019	Incumbent

Composition of the assembly

← Partywise composition of 7th Goa Legislative Assembly after 2017 election^[8]

Parties and coalitions		Seats
	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	13
	Indian National Congress (INC)	17
	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MAG)	3
	Independents (IND)	3
	Goa Forward Party (GFP)	3
	Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)	1
Total		40

Goa Legislative Assembly Aug 2017

Goa Legislative Assembly 2019

Goa Legislative Assembly July 2020

Members of Legislative Assembly

The list of MLAs after the 2017 election until the end of 2021 is shown below.^[9] In July 2019 ten members of Indian National Congress switched their parties and joined Bharatiya Janata Party.^[6][7]

List of MLAs

Assembly Constituency		MLA
#	Name	Member	Party		Notes
1	Mandrem	Dayanand Sopte		Indian National Congress	In 2019 changed party from Congress to BJP
				Bharatiya Janata Party
2	Pernem	Manohar Ajgaonkar		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
3	Bicholim	Rajesh Patnekar		Bharatiya Janata Party
4	Tivim	Nilkanth Halarnkar		Indian National Congress	In 2019 changed party from Congress to BJP
				Bharatiya Janata Party
5	Mapusa	Francis D'Souza		Bharatiya Janata Party
6	Siolim	Vinoda Paliencar		Goa Forward Party
7	Saligao	Jayesh Salgaonkar		Goa Forward Party	In 2019 changed party from GFP to BJP
				Bharatiya Janata Party
8	Calangute	Michael Lobo		Bharatiya Janata Party
9	Porvorim	Rohan Khaunte		Independent politician	In 2019 changed party from IND to BJP
				Bharatiya Janata Party
10	Aldona	Glenn Ticlo		Bharatiya Janata Party
11	Panaji	Sidharth Kuncalienker		Bharatiya Janata Party	Resigned in May 2017 for Parrikar to contest
		Manohar Parrikar		Bharatiya Janata Party	Died in 2019
		Atanasio Monserrate		Indian National Congress	In 2019 changed party from Congress to BJP
				Bharatiya Janata Party
12	Taleigao	Jennifer Monserrate		Indian National Congress	In 2019 changed party from Congress to BJP
				Bharatiya Janata Party
13	St. Cruz	Antonio Fernandes		Indian National Congress	in 2019 changed party from Congress to BJP
				Bharatiya Janata Party
14	St. Andre	Francisco Silveira		Indian National Congress	in 2019 changed party from Congress to BJP
				Bharatiya Janata Party
15	Cumbarjua	Pandurang Madkaikar		Bharatiya Janata Party
16	Maem	Pravin Zantye		Bharatiya Janata Party
17	Sanquelim	Pramod Sawant		Bharatiya Janata Party
18	Poriem	Pratapsingh Rane		Indian National Congress
19	Valpoi	Vishwajit Pratapsingh Rane		Indian National Congress	In 2019 changed party from Congress to BJP
				Bharatiya Janata Party
20	Priol	Govind Gaude		Independent
21	Ponda	Ravi Naik		Indian National Congress	In 2021 changed party from Congress to BJP
				Bharatiya Janata Party
22	Siroda	Subhash Shirodkar		Indian National Congress	In 2017 changed party from Congress to BJP
				Bharatiya Janata Party
23	Marcaim	Sudin Dhavalikar		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
24	Mormugao	Milind Naik		Bharatiya Janata Party
25	Vasco da Gama	Carlos Almeida		Bharatiya Janata Party
26	Dabolim	Mauvin Godinho		Bharatiya Janata Party
27	Cortalim	Alina Saldanha		Bharatiya Janata Party
28	Nuvem	Wilfred D'sa		Indian National Congress	in 2019 changed party from Congress to BJP
				Bharatiya Janata Party
29	Curtorim	Aleixo Lourenco		Indian National Congress
30	Fatorda	Vijai Sardesai		Goa Forward Party
31	Margao	Digambar Kamat		Indian National Congress
32	Benaulim	Churchill Alemao		Nationalist Congress Party
33	Navelim	Luizinho Faleiro		Indian National Congress
34	Cuncolim	Clafasio Dias		Indian National Congress	in 2019 changed party from Congress to BJP
				Bharatiya Janata Party
35	Velim	Filipe Nery Rodrigues		Indian National Congress	in 2019 changed party from Congress to BJP
				Bharatiya Janata Party
36	Quepem	Chandrakant Kavlekar		Indian National Congress	in 2019 changed party from Congress to BJP
				Bharatiya Janata Party
37	Curchorem	Nilesh Cabral		Bharatiya Janata Party
38	Sanvordem	Deepak Pauskar		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
39	Sanguem	Prasad Gaonkar		Independent
40	Canacona	Isidore Fernandes		Indian National Congress	in 2019 changed party from Congress to BJP
				Bharatiya Janata Party

End of Seventh Assembly

In December 2021- January 2022, as the term of the seventh assembly came near to the end, several MLAs resigned and switched parties before the next elections. They were

• Siolim : Resignation by Vinoda Paliencar^[10]
• Saligao : Resignation by Jayesh Salgaonkar^[11]
• Calangute : Resignation by Michael Lobo^[12]
• Porvorim : Resignation by Rohan Khaunte^[13]
• Maem: Resignation by Pravin Zantye^[14]
• Priol : Resignation by Govind Gaude^[15]
• Ponda : Resignation by Ravi Naik^[16]
• Vasco da Gama : Resignation by Carlos Almeida^[17]
• Cortalim : Resignation by Alina Saldanha^[18]
• Nuvem : Resignation by Wilfred D'sa^[19]
• Curtorim : Resignation by Aleixo Lourenco^[20]
• Benaulim's MLA Churchill Alemao switched from NCP to All India Trinamool Congress (AITC)^[21]
• Navelim : Resignation by Luizinho Faleiro^[22]
• Velim : Resignation by Filipe Nery Rodrigues^[23]
• Sanvordem : Resignation by Deepak Pauskar^[24]
• Sanguem : Resignation by Prasad Gaonkar^[25]
• Canacona : Resignation by Isidore Fernandes^[26]