8th Goa 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.

Eighth Goa Assembly
Goa Legislative Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
Term limits	5 years
History
Founded	2022
Preceded by	7th Goa Assembly
Leadership
Speaker	Ramesh Tawadkar, BJP since 29 March 2022
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)[1]   BJP (28)   MGP (2)   IND (3) Opposition (7)   INDIA (6)   INC (3)   AAP (2)   GFP (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 Assembly meets in the Goa State Legislative Assembly Complex in Porvorim, Bardez.

History

Elections

This section is transcluded from 2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election. (edit | history)

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

Goa Legislative Assembly March-September 2022

Composition of the Eighth Goa Legislative Assembly by alliance and party, after the election results in 2022 Alliance Party Seats Bench Party Alliance Bench NDA Bharatiya Janata Party 20 25 Government Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party 2 Independents 3 UPA Indian National Congress 11 12 15 Others Goa Forward Party 1 AAP Aam Aadmi Party 2 RGP Revolutionary Goans Party 1 Total 40

September 2022 - to present

Goa Legislative Assembly Sept 2022 onwards

Composition after 14 September 2022 when 8 Congress MLA switched party and joined BJP.[5] Alliance Party Seats Bench Party Alliance 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

Current Numbers Wise Map of 8th Goa Legislative Assembly

District	No.	Constituency	Name	Party		Alliance		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]
					Bharatiya Janata Party		NDA
	7	Saligao	Kedar Naik		Indian National Congress		UPA	Switched from INC to BJP on 14 September 2022[5]
					Bharatiya Janata Party		NDA
	8	Calangute	Michael Lobo		Indian National Congress		UPA	Switched from INC to BJP on 14 September 2022[5]
					Bharatiya Janata Party		NDA
	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]
					Bharatiya Janata Party		NDA
	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]
					Bharatiya Janata Party		NDA
	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]
					Bharatiya Janata Party		NDA
	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]
					Bharatiya Janata Party		NDA
	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]
					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	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