6th Goa Assembly

The Sixth Goa Assembly (term : 2012-2017) 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 is also responsible for proposing and levying taxes.

6th Goa Assembly
Goa Legislative Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
Term limits	5 years
History
Founded	2012
Disbanded	2017
Preceded by	5th Goa Assembly
Succeeded by	7th Goa Assembly
Leadership
Speaker	Anant Shet[1][2], BJP
Deputy Speaker	Vishnu Wagh[3][4], BJP since 2012
Leader of the House	Laxmikant Parsekar, BJP since 2014
Leader Of Opposition	Pratapsingh Rane, INC since March, 2012
Structure
Seats	40
Political groups	BJP (21)   Congress (7)   MGP (3)   GVP (1)   Goa Su-Raj Party (1)[5]   Independents (5)   Vacant (2) [6][7]
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	3 March 2012
Next election	4 February 2017
Website
Goa Assembly

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

Leaders

Position	Name
Governor	Mridula Sinha
Chief Minister	Laxmikant Parsekar
Deputy Chief Minister	Francis Dsouza
Speaker	Anant Shet
Deputy Speaker	Vishnu Wagh

Goa Assembly Name

Mandrem	Ponda	Pernem	Siroda	Panaji	Navelim
Bicholim	Marcaim	Tivim	Mormugao	Margao	St. Andre
Mapusa	Vasco Da Gama	Siolim	Dabolim	Taleigao	Cuncolim
Saligao	Cortalim	Calangute	Nuvem	Benaulim	Cumbarjua
Porvorim	Curtorim	Aldona	Fatorda	Santa Cruz	Velim
Maem	Quepem	Sanquelim	Curchorem	Poriem	Sanvordem
Valpoi	Sanguem	Priol	Canacona

Composition

Composition of the Sixth Goa Legislative Assembly^[8]

Party	Seats
Bhartiya Janata Party	21
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak	3
Indian National Congress	9
Goa Vikas Party	2
Independents	5
Total	40

Members

The following is the list of MLAs in the Sixth Goa Legislative Assembly after the 2012 election.

List of MLAs by constituency

Assembly Constituency		Member
#	Name	Name	Party
1	Mandrem	Laxmikant Parsekar		Bharatiya Janata Party
2	Pernem	Rajendra Arlekar		Bharatiya Janata Party
3	Bicholim	Naresh Sawal		Independent
4	Tivim	Kiran Kandolkar		Bharatiya Janata Party
5	Mapusa	Francis D'Souza		Bharatiya Janata Party
6	Siolim	Dayanand Mandrekar		Bharatiya Janata Party
7	Saligao	Dilip Parulekar		Bharatiya Janata Party
8	Calangute	Michael Lobo		Bharatiya Janata Party
9	Porvorim	Rohan Khaunte		Independent
10	Aldona	Glenn Ticlo		Bharatiya Janata Party
11	Panaji	Manohar Parrikar		Bharatiya Janata Party
12	Taleigao	Jennifer Monserrate		Indian National Congress
13	Santa Cruz	Atanasio Monserrate		Indian National Congress
14	St. Andre	Vishnu Wagh		Bharatiya Janata Party
15	Cumbarjua	Pandurang Madkaikar		Indian National Congress
16	Maem	Anant Shet		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
20	Priol	Deepak Dhavalikar		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
21	Ponda	Lavoo Mamledar		Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
22	Siroda	Mahadev Naik		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		Indian National Congress
27	Cortalim	Matanhy Saldanha (dead)		Bharatiya Janata Party
		Alina Saldanha
28	Nuvem	Francisco Pacheco		Goa Vikas Party
29	Curtorim	Aleixo Lourenco		Indian National Congress
30	Fatorda	Vijai Sardesai		Independent
31	Margao	Digambar Kamat		Indian National Congress
32	Benaulim	Caetano Silva		Goa Vikas Party
33	Navelim	Avertano Furtado		Independent
34	Cuncolim	Subhash Rajan Naik		Bharatiya Janata Party
35	Velim	Benjamin Silva		Independent
36	Quepem	Chandrakant Kavlekar		Indian National Congress
37	Curchorem	Nilesh Cabral		Bharatiya Janata Party
38	Sanvordem	Ganesh Gaonkar		Bharatiya Janata Party
39	Sanguem	Subhash Phal Desai		Bharatiya Janata Party
40	Canacona	Ramesh Tawadkar		Bharatiya Janata Party

By-election

After the death of incumbent MLA of Cortalim Matanhy Saldanha, his wife Alina Saldanha was elected unopposed from Cortalim on 25 May. Other candidates withdrew from the contest. She was given her husband's ministerial portfolio as forest minister.^[9][10][11]