The Seventh Goa Assembly (term : 2017-2022) was the

unicameral Unicameralism (from ''uni''- "one" + Latin ''camera'' "chamber") is a type of legislature, which consists of one house or assembly, that legislates and votes as one. Unicameral legislatures exist when there is no widely perceived need for multi ...

legislature of the state of Goa in western

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. 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. The Assembly met in the Goa State Legislative Assembly Complex in

Porvorim Porvorim (pronounced ''Parvari '' ), is the '' De facto'' legislative and executive capital of the state of Goa, India, as both the Goa Legislative Assembly and Secretariat are functioning from the same complex in the region of Alto Porvorim ...

Bardez ''Bardez'' ( kok, Bardes; pt, Bardes; IPA: ) is a ''taluka'' of the North Goa district in the Indian state of Goa. It was a '' concelho'' in the Portuguese State of India before 1961. Etymology The name is credited to the Saraswat Bra ...

History

Elections

Defections

In July 2019 fourteen members of

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British ...

switched their parties and joined

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the List of ruling p ...

List of speakers

Composition of the assembly

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Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party ( MGP) was Goa's first ruling party after the end of Portuguese rule in Goa in 1961. In the first elections held after the Annexation of Goa by India, it ascended to power in December 1963 and stayed in power ...

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Goa Forward Party Goa Forward Party ( GFP) is a regional political party in the western coastal Indian state of Goa, led by Vijai Sardesai. The GFP fielded four candidates in the 2017 Goa Assembly election and won three seats. It played a crucial, if controver ...

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Nationalist Congress Party The Nationalist Congress Party ( NCP) is one of the nine national parties in India. The party generally supports Indian nationalism and Gandhian secularism. It is the largest opposition party in Maharashtra and is also a significant party ...

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Members of Legislative Assembly

The list of MLAs after the 2017 election until the end of 2021 is shown below. In July 2019 ten members of

switched their parties and joined

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 Siolim () is a village in Bardez taluka, and a census town on the central west coast of India, in the North Goa district of Goa. The 2001 population was 10,311, and 10,936 in 2011. Siolim is also the name of a constituency in the Goa assembly ...

: Resignation by Vinoda Paliencar *

Saligao Saligão () is a census town in North Goa district in the Indian state of Goa. It is surrounded by the villages of Porvorim, Parra, Guirim, Sangolda, Pilerne, Candolim, Calangute and Nagoa and is in Bardez Taluka of Goa. It is 10 km f ...

: Resignation by

Jayesh Salgaonkar Jayesh Vidyadhar Salgaonkar is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Salgaonkar was a member of the Goa Legislative Assembly from the Saligao constituency in North Goa district North Goa district is one of the two di ...

* Calangute : Resignation by Michael Lobo *

: Resignation by Rohan Khaunte *

Maem Maem is a village located in the North Goa district in the state of Goa, India. In 2001, the population was 7544 of which 3799 were male and 3745 were female. Government and politics Maem is part of Maem (Goa Assembly constituency) and North Go ...

: Resignation by

Pravin Zantye Pravin Harish Zantye is an Indian politician from Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party. He was elected to the Goa Legislative Assembly from Maem, Goa in the 2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election on Bharatiya Janata Party ticket. Ahead of 2022 Goa Le ...

* Priol : Resignation by Govind Gaude * Ponda : Resignation by Ravi Naik *

Vasco da Gama Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira (; ; c. 1460s – 24 December 1524), was a Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea. His initial voyage to India by way of Cape of Good Hope (1497–1499) was the first to link ...

: Resignation by Carlos Almeida * Cortalim : Resignation by

Alina Saldanha Alina Saldanha is an Indian politician from the state of Goa. She is former member of the Goa Legislative Assembly representing the Cortalim constituency. Political career She entered politics after the death of her husband José Matanhy de ...

* Nuvem : Resignation by

Wilfred D'sa Wilfred Nazareth Menino D'sa (born 12 October 1967) is an Indian politician and real estate developer who was elected to the Goa Legislative Assembly from Nuvem in the 2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Indian National Co ...

Curtorim Curtorim is a town in the Salcette taluka of South Goa district in Goa, India.It comes under Margao metropolitan region. Curtorim, a verdant agrarian village, known as the "granary of Salcete", is said to have got its name from either ' or ...

: Resignation by Aleixo Lourenco *

Benaulim Benaulim is a village in the state of Goa, India. Located in Salcete taluka of South Goa district, it neighbours Colva village to the north, Margao in the northeast and Varca village to the south. During Portuguese rule, it was one of the nin ...

's MLA

Churchill Alemao Churchill Braz Alemao (born 16 May 1949) is a former Chief Minister and former MP of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He was the MLA of Benaulim constituency in the state of Goa. Political career Alemao was chief minister of Goa for a brief p ...

switched from NCP to

All India Trinamool Congress The All India Trinamool Congress ( English: All India Grassroots Congress; AITC), colloquially the Trinamool Congress ( TMC) is an Indian political party which is predominantly active in West Bengal. The party is led by Mamata Banerjee, the cu ...

(AITC) *

Navelim Navelim is a census town and fast growing suburb of the city of Margao located in the Salcete sub-district of South Goa district, Goa, India. It has a large parish and has played a crucial rule in South Goa politics at some stage. The regi ...

: Resignation by

Luizinho Faleiro Luizinho Faleiro (born 26 August 1951) is an All India Trinamool Congress politician from Goa who served as a General Secretary in the All India Congress Committee of Indian National Congress since 2013 and was In-charge of the 7 North Eastern S ...

* Velim : Resignation by

Filipe Nery Rodrigues Filipe Nery Rodrigues (born 19 October 1962) is an Indian politician, businessperson and civil engineer from Goa. He was elected to the Goa Legislative Assembly, representing the Velim Assembly constituency in the 1999, 2002, 2007, and 2017 ele ...

* Sanvordem : Resignation by

Deepak Pauskar Deepak Chandrakant Prabhu Pauskar is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Goa Legislative Assembly from Sanvordem in the 2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party. He was named Minister of ...

* Sanguem : Resignation by

Prasad Gaonkar Prasad Gaonkar (born 30 August 1976) is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Goa Legislative Assembly The Goa Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the state of Goa in India. The Assembly meets at the Goa State Legis ...

Canacona Canacona () is a city and a municipal council in the district of South Goa, Goa state, India. Canacona taluka includes Patnem, Chaudi, Poinguinim, Loliem-Polem, Agonda, and Gaumdongre. Chaudi is the headquarters and the most developed town ...

: Resignation by Isidore Fernandes

References

External links

Goa Lok Sabha Election 2019 Results WebsiteGoa Legislature official site
{{Authority control 7 Goa MLAs 2017–2022