Goa Legislative Assembly
8th Goa Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
Term limits	5 years
History
Founded	January 9, 1964 (1964-01-09)
Leadership
Governor of Goa	Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju since 26 July 2025
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 (32)  NDA (32)[1]  BJP (27)  MGP (2)  IND (3) Opposition (7)  INC (3)  AAP (2)  GFP (1)  RGP (1) Vacant (1)   Vacant (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

TheGoa Legislative Assembly is theunicameral legislature of the state ofGoa inIndia. The Assembly meets at the Goa State Legislative Assembly Complex inPorvorim,Bardez. TheEighth Goa Legislative Assembly consists of 40 members. The assembly 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.

Following theend of Portuguese rule in 1961, Goa was placed under military administration headed byLieutenant GeneralKunhiraman Palat Candeth as Lieutenant-Governor. On 8 June 1962, military rule was replaced by civilian government when the Lieutenant-Governor nominated an informal Consultative Council of 29 nominated members to assist him in the administration of the territory. The first Council met on 24 September 1962 in a meeting open to the public.

The Assembly first convened on 9 January 1964 in the Secretariat building (Adil Shah's Palace).^[2] Hence, 9 January is marked as "Legislator's Day" every year in Goa.^[3][4] In 1987, Goa became an Indian state and the number of seats in the Assembly was increased to 40.

The Assembly meets at the Goa State Legislative Assembly Complex inPorvorim,Bardez. The construction of the building began on 22 January 1994, and was completed on 5 March 2000.

Composition after 14 September 2022 when 8 Congress MLA switched party and joined BJP.^[5]

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