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| Seat of Government | Goa Legislative Assembly Building, Panaji |
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| Website | www |
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| Assembly | |
| Speaker | Ganesh Gaonkar,BJP |
| Deputy Speaker | Joshua D'Souza,BJP |
| Members in Assembly | 40 |
| Executive branch | |
| Governor | Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju |
| Chief Minister | Pramod Sawant,BJP |
| Chief Secretary | Dr. V. CandavelouIAS |
| Judiciary branch | |
| High Court | Bombay High Court |
| Chief Justice | Alok Aradhe |
TheGovernment of Goa is astate government created by theConstitution of India and has executive, legislative and judicial authority of the state ofGoa. It is headquartered inPanaji, thecapital city of Goa.[1]
The governor's is largely a ceremonial post but has a crucial role when it comes to deciding who should form the next government or suspending the legislature as has happened in the recent past. After having stable governance for nearly thirty years up to 1990, Goa is now notorious for its political instability having seen fourteen governments in the span of the fifteen years between 1990 and 2005.[2] In March 2005, the assembly was dissolved by the governor andPresident's rule was declared, which suspended the legislature. Aby-election in June 2005 saw the Congress coming back to power after winning three of the five seats that went to the polls. TheIndian National Congress (INC) and theBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are the two largest parties in the state. In the assembly poll of 2007, a Congress-led coalition won and started ruling the state.[3] Other parties include theUnited Goans Democratic Party, theNationalist Congress Party and theMaharashtrawadi Gomantak Party.[4]
In the 2012 election, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) defeated the Indian National Congress government in Goa, led byCMDigambar Kamat. The election was won by the BJP-Maharashtrawadi Gomantak alliance which won 24 seats in the 40-seat assembly. The Bharatiya Janata Party won 21 seats, while the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party won 3 seats.Manohar Parrikar, leader of the BJP, was sworn in as Chief Minister of Goa on 9 March 2012. After Parrikar died fromcancer in March 2019, he was succeeded byPramod Sawant as the CM.
| House | Leader | Portrait | Since |
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| Constitutional Posts | |||
| Governor | Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju |  | 26 July 2025 |
| Chief Minister | Pramod Sawant |  | 19 March 2019 |
| Speaker | Ramesh Tawadkar | 29 March 2022 | |
| Deputy Speaker | Joshua D'Souza | 22 July 2022 | |
| Leader of the House | Pramod Sawant | | 19 March 2019 |
| Leader of the Opposition | Yuri Alemao |  | 30 September 2022 |
| Chief Justice | Alok Aradhe | 21 January 2025 | |
| Chief Secretary | Dr. V. Candaveolu | NA | |
| Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | Ref | |
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| 28 March 2022 (2022-03-28) | Incumbent | BJP | [5] | ||
| 28 March 2022 (2022-03-28) | Incumbent | BJP | |||
| 28 March 2022 (2022-03-28) | Incumbent | BJP | |||
| 28 March 2022 (2022-03-28) | Incumbent | BJP | |||
| 28 March 2022 (2022-03-28) | Incumbent | BJP | |||
| 28 March 2022 (2022-03-28) | Incumbent | BJP | |||
| 9 April 2022 (2022-04-09) | Incumbent | BJP | |||
| 9 April 2022 (2022-04-09) | Incumbent | MGP | |||
| 9 April 2022 (2022-04-09) | Incumbent | BJP | |||
| Language | Konkani |
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| Bird | Ruby Throated Yellow Bulbul |
| Fish | Grey mullet |
| Flower | Frangipani |
| Fruit | Cashew |
| Mammal | Gaur |
| Tree | Matti |
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