| 7th Goa Assembly | |
| Legislature: | Goa Legislative Assembly |
| Foundation: | 2017 |
| Disbanded: | 2022 |
| Preceded By: | 6th Goa Assembly |
| Succeeded By: | 8th Goa Assembly |
| Coa Pic: | Goa Legislative Assembly Symbol.jpg |
| Coa Res: | 200px |
| House Type: | Unicameral |
| Term Limits: | 5 years |
| Leader1 Type: | Speaker |
| Leader1: | Rajesh Patnekar |
| Party1: | BJP |
| Election1: | 3 June 2019 |
| Leader3 Type: | Leader of the House (Chief Minister) |
| Party3: | BJP |
| Election3: | 19 March 2019 |
| Leader2 Type: | Deputy Speaker |
| Leader2: | Vacant |
| Election2: | 20 January 2021 |
| Leader4 Type: | Leader of the Opposition |
| Leader4: | Digambar Kamat |
| Party4: | INC |
| Election4: | 18 July 2019 |
| Members: | 40 |
| Structure1: | File:Goa Legislative Assembly July 2020.svg |
| Structure1 Res: | 250px |
| Political Groups1: | Government (19) NDA (19)
Opposition (3) Others (2) Vacant (16)
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| Voting System1: | First past the post |
| Last Election1: | 4 February 2017 |
| Next Election1: | 14 February 2022 |
| Session Room: | File:India Goa Assembly.jpg |
| Meeting Place: | Goa State Legislative Assembly Complex, Porvorim, Bardez, Goa, India |
| Website: | Goa Legislative Assembly |
The Seventh Goa Assembly (term : 2017-2022) 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 was also responsible for proposing and levying taxes.
The Assembly met in the Goa State Legislative Assembly Complex in Porvorim, Bardez.
In July 2019 fourteen members of Indian National Congress switched their parties and joined Bharatiya Janata Party.[1] [2]
| Assembly Constituency | MLA | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | |||||
| 1 | 22 | Siroda | Subhash Shirodkar | In 2017 changed party from Congress to BJP | |
| 2 | 1 | Mandrem | Dayanand Sopte | In 2019 changed party from Congress to BJP | |
| 3 | 4 | Tivim | Nilkanth Halarnkar | In 2019 changed party from Congress to BJP | |
| 4 | 7 | Saligao | Jayesh Salgaonkar | In 2019 changed party from GFP to BJP | |
| 5 | 9 | Porvorim | Rohan Khaunte | In 2019 changed party from Independent to BJP | |
| 6 | 11 | Panaji | Atanasio Monserrate | In 2019 changed party from Congress to BJP | |
| 7 | 12 | Taleigao | Jennifer Monserrate | In 2019 changed party from Congress to BJP | |
| 8 | 13 | St. Cruz | Antonio Fernandes | in 2019 changed party from Congress to BJP | |
| 9 | 14 | St. Andre | Francisco Silveira | in 2019 changed party from Congress to BJP | |
| 10 | 19 | Valpoi | Vishwajit Pratapsingh Rane | In 2019 changed party from Congress to BJP | |
| 11 | 28 | Nuvem | Wilfred D'sa | in 2019 changed party from Congress to BJP | |
| 12 | 34 | Cuncolim | Clafasio Dias | in 2019 changed party from Congress to BJP | |
| 13 | 35 | Velim | Filipe Nery Rodrigues | in 2019 changed party from Congress to BJP | |
| 14 | 36 | Quepem | Chandrakant Kavlekar | in 2019 changed party from Congress to BJP | |
| 15 | 40 | Canacona | Isidore Fernandes | in 2019 changed party from Congress to BJP | |
| 16 | 21 | Ponda | Ravi Naik | In 2021 changed party from Congress to BJP |
| Rowspan=2 | Name | Rowspan=2 | Party | Colspan=2 | Tenure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Term start | Term end | ||||
| Pramod Sawant | BJP | 22-03-2017 | 19-03-2019 | ||
| Rajesh Patnekar | BJP | 19-03-2019 | Incumbent |
|-! style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" | Parties and coalitions! colspan="1"| Seats|-| | align="left"| Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)| 13|-| | align="left"| Indian National Congress (INC)| 17 |-| | align="left"| Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MAG)| 3 |-| | align="left"| Independents (IND)| 3 |-| style="color:inherit;background:#353982"|| align="left"| Goa Forward Party (GFP)| 3|-| | align="left"| Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)| 1 |-| colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"||- style="font-weight:bold;"| align="left" colspan="2"| Total| 40 |-! colspan="9" ||-
The list of MLAs after the 2017 election until the end of 2021 is shown below.[3] In July 2019 ten members of Indian National Congress switched their parties and joined Bharatiya Janata Party.
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