Goa Legislative Assembly | |
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Legislature: | Legislative Assembly of Goa |
House Type: | Unicameral |
Term Limits: | 5 years |
Members: | 40 |
Voting System1: | First past the post |
Last Election1: | 14 February 2022 |
Next Election1: | 2027 |
Session Room: | File:India Goa Assembly.jpg |
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Meeting Place: | Goa State Legislative Assembly Complex, Porvorim, Bardez, Goa, India |
Website: | Goa Legislative Assembly |
The Goa Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Goa on the west coast of India. Its seat is at Porvorim, and it sits for a term of five years, unless it is dissolved earlier. Goa is India's smallest state by area and fourth-smallest by population.[1] The Goa Legislative Assembly has existed since 1963. As of the 2022 election, it comprises 40 constituencies.[2]
Since the independence of India, the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) have been given Reservation status, guaranteeing political representation, and the Constitution lays down the general principles of positive discrimination for SCs and STs.[3] [4] The 2011 census of India stated that theScheduled Caste population is 1.74% of the total.[5] Accordingly, one constituency (Pernem) in the assembly is reserved for candidates of the Scheduled Castes.
No. | Constituency | District | Lok Sabha constituency | Electors (2022)[6] |
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1 | Mandrem | North Goa | North Goa | |
2 | Pernem (SC) | |||
3 | Bicholim | |||
4 | Tivim | |||
5 | Mapusa | |||
6 | Siolim | |||
7 | Saligao | |||
8 | Calangute | |||
9 | Porvorim | |||
10 | Aldona | |||
11 | Panaji | |||
12 | Taleigao | |||
13 | Santa Cruz | |||
14 | St. Andre | |||
15 | Cumbarjua | |||
16 | Maem | |||
17 | Sanquelim | |||
18 | Poriem | |||
19 | Valpoi | |||
20 | Priol | |||
21 | Ponda | South Goa | ||
22 | Siroda | |||
23 | Marcaim | |||
24 | Mormugao | South Goa | ||
25 | Vasco Da Gama | |||
26 | Dabolim | |||
27 | Cortalim | |||
28 | Nuvem | |||
29 | Curtorim | |||
30 | Fatorda | |||
31 | Margao | |||
32 | Benaulim | |||
33 | Navelim | |||
34 | Cuncolim | |||
35 | Velim | |||
36 | Quepem | |||
37 | Curchorem | |||
38 | Sanvordem | |||
39 | Sanguem | |||
40 | Canacona | |||