List of constituencies of the Goa Legislative Assembly

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Goa Legislative Assembly
8th Goa Assembly
Type
Type
Term limits
5 years
Seats40
Elections
First past the post[1]
Last election
2022
Meeting place
Interior of a large room
Goa State Legislative Assembly Complex, Porvorim, Bardez, Goa, India
Website
Goa Legislative Assembly
Goa is located in southwest India on its west coast.
Location of Goa (circled in red) within India

The Goa Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the state of Goa on the west coast of India.[2] Its seat is at Porvorim,[3] and it sits for a term of five years unless it is dissolved early.[4]: 72  Goa is India's smallest state by area and fourth-smallest by population.[5]: 2  The Goa Legislative Assembly has existed since 1963. As of the 2022 election, it comprises 40 constituencies.[6]

The Constitution of India lays down the general principles of positive discrimination for the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST). Since the transition of India from a United Kingdom dominion to an independent republic in 1950, the SCs and STs have been given reservation status—guaranteeing political representation[7][4]: 35, 137 —and after Goa was annexed from Portugal in 1961, the same principles applied to it as well.[8] The 2011 census of India found that, within Goa, the population of the Scheduled Castes was 1.74% of the total.[9]: 5  Accordingly, one constituency (Pernem) in the assembly is reserved for candidates of the Scheduled Castes.[10]

The population of the ST community in Goa was only 566 in the 2001 census which is why no seats were reserved for them during the 2002 delimitation. Three communities (Kunbi, Gawda, and Velip) were added to the ST list in 2003, which brought the ST population to 149,275 (around 10% of the state's total) in the 2011 census. A bill was passed in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India, in 2025 to ensure that a requisite number of seats are reserved in Goa's assembly (from the next election) to reflect this change.[11]

History

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Changes in the constituencies of the Goa Legislative Assembly over time
Year Act/Order Explanation Total
seats 		SC-reserved seats Election(s)
1961 Annexation of Goa Goa was annexed from the Portuguese in 1961[12] and the union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu was formed.[13] 30 0 1963,[14] 1967,[15] 1972[16]
1976 Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976[17][18] One seat was reserved for members of the Scheduled Castes.[19] 30 1 1977,[20] 1980,[21] 1984[22]
1987 The Constitution (Fifty-sixth Amendment) Act, 1987[23] The union territory was split, and Goa was made India's twenty-fifth state[13] The number of constituencies was increased to 40. 40 1 1989,[24] 1994,[25] 1999,[26] 2002,[27] 2007[28]
2008 Delimitation Commission Order, 2007[29][18] There were no changes to the number of reserved seats. 40 1 2012,[30] 2017,[31] 2022[32][33]

Constituencies

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Only one northern constituency of Goa is reserved for members of the Scheduled Castes.
The constituencies of Goa with their reservation status indicated by colour

Reservation

  Scheduled Castes (SC)
Constituencies of the Goa Legislative Assembly
No. Name Reserved for
(SC/None) 		District Lok Sabha
constituency 		Electorate
(2022)[32]
1 Mandrem None North Goa North Goa 32,732
2 Pernem SC 33,212
3 Bicholim None 28,231
4 Tivim 29,132
5 Mapusa 29,294
6 Siolim 29,661
7 Saligao 27,576
8 Calangute 25,632
9 Porvorim 27,097
10 Aldona 28,994
11 Panaji 22,408
12 Taleigao 30,023
13 Santa Cruz 29,298
14 St. Andre 21,428
15 Cumbarjua 26,601
16 Maem 28,919
17 Sanquelim 27,919
18 Poriem 32,985
19 Valpoi 31,958
20 Priol 31,017
21 Ponda South Goa 32,160
22 Siroda 29,678
23 Marcaim 28,275
24 Mormugao South Goa 20,418
25 Vasco Da Gama 35,613
26 Dabolim 24,661
27 Cortalim 30,782
28 Nuvem 28,427
29 Curtorim 29,850
30 Fatorda 30,845
31 Margao 29,508
32 Benaulim 28,959
33 Navelim 28,892
34 Cuncolim 29,526
35 Velim 31,534
36 Quepem 33,080
37 Curchorem 27,484
38 Sanvordem 29,808
39 Sanguem 26,659
40 Canacona 34,246

See also

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References

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