Goa Pradesh Congress Committee
PresidentAmit Patkar
ChairpersonYuri Alemao
HeadquartersD.B. Bandodkar Marg, Panaji-403001, Goa
Youth wingGoa Youth Congress
Women's wingGoa Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee
Ideology
AllianceIndian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha
1 / 2
Seats in Rajya Sabha
0 / 1
Seats in Goa Legislative Assembly
3 / 40
Election symbol

Goa Pradesh Congress Committee is the state unit of Indian National Congress for the State of Goa.[1] It is responsible for organizing and coordinating the party's activities and campaigns within the state, as well as selecting candidates for local, state, and national elections. Its headquarters are located at the Dayanand Bandodkar Road.[2][3] in Panaji, Goa. The incumbent President of the Goa Pradesh Congress Committee is Amit Patkar.[4]

Structure and Composition

S.no Name Designation
1. Manikrao Thakre AICC Incharge
2. Amit Patkar President
Goa Pradesh Congress Committee
3. Yuri Alemao Working President & CLP Leader
Goa Pradesh Congress Committee
4. Beena Shantaram Naik President
Goa Pradesh Mahila Congress
5. Joel Andred President
Goa Pradesh Youth Congress
6. Naushad Chowdhari President
Goa Pradesh NSUI

List of Presidents

S.no President Portrait Term
1. Subhash Shirodkar September 2008 July 2013
2. John Fernandes July 2013 7 October 2017
3. Luizinho Faleiro 7 October 2014 8 July 2017
4. Shantaram Naik 8 July 2017 9 June 2018
5. Girish Chodankar 9 June 2018 31 March 2023
6. Amit Patkar 31 March 2023 incumbent

Goa Legislative Assembly election

Year Party leader Seats won Change
in seats		 Outcome
1963 Kalidas Patel
1 / 30
 New Opposition
1967
0 / 30
 Decrease1 Opposition
1972 H. Vallabhabhai Tendel
1 / 30
 Increase 1 Opposition
1977 Pratapsingh Rane
10 / 30
 Increase 9 Opposition
1980
20 / 30
 Increase 10 Government
1984
18 / 30
 Decrease 2 Government
1989
20 / 40
 Increase2 Government
1994
18 / 40
 Decrease 2 Government
1999 Luizinho Faleiro
21 / 40
 Increase 3 Government
2002 Pratapsingh Rane
16 / 40
 Decrease 5 Opposition
2007 Digambar Kamat
16 / 40
 Steady Government
2012
9 / 40
 Decrease 7 Opposition
2017 Pratapsingh Rane
17 / 40
 Increase8 Opposition
2022 Digambar Kamat
11 / 40
 Decrease6 Opposition

MPs and MLAs from Goa

S.No. Name Constituency
Member of Parliament
1 Francisco Sardinha South Goa
Member of Legislative Assembly
1 Carlos Ferriara Aldona
2 Altone D'Costa Quepem
3 Yuri Alemao Cuncolim

Factions

Goa Congress was a former regional political party in Goa. It was a splinter faction of Indian National Congress and was led by Wilfred de Souza. Later it merged with the Congress Party.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "All India Congress Committee - AICC". Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ↑ "Contact Us". Archived from the original on 18 September 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  4. ↑ "Press Release on Goa". 26 April 2018. Archived from the original on 26 April 2018.
  5. ↑ Rahman, M. (31 July 1989). "Congress(I) factions merge in Goa". India Today.


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