Goa Pradesh Congress Committee

Goa Pradesh Congress Committee
Goa Pradesh Congress Committee
President	Amit Patkar
Chairman	Yuri Alemao
Headquarters	D.B. Bandodkar Marg, Panaji-403001, Goa
Youth wing	Goa Youth Congress
Women's wing	Goa Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee
Ideology	Populism; Social liberalism; Democratic socialism; Social democracy; Secularism;
Alliance	Indian 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
	Politics of India; Political parties; Elections;

Goa Pradesh Congress Committee or (Goa PCC) 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	Term
1.	Francisco Sardinha	16 August 2007	September 2008
2.	Subhash Shirodkar	September 2008	July 2013
3.	John Fernandes	July 2013	7 October 2017
4.	Luizinho Faleiro	7 October 2014	8 July 2017
5.	Shantaram Naik	8 July 2017	9 June 2018
6.	Girish Chodankar	9 June 2018	31 March 2023
7.	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	1	Opposition
1972	H. Vallabhabhai Tendel	1 / 30	1	Opposition
1977	Pratapsingh Rane	10 / 30	9	Opposition
1980		20 / 30	10	Government
1984		18 / 30	2	Government
1989		20 / 40	2	Government
1994		18 / 40	2	Government
1999	Luizinho Faleiro	21 / 40	3	Government
2002	Pratapsingh Rane	16 / 40	5	Opposition
2007	Digambar Kamat	16 / 40		Government
2012	Digambar Kamat	9 / 40	7	Opposition
2017	Pratapsingh Rane	17 / 40	8	Opposition
2022	Digambar Kamat	11 / 40	6	Opposition

MPs and MLAs from Goa

S.No.	Name	Constituency
Member of Parliament
1	Francisco Sardinha	South Goa
Member of Legislative Assembly
1	Carlos Alvares Ferreira	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]

References

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