Goa Pradesh Congress Committee

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

Goa Pradesh Congress Committee or (GPCC) 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. Luizinho Faleiro 1999 2004
2. Francisco Sardinha 2004 September 2008
3. Subhash Shirodkar September 2008 July 2013
4. John Fernandes July 2013 7 October 2017
(1). 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
9 / 40
7 Opposition
2017 Pratapsingh Rane
17 / 40
8 Opposition
2022 Digambar Kamat
11 / 40
6 Opposition

Performance in Lok Sabha Elections

Lok Sabha Elections
Year Lok Sabha Seats contested Seats won (+/-) in seats % of votes Vote swing Popular vote Outcome
Goa, Daman And Diu
1967 4th 1
0 / 2
5.47% 15,205 Government
1971 5th 1
1 / 2
1 24.43% 18.96 57,627 Government
1977 6th 1
1 / 2
39.98% 15.55 1,17,150 Opposition
1980 7th 1
0 / 2
1 12.19% 27.79 43,030 Government
1984 8th 2
2 / 2
2 46.21% 34.02 1,88,779 Government
Goa
1989 9th 2
1 / 2
1 47.43% 1.22 1,98,100 Opposition
1991 10th 2
2 / 2
1 57.66% 10.23 1,81,434 Government
1996 11th 2
0 / 2
2 34.37% 23.29 1,65,857 Opposition
1998 12th 2
2 / 2
2 31.59% 2.78 1,68,314 Opposition
1999 13th 2
0 / 2
2 39.01% 7.42 1,59,844 Opposition
2004 14th 1
1 / 2
1 29.76% 9.25 1,64,432 Government
2009 15th 1
1 / 2
22.60% 7.16 1,27,494 Government
2014 16th 2
0 / 2
1 36.57% 13.97 2,98,750 Opposition
2019 17th 2
1 / 2
1 42.92% 6.35 3,66,158 Opposition
2024 18th 2
1 / 2
39.71% 3.21 3,56,213 Opposition

MPs and MLAs from Goa

S.No. Name Constituency
Member of Parliament
1 Viriato Fernandes 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]

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.