Goa Pradesh Congress Committee
Goa affiliate of the Indian National Congress
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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]
PresidentAmit Patkar
Youth wingGoa Youth Congress
Goa Pradesh Congress Committee | |
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| 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 | |
| ECI Status | A State Unit of Indian National Congress |
| Alliance | Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance |
| Seats in Rajya Sabha | 0 / 1
|
| Seats in Lok Sabha | 1 / 2
|
| Seats in Goa Legislative Assembly | 3 / 40
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| Election symbol | |
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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
| 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]
