List of constituencies of the Goa Legislative Assembly

Goa Legislative Assembly
Goa Legislative Assembly
Legislative Assembly of Goa
Type
Type	Unicameral
Term limits	5 years
Seats	40
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	14 February 2022
Next election	2027
Meeting place
	Goa State Legislative Assembly Complex, Porvorim, Bardez, Goa, India
Website
	Goa Legislative Assembly

Location of Goa within India — Location of Goa (highlighted in red) within India

The Goa Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Goa on the west coast of India. Its seat is at Porvorim, and it sits for a term of five years, unless it is dissolved earlier. Goa is India's smallest state by area and fourth-smallest by population.^[1] The Goa Legislative Assembly has existed since 1963. As of the 2022 election, it comprises 40 constituencies.^[2]

Since the independence of India, the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) have been given Reservation status, guaranteeing political representation, and the Constitution lays down the general principles of positive discrimination for SCs and STs.^[3]^[4]^{: 35, 137} The 2011 census of India stated that the Scheduled Caste population is 1.74% of the total.^[5] Accordingly, one constituency (Pernem) in the assembly is reserved for candidates of the Scheduled Castes.

^ "Population and decadal change by residence : 2011 (PERSONS)" (PDF). Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
^ "List of Assembly Constituencies - Goa". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
^ Kumar, K Shiva (17 February 2020). "Reserved uncertainty or deserved certainty? Reservation debate back in Mysuru". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
^ "THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA [As on 9th December, 2020]" (PDF). Legislative Department. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 November 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
^ "Health Dossier 2021 - Goa" (PDF). p. 5. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 October 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2024. Scheduled Caste population (SC) (in crore) 0.0025 (1.74%)

[1] "Population and decadal change by residence : 2011 (PERSONS)" (PDF). Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2019.

[2] "List of Assembly Constituencies - Goa". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2014.

[3] Kumar, K Shiva (17 February 2020). "Reserved uncertainty or deserved certainty? Reservation debate back in Mysuru". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.

[constitution-4] "THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA [As on 9th December, 2020]" (PDF). Legislative Department. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 November 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2023.

[5] "Health Dossier 2021 - Goa" (PDF). p. 5. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 October 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2024. Scheduled Caste population (SC) (in crore) 0.0025 (1.74%)

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