Government of Goa

{{short description|Indian State Government}} {{Update|part=Head Leaders|reason=Newly appointed Governor of Goa|date=July 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Use Indian English|date=January 2020}} {{infobox government | government_name = Government of Goa | image = Emblem_of_Goa.svg | image_size = 200px | division_type = Seat of Government | division = Goa Legislative Assembly Building, Panaji | leader_type = Governor | leader_title = Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju | leader_type2 = Chief Minister | leader_title2 = Pramod Sawant, BJP | leader_type3 = Deputy Chief Minister | leader_title3 = | leader_type4 = Chief Secretary | leader_title4 = Dr. V. Candavelou IAS | legislature_label = Assembly | legislature = {{ubl|Goa Legislative Assembly|}} | speaker_label = Speaker | speaker = Ganesh Gaonkar, BJP | deputy_speaker_label = Deputy Speaker | deputy_speaker = Joshua De Souza, BJP | members_in_assembly_label = Members in Assembly | members_in_assembly = 40 | branch4 = Judiciary branch | court_name = High Court | court = Bombay High Court | chief_justice_label = Chief Justice | chief_justice = Shree Chandrashekhar |nativename={{transliteration|fr|ISO|Gōyānchen sarakāra}}|deputy_chairman_label=Deputy Chairman|website={{URL|www.goa.gov.in/}}}}

The '''Government of Goa''' is a state government created by the Constitution of India and has executive, legislative and judicial authority of the state of Goa. It is headquartered in Panaji, the capital city of Goa.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-11-03|title=Satya Pal Malik sworn-in as Goa Governor|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/satya-pal-malik-sworn-in-as-goa-governor/story-4NaqDKKD2u6OJq2hnLKZKO.html|access-date=2019-11-22|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>

==History== The governor's is largely a ceremonial post but has a crucial role when it comes to deciding who should form the next government or suspending the legislature as has happened in the recent past. After having stable governance for nearly thirty years up to 1990, Goa is now notorious for its political instability having seen fourteen governments in the span of the fifteen years between 1990 and 2005.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070313090814/http://www.hindu.com/2005/01/31/stories/2005013104051100.htm Odds stacked against Parrikar], Anil Sastry, ''The Hindu'', 2005-01-31, verified 2005-04-02</ref> In March 2005, the assembly was dissolved by the governor and President's rule was declared, which suspended the legislature. A by-election in June 2005 saw the Congress coming back to power after winning three of the five seats that went to the polls. The Indian National Congress (INC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are the two largest parties in the state. In the assembly poll of 2007, a Congress-led coalition won and started ruling the state.<ref>{{cite news |first= Sanjay|last=Banerjee |title=Congress set to rule Goa again |url= https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Congress-set-to-rule-Goa-again/articleshow/2101667.cms |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121022111950/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-06-06/india/27988125_1_congress-mlas-independents-new-clp-leader |url-status= live |archive-date= 22 October 2012 |date= 6 June 2007|work= The Times of India|access-date= 2007-08-05}}</ref> Other parties include the United Goans Democratic Party, the Nationalist Congress Party and the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://northgoa.nic.in/ |title=Election Result of C. C. P. 2011|website=North Goa District Website, Panaji Goa |access-date=29 November 2008 |archive-date=19 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111219223718/http://northgoa.nic.in/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In the 2012 election, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) defeated the Indian National Congress government in Goa, led by CM Digambar Kamat. The election was won by the BJP-Maharashtrawadi Gomantak alliance which won 24 seats in the 40-seat assembly. The Bharatiya Janata Party won 21 seats, while the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party won 3 seats. Manohar Parrikar, leader of the BJP, was sworn in as Chief Minister of Goa on 9 March 2012. After Parrikar died from cancer in March 2019, he was succeeded by Pramod Sawant as the CM.

==Head Leaders== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !Style="background-color:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};color:white"; | House !Style="background-color:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};color:white"; | Leader !Style="background-color:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};color:white"; | Portrait !Style="background-color:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}};color:white"; | Since |- !colspan=4|Constitutional Posts |- |Governor |'''Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju''' |75px |26 July 2025 |- | Chief Minister |'''Pramod Sawant''' | 75px | 19 March 2019 |- |Speaker |'''Ganesh Gaonkar''' | |25 September 2025 |- |Deputy Speaker |'''Joshua D'Souza''' | | 22 July 2022 |- | Leader of the House |'''Pramod Sawant''' | 75px | 19 March 2019 |- | Leader of the Opposition |'''Yuri Alemao''' | 75px | 30 September 2022 |- | Chief Justice |'''Alok Aradhe''' | | 21 January 2025 |- | Chief Secretary |'''Dr. V. Candaveolu''' | | NA |- |}<section end="Parties and leaders"/>

==Executive branches== ===Governor=== {{Main|Governors of Goa}} {{See also|List of chief ministers of Goa}}

===Goa Council of Ministers=== {{transcluded section|source=Second Pramod Sawant ministry}} {{#section:Second Pramod Sawant ministry|2022 Goa Council of Ministers}}

==Legislative branch== {{Main|Goa Legislature}}

==Administrative and Political divisions== ===Administrative=== *Districts of Goa *Talukas of Goa *List of cities and towns in Goa

===Political=== *List of constituencies of Goa Legislative Assembly *North Goa (Lok Sabha constituency) *South Goa (Lok Sabha constituency)

==State insignias== {{Infobox place symbols | region = Goa | country = India | mammal = ''Gaur'' | bird = Ruby Throated Yellow Bulbul | flower = ''Frangipani'' | tree = ''Matti'' | fruit = Cashew | fish =Grey mullet | language = Konkani }} {{Main|Seal of Goa}}

==Elections== {{main|Elections in Goa}}

==Politics== {{main|Politics of Goa}}

==Notes== {{notelist}}

==References== <references> <ref name="Swearing 24 March 2022">{{cite news |title=Swearing-in of Pramod Sawant as Goa CM on March 28, he inspects venue |url=https://theprint.in/india/swearing-in-of-pramod-sawant-as-goa-cm-on-march-28-he-inspects-venue/887281/ |access-date=25 March 2022 |work=ThePrint |date=24 March 2022}}</ref> </references>

==External links== * {{cite web |title=Departments {{!}} Government of Goa |url=https://www.goa.gov.in/departments/ |website=Government of Goa {{!}} Official Portal |access-date=5 April 2022}}

Category:Government of Goa