Goa Pradesh Congress Committee or (GPCC) is the state unit of Indian National Congress for the State of Goa. 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. in Panaji, Goa. The incumbent President of the Goa Pradesh Congress Committee is Amit Patkar.

Structure and composition

S.noNameDesignation
1.Manikrao ThakreAICC Incharge
2.Amit PatkarPresident Goa Pradesh Congress Committee
3.Yuri AlemaoWorking President & CLP Leader Goa Pradesh Congress Committee
4.Beena Shantaram NaikPresident Goa Pradesh Mahila Congress
5.Joel AndredPresident Goa Pradesh Youth Congress
6.Naushad ChowdhariPresident Goa Pradesh NSUI

List of presidents

S.noPresidentPortraitTerm
1.Luizinho Faleiro19992004
2.Francisco Sardinha2004September 2008
3.Subhash ShirodkarSeptember 2008July 2013
4.John FernandesJuly 20137 October 2017
(1).Luizinho Faleiro7 October 20148 July 2017
5.Shantaram Naik8 July 20179 June 2018
6.Girish Chodankar9 June 201831 March 2023
7.Amit Patkar31 March 2023incumbent

Goa Legislative Assembly election

YearParty leaderSeats wonChange in seatsOutcome
1963Kalidas Patel1 / 30NewOpposition
19670 / 301Opposition
1972H. Vallabhabhai Tendel1 / 301Opposition
1977Pratapsingh Rane10 / 309Opposition
198020 / 3010Government
198418 / 302Government
198920 / 402Government
199418 / 402Government
1999Luizinho Faleiro21 / 403Government
2002Pratapsingh Rane16 / 405Opposition
2007Digambar Kamat16 / 40Government
20129 / 407Opposition
2017Pratapsingh Rane17 / 408Opposition
2022Digambar Kamat11 / 406Opposition

Performance in Lok Sabha Elections

Lok Sabha Elections
YearLok SabhaSeats contestedSeats won(+/-) in seats% of votesVote swingPopular voteOutcome
Goa, Daman And Diu
19674th10 / 25.47%15,205Government
19715th11 / 2124.43%18.9657,627Government
19776th11 / 239.98%15.551,17,150Opposition
19807th10 / 2112.19%27.7943,030Government
19848th22 / 2246.21%34.021,88,779Government
Goa
19899th21 / 2147.43%1.221,98,100Opposition
199110th22 / 2157.66%10.231,81,434Government
199611th20 / 2234.37%23.291,65,857Opposition
199812th22 / 2231.59%2.781,68,314Opposition
199913th20 / 2239.01%7.421,59,844Opposition
200414th11 / 2129.76%9.251,64,432Government
200915th11 / 222.60%7.161,27,494Government
201416th20 / 2136.57%13.972,98,750Opposition
201917th21 / 2142.92%6.353,66,158Opposition
202418th21 / 239.71%3.213,56,213Opposition

MPs and MLAs from Goa

S.No.NameConstituency
Member of Parliament
1Viriato FernandesSouth Goa
Member of Legislative Assembly
1Carlos Alvares FerreiraAldona
2Altone D'CostaQuepem
3Yuri AlemaoCuncolim

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.

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