Goa Pradesh Congress Committee

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{{Infobox Indian Political Party

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| party_name = Goa Pradesh Congress Committee

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| party_logo =180px

| president= Amit Patkar

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|headquarters =

D.B. Bandodkar Marg, Panaji-403001, Goa

| alliance = Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance

| ideology = {{ubl|Populism|Social liberalism|Democratic socialism|Social democracy|Secularism}}

|youth = Goa Youth Congress

|women = Goa Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee

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| rajyasabha_seats = {{Composition bar|0|1|hex=#00BFFF}}

| state_seats_name = Goa Legislative Assembly

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|eci=|chairman=Yuri Alemao}}

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Goa Pradesh Congress Committee or (Goa PCC) is the state unit of Indian National Congress for the State of Goa.{{cite web|url=http://www.aicc.org.in/new/congress-in-states.php |title=All India Congress Committee - AICC |access-date=2012-08-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130218214904/http://www.aicc.org.in/new/congress-in-states.php |archive-date=2013-02-18 }} 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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.thegoan.net/Edits/Editorials/Goa-Congress-goes-back-to-past-loyalist-to-clean-present-mess/06931.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=19 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304022847/http://www.thegoan.net/Edits/Editorials/Goa-Congress-goes-back-to-past-loyalist-to-clean-present-mess/06931.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.gpcc.co.in/contactUs.php |title=Contact Us |access-date=19 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130918034221/http://www.gpcc.co.in/contactUs.php |archive-date=18 September 2013 |url-status=dead }} in Panaji, Goa. The incumbent President of the Goa Pradesh Congress Committee is Amit Patkar.{{Cite web|url=https://www.inc.in/en/media/press-releases/press-release-on-goa|title=Press Release on Goa|date=26 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180426071403/https://www.inc.in/en/media/press-releases/press-release-on-goa|archive-date=26 April 2018}}

Structure and Composition

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! Style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" | S.no

! Style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" | Name

! Style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" | 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

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! Style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" | S.no

! Style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" | President

! Style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" | Portrait

! Style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" colspan=2 | Term

1.

|Luizinho Faleiro

|

|1999

|2004

2.

|Francisco Sardinha

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|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

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! Style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" | Year

! Style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" | Party leader

! Style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" | Seats won

! Style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" | Change
in seats

! Style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white" | Outcome

1963

| rowspan="1" |Kalidas Patel

|{{Composition bar|1|30|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}}}

|New

|{{No2|Opposition}}

1967

| rowspan="1" |

|{{Composition bar|0|30|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}}}

|{{Decrease}}1

|{{No2|Opposition}}

1972

| rowspan="1" |H. Vallabhabhai Tendel

|{{Composition bar|1|30|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}}}

|{{increase}} 1

|{{No2|Opposition}}

1977

| rowspan="5" |Pratapsingh Rane

|{{Composition bar|10|30|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}}}

|{{Increase}} 9

|{{no2|Opposition}}

1980

|{{Composition bar|20|30|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}}}

|{{increase}} 10

|{{yes2|Government}}

1984

|{{Composition bar|18|30|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}}}

|{{Decrease}} 2

|{{yes2|Government}}

1989

|{{Composition bar|20|40|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}}}

|{{Increase}}2

|{{Yes2|Government}}

1994

|{{Composition bar|18|40|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}}}

|{{Decrease}} 2

|{{yes2|Government}}

1999

| rowspan="1" |Luizinho Faleiro

|{{Composition bar|21|40|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}}}

|{{Increase}} 3

|{{Yes2|Government}}

2002

| rowspan="1" |Pratapsingh Rane

|{{Composition bar|16|40|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}}}

|{{Decrease}} 5

|{{No2|Opposition}}

2007

| rowspan="2" |Digambar Kamat

|{{Composition bar|16|40|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}}}

|{{No change}}

|{{Yes2|Government}}

2012

|{{Composition bar|9|40|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}}}

|{{Decrease}} 7

|{{No2|Opposition}}

2017

| rowspan="1" |Pratapsingh Rane

|{{Composition bar|17|40|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}}}

|{{Increase}}8

|{{no2|Opposition}}

2022

| rowspan="1" |Digambar Kamat

|{{Composition bar|11|40|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}}}

|{{Decrease}}6

|{{no2|Opposition}}

MPs and MLAs from Goa

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S.No.

! Name

! Constituency

align=Center Colspan=3| Member of Parliament
1

| Viriato Fernandes

| South Goa

align=Center Colspan=3| 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19890731-congressi-factions-merge-in-goa-816351-1989-07-31|title=Congress(I) factions merge in Goa|first1=M.|last1=Rahman|date=July 31, 1989|website=India Today}}

See also

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