List of chief ministers of Goa

Chief Minister of Goa
Chief Minister of Goa
	Emblem of Goa
	Incumbent; Pramod Sawant; since 19 March 2019
Style	The Honourable (Formal); Mr./Mrs. Chief Minister (Informal)
Status	Head of Government
Abbreviation	CM
Member of	Goa Legislative Assembly& Goa Council of Ministers
Reports to	Governor of Goa
Appointer	Governor of Goa
Term length	At the confidence of the assembly; Chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.
Inaugural holder	Pratapsingh Rane as Chief Minister of Goa state; ; Dayanand Bandodkar as Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Goa, Daman and Diu
Formation	20 December 1963; (61 years ago)
Deputy	Deputy Chief Minister of Goa

The chief minister of Goa is chief executive of the Indian state of Goa. As per the Constitution of India, the governor is a state's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the Goa Legislative Assembly, the state's governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly. Given that he has the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.^[1]

After the annexation of Goa, the former Portuguese colony became part of the Goa, Daman and Diu union territory. In 1987 Goa achieved full statehood, while Daman and Diu became a separate union territory. Since 1963, thirteen people have served as the chief minister of Goa, Daman and Diu union territory and of Goa state. The first was Dayanand Bandodkar of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party, who was succeeded by his daughter Shashikala Kakodkar, Goa's only woman chief minister. Pratapsingh Rane of the Indian National Congress, during whose reign Goa had achieved statehood, is the longest-serving officeholder, with over 15 years across four discontinuous stints.

The current incumbent is Pramod Sawant of the Bharatiya Janata Party, who was sworn in on 19 March 2019 after the death of Manohar Parrikar on 17 March 2019.

Chief ministers of Goa, Daman and Diu

Goa, Daman and Diu (Konkani: Goem, Damanv ani Diu) was a union territory of the Republic of India established in 1961 following the annexation of Portuguese India, with Maj Gen K P Candeth as its first Military Governor.

No^[a]	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office^[2]			Assembly (election)	Party^[b]
No^[a]	Portrait	Name	Constituency	From	To	Days in office	Assembly (election)	Party^[b]
1		Dayanand Bandodkar	Marcaim	20 December 1963	2 December 1966	2 years, 347 days	Interim	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
–		Vacant^[c] (President's rule)	N/A	2 December 1966	5 April 1967	124 days		N/A
(1)		Dayanand Bandodkar	Marcaim	5 April 1967	23 March 1972	6 years, 129 days	1st (1967 election)	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
(1)		Dayanand Bandodkar	Marcaim	23 March 1972	12 August 1973	6 years, 129 days	2nd (1972 election)
2		Shashikala Kakodkar	Bicholim	12 August 1973	7 June 1977	5 years, 258 days	2nd (1972 election)
2		Shashikala Kakodkar	Bicholim	7 June 1977	27 April 1979	5 years, 258 days	3rd (1977 election)
–		Vacant^[c] (President's rule)	N/A	27 April 1979	16 January 1980	264 days		N/A
3		Pratapsingh Rane	Sattari	16 January 1980	7 January 1985	7 years, 134 days	4th (1980 election)	Indian National Congress (U)
3		Pratapsingh Rane	Sattari	7 January 1985	30 May 1987	7 years, 134 days	5th (1984 election)	Indian National Congress

Chief ministers of Goa

On 30 May 1987, the union territory was split, and Goa was made India's twenty-fifth state, with Daman and Diu remaining a union territory

No^[a]	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office^[2]			Assembly (election)	Party^[b]
No^[a]	Portrait	Name	Constituency	From	To	Days in office	Assembly (election)	Party^[b]
1		Pratapsingh Rane	Poriem	30 May 1987	9 January 1990	2 years, 301 days	5th (1984 election)	Indian National Congress
1		Pratapsingh Rane	Poriem	9 January 1990	27 March 1990	2 years, 301 days	1st (1989 election)	Indian National Congress
2		Churchill Alemao	Benaulim	27 March 1990	14 April 1990	18 days		Indian National Congress
3		Luis Proto Barbosa	Loutolim	14 April 1990	14 December 1990	244 days		Indian National Congress
–		Vacant^[c] (President's rule)	N/A	14 December 1990	25 January 1991	42 days		N/A
4		Ravi Naik	Marcaim	25 January 1991	18 May 1993	2 years, 113 days		Indian National Congress
5		Wilfred de Souza	Saligao	18 May 1993	2 April 1994	319 days
(4)		Ravi Naik	Marcaim	2 April 1994	8 April 1994	6 days
(5)		Wilfred de Souza	Saligao	8 April 1994	16 December 1994	252 days
(1)		Pratapsingh Rane	Poriem	16 December 1994	29 July 1998	3 years, 225 days	2nd (1994 election)
(5)		Wilfred de Souza	Saligao	29 July 1998	26 November 1998	120 days		Goa Rajiv Congress Party
6		Luizinho Faleiro	Navelim	26 November 1998	10 February 1999	79 days		Indian National Congress
–		Vacant^[c] (President's rule)	N/A	10 February 1999	9 June 1999	114 days		N/A
(6)		Luizinho Faleiro	Navelim	9 June 1999	24 November 1999	168 days	3rd (1999 election)	Indian National Congress
7		Francisco Sardinha	Curtorim	24 November 1999	24 October 2000	335 days		Goa People's Congress
8		Manohar Parrikar	Panaji	24 October 2000	3 June 2002	4 years, 102 days		Bharatiya Janata Party
8		Manohar Parrikar	Panaji	3 June 2002^[4]	3 February 2005	4 years, 102 days	4th (2002 election)	Bharatiya Janata Party
(1)		Pratapsingh Rane	Poriem	3 February 2005	4 March 2005	29 days		Indian National Congress
–		Vacant^[c] (President's rule)	N/A	4 March 2005	7 June 2005	95 days		N/A
(1)		Pratapsingh Rane	Poriem	7 June 2005	8 June 2007	2 years, 1 day		Indian National Congress
9		Digambar Kamat	Madgaon	8 June 2007	9 March 2012	4 years, 275 days	5th (2007 election)	Indian National Congress
(8)		Manohar Parrikar	Panaji	9 March 2012	8 November 2014	2 years, 244 days	6th (2012 election)	Bharatiya Janata Party
10		Laxmikant Parsekar	Mandrem	8 November 2014^[5]	14 March 2017	2 years, 126 days	6th (2012 election)
(8)		Manohar Parrikar	Panaji	14 March 2017	17 March 2019	2 years, 3 days	7th (2017 election)
11		Pramod Sawant	Sanquelim	19 March 2019	28 March 2022	5 years, 284 days	7th (2017 election)
11		Pramod Sawant	Sanquelim	28 March 2022	Incumbent	5 years, 284 days	8th (2022 election)

Statistics

Fraction of time of holding CMO in the state of Goa by party (as of December 2024)

Bharatiya Janata Party (45.5%)

Indian National Congress (49.34%)

Goa People's Congress (2.44%)

Goa Rajiv Congress Party (0.88%)

President's Rule (1.84%)

#	Chief Minister	Party		Term of office
#	Chief Minister	Party		Longest continuous term	Total duration of chief ministership
1	Manohar Parrikar		BJP	4 years, 102 days	8 years, 349 days
2	Pratapsingh Rane		INC	3 years, 225 days	8 years, 251 days
3	Pramod Sawant		BJP	5 years, 284 days	5 years, 284 days
4	Digambar Kamat		INC	4 years, 275 days	4 years, 275 days
5	Laxmikant Parsekar		BJP	2 years, 126 days	2 years, 126 days
6	Ravi Naik		INC	2 years, 113 days	2 years, 119 days
7	Wilfred de Souza		INC/GRCP	319 days	1 year, 326 days
8	Francisco Sardinha		GPC	335 days	335 days
9	Luis Proto Barbosa		INC	244 days	244 days
10	Luizinho Faleiro		INC	168 days	247 days
11	Churchill Alemao		INC	18 days	18 days

Timeline

Notes

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b A parenthetical number indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.
^ ^a ^b This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e When President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus lies vacant. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Durga Das Basu. Introduction to the Constitution of India. 1960. 20th Edition, 2011 Reprint. pp. 241, 245. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. ISBN 978-81-8038-559-9. Note: although the text talks about Indian state governments in general, it applies for the specific case of Goa as well.
^ ^a ^b Chief Ministers of Goa. Department of Information and Publicity, Government of Goa. Retrieved on 20 March 2014.
^ Amberish K. Diwanji. "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005.
^ "Parrikar sworn in". The Hindu. 3 June 2002. Archived from the original on 7 August 2002. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
^ Nair, Shalini (9 November 2014). "Laxmikant Parsekar sworn in as new Goa CM, Francis D'Souza falls in line". Indian Express. Archived from the original on 13 March 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.

External links

States of India Since 1947 page, useful info on Goa since 1961, including listings of the lone military governor, lieutenant governors, governors, and chief ministers

[no1-2] A parenthetical number indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.

[party-4] This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.

[PR-6] When President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus lies vacant. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved.^[3]

[term1-1] Durga Das Basu. Introduction to the Constitution of India. 1960. 20th Edition, 2011 Reprint. pp. 241, 245. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. ISBN 978-81-8038-559-9. Note: although the text talks about Indian state governments in general, it applies for the specific case of Goa as well.

[CMs-3] Chief Ministers of Goa. Department of Information and Publicity, Government of Goa. Retrieved on 20 March 2014.

[5] Amberish K. Diwanji. "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005.

[7] "Parrikar sworn in". The Hindu. 3 June 2002. Archived from the original on 7 August 2002. Retrieved 19 April 2021.

[Laxmikant_Parsekar_sworn_in_as_new_Goa_CM,_Francis_D’Souza_falls_in_line-8] Nair, Shalini (9 November 2014). "Laxmikant Parsekar sworn in as new Goa CM, Francis D'Souza falls in line". Indian Express. Archived from the original on 13 March 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.

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