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{{Infobox legislature
| name = 6th Goa Assembly
| foundation = 2012
| disbanded = 2017 
| preceded_by = [[5th Goa Assembly]]
| succeeded_by = [[7th Goa Assembly]]
| legislature = [[Goa Legislative Assembly]]
| coa_pic = Emblem of India.svg
| house_type = Unicameral
| term_limits = 5 years
| new_session =
| leader1_type = Speaker
| leader1 = [[Anant Shet]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.navhindtimes.in/shet-elected-new-speaker/|title=Shet elected new Speaker|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goanews.com/news_disp.php?newsid=6671|title=Shet elected Speaker; Monseratte couple absent|publisher=}}</ref>
| party1 = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| election1 =
| leader2_type = Deputy Speaker
| leader2 = [[Vishnu Wagh]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.navhindtimes.in/sant-andre-mla-mla-vishnu-wagh-was-on-thursday-elected-as-the-deputy-speaker-of-goa-legislative-assembly/|title=sant andre mla MLA Vishnu wagh was on Thursday elected as the deputy speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goanews.com/news_disp.php?newsid=6689|title=Mauvin stands up with Cong, Wagh elected Dy Speaker|publisher=}}</ref>
| party2 = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| election2 = 2012
| leader3_type = Leader of the House
| leader3 = [[Laxmikant Parsekar]]
| party3 = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| election3 = 2014
| leader4_type = Leader Of Opposition
| leader4 = [[Pratapsingh Rane]]
| party4 = [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| election4 = March, 2012

| members = 40
| structure1 = File:Goa Legislative Assembly 2012 structure.svg
| structure1_res = 250px
| political_groups1 =
{{Color box|#FF9933|border=darkgray}} [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] (21)<br/>
{{Color box|#00BFFF|border=darkgray}} [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] (7)<br/>
{{Color box|#9933CC|border=darkgray}} [[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party|MGP]] (3)<br/>
{{Color box|#FFFF19|border=darkgray}} [[Goa Vikas Party|GVP]] (1)<br/>
{{Color box|blue|border=darkgray}} [[Goa Su-Raj Party]] (1)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Now-Mickky-joins-Goa-Su-Raj-Party/articleshow/56264474.cms|title=Now, Mickky joins Goa Su-Raj Party | Goa News - Times of India|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref><br/>
{{Color box|#DDDDDD|border=darkgray}} [[Independent (politician)|Independents]] (5)
{{Color box|#235545|border=darkgray}} [[Casual vacancy|Vacant]] (2) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/congress-leader-madkaikar-resigns-from-goa-assembly-ahead-of-polls-joins-bjp/story-hd8DakoJA09X4BKNfcrFXN.html|title=Congress leader Madkaikar resigns from Goa assembly ahead of polls, joins BJP|date=22 December 2016|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2016/dec/16/congress-leader-mauvin-godinho-resigns-from-goa-assembly-1549749.html|title=Congress leader Mauvin Godinho resigns from Goa Assembly|publisher=}}</ref>

| voting_system1 = [[First-past-the-post]]
| last_election1 = [[Goa Legislative Assembly election, 2012|3 March 2012]]
| next_election1 = [[2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election|4 February 2017]]
| session_room =
| session_res =
| session_alt =
| meeting_place =
| website = [http://goaassembly.gov.in/index.php Goa Assembly]
| footnotes =
}}

The '''Sixth Goa Assembly''' (term : 2012-2017) was the [[unicameral]] legislature of the state of [[Goa]] in western [[India]]. It consists of 40 members. In charge of the budget, the Assembly appropriates money for social programs, agricultural development, infrastructure development, etc. It is also responsible for proposing and levying taxes.

The Assembly met in the Goa State Legislative Assembly Complex in [[Porvorim]], [[Bardez]].

==Leaders==
{|class="wikitable"
!Position
!Name
|-
! Governor
|[[Mridula Sinha]]
|-
! Chief Minister
|[[Laxmikant Parsekar]]
|-
! Deputy Chief Minister
| [[Francis Dsouza]]
|-
! Speaker
|[[Anant Shet]]
|-
! Deputy Speaker
| [[Vishnu Wagh]]
|}

==Goa Assembly Name==
{|class="wikitable"
|-
|[[Mandrem]]
|[[Ponda, Goa|Ponda]]
|[[Pernem]]
|[[Siroda]]
|[[Panaji]]
|[[Navelim]]
|-
|[[Bicholim]]
|[[Marcaim]]
|[[Tivim]]
|[[Mormugao]]
|[[Margao]]
|St. Andre
|-
|[[Mapusa]]
|[[Vasco da Gama, Goa|Vasco Da Gama]]
|[[Siolim]]
|[[Dabolim]]
|[[Taleigao]]
|[[Cuncolim]]
|-
|[[Saligao]]
|[[Cortalim]]
|[[Calangute]]
|[[Nuvem]]
|[[Benaulim]]
|[[Cumbarjua]]
|-
|[[Porvorim]]
|[[Curtorim]]
|[[Aldona]]
|[[Fatorda]]
|[[Santa Cruz, Goa|Santa Cruz]]
|[[Velim, Goa|Velim]]
|-
|[[Maem]]
|[[Quepem]]
|[[Sanquelim]]
|[[Curchorem]]
|[[Poriem]]
|[[Sanvordem]]
|-
|[[Valpoi]]
|[[Sanguem]]
|[[Priol]]
|[[Canacona]]
|-
|}

==Composition==
<section begin=Results />{{election table|title=Composition of the Sixth [[Goa Legislative Assembly]]<ref>{{cite report|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2012, to the Legislative Assembly of Goa|publisher=Election Commission of India|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3856-goa-2012/}}</ref>}}
|-
! scope="col" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;" |Party
! scope="col" style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Seats
|- style="background: #90EE90;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" |[[Bhartiya Janata Party]]
| 21
|- style="background: #90EE90;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" |[[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak]]
| 3
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" |[[Indian National Congress]]
| 9
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" |[[Goa Vikas Party]]
| 2
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" |[[Independent politician|Independents]]
| 5
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; font-weight:bold"
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" |Total
| 40
|}<section end=Results />

==Members==
The following is the list of MLAs in the Sixth Goa Legislative Assembly after the 2012 election.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of MLAs by constituency
! colspan="2" |Assembly Constituency
! colspan="3" |Member
|-
! #
! Name
! Name
! colspan="2" | Party
|-
|1
| [[Mandrem (Goa Assembly constituency)|Mandrem]]
|[[Laxmikant Parsekar]]
| style="background:#f93;"|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|2
| [[Pernem (Goa Assembly constituency)|Pernem]]
|[[Rajendra Arlekar]]
| style="background:#f93;"|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|3
| [[Bicholim (Goa Assembly constituency)|Bicholim]]
|[[Naresh Sawal]]
| style="background:#ddd;"|
|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|-
|4
| [[Tivim (Goa Assembly constituency)|Tivim]]
|[[Kiran Kandolkar]]
| style="background:#f93;"|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|5
| [[Mapusa (Goa Assembly constituency)|Mapusa]]
|[[Francis D'Souza (politician)|Francis D'Souza]]
| style="background:#f93;"|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|6
| [[Siolim (Goa Assembly constituency)|Siolim]]
|[[Dayanand Mandrekar]]
| style="background:#f93;"|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|7
| [[Saligao (Goa Assembly constituency)|Saligao]]
|[[Dilip Parulekar]]
| style="background:#f93;"|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|8
| [[Calangute (Goa Assembly constituency)|Calangute]]
| [[Michael Lobo (politician)|Michael Lobo]]
| style="background:#f93;"|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|9
| [[Porvorim (Goa Assembly constituency)|Porvorim]]
| [[Rohan Khaunte]]
| style="background:#ddd;"|
|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|-
|10
| [[Aldona (Goa Assembly constituency)|Aldona]]
| [[Glenn Ticlo]]
| style="background:#f93;"|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|11
| [[Panaji (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Panaji]]
|[[Manohar Parrikar]]
| style="background:#f93;"|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|12
| [[Taleigao (Goa Assembly constituency)|Taleigao]]
| [[Jennifer Monserrate]]
| style="background:#00bfff;"|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|13
| [[St. Cruz (Goa Assembly constituency)|Santa Cruz]]
| [[Atanasio Monserrate]]
| style="background:#00bfff;"|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|14
| [[St. Andre (Goa Assembly constituency)|St. Andre]]
|[[Vishnu Wagh]]
| style="background:#f93;"|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|15
| [[Cumbarjua (Goa Assembly constituency)|Cumbarjua]]
| [[Pandurang Madkaikar]]
| style="background:#00bfff;"|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|16
| [[Maem (Goa Assembly constituency)|Maem]]
|[[Anant Shet]]
| style="background:#f93;"|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|17
| [[Sanquelim (Goa Assembly constituency)|Sanquelim]]
| [[Pramod Sawant]]
| style="background:#f93;"|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|18
| [[Poriem (Goa Assembly constituency)|Poriem]]
| [[Pratapsingh Rane]]
| style="background:#00bfff;"|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|19
| [[Valpoi (Goa Assembly constituency)|Valpoi]]
| [[Vishwajit Pratapsingh Rane]]
| style="background:#00bfff;"|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|20
| [[Priol (Goa Assembly constituency)|Priol]]
|[[Deepak Dhavalikar]]
| style="background:#93c;"|
|[[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party]]
|-
|21
| [[Ponda (Goa Assembly constituency)|Ponda]]
|[[Lavoo Mamledar]]
| style="background:#93c;"|
|[[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party]]
|-
|22
| [[Siroda (Goa Assembly constituency)|Siroda]]
|[[Mahadev Naik]]
| style="background:#f93;"|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|23
|[[Marcaim (Goa Assembly constituency)|Marcaim]]
|[[Sudin Dhavalikar]]
| style="background:#93c;"|
|[[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party]]
|-
|24
| [[Mormugao (Goa Assembly constituency)|Mormugao]]
| [[Milind Naik (politician)|Milind Naik]]
| style="background:#f93;"|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|25
| [[Vasco Da Gama (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Vasco da Gama]]
| [[Carlos Almeida (politician)|Carlos Almeida]]
| style="background:#f93;"|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|26
| [[Dabolim (Goa Assembly constituency)|Dabolim]]
| [[Mauvin Godinho]]
| style="background:#00bfff;"|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |27
| rowspan="2" | [[Cortalim (Goa Assembly constituency)|Cortalim]]
| [[José Matanhy de Saldanha|Matanhy Saldanha]] (dead)
| rowspan="2" style="background:#f93;" |
| rowspan="2" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|[[Alina Saldanha]]
|-
|28
| [[Nuvem (Goa Assembly constituency)|Nuvem]]
|[[Francisco Pacheco (politician)|Francisco Pacheco]]
| style="background:#f96;"|
|[[Goa Vikas Party]]
|-
|29
| [[Curtorim (Goa Assembly constituency)|Curtorim]]
| [[Aleixo Lourenco]]
| style="background:#00bfff;"|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|30
| [[Fatorda (Goa Assembly constituency)|Fatorda]]
| [[Vijai Sardesai]]
| style="background:#ddd;"|
|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|-
|31
| [[Margao (Goa Assembly constituency)|Margao]]
| [[Digambar Kamat]]
| style="background:#00bfff;"|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|32
| [[Benaulim (Goa Assembly constituency)|Benaulim]]
| [[Caetano Silva (politician)|Caetano Silva]]
| style="background:#f96;"|
|[[Goa Vikas Party]]
|-
|33
| [[Navelim (Goa Assembly constituency)|Navelim]]
|[[Avertano Furtado]]
| style="background:#ddd;"|
|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|-
|34
| [[Cuncolim (Goa Assembly constituency)|Cuncolim]]
|[[Subhash Rajan Naik]]
| style="background:#f93;"|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|35
| [[Velim (Goa Assembly constituency)|Velim]]
|[[Benjamin Silva]]
| style="background:#ddd;"|
|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|-
|36
| [[Quepem (Goa Assembly constituency)|Quepem]]
| [[Chandrakant Kavlekar]]
| style="background:#00bfff;"|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|37
| [[Curchorem (Goa Assembly constituency)|Curchorem]]
| [[Nilesh Cabral]]
| style="background:#f93;"|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|38
| [[Sanvordem (Goa Assembly constituency)|Sanvordem]]
|[[Ganesh Gaonkar]]
| style="background:#f93;"|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|39
| [[Sanguem (Goa Assembly constituency)|Sanguem]]
|[[Subhash Phal Desai]]
| style="background:#f93;"|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|40
| [[Canacona (Goa Assembly constituency)|Canacona]]
|[[Ramesh Tawadkar]]
| style="background:#f93;"|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|}

===By-election===
After the death of incumbent MLA of [[Cortalim (Goa Assembly constituency)|Cortalim]] Matanhy Saldanha, his wife Alina Saldanha was elected unopposed from [[Cortalim (Goa Assembly constituency)|Cortalim]] on 25 May. Other candidates withdrew from the contest. She was given her husband's ministerial portfolio as forest minister.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-06-09|title=Alina Saldanha Inducted in Goa Cabinet|url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=139859|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820000257/http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=139859|archive-date=2016-08-20|access-date=|website=daijiworld.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://zeenews.india.com/news/goa/alina-saldanha-to-be-inducted-into-goa-cabinet-on-june-8_779573.html|title=Alina Saldanha to be inducted into Goa Cabinet on June 8|date=June 3, 2012|website=Zee News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/alina-saldanha-inducted-into-goa-cabinet-112060800458_1.html|title=Alina Saldanha inducted into Goa cabinet|agency=Press Trust of India|newspaper=Business Standard India|date=June 8, 2012|via=Business Standard}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
*[http://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/ Goa Legislature official site]

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