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{{Infobox Indian political party
|party_name =Goa Vikas Party
|abbreviation =GVP
|colorcode ={{party color|Goa Vikas Party}}
|president =[[Viola Pacheco]]
|leader = [[Francisco Pacheco (politician)|Francisco Pacheco]]
|founder =[[Sitaram Bandodkar]]
|headquarters =[[Porvorim]], Goa<ref name=eci>{{cite web|title=Election Commission of India – Notification|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ElectoralLaws/OrdersNotifications/year2014/Notification%20English%2013.01.2015.pdf|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|access-date=5 October 2015|location=New Delhi|date=13 January 2015}}</ref>
|eci =Registered Unrecognised Party<ref name=eci/>
|alliance =[[United Progressive Alliance|United Progressive Alliance]]
|state_seats =
|state_seats_name = [[Goa Legislative Assembly]]
}}

The '''Goa Vikas Party''' (GVP) is a regional political party from [[Goa]], [[India]], was led by [[Francisco Pacheco (politician)|Francisco Pacheco]].<ref name=toi>{{cite news|title=Goa Vikas Party supremo to lend colour to new cabinet|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goa-Vikas-Party-supremo-to-lend-colour-to-new-cabinet/articleshow/45141082.cms|access-date=5 October 2015|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=14 November 2014|location=Panaji}}</ref> The GVP was founded by late Sitaram Bandodkar,<ref name=india-tv>{{cite news|title=Goa Vikas Party Announces Support To BJP-MGP Combine|url=http://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/goa/goa-vikas-party-announces-support-to-bjp-mgp-combine-27.html|access-date=5 October 2015|agency=[[Press Trust of India]]|publisher=[[India TV]]|date=7 March 2012|location=Panaji}}</ref> and the current president is Francisco Pacheco's partner Viola Pacheco.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mickky opens offices at Loutulim, Nuvem|url=http://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa/Mickky-opens-offices-at-Loutulim-Nuvem-/76720.html|access-date=5 October 2015|publisher=[[O Heraldo]]|date=4 August 2014|location=Margao}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Mickky yet to contact Viola, buddies clueless|url=http://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa/%E2%80%88%E2%80%88Mickky-yet-to-contact-Viola-buddies-clueless-/88446.html|access-date=5 October 2015|publisher=O Heraldo|date=13 May 2015|location=Paniji}}</ref> It was revived by Pacheco, who left the [[Nationalist Congress Party]] and joined the GVP ahead of the [[2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election]].<ref name=hindu>{{cite news|title=Pacheco joins Goa Vikas Party|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/pacheco-joins-goa-vikas-party/article2765555.ece|access-date=5 October 2015|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=1 January 2012|location=Panaji}}</ref> It is a part of the [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]] (NDA) led by the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP).<ref name="round-table">Adnan Farooqui & E. Sridharan (2014): [https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00358533.2014.988457/ Is the Coalition Era Over in Indian Politics?], The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs. Retrieved 5 October 2015.</ref> It is a part of the ruling coalition in Goa, the other members being the BJP and [[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party]].<ref name=toi/> The GVP has two members in the [[Goa Legislative Assembly]]: Pacheco from [[Nuvem (Goa Assembly constituency)|Nuvem]] but he resigned<ref>{{Cite web|last=Aug 15|first=TNN /|last2=2021|last3=Ist|first3=04:26|title=Eye on Nuvem ticket, Mickky joins Cong {{!}} Goa News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/eye-on-nuvem-ticket-mickky-joins-cong/articleshow/85339097.cms|access-date=2021-09-22|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> and [[Caetano Silva (politician)|Caetano Silva]] from [[Benaulim (Goa Assembly constituency)|Benaulim]].<ref name=mlas>{{cite web|title=Sixth Legislative Assembly of the State of Goa|url=http://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/member-of-assembly.php|website=goavidhansabha.gov.in|publisher=[[Goa Legislative Assembly]]|access-date=5 October 2015}}</ref>

Three daughters of Party founder Sitaram Bandodkar lodged a complaint in the [[Election Commission of India]] during the takeover of the party by Pacheco, alleging that they were not consulted during the revivification.<ref name=hindu/> The GVP contested on nine seats and got 3.5 percent of the total votes in the 2012 Goa elections.<ref name=eci-2012goa>{{cite web|title=Statistical Report on General election, 2012 to the legislative assembly of Goa|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2012/Statistical_Report_GOA2012.pdf|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=5 October 2015}}</ref> In November 2014, Pacheco was inducted as a minister in the state cabinet; the step was seen as a "thank you" to the GVP for its support to the BJP in the [[2014 Indian general election]].<ref name=toi/> However, Pacheco resigned from the post in April 2015 after getting convicted by the [[Supreme Court of India]] for assaulting a government official.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Goa Guv Accepts Pacheco's Resignation|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/goa-guv-accepts-pachecos-resignation/889593|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-22|website=Www.outlookindia.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=ANI|date=2015-04-03|title=Convicted Goa Minister Mickky Pacheco resigns from state cabinet|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/convicted-goa-minister-mickky-pacheco-resigns-from-state-cabinet-115040300429_1.html|access-date=2021-09-22}}</ref> Caetano Silva raised his claim for the vacant ministerial berth,<ref>{{cite news|title=Caitu stakes claim for ministerial berth|url=http://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa/Caitu-stakes-claim-for-ministerial-berth/86886.html|access-date=5 October 2015|publisher=O Heraldo|date=4 April 2015|location=Margao}}</ref> and later termed the GVP as a "one-man political organisation", saying that he feels like an "independent member of the GVP".<ref>{{cite news|title=Missing an agenda and purpose of being|url=http://www.heraldgoa.in/Edit/Editorial/Missing-an-agenda-and-purpose-of-being/87372.html|access-date=5 October 2015|publisher=O Heraldo|date=17 April 2015}}</ref>

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