Its seat is at Porvorim, and it sits for a term of five years, unless it is dissolved earlier.

Goa is India's smallest state by area and fourth-smallest by population.

[2] Since the independence of India, the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) have been given Reservation status, guaranteeing political representation, and the Constitution lays down the general principles of positive discrimination for SCs and STs.

[3][4]: 35, 137  The 2011 census of India stated that the Scheduled Caste population is 1.74% of the total.

[5] Accordingly, one constituency (Pernem) in the assembly is reserved for candidates of the Scheduled Castes.