Panaji is one of the Assembly constituencies of the North Goa district in Goa. It falls under the North Goa Lok Sabha constituency. Panaji is considered to be a stronghold of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and late leader Manohar Parrikar. Atanasio Monserrate is the sitting MLA from this Assembly seat. He was one of the ten members of the Indian National Congress who joined the BJP in July 2019. This is a general seat, i.e. it is not reserved for SCs or STs. The voting on this seat is scheduled on February 14, 2022.