He defeated Congress MLA Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco who managed to garner nine votes in the election on Tuesday.
Protem Speaker Mauvin Godinho declared the Mayem legislator as Speaker after allowing for division of votes as demanded by the opposition. The election was held soon after the Question Hour concluded, which was presided over by Godinho as protem Speaker.
The Speaker’s post had fallen vacant after Rajendra Arlekar was inducted into the Goa cabinet in October 2015. He had been speaker until his entry into the ministry.
