Goa Assembly Election Results 2022: The BJP has emerged as the single largest party in the coastal state of Goa falling just one short of majority with 20 seats. CM Pramod Sawant said that BJP will form the govt with MGP and independent candidates. A total of 301 candidates were in the fray for the 40 assembly constituencies. The BJP was the ruling party in the coastal state and was challenged by the main opposition Congress while the debutant Trinamool Congress is tried its luck in alliance with the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party. The Aam Aadmi Party was also in the fray for the second time. It had contested the 2017 polls but had failed to win a seat, this time opening its account with 2 seats. While Pramod Sawant was the BJP’s chief ministerial face, the AAP selected Amit Palekar as its CM candidate who lost from his seat. The Congress and the TMC did not project any leader as their chief ministerial candidate.
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Some of the prominent candidates were incumbent CM and BJP leader Pramod Sawant, Ministers Chandrakant Kavalekar, Manohar Ajgaonkar, Nilesh Joao Cabral, Vishwajit Rane’s wife Divya Rane, former BJP leader Utpal Parrikar as an independent, Leader of Opposition Digambar Kamat, Amit Palekar, Delilah Lobo and Vijai Sardesai among others. The 40 constituencies that went to polls are Mandrem, Pernem, Bicholim, Tivim, Mapusa, Siolim, Saligao, Calangute, Porvorim, Aldona, Panaji, Taleigao, St. Cruz, St. Andre, Cumbarjua, Maem, Sanquelim, Poriem, Valpoi, Priol, Ponda, Siroda, Marcaim, Mormugao, Vasco-da-gama, Dabolim, Cortalim, Nuvem, Curtorim, Fatorda, Margao, Benaulim, Navelim, Cuncolim, Velim, Quepem, Curchorem, Sanvordem, Sanguem and Canacona.
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Goa went to the polls on February 14 and recorded a voter turnout of 78.94 per cent. While South Goa had recorded 78.15 per cent voter turnout, North Goa recorded 79.84 per cent polling. The Sanquelim constituency recorded the highest voter turnout of 89.61 per cent while the Benaulim seat registered the lowest turnout at 70.2 per cent.
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Aam Aadmi Party - 2
Bharatiya Janata Party - 20
Goa Forward Party - 1
Independent - 3
Indian National Congress - 11
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak - 2
Revolutionary Goans Party - 1
We've won 20 seats. MGP has also given us a letter of support. 3 independent MLAs have also supported us. So now we are 20+3+2 =25. There is a possibility that more candidates will join us. So we are forming the govt. Firstly, Central Parliamentary Board meeting will be held & central observers will be selected. Central observers will come to Goa & legislature party meeting will be held, then we'll go to the Governor to stake claim for govt formation in the state: BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis (ANI)
Speaking at a press conference after poll results became clear, Goa BJP chief Sadanand Tanavade said that the party had received letters of support from the MGP and three Independents. (PTI)
Congress on Thursday evening said it respected people's mandate in the Goa Assembly elections and would sit in opposition. The BJP won because non-BJP votes got split, it claimed. (PTI)
We've won 20 seats. MGP has also given us a letter of support. 3 independent MLAs have also supported us. So now we are 20+3+2 =25. There is a possibility that more candidates will join us. So we are forming the govt: BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis (ANI)
Presently we have 20+5 seats, but it is possible that we will have more seats when we go for floor test in Assembly: BJP Goa Desk Incharge CT Ravi (ANI)
According to media reports, Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party has extended support to the BJP.
Goa BJP president Sadanand Shet Tanavade has said that 3 independent MLAs have given the party their letter of support, so they will form the government with full majority.
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Senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday reiterated that his party will take independents and regional parties along to form the next government in Goa. Fadnavis, who is BJP's election in-charge for Goa, thanked the people of the state for reposing trust in the party and dedicated its poll performance to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Replying to a query about when the party intends to stake claim to form the government, Fadnavis said, "The decision will be taken after BJP's parliamentary board informs us about it. It is a standard procedure." "I want to thank the people of Goa for their support. Even if we get majority, we will still take independents as well as other regional parties along with us to form the government," he said. (PTI)
BJP leader Vishwajit Rane on Thursday said the people of Goa have rejected "power-hungry outsiders". Rane won from Valpoi assembly constituency while his party had won at least 20 seats by evening after counting of votes for Assembly elections began. The BJP worked as a team due to which the victory was possible, he added. Without naming the Aam Aadmi Party and Trinamool Congress, Rane said "power-hungry" outsiders tried to mislead the people of Goa but the voters rejected them. The AAP has won two seats. (PTI)
Out of 19 seats in North Goa, 10 seats have been won by candidates of BJP, 6 seats have been won by Indian National Congress and one each by MGP, Revolutionary Goans Party, and an Independent candidate: Ajit Roy, North Goa collector (ANI)
BJP wins 20 seats, Congress wins 9 & leads on 2, Maharashtrawadi Gomantak and AAP win 2 each, Goa Forward Party and Revolutionary Goans Party win 1 each & Independent 3
Disappointed by the results, expected a better situation. We'll continue to be a responsible Opposition & take up issues aggressively. The Opposition has an important role, in and outside State Assembly: Dinesh Gundu Rao, Congress
Split in votes among various parties ended up in our numbers being less than what we had hoped for...BJP won by a little over 33% of votes, remaining votes got divided... We accept the verdict of the people of Goa. Our candidates fought bravely, despite several obstacles... People have voted BJP to power and we accept that. In several constituencies, we lost with very small margins: Congress leader P Chidambaram (ANI)
Yogendra Yadav on Thursday termed the Arvind Kejriwal-led party's performance in Punjab as "spectacular and extraordinary", but said it's more "an indictment" of the "entire political establishment" rather than the success of a party in the electoral battle. He also listed five key challenges that the AAP may have to face after coming to power in the state, saying the party will have to understand "federalism and respect regional sentiments" as Punjab has always "detested" central control and rejected the control of "Dilli Darbar". When asked if the credit for the party's performance in Punjab goes to its national convenor Arvind Kejriwal, Yadav said he has shown "tenacity and political wisdom", and also held his party together to give an alternative in the state. (PTI)
AAP candidate Capt Venzy Viegas defeated Trinamool Congress's (TMC) Churchill Alemao in Benaulim assembly constituency, while the Kejriwal-led party's Cruz Silva is leading from Velim segment. Both these seats are in South Goa. As per the results declared by the Election Commission of India so far, the Arvind Kejriwal-led party has won one seat and is leading in another constituency in the coastal state. (PTI)
AAP candidate Capt Venzy Viegas defeated Trinamool Congress's (TMC) Churchill Alemao in Benaulim assembly constituency, while the Kejriwal-led party's Cruz Silva is leading from Velim segment. Both these seats are in South Goa. As per the results declared by the Election Commission of India so far, the Arvind Kejriwal-led party has won one seat and is leading in another constituency in the coastal state. (PTI)
The Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) chief ministerial candidate in Goa, Amit Palekar, on Thursday lost the Assembly poll battle with the Congress snatching the seat from the BJP. Congress candidate Rudolfo Fernandes defeated his closest rival and BJP candidate Antonio Fernandes from the seat. Fernandes was a sitting MLA of the constituency. While the Congress candidate polled 8,841 votes, BJP's Fernandes bagged 6,377 votes. Palekar got 4,098 votes. (PTI)
Atanasio Monserratte, who won from Panaji assembly constituency on BJP ticket, on Thursday said it was his victory and not that of the party. "This is not a victory of the party. This is my victory. The party did not stand with me, it never did any damage control," said Monserratte, who crossed over to the BJP from Congress only in 2019. The BJP cadres in Panaji did not accept him but the people of Panaji stood by him, he said. Utpal Parrikar contested the election on his own after the BJP refused him ticket from Panaji which his late father and former chief minister Manohar Parrikar had represented in the past. (PTI)
We have formed govt in Punjab, have been given a grand entry in Goa that too in the first attempt: AAP leader Manish Sisodia
BJP candidate Atanasio Monserrate & his wife Jeniffer Monserrate have won from Panaji and Taleigao constituency. BJP's Vishwajit Rane and his wife Deviya Vishwajit Rane won from Valpoi and Poriem Assembly constituency.
Congress' Michael Vincent Lobo has won from Calangute seat & his wife Delilah Michael Lobo is leading from the Siolim Assembly constituency. (ANI)
Aam Aadmi Party- 2
Bharatiya Janata Party- 20
Goa Forward Party- 1
Independent- 3
Indian National Congress- 11
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak- 2
Revolutionary Goans Party- 1
"I don't know, it's a sensitive question," says BJP leader Vishwajit Rane on being asked if Pramod Sawant will continue as the CM. (ANI)
It was very challenging for me as I was campaigning state-wise but couldn't reach my own constituency. My workers campaigned for me. I've won with low margins but we (BJP) have won with a majority. It's a big deal.20 seats confirmed,3 confirmed their support: Goa CM Pramod Sawant (ANI)
The Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC), which contested the Goa Assembly elections for the first time this year, failed to make a mark in the coastal state. As per the latest data of the Election Commission of India (ECI), the TMC was not leading in any seat in Goa, where counting of votes was underway on Thursday. According to the ECI's data at 3.15 pm, the TMC so far secured 5.22 per cent of the votes while its ally Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) got 7.65 per cent of the votes. (PTI)
Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant expressed confidence that the BJP will form government. "Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) is in touch with the BJP to provide support to the saffron party to reach the majority mark of 21 in the 40-member Assembly," he said. (PTI)
Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant won the election from his traditional Sanquelim Assembly constituency. Atanasio Monserratte of BJP has defeated Utpal Parrikar from Panaji.