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BSH NEWS The Bharatiya Janta Party will form a government in Goa for the third consecutive term after it won 20 of the 40 seats in the coastal state. The Congress has managed to bag 11.
After an intense neck-and-neck fight, the BJP has emerged as the single largest party in Goa
The BJP has emerged as the single largest party in Goa after a neck-and-neck contest at the end of counting of votes polled for the election to Goa’s 40-seat state Assembly. With 20 seats in its bag, the BJP has not been able to breach the magic mark of 21 but is in a pole position to form the third consecutive government in the coastal state.
“We will take the support of three Independent candidates and two Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) candidates to form the government in Goa,” BJP’s state president Harish Volvoikar said.
Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has also assured of an alliance with the MGP.
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“All exit polls were proven incorrect in Goa, and the people of Goa have given us the chance to serve them for the third consecutive time,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said while addressing supporters and party workers at the party headquarters in Delhi.
The Congress has managed to win 11 seats, the Goa Forward Party one, the Maharashtrawadi Goans Party two, the Revolutionary Goans Party one and Independents three.
With the final tally, the Congress will also not be able to reach the majority mark even if all the parties, including the Independents, rally their support against the BJP.
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Compared to 2017, the BJP has made gains in terms of the number of seats it has won: 13 in 2017 versus 20 in 2022. The Congress has lost seats, from 17 in 2017 to just 11 this time. The BJP’s vote share has also increased marginally, from 32 per cent in 2017 to 33.3 per cent in 2022, according to the Election Commission’s interim data. The Congress has also logged a near five per cent dip from its 2017 vote share of 28 per cent.
Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress, which made its poll debut in the state, has registered a vote share of over five per cent. The Aam Aadmi Party registered a vote share of a little over six per cent.
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