2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election explained

Election Name:	2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election
Country:	India
Type:	parliamentary
Previous Election:	2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election
Previous Year:	2017
Election Date:	14 February 2022
Next Election:	Next Goa Legislative Assembly election
Next Year:	2027
Majority Seats:	21
Turnout:	81.89% (0.67%)^[1]
Image1:	The Chief Minister of Goa, Shri Pramod Sawant.jpg
Leader1:	Pramod Sawant
Party1:	Bharatiya Janata Party
Leaders Seat1:	Sanquelim
Last Election1:	32.5%, 13 seats
Popular Vote1:	316,573
Percentage1:	33.3%
Seats1:	20
Seat Change1:	7
Alliance1:	National Democratic Alliance (India)
Leader2:	Digambar Kamat
Party2:	Indian National Congress
Leaders Seat2:	Margao
Last Election2:	28.4%, 17 seats
Popular Vote2:	222,948
Percentage2:	23.5%
Seats2:	11
Seat Change2:	6
Alliance2:	UPA
Image5:	Mahua Moitra (cropped)1.jpg
Leader5:	Mahua Moitra
Party5:	All India Trinamool Congress
Leaders Seat5:	-
Last Election5:	Did not contest
Popular Vote5:	49,480
Percentage5:	5.2%
Seats5:	0
Alliance5:	AITC+
Chief Minister
Before Election:	Pramod Sawant
Before Party:	Bharatiya Janata Party
After Election:	Pramod Sawant
After Party:	Bharatiya Janata Party
Ongoing:	no
Leader4:	Amit Palekar
Party4:	Aam Aadmi Party
Seats4:	2
Seat Change4:	2
Alliance4:	-
Last Election4:	6.3%, 0 seat
Percentage4:	6.8%
Leaders Seat4:	St. Cruz (lost)
Leader Since1:	2019
Leader Since2:	2007
Leader Since5:	2021
Leader Since4:	2022
Seats For Election:	All 40 seats of the Goa Legislative Assembly
Popular Vote4:	64,354
Swing1:	0.8
Swing2:	4.9
Swing4:	0.5
Swing5:	5.2
Image1 Size:	x150px
Image2 Size:	x150px
Image4 Size:	x150px
Image5 Size:	x150px

Legislative Assembly elections were held in Goa on 14 February 2022 to elect 40 members of the Eighth Goa Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and the results were declared on 10 March 2022.

Background

The tenure of Goa Legislative Assembly is scheduled to end on 15 March 2022.^[2] The previous assembly elections were held in February 2017 to elect the members of the Seventh Goa Legislative Assembly. After the election, a coalition of Bharatiya Janata Party, Goa Forward Party and Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party formed the state government, with Manohar Parrikar becoming the Chief Minister.^[3]

After the death of Manohar Parrikar, Pramod Sawant was sworn in as the Chief Minister on 19 March 2019.^[4]

Election schedule

The election schedule was announced by the Election Commission of India on 8 January 2022.^[5]

S.No.	Event	Date	Day
1.	Date for Nominations	21 January 2022	Friday
2.	Last Date for filing Nominations	28 January 2022	Friday
3.	Date for scrutiny of nominations	29 January 2022	Saturday
4.	Last date for withdrawal of candidatures	31 January 2022	Monday
5.	Date of poll	14 February 2022	Monday
6.	Date of counting	10 March 2022	Thursday

Parties and alliances

!No.!Party!Flag!Symbol!Leader!Photo!Seats Contested!Male Candidates!Female Candidates

1.

Bharatiya Janata Party

Pramod Sawant

40^[6]

37

3

!No.!Party^[7] !Flag!Symbol!Leader!Photo!Seats Contested^[8] !Male Candidates!Female Candidates

1.	Indian National Congress			Digambar Kamat		37	35	2
2.	Goa Forward Party			Vijai Sardesai		3	3	0

!No.!Party!Flag!Symbol!Leader!Photo!Seats Contested!Male Candidates!Female Candidates

1.

Aam Aadmi Party

Amit Palekar

39^[9]

36

3

!No.!Party^[10] !Flag!Symbol!Leader!Photo!Seats Contested^[11] !Male Candidates!Female Candidates

1.	All India Trinamool Congress			Mahua Moitra		26	22	4
2.	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party			Sudin Dhavalikar		13	13	0

!No.!Party^[12] !Flag!Symbol!Leader!Photo!Seats Contested!Male Candidates!Female Candidates

1.	Nationalist Congress Party			Jose Philip D'Souza		13^[13]	13	0
2.	Shiv Sena			Jitesh Kamat		10^[14] ^[15]	8	2

Others

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Photo	Seats Contested	Male Candidates	Female Candidates
1.	Revolutionary Goans Party			Manoj Parab		38^[16]	36	2
2.	Goencho Swabhiman Party			Swapnesh Sherlekar		4^[17]	3	1

Candidates

AAP CM candidate Amit Palekar contested from St. Cruz. Former CM and AITC leader Churchill Alemao contested from Benaulim. BJP CM candidate and incumbent CM Pramod Sawant contested from Sanquelim. Former CM and INC leader Digambar Kamat contested from Margao. Former CM Laxmikant Parsekar contested from Mandrem as an independent candidate after he was denied ticket by BJP.^[18]

Constituency		NDA			UPA			AAP			AITC+
	Name	Party		Candidate^[19]	Party		Candidate^[20]	Party		Candidate^[21] ^[22]	Party		Candidate
North Goa District
1	Mandrem		BJP	Dayanand Sopte		GFP	Deepak Kalangutkar		AAP	Adv Prasad Shahapurkar		MGP	Jit Arolkar
2	Pernem (SC)		BJP	Pravin Arlekar		INC	Jitendra Gaonkar		AAP	Pundalik Dhargalkar		MGP	Ranjan Korgaonkar
3	Bicholim		BJP	Rajesh Patnekar		INC	Meghashyam Raut					MGP	Naresh Sawal
4	Tivim		BJP	Nilkanth Halarnkar		INC	Aman Lotilkar		AAP	Uday Salkar		AITC	Kavita Kandolkar
5	Mapusa		BJP	Joshua D'Souza		INC	Sudhir Kandolkar		AAP	Rahul Mhambre		AITC	Tarak M Arolkar
6	Siolim		BJP	Dayanand Mandrekar		INC	Delilah Lobo		AAP	Vishnu Naik		AITC	Leao F.P Dias
7	Saligao		BJP	Jayesh Salgaonkar		INC	Kedar Naik		AAP	Mario Cordeiro		AITC	Bholanath Ghadi Sakalkar
8	Calangute		BJP	Joseph Sequeira		INC	Michael Lobo		AAP	Sudesh Mayekar		AITC	Anthony Menezes
9	Porvorim		BJP	Rohan Khaunte		INC	Vikas Prabhudessai		AAP	Ritesh Chodankar		AITC	Sandeep Vazarkar
10	Aldona		BJP	Glenn Ticlo		INC	Carlos Alvares Ferreira		AAP	Mahesh Satelkar		AITC	Kiran Kandolkar
11	Panaji		BJP	Atanasio Monserrate		INC	Elvis Gomes		AAP	Valmiki Naik
12	Taleigao		BJP	Jennifer Monserrate		INC	Tony Rodrigues		AAP	Cecille Rodrigues		MGP	Subhangi Sawant
13	St. Cruz		BJP	Antonio Fernandes		INC	Rodolfo Fernandes		AAP	Amit Palekar		AITC	Victor Gonsalves
14	St. Andre		BJP	Francisco Silveira		INC	Anthony L.Fernandes		AAP	Ramrao Wagh		AITC	Jagdish Bhobe
15	Cumbarjua		BJP	Janita Madkaikar		INC	Rajesh Faldessai		AAP	Gorakhnath kerkar		AITC	Samil Volvaiker
16	Maem		BJP	Premendra Shet		GFP	Santosh Sawant		AAP	Rajesh Kalangutkar		MGP	Pravin Zantye
17	Sanquelim		BJP	Pramod Sawant		INC	Dharamesh Saglani		AAP	Manoj Gandhi Amonkar		MGP	Mahadev Khandekar
18	Poriem		BJP	Deviya Vishwajit Rane		INC	Ranjit Rane		AAP	Vishwajit K Rane		AITC	Ganpat Gaonkar
19	Valpoi		BJP	Vishwajit Pratapsingh Rane		INC	Manisha Usgaonkar		AAP	Satyavijay Naik		MGP	Vishwesh Prabhu
20	Priol		BJP	Govind Gaude		INC	Dr Dinesh Jalmi		AAP	Nonu Naik		MGP	Deepak Dhavalikar
21	Ponda		BJP	Ravi Naik		INC	Rajesh Verenkar		AAP	Surel Tilve		MGP	Ketan Bhatikar
22	Siroda		BJP	Subhash Shirodkar		INC	Tukaram Borkar		AAP	Mahadev Naik		MGP	Sanket Mule
23	Marcaim		BJP	Sudesh Bhingi		INC	Lavoo Mamledar		AAP	Gurudas Yesu Naik		MGP	Sudin Dhavalikar
South Goa District
24	Mormugao		BJP	Milind Naik		INC	Sankalp Amonkar		AAP	Parshuram Sonurlekar		AITC	Jayesh Shetgaonkar
25	Vasco da Gama		BJP	Krishna V Salkar		INC	Carlos Almeida		AAP	Adv Sunil Loran		AITC	Saifulla Khan
26	Dabolim		BJP	Mauvin Godinho		INC	Viriato Fernandes		AAP	Premanand Nanoskar		AITC	Mahesh Bhandari
27	Cortalim		BJP	Narayan Naik		INC	Olencio Simoes		AAP	Alina Saldanha		AITC	Gilberto Mariano Rodrigues
28	Nuvem		BJP	Datta Vishnu Borkar		INC	Aleixo Sequeira		AAP	Dr. Mariano Godinho		AITC	Jose.R.Cabral
29	Curtorim		BJP	Anthony Barbosa		INC	Moreno Rebello		AAP	Domnic Gaonkar		AITC	Anthony Alberto Peixito
30	Fatorda		BJP	Damodar Naik		GFP	Vijai Sardesai		AAP	Sandesh Telekar		AITC	Seoula Avilia Vas
31	Margao		BJP	Manohar Ajgaonkar		INC	Digambar Kamat		AAP	Lincoln Vaz		AITC	Mahesh Amonkar
32	Benaulim		BJP	Damodar Bandodkar		INC	Anthony Dias		AAP	Venzy Viegas		AITC	Churchill Alemao
33	Navelim		BJP	Ullas Yashwant Tuenkar		INC	Avertano Furtado		AAP	Pratima Coutinho		AITC	Valanka Alemao
34	Cuncolim		BJP	Clafasio Dias		INC	Yuri Alemao		AAP	Prashant Naik		AITC	Jorson Fernandes
35	Velim		BJP	Savio Rodrigues		INC	Savio D'Silva		AAP	Cruz Silva		AITC	Benjamin Silva
36	Quepem		BJP	Chandrakant Kavlekar		INC	Altone D'Costa		AAP	Raul Pereira		AITC	Kanta Gaude
37	Curchorem		BJP	Nilesh Cabral		INC	Amit Patkar		AAP	Gabriel Fernandes		MGP	Anand Prabhudessai
38	Sanvordem		BJP	Ganesh Gaonkar		INC	Khemlo Sawant		AAP	Anil Gaonkar		MGP	Balaji Gauns
39	Sanguem		BJP	Subhash Phal Desai		INC	Prasad Gaonkar		AAP	Abhijeet Dessai		AITC	Rakhi Prabhudessai Naik
40	Canacona		BJP	Ramesh Tawadkar		INC	Janardan Bhandari		AAP	Anoop Kudtarkar		AITC	Mahadev Desai

Campaign

BJP

BJP has launched a movement to collect suggestions, ‘Sankalp Peti’ from all across the state to prepare their manifesto for the Assembly Election. The Sankalp Peti, which is flagged off on December 21, will travel across the state till January 5.^[23]

INC

INC released its manifesto on 4 February 2022.^[24] Some of the key promises made are

• Launching NYAY scheme which promises annual income transfer of rupees 72 thousand to each of the poorest families in the state^[25]
• Cap the Petrol and Diesel prices at rupees 80 per litre
• 30 percent reservation for women in a government job
• Resumption of mining in a sustainable way^[26]
• Congress will resist the three Linear projects and will not allow Goa to become a coal hub^[27]
• The Congress will enact a law providing protection to the land rights of locals^[28]

AAP

Arvind Kejriwal gave Guarantees for Goans in his poll campaign based on development and positivity:^[29]

• Jobs for Goans
• 1 job per family for unemployed, or ₹3000/month until then
• 80% private jobs reserved for Goans
• ₹5000/month for unemployed in tourism due to COVID
• ₹5000/month for those affected by mining ban
• Skill University
• Better health infrastructure
• Free and Quality education to all
• Form the first corruption free government of Goa

AAP decided to carry out every project with citizen's consent. AAP has also promised to increase the remuneration provided to women in Goa under a state-sponsored scheme and also promised financial assistance to women not covered under it.^[30]

AITC

• Proposed scheme Griha Laxmi Card where ₹5000 will be transferred to a woman in every family of the state. AITC campaign leader Mahua Moitra claimed that 6-8% of total state budget is possible, putting cash in hand and liquidity in system is needed in the depressed situation after COVID-19 pandemic.^[31]
• Proposed scheme Yuva Shakti Card which will be a collateral-free pre-approved credit card with a limit up to ₹20 lakh at 4% interest rate to Goan youth in the age group of 18–45 years. This card will allow Goans to take need-based credit for higher education, skill development and starting businesses.^[32]
• In proposed scheme Majhe Ghar, Malki Hak Scheme AITC has announced that 50,000 such homeless families, who have been living in Goa since 198 or earlier, will be given subsidized housing. Mamata Banerjee's party has also promised to hand over the land lease to the residents within 250 days of the formation of the AITC-MGP coalition government in Goa. A team of 3,000 volunteers will conduct door-to-door surveys after which 50,000 real homeless families will be found. The AITC-MGP alliance claimed the proposed plan will benefit 80 percent of the residents.
• Proposed scheme Vahan Mitra Scheme offers a subsidy of ₹10,000 for 30,000 taxi drivers and owners.

Poll predictions

Opinion polls

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Active Parties
National Democratic Alliance
United Progressive Alliance
Aam Aadmi Party
Others <	--	-	EventsCOVID-19 pandemic emergency declared|-| style="padding: 0 5px;" | Debates-->|} Date Published Polling agency Lead NDA UPA AAP AITC+ Others 7 February 2022 ABP News C-voter^[33] 30.0% 23.6% 24.0% 7.7% 14.7 6.0% 23 January 2022 Polstrat-NewsX^[34] 35.6% 20.1% 23.4% 20.9% 12.2% 10 January 2022 ABP News C-voter^[35] 32% 19.8% 22.5% 7.7% 18.1% 9.5% 21 December 2021 Polstrat-NewsX^[36] 32.8% 18.8% 22.1% 26.3% 10.7% 11 December 2021 ABP News C-Voter^[37] 30.0% 19.7% 24.4% 25.9% 5.6% 12 November 2021 ABP News C-voter^[38] 35.7% 18.6% 23.6% 22.1% 12.1% 8 October 2021 ABP News C-voter^[39] 37.5% 18.3% 22.8% 21.4% 14.7% 3 Sept 2021 ABP News C-voter^[40] 39.4% 15.4% 22.2% 23% 17.2% Date Published Polling agency Lead Remarks NDA UPA AAP AITC+ Others 7 February 2022 ABP News C-voter 14-18 10-14 4-8 3-7 0-2 0-8 Hung 23 January 2022 Polstrat-NewsX 21-25 4-6 6-9 2-5 12-19 BJP majority 10 January 2022 ABP News C-voter 19-23 4-8 5-9 2-6 0-4 10-18 Hung 21 December 2021 Polstrat-NewsX 20-22 4-6 5-7 8-9 12-13 Hung 11 December 2021 ABP News C-Voter 17-21 4-8 5-9 6-10 7-15 Hung 12 November 2021 ABP News C-voter 19-23 2-6 3-7 8-12 7-15 Hung 8 October 2021 ABP News C-voter 24-28 1-5 3-7 4-8 16-24 BJP majority 3 Sept 2021 ABP News C-voter 22-26 3-7 4-8 3-7 14-22 BJP majority 10 March 2022 Election results 20 12 2 2 4 8 BJP majority Exit polls The Election Commission banned the media from publishing exit polls between 7 AM on 10 February 2022 and 6:30 PM on 7 March 2022. Violation of the directive would be punishable with two years of imprisonment.^[41] Accordingly, these exit polls were published in the evening of 7 March 2022. Polling agency Lead Remarks NDA UPA AAP AITC+ Others ABP-CVoter^[42] 13-17 12-16 1-5 5-9 0-2 0-1 Hung India Today - Axis My India^[43] 14-18 15-20 0 2-5 0-4 0-6 Hung India TV CNX^[44] 16-22 11-17 0-2 1-2 4-5 10-14 Hung Republic P-MARQ 13-17 13-17 2-6 2-4 0-4 0 Hung Times Now-Veto^[45] 14 16 4 6 2 Hung Zee - Design Boxed^[46] 13-18 14-19 1-3 2-5 1-3 1-2 Hung Election results 20 12 2 2 4 8 Hung Voter turnout Source:^[47] District Seats Turnout (%) North Goa 23 81.15 South Goa 17 78.27 Total 40 79.61 Results Results by alliance and party Alliance Party Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/− NDA Bharatiya Janata Party 316,573 33.31% 0.8 40 20 7 UPA Indian National Congress 222,948 23.46% 4.9 37 11 6 Goa Forward Party 17,477 1.84% 1.7 3 1 2 Total 240,425 25.3% 3.1 40 12 8 AITC+ All India Trinamool Congress 49,480 5.21% 5.2 26 0 Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party 72,269 7.6% 3.7 13 2 1 Total 121,749 12.81% 1.5 39 2 1 None Revolutionary Goans Party 93,255 9.81% 9.45 38 1 1 Aam Aadmi Party 64,354 6.77% 0.5 39 2 2 NCP+ Nationalist Congress Party 10,846 1.14% 1.2 13 0 1 Shiv Sena 1,726 0.18% 0.1 10 0 Total 12,572 1.32% 1.0 23 0 1 None Independents 88,902 9.35% 3 Others 1,986 0.21% 0 NOTA 10,629 1.12% Total Valid votes Invalid votes Votes cast/ turnout Abstentions Registered voters Results by district District Seats NDA UPA AAP AITC+ Others North Goa 23 13 6 0 2 2 South Goa 17 7 6 2 0 2 Total 40 20 12 2 2 4 Results by constituency Constituency! rowspan="2" Turnout (%) Winner Runner Up Margin Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % North Goa District 1 Mandrem^[48] 87.51 Jit Arolkar MGP 10387 35.04 Dayanand Sopte BJP 9672 32.63 715 2 Pernem (SC) ^[49] 85.48 Pravin Arlekar BJP 13063 44.73 Rajan Babuso Korgaonkar MGP 9645 33.03 3418 3 Bicholim^[50] 89.01 Dr. Chandrakant Shetye IND 9608 37.12 Naresh Sawal MGP 9290 35.89 318 4 Tivim^[51] 80.25 Nilkanth Halarnkar BJP 9414 39.34 Kavita Kandolkar AITC 7363 30.77 2051 5 Mapusa^[52] 77.43 Joshua D'Souza BJP 10195 44.06 Sudhir Kandolkar INC 8548 36.94 1647 6 Siolim^[53] 81.98 Delilah Lobo INC 9699 38.89 Dayanand Mandrekar BJP 7972 31.96 1727 7 Saligao^[54] 79.07 Kedar Naik INC 10045 44.97 Jayesh Salgaonkar BJP 8146 36.47 1899 8 Calangute^[55] 78.91 Michael Lobo INC 9285 45.09 Joseph Robert Sequeira BJP 4306 20.91 4979 9 Porvorim^[56] 76.49 Rohan Khaunte BJP 11714 55.16 Sandeep Vazarkar AITC 3764 17.72 7950 10 Aldona^[57] 75.64 Carlos Alvares Ferreira INC 9320 41.43 Glenn Ticlo BJP 7497 33.33 1823 11 Panaji^[58] 74.97 Atanasio Monserrate BJP 6787 38.96 Utpal Manohar Parrikar IND 6071 34.85 716 12 Taleigao^[59] 76.38 Jennifer Monserrate BJP 10167 43.38 Tony Rodrigues INC 8126 34.67 2046 13 Santa Cruz^[60] 75.57 Rodolfo Fernandes 8841 38.97 Antonio Fernandes BJP 6377 28.11 2464 14 St. Andre^[61] 73.85 Viresh Borkar RGP 5395 33.14 Francisco Silveira BJP 5319 32.67 76 15 Cumbarjua^[62] 79.07 Rajesh Faldessai INC 6776 31.44 Janita Pandurang Madkaikar BJP 3949 18.32 2827 16 Maem^[63] 85.87 Premendra Shet BJP 7874 30.89 Santosh Kumar Sawant GFP 4738 18.59 3136 17 Sanquelim^[64] 89.63 Pramod Sawant BJP 12250 47.73 Dharmesh Saglani INC 11584 45.13 666 18 Poriem^[65] 86.18 Deviya Vishwajit Rane BJP 17816 60.92 Vishwajit Rane AAP 3873 13.24 13943 19 Valpoi^[66] 82.86 Vishwajit Pratapsingh Rane BJP 14462 53.62 Manoj Parab RGP 6377 23.64 8085 20 Priol^[67] 88.11 Govind Gaude BJP 11019 39.26 Deepak Dhavalikar MGP 10806 38.5 213 21 Ponda^[68] 78.38 Ravi Naik BJP 7514 29.12 Ketan Bhatikar MGP 7437 28.82 77 22 Siroda^[69] 82.72 Subhash Shirodkar BJP 8307 33.18 Mahadev Naik AAP 6133 24.5 2174 23 Marcaim^[70] 81.27 Sudin Dhavalikar MGP 13963 58.86 Sudesh Bhingi BJP 4000 16.86 9963 South Goa District 24 Mormugao^[71] 81.28 Sankalp Amonkar INC 9067 53.68 Milind Naik BJP 7126 42.19 1941 25 Vasco-da-Gama^[72] 70.54 Krishna Salkar BJP 13118 51.43 Carlos Almeida INC 9461 37.09 3657 26 Dabolim^[73] 74.89 Mauvin Godinho BJP 7594 40.51 Captain Viriato Fernandes INC 6024 32.14 1570 27 Cortalim^[74] 76.60 Antonio Vas IND 5430 23.08 Olencio Simoes INC 4255 18.16 1178 28 Nuvem^[75] 75.05 Aleixo Sequeira INC 8745 40.09 Arvind D'Costa RGP 4348 19.93 4397 29 Curtorim^[76] 72.93 Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco IND 8960 40.12 Moreno Rebelo INC 3905 17.49 5055 30 Fatorda^[77] 76.73 Vijai Sardesai GFP 11063 45.81 Damodar Naik BJP 9536 39.49 1527 31 Margao^[78] 75.09 Digambar Kamat INC 13674 60.42 Manohar Ajgaonkar BJP 5880 25.98 7794 32 Benaulim 71.26 Venzy Viegas AAP 6411 30.36 Churchill Alemao AITC 5140 24.34 1271 33 Navelim^[79] 72.80 Ulhas Tuenkar BJP 5168 24.23 Valanka Alemao AITC 4738 22.21 430 34 Cuncolim^[80] 76.15 Yuri Alemao INC 9866 42.7 Clafasio Dias BJP 6632 28.71 3234 35 Velim^[81] 72.42 Cruz Silva AAP 5390 23.04 Savio D'Silva INC 5221 22.32 169 36 Quepem^[82] 83.61 Altone D'Costa INC 14994 52.51 Chandrakant Kavlekar BJP 11393 39.9 3601 37 Curchorem^[83] 80.29 Nilesh Cabral BJP 9973 43.77 Amit Patkar INC 9301 40.82 672 38 Sanvordem^[84] 86.54 Ganesh Gaonkar BJP 11877 44.77 Deepak Pauskar IND 6687 25.21 5190 39 Sanguem NA Subhash Phal Desai BJP 8724 36.73 Savitri Kavlekar IND 7295 30.71 1429 40 Canacona 82.11 Ramesh Tawadkar BJP 9063 31.11 Isidore Fernandes IND 6012 20.64 3051 Government Formation BJP became the single largest party with 20 seats in the hung assembly and decided to take support from 2 independents and MGP.^[85] ^[86] In September 2022, 8 out of 11 MLAs from Congress joined BJP, increasing the strength of BJP to 28 seats in the Goa Legislative Assembly.^[87] See also 2022 elections in India Elections in Goa References

Notes and References

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4. Web site: 2019-03-19. Pramod Sawant takes over as Goa chief minister; two deputy CMs and 11 ministers also sworn in. 2022-02-20. Firstpost. en.
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6. News: 2022-01-14. Goa: BJP to contest all 40 seats, candidates shortlisted, says CT Ravi. Business Standard India. 2022-01-20.
7. Web site: Goa Forward Party, Former Key BJP Ally, To Join Congress In State Polls. 2021-12-06. NDTV.com.
8. Web site: 2022-02-04. Goa polls: Cong-GFP candidates take pledge of loyalty in Rahul Gandhi's presence. 2022-02-14. The Indian Express. en.
9. Web site: AAP Announces 4th List of 5 Candidates, Pledges to Support Dr. Chandrakant Shetye . 2022-01-31 . www.prudentmedia.in.
10. Web site: 2021-12-06. TMC, MGP to contest Goa polls in alliance. 2021-12-08. The Indian Express. en.
11. Web site: 2022-02-13. Goa Election 2022 underway; things to know about multi-cornered contest. 2022-02-14. NEWS9LIVE. en.
12. Web site: Goa: Shiv Sena, NCP form alliance for state Assembly polls, to contests on 15-16 seats. 2022-01-15. Free Press Journal.
13. Web site: 2022-02-11. NCP eyes post-poll role in Goa if it improves tally of 1 notched up in 2017. 2022-02-14. National Herald. en.
14. Web site: Goa polls: Shiv Sena hopes to make inroads in coastal state with 'sons of soil' agenda. 2022-02-14. The New Indian Express.
15. Web site: 2022-01-31 . Goa Assembly elections: Shiv Sena withdraws its Panaji candidate in support of Utpal Parrikar . 2022-01-31 . Hindustan Times . en.
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18. Web site: 2022-01-23. Denied ticket, Goa ex-CM Laxmikant Parsekar quits BJP, says will contest as Independent. 2022-02-08. The Indian Express. en.
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