Goa Election Results 2022: BJP's 'carnival' in Goa, set to form govt, again

BJP wins 20, Congress 11, Aam Aadmi Party & Maharashtrawadi Gomantak 2 each, Goa Forward Party & Revolutionary Goans Party 1 each and Independent 3.

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 government in Goa, said BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis.

As BJP is all set to form government in Goa, 3 independent MLAs have given their letter of support to the saffron party. 

The new Goa Assembly will have three pairs of husband and wife among its 40 members. Vishwajit Rane, health minister in the outgoing BJP government, and his wife Diviya won comfortably on party tickets from Valpoi and Poriem Assembly seats, respectively.

Vishwajit won by a margin of 8,085 votes, while Diviya outdid him by defeating her nearest rival by 13,943 votes.

Congress' Michael Lobo won from his traditional assembly constituency Calangute, while wife Delilah won from Siolim, also on Congress ticket.

BJP's Atanasio Monserratte won from Panaji, while his wife Jeniffer won from Taleigao on BJP ticket. But the Kandolkars were not so lucky, nor were the father-daughter duo of Churchill Alemao and Valanka.

Kavita Kandolkar and her husband Kiran who contested from Thivim and Aldona assembly seats as Trinamool Congress candidates, lost.

Kavita lost to sitting BJP MLA Nilkant Halarnkar and Kiran to Congress' Carlose Fereira.

Two other TMC candidates -- Churchill Alemao who was contesting from Benaulim and his daughter Valanka who had stood from Navelim, also bit the dust.

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, says Ajit Roy, North Goa collector.

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, said Congress leader P Chidambaram.

Ex-Goa CM Manohar Parrikar's son Utpal Parrikar loses election from Panaji. He fought as independent candidate but faced defeat againstg BJP's Atanasio Monserrate by a marin of 716 votes.

We had thought that we will win but we have to accept the people's mandate. We have got 12 seats, BJP has got 18 seats. We will work strongly as the opposition. Congress will have to work hard to win the confidence of people, said Congress leader Michael Lobo.

Dr Chandrakant Shetye, an independent candidate from the Bicholim constituency declares support to Bharatiya Janata Party.

BJP and Congress win 1 seat each and lead on 18 and 10 respectively as per official EC trends. Counting continues.

The Aam Aadmi Party, which also contested Goa assembly election, have won 2 seats in the coastal state, according to Election Commission.

"The credit for this win goes to the party workers...BJP will form the government in Goa," said Goa CM Pramod Sawant.

BJP will form the government in Goa. We will take MGP and independent candidates with us, said Goa CM and BJP leader Pramod Sawant.

Bharatiya Janata Party leaders to meet Goa Governor PS Sreedharan Pillai today to stake claim for government formation in the state. 

Goa Assembly Counting Updates:

1. Mandrem : Leading Candidate  : Jit Arolkar Party :  MGP Margin : 259 Trailing Candidate  : Dayanand Sopte Party :  BJP
2. Pernem : Leading Candidate  : Rajan Korgaonkar Party :  MGP Margin : 136 Trailing Candidate  : Pravin Arlekar Party :  BJP
3. Bicholim : Leading Candidate  : Naresh Sawal Party :  MGP Margin : 114 Trailing Candidate  : Dr Chandrakant Shetye Party :  Ind
4. Tivim : Leading Candidate  : Nilkanth Halarnkar Party :  BJP Margin : 1450 Trailing Candidate  : Kavita Kandolkar Party :  TMC
5. Mapusa : Leading Candidate  :  Joshua D’souza Party : BJP   Margin : 41   Trailing Candidate  :  Sudhir Candolkar Party :   Congress
6. Siolim : Leading Candidate  : Dayanand Mandrekar Party :  BJP Margin : 148 Trailing Candidate  : Delilah Lobo Party :  Congress
7. Saligao : Leading Candidate  : Kedar Naik Party :  Congress Margin : 137 Trailing Candidate  : Jayesh Salgaonkar Party :  BJP
8. Calangute : Leading Candidate  : Michael Lobo Party :  Congress Margin : 1185 Trailing Candidate  : Joseph Sequeira Party :  BJP
9. Porvorim : Leading Candidate  : Rohan Khaunte Party :  BJP Margin : 1123 Trailing Candidate  : Sandeep Vazarkar Party :  TMC
10. Aldona : Leading Candidate  : Carlos Ferreira  Party :  Congress Margin : 83 Trailing Candidate  : Glenn Ticlo Party :  BJP
11. Panaji : Leading Candidate  : Atanasio Monserrate Party :  BJP Margin : 334 Trailing Candidate  : Utpal Parrikar Party :  Ind
12. Taleigao : Leading Candidate  : Jennifer Monserrate Party :  BJP Margin : 365 Trailing Candidate  : Tony Rodrigues Party :  Congress
13. St. Cruz : Leading Candidate  : Rodolf Fernandes Party :  Congress Margin : 1144 Trailing Candidate  : Antonio Fernandes Party :  BJP
14. St. Andre : Leading Candidate  : Francisco Silveira Party :  BJP Margin : 233 Trailing Candidate  : Viresh Borkar Party :  RGP
15. Cumbharjua : Leading Candidate  : Rajesh Faldessai Party :  Congress Margin : 12 Trailing Candidate  : Rohan Harmalkar Party :  Ind
16. Maem : Leading Candidate  : Premendra Shet Party :  BJP Margin : 503 Trailing Candidate  : Santosh Kumar Sawant Party :  Goa Forward
17. Sanquelim : Leading Candidate  : Dharmesh Saglani Party :  Congress Margin : 446 Trailing Candidate  : Pramod Sawant Party :  BJP
18. Poriem : Leading Candidate  : Deviya Rane Party :  BJP Margin : 4867 Trailing Candidate  : Vishwajit K Rane Party :  AAP
19. Valpoi : Leading Candidate  : Vishwajit Rane Party :  BJP Margin : 4608 Trailing Candidate  : Tukaram Parab Party :  RGP
20. Priol * : Leading Candidate  : Pandurang Dhavlikar Party :  MGP Margin : 100 Trailing Candidate  : Govind Gaude Party :  BJP
21. Ponda : Leading Candidate  : Ketan Bhatikar Party :  MGP Margin : 13 Trailing Candidate  : Ravi Naik Party :  BJP
22. Shiroda : Leading Candidate  : Subhash Shirodkar Party :  BJP Margin : 512 Trailing Candidate  : Mahadev Naik Party :  AAP
23. Marcaim : Leading Candidate  : Sudin Dhavliakr Party :  MGP Margin : 1404 Trailing Candidate  : Premanand Gaude Party :  RGP
24. Mormugao : Leading Candidate  : Sankalp Amonkar Party :  Congress Margin : 60 Trailing Candidate  : Milind Naik Party :  BJP
25. Vasco-Da-Gama : Leading Candidate  : Krishna Salkar Party :  BJP Margin : 19 Trailing Candidate  : Carlos Almeida Party :  Congress
26. Dabolim : Leading Candidate  : Capt Viriato Fernandes Party :  Congress Margin : 35 Trailing Candidate  : Mauvin Godinho Party :  BJP
27. Cortalim : Leading Candidate  : Antonio Vaz Party :  IND  Margin : 356 Trailing Candidate  : Girish Pillar Party :  Ind
28. Nuvem : Leading Candidate  : Aleixo Sequira Party :  Congress Margin : 1038 Trailing Candidate  : Jose Cabral Party :  TMC
29. Fatorda * : Leading Candidate  : Vijai Sardesai Party :  Goa Forward Margin : 593 Trailing Candidate  : Damu Naik Party :  BJP
30. Margao : Leading Candidate  : Digambar Kamat Party :  Congress Margin : 2976 Trailing Candidate  : Babu Ajgaonkar Party :  BJP
31. Benaulim : Leading Candidate  : Antonio Dias Party :  Congress Margin : 40 

We will sweep this Goa election. People have rejected scamsters, outsiders. They have voted for a party that works for the people of Goa, said BJP leader Vishwajit Rane.

"Party leadership will decide," he says, on being asked if Pramod Sawant will continue as the CM.

CM Pramod Sawant, who was trailing even after second round of counting, has now taken lead in Saquelim constituency against Congress' Dharmesh Saglani.

After second round of voting, CM Pramod Sawant is trailing from Saquelim constituency against Congress' Dharmesh Saglani.

"Had been saying from day 1 that AAP will form govt with absolute majority...Throne of people who ruled Punjab for decades is shaking. In future, Arvind Kejriwal will be BJP's principal challenger, AAP will be Congress' replacement," says Raghav Chadha.

BJP has crossed half-way mark in Goa leading on 23 seats, Congress on 11.

• BJP minister Vishwajit Rane leads from 1300 votes in Valpoi.
• Divya Rane is leading with 2600 votes.
• In the first round of counting, BJP candidate Babush Monserrat Panajit is leading with 383 votes.
• In Fatorda, Vijay Sardesai is leading with 593 votes, Joshua D'Souza with 151 votes and Dayanand Mandrekar with 157 votes.
• In Panaji, Babush Monserrate leading 1167 votes, Utpal Parrikar with 784 votes, Elvis Gomes with 343 votes

Both BJP and Congress is leading on 15 seats each.

As counting of votes begins, early trends show neck-and-neck contest between BJP and Congress. The saffron party is ahead on 17, Congress on 16, MGP on 2 and AAP on 1.

BJP ahead on 8 seats, Congress on 7, show early trends as counting begins. At first, postal ballots are being counted.

Counting of votes for Goa Assembly Election 2022 begins. At first, postal ballots are being counted.

Ahead of counting of votes for the assembly election in 5 states including Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa, Uttarakhand and Manipur, CEC Sushil Chandra has said that there is no question of tampering with EVMs. 

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday alleged that EVMs were being compromised. 

A look at some visuals from Goa ahead of counting of votes, which will begin at 8 am.

BJP leaders on Wednesday held a meeting of all party candidates in Goa ahead of counting of votes. The ruling party's Goa election in-charge Devendra Fadnavis, Goa desk in-charge C T Ravi, chief minister Pramod Sawant and Goa BJP chief Sadanand Shet Tanavade were present at the meeting.

“The meeting was held to discuss the counting tomorrow. We have asked all winning candidates to gather at the party office at 4 pm tomorrow,” Ravi told reporters later.

The BJP was confident of winning majority of seats and would not require support of other parties, he claimed.

Counting of votes for the Goa assembly election results will commence at 8 am. Follow all updates here