In the Goa Assembly Elections 2017, Congress contested on 36 seats. Out of which Congress won 17 seats. Which was 4 less than the majority figure.
Goa assembly elections
The Election Commission has announced the dates for the Goa Assembly elections. Voters will cast their vote on February 14. The term of the present Legislative Assembly in Goa is ending on February 4, 2022. Goa has 40 assembly seats. The majority mark in the Goa Legislative Assembly is 21. The last assembly elections were held in Goa in the year 2017. Congress emerged as the single largest party in Goa Assembly Election-2017 but Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) formed the government in Goa. The vote percentage in Goa in the last election was 83 per cent.
In the Goa Assembly Elections 2017, Congress contested on 36 seats. Out of which Congress had won 17 seats. Which was 4 less than the majority figure. At the same time, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) also contested on 36 seats in the Goa Legislative Assembly elections 2017. BJP had won 13 seats. Goa Forward Party (GFP) contested 4 seats and won 3. Aam Aadmi Party contested 40 seats but could not win a single seat.
What was the equation in Goa Election 2017?
In Goa, earlier everyone expected that the Congress, which emerged as the largest party, would be able to form the government there with the help of Goa Forward Party winning 3 seats and other smaller parties. But there was no formal alliance between the Congress and the Goa Forward Party before or after the elections. Here, after a dramatic uproar, the BJP with the help of MGP, GFP and two independent MLAs secured a majority figure of 21 and formed the government in Goa. made. BJP once again got Manohar Parrikar back in the state as Chief Minister in Goa. Goa CM Manohar Parrikar passed away on 17 March 2019. After which BJP made Dr. Pramod Sawant the new Chief Minister of the state. VVPAT-enabled electronic voting machines were used across the state for the first time in the 2017 Goa Assembly elections.
what the survey says
The countdown for the election has started. In the opinion survey regarding the Goa elections, the Aam Aadmi Party seems to be the main opposition party. The Congress, which won the maximum number of 17 seats last time, can be reduced to 4-6 seats. At the same time, Trinamool Congress is also going to try its hand for the first time. TMC hopes that it can become an alternative to BJP and Congress. Prashant Kishor is behind TMC’s aggressive strategy. While BJP has been in power in Goa for the last 10 years, due to which it is also facing anti-incumbency wave this time.
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