2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election

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.

2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election

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All 40 seats of the Goa Legislative Assembly 21 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	81.89% ( 0.67 pp)[1][2]
First party Second party   Leader Pramod Sawant Digambar Kamat Party BJP INC Alliance NDA UPA Leader since 2019 2007 Leader's seat Sanquelim (won) Margao (won) Last election 32.5%, 13 seats 28.4%, 17 seats Seats won 20 11 Seat change 7 6 Popular vote 316,573 222,948 Percentage 33.3% 23.5% Swing 0.8 pp 4.9 pp   Third party Fourth party   Leader Amit Palekar Mahua Moitra Party AAP AITC Alliance - AITC+ Leader since 2022 2021 Leader's seat St. Cruz (lost) Margao (won) Last election 6.3%, 0 seat Did not contest Seats won 2 0 Seat change 2 Popular vote 64,354 49,480 Percentage 6.77% 5.21% Swing 0.5 pp 5.2 pp
Structure of the Goa Legislative Assembly after the election
Chief Minister before election Pramod Sawant BJP Elected Chief Minister Pramod Sawant BJP

Background

The tenure of Goa Legislative Assembly is scheduled to end on 15 March 2022.^[3] 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.^[4]

After the death of Manohar Parrikar, Pramod Sawant was sworn in as the Chief Minister on 19 March 2019.^[5]

Election schedule

The election schedule was announced by the Election Commission of India on 8 January 2022.^[6]

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

  National Democratic Alliance

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Photo	Seats Contested	Male Candidates	Female Candidates
1.	Bharatiya Janata Party			Pramod Sawant		40[7]	37	3

  United Progressive Alliance

No.	Party[8]	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Photo	Seats Contested[9]	Male Candidates	Female Candidates
1.	Indian National Congress			Digambar Kamat		37	35	2
2.	Goa Forward Party			Vijai Sardesai		3	3	0

  Aam Aadmi Party

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Photo	Seats Contested	Male Candidates	Female Candidates
1.	Aam Aadmi Party			Amit Palekar		39[10][11]	36	3

  All India Trinamool Congress+

No.	Party[12]	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Photo	Seats Contested[13]	Male Candidates	Female Candidates
1.	All India Trinamool Congress			Mahua Moitra		26	22	4
2.	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party			Sudin Dhavalikar		13	13	0

  Nationalist Congress Party+

No.	Party[14]	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Photo	Seats Contested	Male Candidates	Female Candidates
1.	Nationalist Congress Party			Jose Philip D'Souza		13[15]	13	0
2.	Shiv Sena			Jitesh Kamat		10[16][17]	8	2

Others

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Photo	Seats Contested	Male Candidates	Female Candidates
1.	Revolutionary Goans Party			Manoj Parab		38[18]	36	2
2.	Goencho Swabhiman Party			Swapnesh Sherlekar		4[19]	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.^[20]

Constituency		NDA			UPA			AAP			AITC+
#	Name	Party		Candidate[21]	Party		Candidate[22]	Party		Candidate[23][10]	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	[a]				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

1. AAP didn't field a candidate against Independent candidate Dr. Chandrakant Shetye in Bicholim^[11]

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.^[24]

INC

INC released its manifesto on 4 February 2022.^[25] 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^[26]
• 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^[27]
• Congress will resist the three Linear projects and will not allow Goa to become a coal hub^[28]
• The Congress will enact a law providing protection to the land rights of locals^[29]

AAP

Arvind Kejriwal gave Guarantees for Goans in his poll campaign based on development and positivity:^[30]

• 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.^[31]

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.^[32]
• 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.^[33]
• 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

Polling aggregates

Active Parties

National Democratic Alliance

United Progressive Alliance

Aam Aadmi Party

Others

Date Published	Polling agency						Lead
		NDA	UPA	AAP	AITC+	Others
7 February 2022	ABP News C-voter[34]	30.0%	23.6%	24.0%	7.7%	14.7	6.0%
23 January 2022	Polstrat-NewsX[35]	35.6%	20.1%	23.4%	20.9%		12.2%
10 January 2022	ABP News C-voter[36]	32%	19.8%	22.5%	7.7%	18.1%	9.5%
21 December 2021	Polstrat-NewsX[37]	32.8%	18.8%	22.1%	26.3%		10.7%
11 December 2021	ABP News C-Voter[38]	30.0%	19.7%	24.4%	25.9%		5.6%
12 November 2021	ABP News C-voter[39]	35.7%	18.6%	23.6%	22.1%		12.1%
8 October 2021	ABP News C-voter[40]	37.5%	18.3%	22.8%	21.4%		14.7%
3 Sept 2021	ABP News C-voter[41]	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[34]	14-18	10-14	4-8	3-7	0-2	0-8	Hung
23 January 2022	Polstrat-NewsX[35]	21-25	4-6	6-9	2-5		12-19	BJP majority
10 January 2022	ABP News C-voter[36]	19-23	4-8	5-9	2-6	0-4	10-18	Hung
21 December 2021	Polstrat-NewsX[37]	20-22	4-6	5-7	8-9		12-13	Hung
11 December 2021	ABP News C-Voter[38]	17-21	4-8	5-9	6-10		7-15	Hung
12 November 2021	ABP News C-voter[39]	19-23	2-6	3-7	8-12		7-15	Hung
8 October 2021	ABP News C-voter[40]	24-28	1-5	3-7	4-8		16-24	BJP majority
3 Sept 2021	ABP News C-voter[41]	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.^[42] Accordingly, these exit polls were published in the evening of 7 March 2022.

Polling agency						Lead	Remarks
	NDA	UPA	AAP	AITC+	Others
ABP-CVoter[43]	13-17	12-16	1-5	5-9	0-2	0-1	Hung
India Today - Axis My India[44]	14-18	15-20	0	2-5	0-4	0-6	Hung
India TV CNX[45]	16-22	11-17	0-2	1-2	4-5	10-14	Hung
Republic P-MARQ[43]	13-17	13-17	2-6	2-4	0-4	0	Hung
Times Now-Veto[46]	14	16	4	6		2	Hung
Zee - Design Boxed[47]	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:^[2]

District	Seats	Turnout (%)
North Goa	23	81.15
South Goa	17	78.27
Total	40	79.61

Results

Results by alliance and party

Vote Share

1. BJP (33.31%)
2. UPA (25.3%)
3. AITC+ (12.81%)
4. RGP (9.81%)
5. AAP (6.77%)
6. Others (12%)

Seat Share

1. BJP (50%)
2. UPA (30%)
3. AAP (5%)
4. AITC+ (5%)
5. RGP (2.5%)
6. Independent (7.5%)

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

Source:^[48][49]

Constituency		Turnout (%)[2]	Winner					Runner Up					Margin
#	Name		Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%
North Goa District
1	Mandrem[50]	87.51	Jit Arolkar		MGP	10,387	35.04	Dayanand Sopte		BJP	9,672	32.63	715
2	Pernem (SC) [51]	85.48	Pravin Arlekar		BJP	13,063	44.73	Rajan Babuso Korgaonkar		MGP	9,645	33.03	3,418
3	Bicholim[52]	89.01	Dr. Chandrakant Shetye		IND	9,608	37.12	Naresh Sawal		MGP	9,290	35.89	318
4	Tivim[53]	80.25	Nilkanth Halarnkar		BJP	9,414	39.34	Kavita Kandolkar		AITC	7,363	30.77	2,051
5	Mapusa[54]	77.43	Joshua D'Souza		BJP	10,195	44.06	Sudhir Kandolkar		INC	8,548	36.94	1,647
6	Siolim[55]	81.98	Delilah Lobo		INC	9,699	38.89	Dayanand Mandrekar		BJP	7,972	31.96	1,727
7	Saligao[56]	79.07	Kedar Naik		INC	10,045	44.97	Jayesh Salgaonkar		BJP	8,146	36.47	1,899
8	Calangute[57]	78.91	Michael Lobo		INC	9,285	45.09	Joseph Robert Sequeira		BJP	4,306	20.91	4,979
9	Porvorim[58]	76.49	Rohan Khaunte		BJP	11,714	55.16	Sandeep Vazarkar		AITC	3,764	17.72	7,950
10	Aldona[59]	75.64	Carlos Alvares Ferreira		INC	9,320	41.43	Glenn Ticlo		BJP	7,497	33.33	1,823
11	Panaji[60]	74.97	Atanasio Monserrate		BJP	6,787	38.96	Utpal Manohar Parrikar		IND	6,071	34.85	716
12	Taleigao[61]	76.38	Jennifer Monserrate		BJP	10,167	43.38	Tony Rodrigues		INC	8,126	34.67	2,046
13	Santa Cruz[62]	75.57	Rodolfo Fernandes		INC	8,841	38.97	Antonio Fernandes		BJP	6,377	28.11	2,464
14	St. Andre[63]	73.85	Viresh Borkar		RGP	5,395	33.14	Francisco Silveira		BJP	5,319	32.67	76
15	Cumbarjua[64]	79.07	Rajesh Faldessai		INC	6,776	31.44	Janita Pandurang Madkaikar		BJP	3,949	18.32	2,827
16	Maem[65]	85.87	Premendra Shet		BJP	7,874	30.89	Santosh Kumar Sawant		GFP	4,738	18.59	3,136
17	Sanquelim[66]	89.63	Pramod Sawant		BJP	12,250	47.73	Dharmesh Saglani		INC	11,584	45.13	666
18	Poriem[67]	86.18	Deviya Vishwajit Rane		BJP	17,816	60.92	Vishwajit Rane		AAP	3,873	13.24	13,943
19	Valpoi[68]	82.86	Vishwajit Pratapsingh Rane		BJP	14,462	53.62	Manoj Parab		RGP	6,377	23.64	8,085
20	Priol[69]	88.11	Govind Gaude		BJP	11,019	39.26	Deepak Dhavalikar		MGP	10,806	38.5	213
21	Ponda[70]	78.38	Ravi Naik		BJP	7,514	29.12	Ketan Bhatikar		MGP	7,437	28.82	77
22	Siroda[71]	82.72	Subhash Shirodkar		BJP	8,307	33.18	Mahadev Naik		AAP	6,133	24.5	2,174
23	Marcaim[72]	81.27	Sudin Dhavalikar		MGP	13,963	58.86	Sudesh Bhingi		BJP	4,000	16.86	9,963
South Goa District
24	Mormugao[73]	81.28	Sankalp Amonkar		INC	9,067	53.68	Milind Naik		BJP	7,126	42.19	1,941
25	Vasco-da-Gama[74]	70.54	Krishna Salkar		BJP	13,118	51.43	Carlos Almeida		INC	9,461	37.09	3,657
26	Dabolim[75]	74.89	Mauvin Godinho		BJP	7,594	40.51	Captain Viriato Fernandes		INC	6,024	32.14	1,570
27	Cortalim[76]	76.60	Antonio Vas		IND	5,430	23.08	Olencio Simoes		INC	4,255	18.16	1,178
28	Nuvem[77]	75.05	Aleixo Sequeira		INC	8,745	40.09	Arvind D'Costa		RGP	4,348	19.93	4,397
29	Curtorim[78]	72.93	Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco		IND	8,960	40.12	Moreno Rebelo		INC	3,905	17.49	5,055
30	Fatorda[79]	76.73	Vijai Sardesai		GFP	11,063	45.81	Damodar Naik		BJP	9,536	39.49	1,527
31	Margao[80]	75.09	Digambar Kamat		INC	13,674	60.42	Manohar Ajgaonkar		BJP	5,880	25.98	7,794
32	Benaulim[56]	71.26	Venzy Viegas		AAP	6,411	30.36	Churchill Alemao		AITC	5,140	24.34	1,271
33	Navelim[81]	72.80	Ulhas Tuenkar		BJP	5,168	24.23	Valanka Alemao		AITC	4,738	22.21	430
34	Cuncolim[82]	76.15	Yuri Alemao		INC	9,866	42.70	Clafasio Dias		BJP	6,632	28.71	3,234
35	Velim[83]	72.42	Cruz Silva		AAP	5,390	23.04	Savio D'Silva		INC	5,221	22.32	169
36	Quepem[84]	83.61	Altone D'Costa		INC	14,994	52.51	Chandrakant Kavlekar		BJP	11,393	39.90	3,601
37	Curchorem[85]	80.29	Nilesh Cabral		BJP	9,973	43.77	Amit Patkar		INC	9,301	40.82	672
38	Sanvordem[86]	86.54	Ganesh Gaonkar		BJP	11,877	44.77	Deepak Pauskar		IND	6,687	25.21	5,190
39	Sanguem[56]	86.19	Subhash Phal Desai		BJP	8,724	36.73	Savitri Kavlekar		IND	7,295	30.71	1,429
40	Canacona[56]	82.11	Ramesh Tawadkar		BJP	9,063	31.11	Isidore Fernandes		IND	6,012	20.64	3,051

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.^[87][88]

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.^[89]

See also

• India portal

• 2022 elections in India
• Elections in Goa

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