Goa Polls

The move comes amid speculation that some Congress MLAs in the 40-member House may cross over to the ruling BJP

The BJP will meet the Goa governor on Monday and stake a claim to form the next government, state unit resident Sadanand Shet Tanavade said on Sunday.

The Congress registered the first win in the 40-member Goa assembly even as the BJP continued to lead in 19 seats till 1 pm

The Congress was leading in 15 Assembly seats of Goa, while the BJP was ahead in 13, as per the latest trends available of 38 out of the 40 seats in the state.

The Election Commission said that elaborate arrangements for counting of votes in 690 constituencies of Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttarakhand, and Uttar Pradesh and bypoll to Assam's Majuli have been made

Political parties were bracing for assembly election results in the crucial state of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur, sending out feelers for possible post-poll tie-ups.

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said talks were on between leaders of his party and other opposition parties in Goa ahead of counting of votes in the Assembly elections in the coastal state.

Goa is likely to witness a hung Assembly with ruling BJP and Congress going neck-to-neck, as per the ABP C-Voter Exit Poll.

Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party said it will decide its stand after Goa election results by taking the ally Trinamool Congress in confidence, but will "never support" Pramod Sawant as chief minister.

A high voter turnout of nearly 79 percent in Goa and moderate polling of 65.1 percent in Uttarakhand was recorded on Monday during assembly elections in the two states that passed off peacefully. Uttar Pradesh witnessed 60.44 percent voting till 5 PM in the second phase of the state polls held amid tight security. In all the three states, where the BJP is attempting to retain power, the voting percentage was marginally less than the last assembly polls in 2017, though election officials said the figures will be updated as the data was being compiled. Addressing a press conference in Panaji, Goa's Chief Electoral Officer Kunal said the highest voting was registered in Sankhalim constituency in North Goa at 89.61 percent, while the lowest voter turnout was 70.20 percent at Benaulim in South Goa. Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant is contesting from Sankhalim segment. The election official said the overall voting percentage in the election to 40 seats was 78.94 percent The turnout in

Goa on Monday registered a very high voter turnout of 78.94 per cent in polling for the 40 Assembly seats which passed off peacefully with no untoward incident reported

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The EC has put out a disclaimer that the data made available is approximate as data from some polling stations takes time to reach

So far, the highest turnout of 54 per cent was reported in Sankhalim (North Goa) Assembly segment, from where Chief Minister and BJP leader Pramod Sawant is contesting

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Voting will be held on Monday in all assembly seats in Goa and Uttarakhand, besides 55 constituencies Uttar Pradesh in the second phase of the state polls, with chief ministers Pramod Sawant and Pushkar Singh Dhami, former CM Harish Rawat and jailed Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan among the prominent leaders in the fray. It is a high-stakes election for the ruling BJP and a litmus test for the Modi government's policies that the Congress, AAP and other opposition parties have targeted during their campaign. The coastal state of Goa, with over 11 lakh voters, has 301 candidates contesting from 40 Assembly seats, while in Uttarakhand, which has an electorate of 81 lakh, 632 candidates, including 152 independents, are in the fray from 70 seats. Traditionally the two states have seen bipolar politics, but they are witnessing a multi-cornered contest this time with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) throwing its hat in the ring. The Trinamool Congress (TMC) and other smaller parties are also vyi

On the eve of polling in Goa, the Trinamool Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party on Sunday lodged complaints against each over a sting operation video broadcast on a television channel

It's a seat that veteran Goa politician and six-time chief minister Pratapsingh Rane represented for nearly five decades as a Congress MLA

Congress will restart the mining industry as soon as the party forms government, Gandhi said, campaigning ahead of the February 14 elections

Incidentally, the BJP did not give a ticket to Utpal Parrikar, the son of the late former CM and Union minister, for the Panaji Assembly seat for polls scheduled on February 14