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With BJP victory confirmed in 20 seats and the party likely to win two more, staking claim to form the government in Goa is a mere formality now, Bharatiya Janata Partys election in-charge for the state Devendra Fadnavis said on ...

Handicapped by anti-incumbency and infighting, a wide split in opposition votes may have paved the way for the BJP to form a government in Goa, with the party winning 20 seats in the February 14 state assembly polls.

In face of a drubbing at the hands of the ruling BJP, Congress Goa President Girish Chodankar on Thursday offered to resign from the post taking responsibility for the defeat.

Express News Service BELAGAVI: Political developments in Goa have accelerated after exit polls indicated a possible hanged assembly, giving the BJP an

After a long lull following the February 14 Assembly polls, Goa's political scape is abuzz once again with polled votes scheduled to be counted on Thursday, with 301 candidates in the electoral contest. Nearly 79 per cent of Goa's total electoral college cast ballot last month in the single-phase polls. According to exit poll results earlier this week, both the ruling BJP and

With the date for the Assembly poll results nearing, the Goa Congress has said it is open to post-poll alliance with parties other than the BJP to form the next government, if it does not get a majority on its own.

The Bharatiya Janata Partys central leadership is in talks with Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) over the possibility of the post-poll alliance if the party falls short of the majority mark, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Tuesday.

The Congress in Goa will choose a legislative party leader within minutes of the election results on March 10, and stake claim to form government, party Secretary in-charge of Goa Dinesh Gundu Rao said on Monday.Addressing reporters, after a ...

The Congress on Monday expressed confidence of winning the state assembly polls on March 10, with senior party leader and former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram also telling the party's candidates that non-BJP parties would also be taken onboard in government-formation efforts, even if the Congress wins a majority on its own. Speaking to reporters, former Chief Minister

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.The fate of the state will depend on the smaller parties like the Trinamool-MGP combine and Independents, who can emerge ...