BackGood fight, but results disappointing: Manohar Parrikar's son on Goa election results
‘Satisfied with the fight but the result is a little disappointing,’ Utpal Parrikar said while leaving the counting centreHe is trailing by 713 votes in Panaji, trends showed
PremiumGoa assembly election results winner: As the ruling BJP in Goa is all set to score a hattrick in the coastal state with the support of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP), Utpal Parrikar, son of late CM Manohar Parrikar, said, “As an Independent candidate it was a good fight, I thank the people."
"Satisfied with the fight but the result is a little disappointing," he further said while leaving the counting centre. He is trailing by 713 votes in Panaji, trends showed.
As per the latest trends for all the 40 Assembly seats in Goa, BJP was leading in 19 seats, while Congress was ahead in 10 seats. MGP was ahead in 4 seats, AAP in two and Goa Forward Party and Revolutionary Goans Party ahead in one seat each.
Independents were ahead in three seats. As no party will reach the 21-seat mark on its own, MGP will decide who will form the next government in Goa, a senior political analyst said.
Indications are that it will side with BJP in return for Deputy CM’s post and key portfolios, he added.
CM Pramod Sawant was leading in Sanquelim constituency, while health minister Vishwajit Rane, a prominent contender for the CM’s post, was leading in Valpoi constituency.
After the 2017 elections, Congress failed to form government despite emerging as the single largest party.
The BJP won 13 seats in 2017 elections. Its strength went up to 27 after Congress MLAs quit and joined it.
Nine BJP MLAs left ahead of last month’s Assembly election, leaving BJP’s strength in the outgoing Assembly at 18.
The Congress won 17 seats in 2017 elections. The party’s tally went down to five after its MLAs quit and joined BJP.
Three Congress MLAs left the party ahead of last month’s elections, further depleting the party strength in the outgoing Assembly to two.
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