The Election Commission announced on Saturday that Assembly elections It will be held on February 14 in a single phase in Goa. The term of the current assembly ends in March. The Election Commission said that the elections in five states will be completed in seven phases.
Goa election result 2022 will be declared when votes are counted on March 10 along with four other electoral states – Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand And Manipur,
With the announcement of the assembly election schedule, the model code of conduct has come into force in Goa, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Manipur.
This is the second tranche of state elections to be held in India since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. West Bengal, Assam, Kerala, Puducherry and Tamil Nadu voted during the second coronavirus wave in March-April 2020. This time too, the Omicron-triggered third Covid-19 wave has forced political parties to change plans for election rallies.
Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra said that political parties and candidates are advised to campaign through digital mode, while free time on Doordarshan has been doubled for political parties in view of COVID-19. The Election Commission has canceled road shows, padyatras and rallies of candidates till January 15.
While the BJP government led by Chief Minister Pramod Sawant is currently ruling the state, the Aam Aadmi Party, Trinamool Congress will be the surprise elements in this election, even as the Congress is in the fray.
Aam Aadmi Party
AAP on Friday announced its first list of candidates for the assembly elections. While announcing candidates for 10 constituencies, AAP has also picked former BJP MLAs Alina Saldanha and Mahadev Naik, former women’s wing of Congress Pratima Coutinho and some workers.
Venji Vigas has been selected for Benaulim constituency, while Abhijit Desai will contest from Sangam. The party has decided to field advocate Amit Palekar from St Cruz constituency, Vishwajit K Rane from Porim, Satyavijay Naik from Valpoi and Premanand Naoskar from Dabolim.
Saldanha will contest from Courtalim. As expected, Coutinho will contest from Navelim, while Mahadev Naik will try to contest from Shiroda. Dominic Gaonkar will contest from Curtorim. Delhi MLA and AAP Goa desk in-charge Atishi Marlena released the list of candidates.
The Trinamool Congress has proposed a big alliance of opposition parties, including the Congress, to take on the ruling BJP in the coastal state. BJP leader and Goa Health Minister Vishwajit Rane, however, said the proposal was moved because parties like MGP, AAP and TMC did not get any traction on their own.
Ahead of the elections, five primary members of the state’s Trinamool Congress, including former MLA Lavu Mamlatdar, resigned within three months of joining the All India Trinamool Congress. Apart from Mamlatdar, there are other local leaders including Ram Mandrekar, Kishore Parwar, Komal Parwar and Sujay Mallick.
Lavu Mamlatdar, a former Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) MLA from Ponda, had joined the All India Trinamool Congress party in the last week of September. Former Goa Chief Minister Luizinho Faleiro has also been included in the party.
Manohar Parrikar’s son also needs a ticket
The sons of two stalwarts of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have announced their intention to contest in the impending Goa Assembly elections. Late Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar’s son Utpal Parrikar has said that the people of his father’s constituency Panaji are happy with him and the party should consider his candidature. Asked whether he can contest as an independent candidate, Utpal declined to comment, saying he only wanted the BJP to consider his possible nomination.
Union Minister of State Shripad Yesso Naik’s son Siddhesh Shripad Naik, however, seemed excited about getting the ticket. “I have been working for the party since 2003 and held several positions including the president from Kambarjua, the constituency where I want to contest. I have won the district panchayat elections on a party ticket with a huge margin.
Goa’s ‘Green’ elections
An India Today report said that with 40 assembly seats, Goa is all set to conduct elections in an eco-friendly manner without any plastic and natural materials. From bamboo canes, baskets to coconut shells, Goa will have everything local and eco-friendly this election season. On the day of polling, voters will cast their votes at bamboo booths, take selfies at booths made of coconut leaves.
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