new Delhi: Ahead of the results of the assembly elections in Goa, the stir in the Indian National Congress (INC) has intensified.
According to ABP News sources, Congress leader Satej Patil, who is also Maharashtra’s Minister of State for Home (Urban), has been entrusted with the responsibility of putting together Congress candidates.
They may be shifted to Kolhapur or Rajasthan to keep the Congress candidates together. Patil hails from Kolhapur and is a member of the Maharashtra State Legislative Council.
Several Congress MLAs had joined the Bharatiya Janata Party after the 2017 assembly elections in Goa. Despite being the single largest party, the Congress could not form the government in Goa.
So this time every step is being taken carefully.
ABP News-CVoter exit poll results for 2022 Goa assembly elections
Going by the vote share percentage estimated by the ABP News-CVoter exit poll, the contest in the 2022 Goa Assembly Elections appears to be between the BJP and the Congress. Though BJP is a little ahead, it is falling short of the majority mark of 21.
As per the seat limit predicted by ABP News-CVoter exit poll, BJP is likely to get 13 to 17 seats and Congress 12 to 16 seats.
In the 2017 assembly elections in Goa, the Congress emerged as the single largest party with 17 seats. At the same time, BJP has got 13 seats. In terms of vote share, the BJP outperformed the Congress by winning 32.48 per cent of the total vote share, which was four per cent more than the Congress.
The BJP, however, managed to form the government as it claimed to have letters of support from the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP), Goa Forward Party (GFP) and independents, taking the majority mark to 21.