Goa Assembly Polls 2022: 20 seats were confirmed, 3 confirmed their support
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Goa Assembly Polls 2022: 20 seats were confirmed, 3 confirmed their support

Live Mint  

With BJP winning in Goa, CM Pramod Sawant said, I've won with low margins but we have won with a majority. My workers campaigned for me: Goa CM Pramod Sawant Speaking to reporters today, Sawant said, "The credit for this win goes to the party workers.BJP will form the government in Goa." Sawant also said that Independent MLA, Chandrakant Shetye, has extended support to BJP.Chief Minister and BJP candidate Pramod Sawant has once again retained the Sanquelim constituency defeating Congress candidate Dharmesh Saglani by a margin of over 650 votes. Sawant said that he has sought Goa Governor's appointment to stake a claim to form the next government. The party's leaders in Goa are learnt to be in touch with state leaders of Trinamool Congress and Aam Aadmi Party "to prevent the BJP from returning to power" in the state.

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Maharashtra Election Results 2024: Full List Of Winners With Constituencies
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Maharashtra Election Results 2024: Full List Of Winners With Constituencies

ABP News  

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Maharashtra Assembly Election Results 2024 in charts

The Hindu  

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Maharashtra election results: CM Eknath Shinde claims victory in assembly polls, thanks voters

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Assembly Election Result 2024: How many seats are needed to form government in Maharashtra, Jharkhand? Details

India TV News  

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UP Bypoll Results 2024 Live: Counting to begin on nine assembly seats today

India TV News  

UP Bypoll Results 2024 Live: The results of the nine assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh are expected to come out today. About 49.3 per cent of voters cast their votes in bypolls to nine assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh with Ghaziabad logging just 33 per cent. The state had recorded an overall turnout of 61.03 per cent in the 2022 …

UP Bypoll Results 2024 Live: Counting begins in nine assembly seats
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1 month ago

UP Bypoll Results 2024 Live: Counting begins in nine assembly seats

India TV News  

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UP Bypoll Election Results LIVE: List of leading candidates in 9 assembly seats | Full list

India TV News  

The BJP was leading in four seats while the Samajwadi Party was ahead in two of the nine assembly seats for which bypolls were held, according to Election Commission trends on Saturday. The Bahujan Samaj Party contested all nine seats independently, while Asaduddin Owaisi's All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen fielded candidates in Ghaziabad, Kundarki and Meerapur. BJP allies, such as Apna …

Maharashtra election result LIVE: NDA ahead on over 220 seats in leads; CM Shinde, Fadnavis leading
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Maharashtra election result LIVE: NDA ahead on over 220 seats in leads; CM Shinde, Fadnavis leading

Hindustan Times  

The Mahayuti alliance hit the majority mark of 145 after a flying start. Maharashtra election result LIVE: The highly anticipated counting of votes for the Maharashtra Assembly elections began at 8 am, with the ruling Mahayuti alliance of the Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, the Bharatiya Janata Party, and the Ajit Pawar camp of the Nationalist Congress Party edging …

Election results today: Maharashtra, Jharkhand, and key bypolls in focus
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Election results today: Maharashtra, Jharkhand, and key bypolls in focus

India Today  

The results of the Assembly elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand, along with bypolls held across 48 assembly constituencies and two parliamentary seats in 13 states, will be announced on Saturday. Saturday would also be the verdict day for Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who is making her poll debut from Wayanad Lok Sabha seat. As for the seats in focus, …

Maharashtra turnout breaches 65%, highest in Gadhiroli
1 month ago

Maharashtra turnout breaches 65%, highest in Gadhiroli

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: More than 65% of the 97.02 million voters in Maharashtra cast their vote in 288 constituencies to elect the 15th state assembly on Wednesday. Maharashtra turnout breaches 65%, highest in Gadhiroli Chief electoral officer of Maharashtra S Chockalingam said, “The turnout is 4% higher than the 2019 assembly polls. There were no complaints of booth capturing or bogus voting.” …

Maharashtra Assembly elections 2024: ‘Participate with full enthusiasm,’ PM Modi urges electors to vote in large numbers
1 month ago

Maharashtra Assembly elections 2024: ‘Participate with full enthusiasm,’ PM Modi urges electors to vote in large numbers

Live Mint  

Maharashtra Assembly elections 2024: Voting for the single-phase Maharashtra Assembly elections started at 7 am on Wednesday and will continue until 6 pm. "Today, votes will be cast for all the seats in the Maharashtra Assembly elections. The ruling BJP-led Mahayuti alliance includes the BJP, Shiv Sena, and the Nationalist Congress Party, while the opposition MVA comprises the Congress, Shiv …

Sangamner Assembly Election 2024: Constituency profile, past winners, margin, and party-wise candidates
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Sangamner Assembly Election 2024: Constituency profile, past winners, margin, and party-wise candidates

India TV News  

Sangamner Assembly Election 2024: The Sangamner Assembly constituency is one of the 288 constituencies in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. In 2019, Balasaheb Bhausaheb Thorat of the Congress party won the seat by defeating Shiv Sena candidate Navale Sahebrao Ramchandra with a margin of 62,252 votes. Sangamner Assembly Constituency: Present Candidates The Congress party has fielded its current MLA, Balasaheb Bhausaheb …

Maharashtra polls: What Mumbai’s 36 assembly seats have on offer
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Maharashtra polls: What Mumbai’s 36 assembly seats have on offer

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: With less than two weeks to go before the Maharashtra assembly elections, political rallies and road shows of various sizes are becoming a common sight in the city. HT has dissected what the 36 constituencies in Mumbai will have on offer for over 8.5 million voters, including the demographics of the candidates pitched by the two main coalitions in …

BJP, Cong Battle It Out in 74 Seats in Maharashtra Assembly Polls
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BJP, Cong Battle It Out in 74 Seats in Maharashtra Assembly Polls

Hindustan Times  

The Maharashtra assembly polls are a contest between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress. The stakes are much higher for these parties considering their importance in national politics, and that they are contesting the maximum number of seats within their respective alliances – the Mahayuti and Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA). The BJP and Congress are going head-to-head in …

Congress and SP to Team Up in UP Assembly Bypolls: Leaders Emphasize Unity Against BJP
2 months ago

Congress and SP to Team Up in UP Assembly Bypolls: Leaders Emphasize Unity Against BJP

The Hindu  

Uttar Pradesh Congress president Ajay Rai has announced that the party will contest the upcoming Assembly bypolls together with the SP, despite ongoing talks on seat sharing between the two parties. Rai stated that the sole purpose of the Opposition alliance is to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), highlighting the BJP's history of instigating riots and carrying out fake …

BJP Releases First List of 99 Candidates for Maharashtra Assembly Elections
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BJP Releases First List of 99 Candidates for Maharashtra Assembly Elections

Live Mint  

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has released its first list of candidates for the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly elections. The list includes 99 candidates, with the saffron party focusing on securing around 150 seats in the state as part of the Mahayuti grouping. The BJP-Shiv Sena-NCP combine has finalised a seat-sharing agreement following talks in Delhi this week, with the process …

BJP to focus on 125 seats in Maharashtra, with aim to cross 100
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BJP to focus on 125 seats in Maharashtra, with aim to cross 100

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: The Bharatiya Janata Party is gearing up to contest 150-160 seats in the upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections, with an aim to win over 100. Union home minister Amit Shah discussed the BJP’s poll preparations during a meeting in Mumbai on Monday, where he indicated that reports from party leaders from other states who were working in Maharashtra ahead of …

BJP likely to stake claim on 160 out of 288 seats of Maharashtra Assembly
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BJP likely to stake claim on 160 out of 288 seats of Maharashtra Assembly

Deccan Chronicle  

The party will contest the assembly election in alliance with Shiv Sena and NCP. Deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, Maharashtra BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule, cabinet ministers Chandrakant Patil, Sudhir Mungantiwar, senior BJP leaders Raosaheb Danve, Pankaja Munde, Ashok Chavan, Joint General Secretary Shiv Prakash among other top leaders of Maharashtra were present in the meeting. Speaking with the reporters, senior …

Amid rumblings in BJP, unfazed Yogi asks ministers to brace for assembly bypolls
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Amid rumblings in BJP, unfazed Yogi asks ministers to brace for assembly bypolls

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW Amid speculations that all was not well in the state BJP after the Lok Sabha poll debacle, an unfazed chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday held a meeting with a group of 20-30 ministers who had been tasked to prepare the party for bypolls to 10 UP assembly seats. The CM exuded confidence as he asked the ministers about …

Bypolls set the stage for 3 state assembly elections
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Bypolls set the stage for 3 state assembly elections

Hindustan Times  

Conventional political wisdom dictates that the third term Modi government is likely to reveal its true intentions and its course of action, only after the results of the three crucial assembly elections are known later this year, most likely by October. Since the reverses in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections, the BJP government is in a `wait and watch’ …

Baramba Election Result 2024 LIVE Updates Highlights: Assembly Winner, Loser, Leading, Trailing, MLA, Margin
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Baramba Election Result 2024 LIVE Updates Highlights: Assembly Winner, Loser, Leading, Trailing, MLA, Margin

News 18  

Follow the live updating tables on this page for the 2024 Baramba election result and real-time updates and status of candidates in the 2024 Odisha Assembly election. Past Results In the 2019 Odisha Assembly elections, Debiprasad Mishra of BJD won in this seat defeating Bijaya Kumar Dalabehera of BJP by a margin of 18019 votes which was 10.36% of the …

Vizianagaram Election Result 2024 LIVE Updates Highlights: Assembly Winner, Loser, Leading, Trailing, MLA, Margin
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Vizianagaram Election Result 2024 LIVE Updates Highlights: Assembly Winner, Loser, Leading, Trailing, MLA, Margin

News 18  

Follow the live updating tables on this page for the 2024 Vizianagaram election result and real-time updates and status of candidates in the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Assembly election. Poll Dates Vizianagaram Assembly constituency went to the polls in Phase 1 of the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections on Monday, May 13, 2024. Past Results In the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Assembly …

Andhra Pradesh, Odisha assembly elections 2024: Polling underway for 203 seats | Latest updates
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Andhra Pradesh, Odisha assembly elections 2024: Polling underway for 203 seats | Latest updates

Hindustan Times  

Four of 21 Lok Sabha seats and 28 of the 147 assembly segments in Odisha are simultaneously voting on Monday, May 13, the first of the four-phase elections in the state. Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik and YSRCP president and chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy Andhra Pradesh is witnessing a triangular contest involving the ruling Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress …

‘Goans have faith in Modi’s guarantee’: Pramod Sawant, Goa CM - Frontline
7 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Goans have faith in Modi’s guarantee’: Pramod Sawant, Goa CM - Frontline

The Hindu  

The Chief Minister says schemes mentioned in BJP’s manifesto such as electricity and tap water for all households are being implemented in the State. For example, the promise of 100 per cent open-defecation-free villages, electricity to every house, and tap water to every household are all schemes being implemented in Goa. Another serious issue facing the government is over the …

AAP MLA Venzy Viegas: Seventy per cent of Goa against BJP
8 months, 1 week ago

AAP MLA Venzy Viegas: Seventy per cent of Goa against BJP

The Hindu  

Aam Aadmi Party MLA Venzy Viegas from Goa has claimed that about 70% of the voters in the coastal State are against the BJP. The AAP legislator, who represents the Benaulim Assembly constituency, has been campaigning for the Opposition INDIA bloc candidate in South Goa Viriato Fernandes of the Congress. In the 2019 general elections, Congress’ Francisco Sardinha had defeated …

Unease grows as Congress delays announcing candidates for Goa’s 2 Lok Sabha seats
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Unease grows as Congress delays announcing candidates for Goa’s 2 Lok Sabha seats

Hindustan Times  

Panaji: Delay by the Congress Central Election Committee to formally announce the party’s candidates for Goa’s two parliamentary seats after having seemingly finalised the names in a meeting last week has sparked restlessness among the party’s workers and their alliance partners. The Congress CEC, it seems, had finalised Sunil Kauthankar, a Congress leader since his National Students’ Union of India …

Odisha: BJP has Finalised Candidates’ List of Parliamentary, Assembly Seats, Says Ex-Union minister
9 months, 1 week ago

Odisha: BJP has Finalised Candidates’ List of Parliamentary, Assembly Seats, Says Ex-Union minister

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhubaneswar: Senior BJP leader and former Union minister Pratap Sarangi on Sunday said his party had made full preparation of the Lok Sabha and assembly elections in Odisha and the short-listing process of the probable candidates had been completed. Sources in the Odisha unit of the BJP said it had already chalked out its strategy for all the 21 Lok …

BJP reaches poll pact with TDP and JSP, will contest 10 MLA & six MP seats in Andhra Pradesh
9 months, 1 week ago

BJP reaches poll pact with TDP and JSP, will contest 10 MLA & six MP seats in Andhra Pradesh

New Indian Express  

VIJAYAWADA: After an eight-hour-long meeting on Monday, the TDP, JSP and BJP finalised the number of seats that each of the parties will contest for the ensuing Assembly and general elections. According to the joint statement released by the three parties, the TDP will be contesting 144 Assembly and 17 Lok Sabha seats, the BJP has been allotted 10 Assembly …

56 RS seats go to polls on Feb 27; NDA to gain 2 seats, INDIA bloc 1
10 months, 3 weeks ago

56 RS seats go to polls on Feb 27; NDA to gain 2 seats, INDIA bloc 1

Hindustan Times  

The upcoming elections for 56 Rajya Sabha seats across 15 states, which was notified by Election Commission on Monday, will see the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA gain two seats and members of the INDIA bloc of opposition parties, one, with regional parties being the losers. READ | RS polls: Court allows AAP MP to file nomination For instance, the BJP …

MP Assembly Election 2023: BJP leading on 73 seats, Congress on 28 seats
1 year ago

MP Assembly Election 2023: BJP leading on 73 seats, Congress on 28 seats

The Hindu  

As vote counting for the Madhya Pradesh assembly elections showed the Bharatiya Janata leading in the State, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday, December 3, 2023, gave credit for it to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s poll campaign and said people have immense faith in him. Mr. Chouhan also said they have properly implemented welfare schemes of the “double engine” …

Telangana Elections Results 2023: BJP's vote share doubles to 14 per cent with 8 seats in bucket
1 year ago

Telangana Elections Results 2023: BJP's vote share doubles to 14 per cent with 8 seats in bucket

India TV News  

Telangana Elections Results 2023: The BJP which won just one seat in the 2018 Telangana assembly polls, has almost doubled its vote share and bettered its seat tally in the southern state in the hustings that comes months ahead of next year's Lok Sabha polls. The saffron party's vote share surged from 7 per cent in 2018 to 13.88 per …

Notification issued for Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls; process of filing nominations begins
1 year, 2 months ago

Notification issued for Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls; process of filing nominations begins

The Hindu  

The process of filing of nominations for the next month's Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections began on October 21 with the issuance of notification for the polls, the office of the Chief Electoral Officer said here. The total number of service voters in the centrally-located State stood at 75,303, of whom 73,020 are men and 2,284 are women, taking the total …

INDIA wins four seats, BJP three in Assembly bypolls
1 year, 3 months ago

INDIA wins four seats, BJP three in Assembly bypolls

The Hindu  

In the first set of bypolls to be held after the formation of the INDIA bloc of Opposition parties, held in seven seats in six States, the BJP won three seats, with the Opposition constituents of the INDIA bloc bagging four seats, including the crucial Ghosi Assembly seat in Uttar Pradesh which was won by the Samajwadi Party. BJP president …

Counting of votes begins in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghosi assembly bypoll
1 year, 3 months ago

Counting of votes begins in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghosi assembly bypoll

The Hindu  

The counting of votes for the Ghosi assembly bypoll -- being seen as the first major electoral clash between the NDA and opposition bloc INDIA -- got underway at 8 a.m. Friday, officials said. In the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, Chauhan defeated BJP candidate Vijay Kumar Rajbhar by a margin of 22,216 votes. In the bypoll, Chauhan is being …

Goa House Okays Political Reservation for STs; Centre Must Take A Call
1 year, 5 months ago

Goa House Okays Political Reservation for STs; Centre Must Take A Call

News 18  

The Goa Legislative Assembly has unanimously adopted a private member resolution, moved by ST leader MLA Dr. Ganesh Gaonkar, recommending the government to make provision for political reservation in the Goa Legislative Assembly for the Scheduled Tribes of the state. In his resolution Gaonkar stated: “This House strongly recommends the Government to make provision for political reservation in the Goa …

Karnataka Election Results From JDS Congress In Power To BJP Gaining Chair, What Happened In 2018 Karnataka Results 2023 Exit Polls Predict
1 year, 7 months ago

Karnataka Election Results From JDS Congress In Power To BJP Gaining Chair, What Happened In 2018 Karnataka Results 2023 Exit Polls Predict

ABP News  

Karnataka Election Results: As anticipation builds for the Karnataka assembly election results 2023 and candidates in the fray wait to know the people's mandate, it is apt to revisit the sequence of what all happened after the counting of votes in 2018. While any election at any level is of pivotal importance in a democracy, the arithmetic combination after the …

Surveys indicate BJP will be ahead on more than 130 seats: Karnataka CM Bommai
1 year, 8 months ago

Surveys indicate BJP will be ahead on more than 130 seats: Karnataka CM Bommai

Deccan Chronicle  

Haveri : Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday said that the party surveys related to Karnataka elections suggest that BJP will be ahead on 130 seats. While addressing the party workers of the Shiggaon-Savanur Assembly constituency, CM Bommai said, "Our surveys so far have indicated the win for the ruling BJP and the party will be ahead in more …

Tripura 2023 polls: 3rd force hurt Congress-Left, BJP prospects
1 year, 9 months ago

Tripura 2023 polls: 3rd force hurt Congress-Left, BJP prospects

Hindustan Times  

Numbers speak for themselves. It contested 42 of the 60 assembly constituencies in the state and managed to win 13 of these with an overall vote share of 19.7%. In fact, if one were to look at the TMP’s performance even in terms of vote share in ST-reserved and other assembly constituencies in the state, there is a big difference. …

Goa CM Pramod Sawant, 8 Congress Turncoat MLAs to Meet PM Modi in Delhi Today
2 years, 3 months ago

Goa CM Pramod Sawant, 8 Congress Turncoat MLAs to Meet PM Modi in Delhi Today

News 18  

Eight MLAs who ditched the Congress party to join the ruling BJP in Goa are all set to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi today. Six of the MLAs arrived in Delhi by flight early this morning accompanied by CM Pramod Sawant and BJP state unit president Sadanand Tanavade. Delhi | Goa CM Pramod Sawant along with newly elected …

Goa: MLAs who joined BJP and CM Sawant arrive in Delhi, to meet PM Modi
2 years, 3 months ago

Goa: MLAs who joined BJP and CM Sawant arrive in Delhi, to meet PM Modi

Live Mint  

The 8 MLAs who switched to BJP in Goa are set to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday. Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant arrived in Delhi along with the eight newly inducted MLAs, who defected to the BJP from the Congress, late at night on Sunday. Earlier on September 14, all the eight MLAs; Digambar Kamat, Michael Lobo, Delilah …

Goa CM Pramod Sawant and 8 Congress turncoats to meet PM Modi today
2 years, 3 months ago

Goa CM Pramod Sawant and 8 Congress turncoats to meet PM Modi today

Hindustan Times  

Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant and eight legislators who recently switched over from the Congress to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in the coastal state will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi on Monday. File photo of Congress MLAs joining the BJP in presence of Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant in Panaji. "Eight former Congress MLAs who joined BJP …

Goa: Eight new BJP MLAs to meet PM Modi tomorrow
2 years, 3 months ago

Goa: Eight new BJP MLAs to meet PM Modi tomorrow

Firstpost  

Panaji: Eight MLAs of the Congress in Goa who switched over to the BJP earlier this week will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi on Monday, a senior party official said on Sunday. The MLAs led by Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and the BJP’s state unit president Sadanand Tanavade will meet the prime minister tomorrow morning, he said. Earlier …

Goa: 8 Cong MLAs join BJP; CM Sawant says \'Congress Chhodo Yatra\' will commence now
2 years, 3 months ago

Goa: 8 Cong MLAs join BJP; CM Sawant says \'Congress Chhodo Yatra\' will commence now

Deccan Chronicle  

Panaji: Eight Goa Congress MLAs including former Chief Minister Digambar Kamat and Leader of Opposition Michael Lobo joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in Goa on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Goa CM Sawant also took a jibe at Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra and said that "Congress Chhodo Yatra will begin from Goa now" while welcoming the leaders. The development came amid Congress …

Goa Panchayat polls: BJP claims victory on at least 140 out of 186 seats
2 years, 4 months ago

Goa Panchayat polls: BJP claims victory on at least 140 out of 186 seats

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party claimed victory on 140 seats out of the 186 village panchayat bodies that went to polls on August 10. Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant welcomed the victorious BJP candidates and said that the electoral outcome will be appreciated by the central committee. Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant with victorious Panchayat poll candidates. BJP's state unit chief …

Goa panchayat election 2022: Polls underway amid tight security, liquor banned
2 years, 4 months ago

Goa panchayat election 2022: Polls underway amid tight security, liquor banned

Hindustan Times  

Goa panchayat polls 2022: Election to 186 panchayat bodies in Goa were underway on Wednesday morning. A total of 64 candidates have been elected unopposed from different village panchayats, of which 41 were from North Goa and 23 from South Goa, a senior official told news agency PTI. North Goa district has 97 panchayats, with 2,667 candidates in the fray, …

BJP's Joshua De Souza Elected Deputy Speaker of Goa Assembly
2 years, 5 months ago

BJP's Joshua De Souza Elected Deputy Speaker of Goa Assembly

News 18  

BJP MLA Joshua De Souza was on Friday elected as the Deputy Speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly. Two members of the Aam Admi Party and the lone MLA of the Revolutionary Goans Party, both belonging to the opposition benches, abstained from voting. Admitting that the opposition parties do not have sufficient numbers to win the election for the post of …

Goa: Congress moves five MLAs to undisclosed location ahead of Assembly session as five others go incommunicado
2 years, 5 months ago

Goa: Congress moves five MLAs to undisclosed location ahead of Assembly session as five others go incommunicado

Firstpost  

The ‘rebel’ MLAs - Michael Lobo, Digambar Kamat, Kedar Naik, Rajesh Faldesai and Delialah Lobo - were available for comments, but sources in the BJP claimed that the legislators were in touch with them Panaji: Ahead of the Goa Assembly session beginning on Monday, the opposition Congress has moved five of its MLAs to an undisclosed location, after five other …

Polls to 57 RS seats on June 10; 2 in TS
2 years, 7 months ago

Polls to 57 RS seats on June 10; 2 in TS

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad/New Delhi: Elections will be held on June 10 for 57 Rajya Sabha seats from 15 states, include two from Telangana. While the TRS is seen to win both the seats, the Akali Dal will lose its presence in the Upper House and the BJP's tally will remain below 100 after touching the milestone recently. Prominent among those retiring between …

In Goa, CM Pramod Sawant allocates portfolios, Rane gets crucial ones
2 years, 8 months ago

In Goa, CM Pramod Sawant allocates portfolios, Rane gets crucial ones

Hindustan Times  

Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant on Sunday distributed portfolios to the eight ministers in the cabinet giving his second-in-command Vishwajit Rane the lucrative portfolios of Health and Town and Country Planning, Forests while keeping Home and Finance with himself. Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant on Sunday distributed portfolios to the eight ministers in his cabinet. Sawant, who had promised to …

Goa in limbo as BJP takes time to form government post Assembly election
2 years, 8 months ago

Goa in limbo as BJP takes time to form government post Assembly election

The Hindu  

The Bharatiya Janata Party is on course to form the government in Goa for a third consecutive term. There is, for instance, the old rift between Pramod Sawant, acting Chief Minister, and Vishwajit Rane, former Health Minister. While Sawant was the chief ministerial face of the BJP campaign, Rane won the election with a massive majority. In fact, when Pratapsingh …

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