: Legislative Assembly elections were held in Goa on 14 February 2022 to elect 40 members of the Eighth Goa Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and the results were declared on 10 March 2022.

Background The tenure of Goa Legislative Assembly is scheduled to end on 15 March 2022. The previous assembly elections were held in February 2017 to elect the members of the Seventh Goa Legislative Assembly. After the election, a coalition of Bharatiya Janata Party, Goa Forward Party and Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party formed the state government, with Manohar Parrikar becoming the Chief Minister.

After the death of Manohar Parrikar, Pramod Sawant was sworn in as the Chief Minister on 19 March 2019. Major Issues

Election schedule The election schedule was announced by the Election Commission of India on 8 January 2022.

S.No.EventDateDay1.Date for Nominations21 January 2022Friday2.Last Date for filing Nominations28 January 2022Friday3.Date for scrutiny of nominations29 January 2022Saturday4.Last date for withdrawal of candidatures31 January 2022Monday5.Date of poll14 February 2022Monday6.Date of counting10 March 2022Thursday

Parties and alliances

National Democratic Alliance

+ No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested Male candidates Female candidates1. Bharatiya Janata Party Pramod Sawant 40 37 3

United Progressive Alliance

+ No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested Male candidates Female candidates1. Indian National Congress Digambar Kamat 37 35 22. Goa Forward Party Vijai Sardesai 3 3 0

Aam Aadmi Party

+ No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested Male candidates Female candidates1. Aam Aadmi Party Amit Palekar 39 36 3

All India Trinamool Congress+

+ No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested Male candidates Female candidates1. Trinamool Congress Mahua Moitra 26 22 42. Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party Sudin Dhavalikar 13 13 0

Nationalist Congress Party+

+ No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested Male candidates Female candidates1. Nationalist Congress Party Jose Philip D'Souza 13 13 02. Shiv Sena Jitesh Kamat 10 8 2

Others + No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested Male candidates Female candidates1. Revolutionary Goans Party Manoj Parab 38 36 22. Goencho Swabhiman Party Swapnesh Sherlekar 4 3 1

Candidates AAP CM candidate Amit Palekar contested from St. Cruz. Former CM and AITC leader Churchill Alemao contested from Benaulim. BJP CM candidate and incumbent CM Pramod Sawant contested from Sanquelim. Former CM and INC leader Digambar Kamat contested from Margao. Former CM Laxmikant Parsekar contested from Mandrem as an independent candidate after he was denied ticket by BJP.

DistrictConstituencyNDAUPAAAPAITC+#NamePartyCandidatePartyCandidatePartyCandidatePartyCandidateNorth Goa1MandremBJPDayanand SopteGFPDeepak KalangutkarAAPAdv Prasad ShahapurkarMGPJit Arolkar2Pernem (SC)BJPPravin ArlekarINCJitendra GaonkarAAPPundalik DhargalkarMGPRanjan Korgaonkar3BicholimBJP Rajesh PatnekarINCMeghashyam RautMGPNaresh Sawal4TivimBJPNilkanth HalarnkarINCAman LotilkarAAPUday SalkarAITCKavita Kandolkar5MapusaBJPJoshua D'SouzaINCSudhir KandolkarAAPRahul MhambreAITCTarak M Arolkar6SiolimBJPDayanand MandrekarINCDelilah LoboAAPVishnu NaikAITCLeao F.P Dias7SaligaoBJPJayesh SalgaonkarINCKedar NaikAAPMario CordeiroAITCBholanath Ghadi Sakalkar8CalanguteBJP Joseph SequeiraINCMichael LoboAAPSudesh MayekarAITCAnthony Menezes9PorvorimBJPRohan KhaunteINCVikas PrabhudessaiAAPRitesh ChodankarAITCSandeep Vazarkar10AldonaBJPGlenn TicloINCCarlos Alvares FerreiraAAPMahesh SatelkarAITCKiran Kandolkar11PanajiBJPAtanasio MonserrateINCElvis GomesAAPValmiki Naik12TaleigaoBJPJennifer MonserrateINCTony RodriguesAAPCecille RodriguesMGP Subhangi Sawant13St. CruzBJP Antonio Fernandes INCRodolfo FernandesAAPAmit PalekarAITCVictor Gonsalves14St. AndreBJPFrancisco SilveiraINCAnthony L.FernandesAAPRamrao WaghAITCJagdish Bhobe15CumbarjuaBJP Janita MadkaikarINCRajesh FaldessaiAAPGorakhnath kerkarAITCSamil Volvaiker16MaemBJPPremendra ShetGFPSantosh SawantAAPRajesh KalangutkarMGPPravin Zantye17SanquelimBJP Pramod SawantINCDharamesh SaglaniAAP Manoj Gandhi AmonkarMGP Mahadev Khandekar18PoriemBJPDeviya Vishwajit RaneINCRanjit RaneAAPVishwajit K RaneAITCGanpat Gaonkar19ValpoiBJPVishwajit Pratapsingh RaneINCManisha UsgaonkarAAPSatyavijay NaikMGPVishwesh Prabhu20PriolBJPGovind GaudeINCDr Dinesh JalmiAAPNonu NaikMGPDeepak Dhavalikar21PondaBJPRavi NaikINCRajesh VerenkarAAPSurel TilveMGPKetan Bhatikar22SirodaBJPSubhash ShirodkarINC Tukaram BorkarAAPMahadev NaikMGPSanket Mule23MarcaimBJPSudesh BhingiINCLavoo MamledarAAPGurudas Yesu NaikMGPSudin DhavalikarSouth Goa24MormugaoBJPMilind NaikINCSankalp AmonkarAAPParshuram SonurlekarAITCJayesh Shetgaonkar25Vasco da GamaBJPKrishna V SalkarINCCarlos AlmeidaAAPAdv Sunil LoranAITCSaifulla Khan26DabolimBJPMauvin GodinhoINCViriato FernandesAAPPremanand NanoskarAITCMahesh Bhandari27CortalimBJP Narayan NaikINCOlencio SimoesAAPAlina SaldanhaAITCGilberto Mariano Rodrigues28NuvemBJPDatta Vishnu BorkarINC Aleixo SequeiraAAPDr. Mariano GodinhoAITCJose.R.Cabral29CurtorimBJP Anthony BarbosaINCMoreno RebelloAAPDomnic GaonkarAITCAnthony Alberto Peixito30FatordaBJPDamodar NaikGFPVijai SardesaiAAPSandesh TelekarAITCSeoula Avilia Vas31MargaoBJPManohar AjgaonkarINCDigambar KamatAAP Lincoln VazAITCMahesh Amonkar32BenaulimBJPDamodar BandodkarINC Anthony DiasAAPVenzy ViegasAITCChurchill Alemao33NavelimBJPUllas Yashwant TuenkarINCAvertano FurtadoAAPPratima CoutinhoAITCValanka Alemao34CuncolimBJPClafasio DiasINCYuri AlemaoAAPPrashant NaikAITCJorson Fernandes35VelimBJPSavio RodriguesINC Savio D'SilvaAAPCruz SilvaAITCBenjamin Silva36QuepemBJPChandrakant KavlekarINCAltone D'CostaAAP Raul PereiraAITCKanta Gaude37CurchoremBJPNilesh CabralINC Amit PatkarAAP Gabriel FernandesMGP Anand Prabhudessai 38SanvordemBJPGanesh GaonkarINCKhemlo Sawant AAPAnil GaonkarMGPBalaji Gauns39SanguemBJPSubhash Phal DesaiINCPrasad GaonkarAAP Abhijeet DessaiAITCRakhi Prabhudessai Naik40CanaconaBJPRamesh TawadkarINCJanardan BhandariAAPAnoop KudtarkarAITCMahadev Desai

Campaign

BJP BJP has launched a movement to collect suggestions, ‘Sankalp Peti’ from all across the state to prepare their manifesto for the Assembly Election. The Sankalp Peti, which is flagged off on December 21, will travel across the state till January 5.

INC INC released its manifesto on 4 February 2022. Some of the key promises made are

Launching NYAY scheme which promises annual income transfer of rupees 72 thousand to each of the poorest families in the state Cap the Petrol and Diesel prices at rupees 80 per litre 30 percent reservation for women in a government job Resumption of mining in a sustainable way Congress will resist the three Linear projects and will not allow Goa to become a coal hub The Congress will enact a law providing protection to the land rights of locals

AAP Arvind Kejriwal gave Guarantees for Goans in his poll campaign based on development and positivity: Jobs for Goans 1 job per family for unemployed, or ₹3000/month until then 80% private jobs reserved for Goans ₹5000/month for unemployed in tourism due to COVID ₹5000/month for those affected by mining ban Skill University Better health infrastructure Free and Quality education to all Form the first corruption free government of Goa

AAP decided to carry out every project with citizen's consent. AAP has also promised to increase the remuneration provided to women in Goa under a state-sponsored scheme and also promised financial assistance to women not covered under it.

AITC Proposed scheme Griha Laxmi Card where ₹5000 will be transferred to a woman in every family of the state. AITC campaign leader Mahua Moitra claimed that 6-8% of total state budget is possible, putting cash in hand and liquidity in system is needed in the depressed situation after COVID-19 pandemic. Proposed scheme Yuva Shakti Card which will be a collateral-free pre-approved credit card with a limit up to ₹20 lakh at 4% interest rate to Goan youth in the age group of 18–45 years. This card will allow Goans to take need-based credit for higher education, skill development and starting businesses. In proposed scheme Majhe Ghar, Malki Hak Scheme AITC has announced that 50,000 such homeless families, who have been living in Goa since 198 or earlier, will be given subsidized housing. Mamata Banerjee's party has also promised to hand over the land lease to the residents within 250 days of the formation of the AITC-MGP coalition government in Goa. A team of 3,000 volunteers will conduct door-to-door surveys after which 50,000 real homeless families will be found. The AITC-MGP alliance claimed the proposed plan will benefit 80 percent of the residents. Proposed scheme Vahan Mitra Scheme offers a subsidy of ₹10,000 for 30,000 taxi drivers and owners.

Poll predictions Opinion polls +Polling aggregatesActive Parties National Democratic Alliance United Progressive Alliance Aam Aadmi Party Others

Date PublishedPolling agencyLeadNDAUPAAAPAITC+Others7 February 2022ABP News C-voter30.0%23.6%24.0%7.7%14.76.0%23 January 2022Polstrat-NewsX35.6%20.1%23.4%20.9%12.2%10 January 2022ABP News C-voter32%19.8%22.5%7.7%18.1%9.5%21 December 2021Polstrat-NewsX32.8%18.8%22.1%26.3%10.7%11 December 2021ABP News C-Voter30.0%19.7%24.4%25.9%5.6%12 November 2021ABP News C-voter35.7%18.6%23.6%22.1%12.1%8 October 2021ABP News C-voter37.5%18.3%22.8%21.4%14.7%3 Sept 2021ABP News C-voter39.4%15.4%22.2%23%17.2%

Date PublishedPolling agencyLeadRemarksNDAUPAAAPAITC+Others7 February 2022ABP News C-voter14-1810-144-83-70-20-8 Hung23 January 2022Polstrat-NewsX21-254-66-92-512-19 BJP majority 10 January 2022ABP News C-voter19-234-85-92-60-410-18 Hung21 December 2021Polstrat-NewsX20-224-65-78-912-13 Hung11 December 2021ABP News C-Voter17-214-85-96-107-15 Hung12 November 2021ABP News C-voter19-232-63-78-127-15 Hung8 October 2021ABP News C-voter24-281-53-74-816-24 BJP majority3 Sept 2021ABP News C-voter22-263-74-83-714-22 BJP majority10 March 2022Election results201222 48BJP majority

Exit polls The Election Commission banned the media from publishing exit polls between 7 AM on 10 February 2022 and 6:30 PM on 7 March 2022. Violation of the directive would be punishable with two years of imprisonment. Accordingly, these exit polls were published in the evening of 7 March 2022.

Polling agencyLeadRemarksNDAUPAAAPAITC+OthersABP-CVoter13-1712-161-55-90-20-1 HungIndia Today - Axis My India14-1815-2002-50-40-6 HungIndia TV CNX16-2211-170-21-24-510-14 HungRepublic P-MARQ13-1713-172-62-40-40 HungTimes Now-Veto1416462 HungZee - Design Boxed13-1814-191-32-51-31-2 HungElection results201222 48Hung

Voter turnout Source: District Seats Turnout (%)North Goa2381.15South Goa1778.27Total4079.61

Results

Results by alliance and party

AlliancePartyPopular voteSeatsVotes%±ppContestedWon+/−NDABharatiya Janata Party33.31% 0.84020 7UPAIndian National Congress222,94823.46% 4.93711 6Goa Forward Party17,4771.84% 1.731 2Total240,42525.3% 3.14012 8AITC+All India Trinamool Congress49,4805.21% 5.2260Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party72,2697.6% 3.7132 1Total121,74912.81% 1.5392 1None Revolutionary Goans Party 93,255 9.81% 9.45381 1Aam Aadmi Party64,3546.77% 0.5392 2NCP+Nationalist Congress Party10,8461.14% 1.2130 1Shiv Sena1,7260.18% 0.1100Total12,5721.32% 1.0230 1NoneIndependents88,9029.35%3Others1,9860.21%0 NOTA10,6291.12%TotalValid votesInvalid votesVotes cast/ turnoutAbstentionsRegistered voters

Results by district

DistrictSeatsNDAUPAAAPAITC+OthersNorth Goa23136022South Goa1776202Total402012224

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