Goa Assembly Elections 2017 - News, Updates, Polling, Results

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Karnataka effect: Congress, single largest party in Goa, to stake claim to form govt

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Michael Lobo is Deputy Speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly

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Congress demands President dismiss Goa Governor

Goa floor test: Congress faces embarrassment; Vishwajit Rane to quit party

The Congress in Goa on Thursday faced a major embarrassment on the floor of the Legislative Assembly during the vote of confidence motion moved by

All you need to know about the Goa Council of Ministers

Short profiles of Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar and members of his Cabinet.

Vishwajit Rane quits as Congress MLA, decides to support Parrikar

Rane abstained from attending the State Legislative Assembly today

Parrikar govt. sails through trust vote

With this, the BJP will form a government in the State, whose Assembly has 40 members.

SC allows Goa swearing-in, orders Thursday floor test

Says Congress has so far done nothing to prove that Parrikar’s claim was wrong

Parrikar takes oath in Goa as SC declines Cong. plea

Hours after the Supreme Court refused the Congress plea to stay the swearing-in of Manohar Parrikar as Goa Chief Minister, the BJP leader took charge

Will comment on SC order after being sworn in, says Parrikar

Former Defence Minister and Goa chief minister-elect Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday said he would comment on the Supreme Court order, after he is sworn

Goa cabinet to have 8 ministers

The recently concluded Goa elections threw up a hung assembly with Congress emerging as the single largest party in the 40-seat legislature.The BJP,

Goa party slams Governor's action

Goa Governor Mridula Sinha has violated the spirit of Constitution by inviting the BJP to form a government, which is not even the single largest

BJP justifies claims to form govt in Goa, Manipur

The BJP spokesperson asserted that the legitimacy comes from the popular votes,

Arun Jaitley given additional charge of Defence

This follows the resignation of Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar to take charge as Goa Chief Minister.

Parikkar exit sparks talk of Cabinet reshuffle

Defence portfolio may be handed over as an additional charge to a current minister, possibly Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, says a source.

Manohar Parrikar to be sworn in Goa Chief Minister today

Another independent MLA Prasad Gaonkar has offered his support to the BJP, making it a 22-member majority.

Two parties, independents too pitch for Parrikar

The eights non BJP MLAs submit separate signed letters saying they had decided to support the BJP, provided it formed a government under his leadership.

BJP gets down to business to pick CMs

Legislature parties in U.P. and Uttarakhand to meet on March 16

Governor appoints Parrikar as Chief Minister of Goa

Gives him 15 days to prove his majority on floor of the House

Goa BJP wants Parrikar as CM

In a bid to bring up a majority in the 40-member Goa legislative assembly, the Congress on Sunday trained its guns on Defence Minister Manohar

MGP will not side with the BJP, says Subhash Velingkar

Rebel Rashtriya Swayansevak Sangh (RSS) leader Subhash Velingkar on Saturday claimed full credit for the defeat of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

Local parties hold the key in Goa

Goa CM, five Ministers bite the dust

Small parties hold the key in Manipur, Goa

BJP may have the edge in Manipur

Congress to stake claim to form govt. in Goa

We will submit our list to the Governor on Sunday, says Digvijaya

Goa sees maximum voters going for NOTA

Goa has come out on the top when it comes to voters pressing the NOTA button in the latest around of assembly polls, closely followed by

Goa: Key winners and losers — Parsekar loses; Rane, Kamat win

Goa is returning a hung Assembly, putting the spotlight on smaller parties in government formation. Most of the ministers in the BJP-led government

Congress emerges as single largest party in Goa

Goa on Saturday appeared heading for a hung Assembly with the ruling BJP and opposition Congress unlikely to cross the half-way mark in the 40-member

Heavy security as Goa gears up for D-day

All results expected by 11:30 a.m., according to election officials

Counting of votes in five States on Saturday

Tens of thousands of central forces are deployed at the counting centres.

Multi-phase polls are here to stay: Nasim Zaidi

The Chief Election Commissioner of India puts it down to parties’ preference for Central police forces

Voting with our feet: robust turnouts defy anxieties about voter alienation

Voter turnout estimates are often revised for a final tally by the Election Commission, but by all accounts the current round of Assembly elections

Leaders must tell voters not to take bribes, says CEC Nasim Zaidi

‘The Election Commission is seeking to make it a cognisable offence as under current laws police cannot take action’

BJP ahead in 3 States; Congress, AAP locked in tough contest in Punjab, say exit polls

However, the numbers given by the exit polls varied widely, suggesting convergences only in broad trends.

EC reports rise in cash seizures

Cash seized by the enforcement agencies monitored by the Election Commission (EC) in the five States where the Assembly elections were held during the

Election Commission ban on exit polls overrides right under freedom of press, court told

'If we cannot conduct exit polls during election process, what results do we publish?' asks media house

Is Goa’s one-day Assembly session constitutionally valid?

While the Opposition in Goa has been vocal about the government’s decision to hold a one-day Assembly session on Tuesday, the reasons behind this are

No post poll alliance with BSP or any other party in UP: Amit Shah

BJP president expresses the confidence that his party will form the next government in U.P., Uttarakhand and Goa with “full majority”.

Don’t consider postal ballot voting: GFP to ECI

Says keeping postal ballots open for over 35 days is questionable

Be more careful: EC to Parrikar

‘Leaders in high Constitutional positions expected to promote sanctity of electoral process’

A sudden lightness of being

Post-ideology mobilisation, promoted by parties such as the AAP and now Samajwadi Party, is changing the election rhetoric by showcasing an alternative way of doing things

80% voting in Margao re-election

Nearly 80% voters cast their votes on Tuesday in the re-poll ordered by the Election Commission of India (ECI) in Acquem polling booth at the Margao

Goa Assembly elections: EC orders repolling at one booth in Margao

Officials failed to remove the sample votes from the EVMs before the actual election

Heavy turnout in Punjab and Goa

70% turnout; minor clashes, EVM glitches in Punjab

Goa goes to the polls

Assembly elections in Goa is being closely fought by the BJP, the Congress, the AAP and the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party-led alliance.

Goa notches record 83% turnout

Heavy polling was witnessed in the mining belt of Sankhalim, Bicholim and Curchorem.

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