2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election
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. Election schedule. The election schedule was announced by the Election Commission of India on 8 January 2022. Candidates. AAP CM candidate Amit Palekar is contesting from St. Cruz. Former CM and AITC leader Churchill Alemao is contesting from Benaulim. BJP CM candidate and incumbent CM Pramod Sawant is contesting from Sanquelim. Former CM and INC leader Digambar Kamat is contesting from Margao. Former CM Laxmikant Parsekar is contesting from Mandrem as an independent candidate after he was denied ticket by BJP . 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 AAP. Arvind Kejriwal gave Guarantees for Goans in his poll campaign based on development and positivity: 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. Poll predictions. 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. Voter turnout. Source: Government Formation. BJP became the single largest party with 20 seats in the hung assembly and decided to take support from 3 independents and MGP. 2022 Goa Legislative Assembly