2022 Goa Assembly Election

In smaller states, fragmentation of votes and individual fiefdoms play a bigger role than the majority's mandate.

Goa Assembly Election Results 2022 | Celebrations in BJP camp as party looks set to retain power in coastal state

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, who won the election from his traditional Sanquelim Assembly constituency, expressed confidence that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will form government in the coastal state.

Goa Assembly Elections 2022: Numbers game starts again, after predictions of hung assembly

The Congress is hoping not to be outwitted this time, while the BJP is trying to overcome anti-incumbency. The smaller parties are taking on the role of kingmakers.

Exit Polls 2022 Highlights | BJP to win big in UP, Manipur; AAP wave in Punjab; close contests in Goa, Uttarakhand

Exit Poll Result 2022 Highlights: Per predictions, the Aam Aadmi Party is headed for a decisive win in Punjab.

Mirroring America: Why a fight has broken out over postal ballots for 2022 Goa Assembly polls

Goa voted on February 14, but postal ballots are permitted up to the morning of counting on March 10 for government servants on election duty and services personnel. The Congress has accused the BJP of using the long gap to get details of these voters and pressure them cast their ballots in its favour

Goa Assembly Elections 2022: High voter turnout but pollsters divided on anti-incumbency sentiment

Poll watchers have been predicting hung assembly that means advantage BJP, though the party has alienated some sections in the State

Assembly Polls 2022 | Uttarakhand, Goa, Uttar Pradesh to vote today: All you need to know

Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant, his Uttarakhand counterparty Pushkar Singh Dhami, former CM of Uttarakhand Harish Rawat and jailed Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan, are among the prominent candidates, in the fray in the high-stakes election in the three states ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party

Goa Assembly Elections 2022| Why is Congress dragging its feet on choosing a CM face?

The BJP has declared the current CM Pramod Sawant as its chief ministerial candidate, and the AAP has picked Amit Palekar

Assembly elections 2022 roundup: Voter turnout touches a record, AAP promises big and drugs-for-vote is still a thing

UP’s politically charged constituency takes a strong stand, Arvind Kejriwal taps into a longtime demand in Goa and an electoral officer reports on a drug chase, in a roundup of events related to assembly elections. 

Assembly Elections 2022: Ten fights to follow in Goa

Family fiefdoms, leaders making or breaking parties’ electoral fortunes and demanding constituents, these poll battles promise drama and nail-biting finishes

Goa elections: 77 out of 301 candidates have criminal cases against them: ADR report

More than a fourth (26%) of the candidates contesting the 2022 Goa Assembly elections have criminal cases against them, 62% candidates are crorepatis, and 42% are college graduates or higher.