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that BJP will form a full majority gov- cal bigwigs losing their constituencies.
ernment in the coastal state with the Both Deputy Chief Ministers of
support of the Maharashtrawadi Go- Goa lost Assembly elections to their
mantak Party and three independent nearest Congress rivals. In Mar-
MLA’s support. gao, BJP after a long see-saw battle,
Late Chief Minister Manohar Congress’ Digambar Kamat defeat-
Parrikar’s son Utpal Parrikar, who ed Deputy Chief Minister and BJP
contested independently in the Goa leader Ajgaonkar Manohar (Babu)
Assembly elections, has lost from by a margin of 7,794 votes. In the last
the Panaji constituency by 716 votes. elections, BJP had fielded Ajgaonkar
He was up against BJP heavyweight from Margao in South Goa.
Atanasio Monserrate, who won 6,787 Deputy Chief Minister Chandra-
votes to Parrikar’s 6,071. kant Kavlekar lost to Congress candi-
In Goa, predictions were for a date Altone D’Costa in Quepem by a
hung assembly, due to a multi-cor- margin of 3601 votes. Kavlekar had
nered contest with parties including won from Quepem in 2017 on a Con-
the BJP, Congress, Trinamool Con- gress ticket. He switched to the BJP
gress, and AAP. in 2019.
In 2017, Congress had emerged Former minister and BJP can-
as the single largest party in the state, didate Milind Naik tasted defeat
winning 17 seats but the BJP, which in Mormugao against Congress’
won 13 seats, managed to form the Sankalp Amonkar while AAP chief
government with the support of the ministerial candidate Amit Palekar,
Goa Forward Party and the MGP from St Cruz assembly segment, lost
which had won three seats each, and to Congress’ Rodolfo Louis Fer-
two independents. nandes
As BJP emerged as the single In Goa’s Bicholim, Rajesh
largest party in Goa winning 20 seats Patekar, BJP candidate and assembly
in the 40-member state assembly, the speaker lost his seat to independent
election results also saw some politi- candidate Chandrakant Shetye.

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