Election News

Sitting BJP MLA Thongam Biswajit Singh is hoping to make it a hat-trick win from Thongju constituency in 2022. In 2017, he defeated his rival Thokchom Ajit Singh with a margin of 7301 votes. Interestingly, the sitting BJP MLA won on TMC ticket in 2012 and later defected to BJP in 2017.

Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant emerged victorious in the Sanquelim assembly constituency as he defeated Congress leader Dharmesh Saglani by a margin of 600 votes, according to the Election Commission (EC).

Former chief minister of Goa and six-time MLA Digambar Kamat has won again from his bastion Margao on a Congress ticket.

Congress' Aleixo Sequeira has emerged victorious in the Nuvem assembly constituency.

Goa Forward Party's (GFP) Vijai Sardesai has emerged victorious in the Fatorda assembly constituency.

Adding to the historic win for the Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab, there was more good news for the Arvind Kejriwal-led party as it secured its first-ever seats in Goa.

BJP's Mohan Singh Bisht has won from the Lalkuan seat, beating former CM and Congress stalwart Harish Rawat.

Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party's (MGP) Jit Vinayak Arolkar has emerged victorious in the Mandrem assembly constituency.

Chief Minister and two-time sitting MLA from Khatima, Pushkar Singh Dhami has lost the battle to Congress's Bhuwan Chandra Kapri. Khatima was the constituency that was the bastion of the eight-month-old chief minister.

Bishenpur Assembly constituency in Manipur will be interesting to watch on poll day as the former Congress chief of Manipur who registered a big win last election is a BJP candidate now. Govindas Konthoujam Singh in 2017 as a Congress candidate had won over his rival in BJP with a victory margin of 5,278 votes. Upset over differences in the party, he quit and joined BJP last year.