PANAJI,March7,2012: The BJP cruised into a position to form the government with its alliance partner, MGP, after their candidates together won 23 seats in the 40-member Goa assembly at the completion of counting in two centres in Goa. The BJP displaced the Congress-NCP coalition government, which was led by chief minister Digambar Kamat, and had completed its full term. The MGP was also as its partner.
The BJP achieved a simple majority of 20 needed to form the government on its own, but is likely to take on board its new partner, MGP.The MGP won three seats, but several parties, including newcomers, Trinamool Congress led by veteran politician and former chief minister, Wilfred de Souza and NCP drew a blank.
The ruling Congress party slid to just eight seats from its strength of 16 seats in 2007. Two MLAs from Save Goa Party had later merged with their party into Congress, taking its tally to 18 while three NCP and two MPG MLAs had also joined the coalition government. Though chief minister, Digambar Kamat and ten-times winner and Speaker Pratapsing Rane were re-elected, home minister Ravi Naik, former BCCI vice president, Dayanand Narvekar, forest minister, Felipe Neri Rodrigues and power minister Aleixo Sequeira were among the losers.The Congress party's alliance partner, NCP drew a blank as its seven candidates, including revenue minister Jose Philip D'Souza and tourism minister, Nitin Halarnkar lost in Vasco and Tivim constituencies respectively.The Alemao family, which comprised two Congress ministers and brothers, Churchill Alemao and Joaquim Alemao, suffered a major blow as all four of them were defeated in their respective constituencies.
Churchill, who is famous all over India as director of Churchill Brothers Alemao lost to an independent, Avertano Furtado while his daughter, Valanka Alemao contesting from Benaulim constituency on Congress ticket lost to Goa Vikas Party nominee, Caetano D'Silva.The tickets allotted to ten family members by Congress-NCP alliance was one of the major issues in the Goa elections.Joaquim's son, Yuri Alemao who contested on NCP ticket lost to BJP candidate, Subhash Phaldesai.BJP made inroads into several Congress assembly segments, though it lost only one in Fatorda to an independent.The BJP snatched several seats from Congress bastions, but the independents also wrought a major part of the damage, as several of them cut into the Congress vote bank. Five independents were elected in the 40-member house.The BJP improved its position from 14, riding on an anti-Congress wave propelled by illegal mining, controversial regional plan of Goa 2021 and other issues.Leader of opposition and former chief minister, Manohar Parrikar is projected as the chief ministerial candidate after the party stakes its claim to form the government.
The BJP achieved a simple majority of 20 needed to form the government on its own, but is likely to take on board its new partner, MGP.The MGP won three seats, but several parties, including newcomers, Trinamool Congress led by veteran politician and former chief minister, Wilfred de Souza and NCP drew a blank.
The ruling Congress party slid to just eight seats from its strength of 16 seats in 2007. Two MLAs from Save Goa Party had later merged with their party into Congress, taking its tally to 18 while three NCP and two MPG MLAs had also joined the coalition government. Though chief minister, Digambar Kamat and ten-times winner and Speaker Pratapsing Rane were re-elected, home minister Ravi Naik, former BCCI vice president, Dayanand Narvekar, forest minister, Felipe Neri Rodrigues and power minister Aleixo Sequeira were among the losers.The Congress party's alliance partner, NCP drew a blank as its seven candidates, including revenue minister Jose Philip D'Souza and tourism minister, Nitin Halarnkar lost in Vasco and Tivim constituencies respectively.The Alemao family, which comprised two Congress ministers and brothers, Churchill Alemao and Joaquim Alemao, suffered a major blow as all four of them were defeated in their respective constituencies.
Churchill, who is famous all over India as director of Churchill Brothers Alemao lost to an independent, Avertano Furtado while his daughter, Valanka Alemao contesting from Benaulim constituency on Congress ticket lost to Goa Vikas Party nominee, Caetano D'Silva.The tickets allotted to ten family members by Congress-NCP alliance was one of the major issues in the Goa elections.Joaquim's son, Yuri Alemao who contested on NCP ticket lost to BJP candidate, Subhash Phaldesai.BJP made inroads into several Congress assembly segments, though it lost only one in Fatorda to an independent.The BJP snatched several seats from Congress bastions, but the independents also wrought a major part of the damage, as several of them cut into the Congress vote bank. Five independents were elected in the 40-member house.The BJP improved its position from 14, riding on an anti-Congress wave propelled by illegal mining, controversial regional plan of Goa 2021 and other issues.Leader of opposition and former chief minister, Manohar Parrikar is projected as the chief ministerial candidate after the party stakes its claim to form the government.