Panaji: Even as the Congress party continues its lead Goa assembly where counting of votes is still underway, in a setback for the ruling BJP Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar lost the election to the Congress candidate.
Parsekar lost the election to Dayanand Sopte of Congress in Mandrem assembly constituency.
Meanwhile, the trends at 02:15 pm showed the Congress is leading on 15 seats, while the ruling BJP a close second with a lead on 11 seats. Others are ahead on 06 seats.
Of the 15 results declared so far, BJP bagged 06 seats, Congress won 04, Goa Forward Block 02, MGP, NCP and Independent 01 seat each.
Latest trends also showed that AAP, contesting the Goa election for the first time, is not in a position to win a single seat.
Earlier, counting of votes began at the 02 centres in Goa amid tight security on Saturday March 11 at 08:00 am. Votes for 19 constituencies are being counted at Panaji in North Goa, while the counting for the remaining 21 is underway in Margao in South Goa.
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01:45 PM The Congress party continues its lead Goa assembly where the ruling BJP is not far away behind, the trends available at 01:45 pm showed.
The trends at 01:45 pm showed the Congress is leading on 14 seats, while the ruling BJP a close second with a lead on 12 seats. Others are ahead on 06 seats.
Latest trends also showed that AAP, contesting the Goa election for the first time, is not in a position to win a single seat.
12:00 PM The Congress party is ahead in 12 of the total 40 seats in Goa assembly while the ruling BJP is leading in 09 seats, trends available at 12:00 pm showed.
The terends at 12:00 pm also showed that AAP, contesting the Goa election for the first time, is not in a position to win a single seat.
10:30 AM Trends available at 10:30 am showed the Congress is ahead in 11 of the total 40 seats in Goa assembly. The ruling BJP is leading in 08 seats whereas others are ahead in 04 seats.
In Goa, election officials say counting will be completed by 2:30 pm.
08:00 AM Counting of votes in Goa, where the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) in power since last five years, started today at 08:00 am.
As per the Election Commission guidelines, the process began with counting of postal votes.
The trends and results will soon start coming as the first round of voting is expected to be completed by about 08:30 am.
07: 00 AM Counting of votes for the assembly elections in the tiney tourist state of Goa and four other Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Manipur states will start today i.e. Saturday March 11, 2017 exactly at 08:00 am.
According to the election commission, the process in Goa will begin with counting of postal votes and trends are expected to be available by 09:00 am. By 12 noon, a final picture could emerge on who would be the major players in the state.
The counting of vote will take place at 02 centres in Goa. The entire process will be completed by afternoon, the state election commission said.
According to Election Commission guidelines, half-an-hour after the postal ballots are counted, the process of counting of EVM votes begins.
The 'ballot unit' is switched on in the presence of senior poll officials and counting agents of candidates and the result command keyed in to get the results per machine.
Where a paper trail audit or 'voter-verified paper audit trail' (VVPAT) has been used, the counting agent can call for a count of the paper slips in the drop box attached to the voting machine, but a final count is taken by the returning officer.
Once the results are declared, the names of the winning candidates will find mention in the gazette. The gazette notification will initiate the process to form the next legislative assemblies in the states.
Exit polls by various news channel released on Thursday had predicted that the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) will retain power in Goa for the next five years.
The Exit Poll results are a setback for the Congress as the party had a good chance winning in Goa. For, the BJP was a scattered lot ever since Manohar Parrikar, the former chief minister was shifted to Delhi and resumed charge as Defence Minister.
To make matters worse for the ruling BJP, the RSS raised voice of dissent against its political wing, and in many assembly areas its cadres were seen openly opposing the BJP candidates.
The Aam Aadmi Party of Arvind Kejriwal is contesting the Goa Assembly elections for the first time, and it hopes to win despite the Exit Polls predicting the opposite.
In 2012 elections, Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) had won 21 of the total 40 seats and formed the government. The Congress was a distant second with 09 whereas independents and others had 05 and 02 seats.
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