The ADR said 10 winners have won with a margin of victory of less than 1000 votes and four winners have won with more than 30 per cent margin of victory.
The state BJP chief said a meeting of the party’s elected MLAs will be held on Monday evening after which the name of the next chief minister will be declared. The date for the swearing-in ceremony is yet to be finalised
Utpal Parrikar resigned from the BJP before the legislative assembly poll held on February 14 in Goa. He contested as an independent candidate, taking the BJP’s candidate Atanasio alias Babush Monserrate head on.
Protem Speaker Ganesh Gaonkar administered the oath of office to the MLAs. Meanwhile, caretaker CM Pramod Sawant is set to meet BJP chief JP Nadda in Delhi
Governor P S Sreedharan Pillai, who dissolved the assembly on Saturday, ordered the new Assembly to convene on March 15 at 11.30 am for administration of the oath of affirmation.
P Chidambaram writes: We have just witnessed the results of elections in five states that are as different as the five fingers of a hand. I followed the course of the elections in three of the five states and shall therefore restrict my observations to those states.
Assembly Election news: Ahead of a Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said no one takes on Prime Minister Narendra Modi as Gandhi does.
Early trends show the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will come back to power in Uttar Pradesh with an overwhelming majority and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is set to sweep Punjab. Workers in UP and Punjab gathered to celebrate the possible wins.
Gurgaon Police registers criminal case against comedian Pranit More and web developer Himanshu Jangra for making controversial remarks during a comedy show. NCW takes notice and issues summons, expressing concern over the normalisation of gender-based entitlement. Legal action taken and controversial video asked to be removed from social media platforms.
