Goa Election Results 2022 Live Updates: BJP inches closer to halfway mark; Pramod Sawant leads in Sanquelim:

According to Election Commission data, the BJP is leading in 19 seats, while the Congress is leading in 11. The counting of votes began at 8 am Thursday. Goa went to polls in a single-phase on February 14.

With over 300 candidates contesting in 40 assembly constituencies, Goa is witnessing a multi-cornered contest with parties including the BJP, Congress, Trinamool Congress, and AAP in the fray. In 2017, the Congress had emerged as the single largest party, winning 17 seats but the BJP, which won 13 seats, managed to form the government with the support of the Goa Forward Party and the MGP which had won three seats each, and two independents.