Reacting to the BJP’s victory, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that Goa had chosen good governance and progressive politics.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday registered a landslide victory in the Goa Zilla Panchayat Election 2025, winning 30 of the 50 seats and emerging as the single largest party. Results for all 50 seats have been declared.
The BJP contested the elections in alliance with the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP), which secured two seats.
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The Opposition Congress managed to win only eight seats, while the Aam Aadmi Party secured just one. The Goa Forward Party (GFP) and the Revolutionary Goans Party (RGP) won one seat each, while Independent candidates captured five seats.
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Reacting to the BJP’s victory, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that Goa had chosen “good governance” and “progressive politics”.
“Goa stands with good governance. Goa stands with progressive politics,” the Prime Minister said, thanking the people of Goa for giving strong support to the NDA in the Zilla Panchayat elections. Modi added that the results would “add more vigour to our efforts for Goa’s growth.”
Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant also thanked the people for placing their trust in the BJP.
“BJP No. 1 in Goa! Thank you, Goa, for placing your trust in the BJP and blessing us with a thumping victory! Heartiest congratulations to all the newly elected Zilla Panchayat members of the BJP–MGP (NDA) alliance,” Sawant said in a post on X.
The strong mandate, he added, reflected the people’s faith in the “Double Engine” government under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi.
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