 "Congress candidate Dayanand Raghunath Sopte (centre) celebrates after defeating BJP leader and Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar")
As Goans voted for a fractured mandate, the situation in this coastal state remains fluid, with the odds stacked in favour of the Congress.
With the Congress winning 17 out of the 40 seats in the Goa Assembly, the governor is expected to call on the Goa party chief, Luzinho Faleiro, to form a government. The BJP, on the other hand, has won 13 seats, though, with a higher vote share than the Congress. The BJP could neither better its seats tally (it had 21 seats in 2012 Assembly Elections), nor its vote share (2012 vote share was 34.68 per
