<p>The Trinamool Congress has claimed it will win 12 seats in Goa and its ally Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) will bag seven seats in the 40-member state Assembly.</p>.<p>Polling in all the 40 Assembly constituencies of the coastal state was held on Monday.</p>.<p>The counting of votes will be held on March 10. Before the polls, the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) had forged an alliance with Goa's oldest regional party MGP.</p>.<p>Talking to <em>PTI</em> after the voting concluded on Monday evening, TMC Goa chief Kiran Kandolkar claimed his party was the only political outfit that gave a tough fight to the ruling BJP in the state.</p>.<p>"The TMC will win at least 12 seats in the state. Our ally MGP will win seven seats," he claimed.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/election/assembly-elections-nearly-79-turnout-in-goa-moderate-voting-in-uttarakhand-and-up-1081662.html" target="_blank">Assembly elections: Nearly 79% turnout in Goa; moderate voting in Uttarakhand and UP</a></strong></p>.<p>Kandolkar said they might fall short of a few seats, as against the majority mark of 21, but expressed confidence that they will be able to prove the majority on the floor of the House.</p>.<p>He dismissed the apprehension that the MGP might part ways with the TMC after the poll results are out. The pre-poll alliance between two the parties mandates that the MGP stays with the TMC even after the results are declared, he said.</p>.<p>Kandolkar further said a wrong impression was being created that the TMC will leave Goa after the poll results, and asserted that his party was here to stay.</p>.<p>“I agree that we have no grass-root level workers in Goa at present, but during the campaigning for the elections, we managed to make our presence felt in all the 40 Assembly constituencies,” he said.</p>.<p>The party organisation will now set up grass-root level committees across Goa, he added. </p>.<p><strong>Check out latest DH videos on Assembly elections 2022 here</strong></p>
<p>The Trinamool Congress has claimed it will win 12 seats in Goa and its ally Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) will bag seven seats in the 40-member state Assembly.</p>.<p>Polling in all the 40 Assembly constituencies of the coastal state was held on Monday.</p>.<p>The counting of votes will be held on March 10. Before the polls, the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) had forged an alliance with Goa's oldest regional party MGP.</p>.<p>Talking to <em>PTI</em> after the voting concluded on Monday evening, TMC Goa chief Kiran Kandolkar claimed his party was the only political outfit that gave a tough fight to the ruling BJP in the state.</p>.<p>"The TMC will win at least 12 seats in the state. Our ally MGP will win seven seats," he claimed.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/election/assembly-elections-nearly-79-turnout-in-goa-moderate-voting-in-uttarakhand-and-up-1081662.html" target="_blank">Assembly elections: Nearly 79% turnout in Goa; moderate voting in Uttarakhand and UP</a></strong></p>.<p>Kandolkar said they might fall short of a few seats, as against the majority mark of 21, but expressed confidence that they will be able to prove the majority on the floor of the House.</p>.<p>He dismissed the apprehension that the MGP might part ways with the TMC after the poll results are out. The pre-poll alliance between two the parties mandates that the MGP stays with the TMC even after the results are declared, he said.</p>.<p>Kandolkar further said a wrong impression was being created that the TMC will leave Goa after the poll results, and asserted that his party was here to stay.</p>.<p>“I agree that we have no grass-root level workers in Goa at present, but during the campaigning for the elections, we managed to make our presence felt in all the 40 Assembly constituencies,” he said.</p>.<p>The party organisation will now set up grass-root level committees across Goa, he added. </p>.<p><strong>Check out latest DH videos on Assembly elections 2022 here</strong></p>