The party system in GoaThe party system in Goa transformed in the 1970s from a contest between two local parties, the UGP and the MGP, into a competition between two national parties. (i) By joining a national party, the locus of power has shifted from Goa to Delhi with national power brokers in Delhi dominating all major decisions concerning Goa. (iii) In the national calculus, therefore, Goa then becomes just another factor, useful when it serves the national party, dispensable when it does not. Constituency captureBecause managing a constituency is so vital, politicians have emerged who can control election outcomes because they have created a support base that goes with them wherever they go, into party A or party B. This phenomenon of constituency capture is an outcome of constituency size.

Source: The Herald October 01, 2022 23:35 UTC