In a few days’ time i.e. on May 7, Goans will be voting to elect the two leaders who will represent the State in parliament. The MLAs of the respective party are working overtime in order to see that their party candidate gets the maximum number of votes in their respective constituencies. In a way, how the party candidate for the parliamentary elections fares in the particular constituency will ascertain how the elected representative has fared in keeping his/her voters together and whether the MLA has been able to garner more support during the past two-and-half-years of the present assembly.
It could also be a pointer to how the MLAs will fare in the 2027 assembly elections. The parliament election results to be announced on June 4 will also, in a way, give a broad perspective on how the respective party will fare in the next assembly elections. But what will be very interesting to note is how the electorate will react to the eight Congress MLAs who switched sides in order to join the ruling dispensation.
Whether these eight MLAs will be forgiven by the voters for the change in the party loyalty and vote for the candidate they support remains to be seen. All-in-all the parliament elections could in a way be a referendum for the 2027 assembly elections even though the elections are two-and-half years away.
