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AAP's Goa story: six per cent of the vote, and a quiet lifeline for the BJP

From 39 candidates and zero seats in 2017, to serial exits and a 1-of-42 wipeout in the 2024 Zilla Panchayat polls — the record of a splinter force.

Pratima Coutinho's September 2023 exit — one day after her promotion to vice president — was not a solo act. It was a chapter in AAP's two-cycle Goa collapse, and in a vote-arithmetic that benefits only the ruling BJP.

By Staff Reporter·Nov 8, 2026·~5 min