Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant welcomed the parties and their leaders who are making a debut in the Goa assembly. Overcoming anti-incumbency, the BJP on Thursday emerged as the single largest party in Goa by winning 20 assembly seats, just one shy of the halfway mark. Congress, on the other hand, finished second with 11 seats. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) made an entry into Goa by winning two seats. 19 MLAs elected to the 40-member Goa Assembly are first-timers