Goa Panchayat Election Results 2022 LIVE Updates: Counting is on ! BJP vs Congress - Winners List - South Goa, Pernem, Navelim, Salcete Goa, Parra, Merces, Calangute, North Goa, and more
Goa Panchayat Election Results 2022 LIVE Updates, Winners, Candidates List: The counting for Goa Panchayat Election Results 2022 is underway. As much as 78.70 per cent voter turnout was recorded for the panchayats elections with a total of 6,26,496 voters casting their votes. A total of 64 candidates have been elected unopposed from different village panchayats, of which 41 are from North Goa and 23 from South Goa. North Goa district has 97 panchayats, with 2,667 candidates in the fray, while 2,371 others contested polls for 89 panchayats in South Goa. As per the official data, there are 3,85,867 voters in North Goa, and 4,11,153 in South Goa. Here are all the latest news, LIVE Updates on Goa Panchayat Election Results 2022, winners list from South Goa, Pernem, Navelim, Salcete Goa, Parra, Merces, Calangute, North Goa, and more:-
Goa Panchayat Election Results 2022 LIVE Updates, Winners, Candidates List: The counting for Goa Panchayat Election Results 2022 is underway. As much as 78.70 per cent voter turnout was recorded for the panchayats elections with a total of 6,26,496 voters casting their votes. A total of 64 candidates have been elected unopposed from different village panchayats, of which 41 are from North Goa and 23 from South Goa. North Goa district has 97 panchayats, with 2,667 candidates in the fray, while 2,371 others contested polls for 89 panchayats in South Goa. As per the official data, there are 3,85,867 voters in North Goa, and 4,11,153 in South Goa. Here are all the latest news, LIVE Updates on Goa Panchayat Election Results 2022, winners list from South Goa, Pernem, Navelim, Salcete Goa, Parra, Merces, Calangute, North Goa, and more:-
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As per the official data, there are 3,85,867 voters in North Goa, and 4,11,153 in South Goa.
North Goa district has 97 panchayats, with 2,667 candidates in the fray, while 2,371 others contested polls for 89 panchayats in South Goa.
As much as 78.70 per cent voter turnout was recorded for the panchayats elections with a total of 6,26,496 voters casting their votes.
A total of 64 candidates have been elected unopposed from different village panchayats, of which 41 are from North Goa and 23 from South Goa.
Goekarncho Ekvot, a NGO which has been working for environmental causes, managed to win Velsao village panchayat in South Goa. Out of seven panch members, this group managed to win five seats.
The RGP participated in the grassroot level democracy and would continue to do so after winning the election, he said.
Talking to reporters, Revolutionary Goans Party (RGP) MLA Viresh Borkar said his party has defeated the panel fielded by former BJP MLA Francis Silveira in St Andre Assembly segment.
"The panchayat bodies will be contributing in a big way for the development of the state," he said.
D'Costa said people have voted for good governance at the grassroot level.
Congress-backed candidates won the panchayat bodies in the Quepem and Cuncolim constituencies in South Goa represented by party MLAs Altone D'Costa and Yuri Alemao respectively.
The counting of votes is undergoing at 21 different centres across 12 talukas of the state.
However, BJP's Goa spokesman Urfan Mulla, who contested from Rumdamol panchayat in South Goa, lost the election.
He said that winning panchayat elections is crucial for BJP as coordination between the panchayats and local legislators is necessary for the development of the region.
"We have won three out of nine panchayat bodies. We will win in all the nine panchayats," Tawadkar told PTI.
Several BJP leaders, including Speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly Ramesh Tawadkar, claimed that their party won the panchayat bodies in their respective constituencies.