Elvis Gomes election result 2017: AAP candidate loses

Cuncolim: The counting process for Goa Assembly elections 2017 began on Saturday morning. The counting to elect Cuncolim MLA is underway. Here are all the LIVE updates:-

- Elvis Gomes, a former bureaucrat, is the chief ministerial candidate from Goa representing AAP. He has contested from Cuncolim constituency of South Goa.

- The 53-year-old was initially posted in Mumbai, however, switched to Goa under the Goa Civil Service. Gomes opted for voluntary retirement in September 2016, after being ‘sidelined’ by the ruling BJP government.

- Reportedly, AAP has already named Gomes as the next Goa CM who is contested by Subhash Alias Rajan K Naik representing BJP.