Goa Election 2022: Voting concludes with 78.94% turnout

Polling began at 7 am in Goa today and conclude at 6 pm. 301 candidates are in the fray for the 40 Assembly seats. CM Pramod Sawant said he's confident of BJP's win.

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Panaji: Goa on Monday (February 14) concluded the voting for Assembly polls 2022 with a 78.94% turnout. 301 candidates were in the fray for the 40 Assembly seats, election officials said. Over 11 lakh people were eligible to cast their votes. They include 9,590 persons with disabilities, 2,997 aged over 80 years, 41 sex workers and nine transgenders. The counting of votes will take place on March 10. Goa is witnessing a multi-cornered contest, with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and other smaller parties vying to make a mark on the state's electoral scene.

The prominent candidates include Chief Minister Pramod Sawant (BJP), Leader of the Opposition Digambar Kamat (Congress), former CMs Churchill Alemao (TMC), Ravi Naik (BJP), Laxmikant Parsekar (independent), former deputy CMs Vijai Sardesai (GFP) and Sudin Dhavalikar (MGP), late CM Manohar Parrikar's son Utpal Parrikar and AAP's CM face Amit Paleker. 

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The Sankhalim constituency (North Goa), represented by Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, recorded the highest 33 per cent voting so far since morning (till 11 am), followed by Sanguem (South Goa) where 32.87 per cent votes were polled, officials of the Election Commission said. Sanvordem and Benaulim constituencies (South Goa) recorded a low turnout of 22.85 per cent and 22.96 per cent, respectively, as per official figures.