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2022: Oct

Zilla panchayat bypolls

TNN, Oct 20, 2022: The Times of India

PANAJI: The results of the zilla panchayat bypolls threw no surprises for BJP, which retained control over Reis Magos and Davorlim constituencies. BJP-backed independent candidate Merciana Vas also had a comfortable victory in Cortalim, settling into the post that her husband vacated ahead of the state assembly elections.

While BJP’s victory appeared to be a foregone conclusion, Congress’ decline remains a significant takeaway. Congress failed to pose a serious challenge for BJP.

The Congress candidates found themselves relegated to the tail end in all three ZP constituencies.

In Reis Magos, Congress managed to eke out just a 6% vote share with the Davorlim Congress candidate doing no better, pulling in just 10% of the votes. In Cortalim, Congress has a 17% vote share.

Davorlim BJP candidate Paresh Naik won with 4,080 votes, defeating AAP candidate Siddesh Bhagat who got 3,374 votes. In Cortalim, Cortalim MLA Antonio Vas’s wife won by securing 4,453 votes, defeating another independent candidate Lesley Gama who got 1,511 votes. In Reis Magos, Sandeep Bandodkar (BJP) won with 5,345 votes defeating independent candidate Sainath Korgaonkar who got 1,101 votes.

“People have shown that if one supports BJP one can still win an election,” said the Cortalim MLA. “The work that I have done since I entered the elections, this is why people vote for me and this time they have voted for the BJP government too. I have supported the government and people have also supported me.”

His wife said that she will complete what her husband had promised in the manifesto. “One major issue is the internal roads, the gutters, which I will take up and complete,” said Vas.

The three seats of Reis Magos, Cortalim and Davorlim had fallen vacant after the ZP members quit to contest the state assembly elections in February. A total of 15 candidates were in fray for the ZP polls of which seven were in Davorlim, while there were four each in Reis Magos and Cortalim. Congress had fielded candidates in all the three ZP constituencies, while BJP and AAP had in two constituencies each.

The Reis Magos seat fell vacant after BJP’s Rupesh Naik quit the party in January to contest as an independent from Saligao constituency in the assembly elections. The Davorlim ZP seat fell vacant after Ulhas Tuenkar got elected as MLA on the BJP ticket from Navelim. In Cortalim, ZP member Anthony Vas was elected as an independent MLA.