By-election results: Manohar Parrikar wins Panaji, Congress leads in Bawana
By-election results: Manohar Parrikar wins Panaji, Congress leads in Bawana on Business Standard. Counting of votes for Goa's two assembly constituencies, Panaji and Valpoi, began at 8 am on today
Latest News Goa Chief Minister and BJP leader Manohar Parrikar has won a sixth term as MLA, winning the by-election to Panaji, defeating Congress’s Girish Chodankar by a margin of 4,803 votes. Chodankar secured 5,059 votes while Parrikar won with 9862 votes. In Valpoi, former Congress MLA Vishwajit Rane is leading by a huge margin and is set to win the seat for the BJP. In Delhi's Bawana by-election, Surender Kumar of the Congress party is maintaining his lead by 1,1097 votes after 5th round of counting. Ved Parkash of Bharatiya Janata Party is in second position. The focus of Monday’s results is on the high-stakes Bawana by-election in Delhi, and crucial Panaji bypolls in Goa. Goa: Counting of votes for Goa's two assembly constituencies, Panaji and Valpoi, began at 8 a.m. on Monday. In the Panaji by-election, four-time Chief Minister and five-time Panaji MLA Manohar Parrikar takes on Girish Chodankar of the Congress and Anand Shirodkar of the Goa Suraksha Manch. In the Valpoi by-poll, the contest is between HealthMinister Vishwajit Rane and Roy Naik of the Congress.
Poll officials said that counting was likely to be completed by 10 a.m. followed by the announcement of the winners. Nearly 75 per cent voting was recorded during the August 23 by-polls in Goa, with 22,196 and 28,868 votes cast in Panaji and in Valpoi assembly constituencies respectively. The by-poll in Panaji was necessitated after Parrikar's return to state politics in March this year, as Chief Minister. Sitting BJP MLA Sidarth Kuncolienkar resigned from the Panaji seat, enabling Parrikar to contest for the state capital constituency. In Valpoi, the by-polls were held following the resignation of Rane as a Congress MLA. He subsequently joined the BJP and the cabinet as Health Minister. Bawana by-election READ MORE