PANAJI: Voting is underway for the high-stake Panaji assembly seat bypoll on Sunday. The bye-election was necessitated due to the death of former chief minister
Manohar Parrikar in March this year. Parrikar had represented the constituency for nearly two-and-a-half decades since 1994. Here are the updates:
* Panaji assembly constituency records 58.89% voting till 3pm
* Congress has filed a complaint with the CEO accusing
BJP leader Dattaprasard Naik of issuing threats and offering money to voters
* 45% polling recorded till 1pm
* Goa had already witnessed by-elections to three other assembly seats and two Lok Sabha constituencies on April 23
* 31.48% polling recorded till 11am
* Counting of votes is scheduled for May 23
* Six candidates, including two Independents, are in the fray for the bye-election
* I am serious about moving casinos out of Mandovi river: Congress candidate Atanasio Monserrate
* Union Ayush minister Shripad Naik casts his vote
* 14.36% voting registered till 9am
* Goa Suraksha Manch candidate Subhash Velingkar casts his vote
* Congress candidate Atanasio Monserrate casts his vote
* As many as 22,482 voters are eligible to exercise their franchise in the constituency
* BJP candidate Sidharth Kuncalienkar casts his vote
* Voting begins for assembly bypoll to the Panaji assembly constituency
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