BJP, Congress win one seat each in Goa
Panaji: The Congress on Tuesday retained the South Goa Lok Sabha constituency after Captain Viriato Fernandes defeated Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Pallavi Shrinivas Dempo by 14,703 votes, data from the Election Commission of India (ECI) stated.
, Viriato got 2,15,672 votes while Dempo received 2,00,969 votes
Rupert Pereira of the Revolutionary Goans Party was placed third in the list with 18,679 votes.
“The people of Goa have voted against unemployment, religious discrimination and abuse of power by the ruling party. I thank the people who have voted for me as well as the alliance partners for ensuring my victory. In the constituency where the prime minister had a campaign rally, the Congress got a lead of 3,000 votes said viriato
A former Captain in the Indian Navy, entered politics ahead of the 2022 Goa state assembly polls, which he contested unsuccessfully and was nominated by the Congress at the cost of sitting MP Francisco Sardinha.
Meanwhile In North Goa, BJP’s Shripad Yesso Naik (2,50,799 votes) defeated Congress candidate Ramakant Khalap (1,39,446 votes) by a margin of 1,11,353 votes.
