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LS polls: 11% turnout in Goa in the first hour

LS polls: 11% turnout in Goa in the first hour

India Blooms News Service (IBNS) | | 12 Apr 2014, 10:25 am
Panaji, Apr 12 (IBNS) Around 11% voter turnout was registered in the first hour as polling started in the two Lok Sabha constituencies of Goa on Saturday.

North Goa registered 12% turnout, while 11.3% voters exercised their franchise in South Goa.

 In North Goa, former Congress chief minister Ravi Naik is contesting against three times MP and former Union Minister Sripad Naik of the BJP. AAP has fielded Dattaram Desai from the Lok Sabha seat.  

 Congress candidate Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco, BJP candidate Narendra Sawaikar and AAP candidate Swati Kerkar are contesting for the South Goa seat.

Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar cast his vote in North Goa in the early hours.

"My performance in Goa and the Modi wave will help Goa return to power," Parikkar told CNN-IBN after casting his vote.
 

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