75% polling in two seats in Goa

PANAJI: Goa saw brisk polling on Saturday with queues forming at the polling stations all day, recording a 75% voter turnout by the end of the day.

Chief minister Manohar Parrikar, after casting his vote, said BJP would win both seats. “Goa does not see lines like these in the Lok Sabha election otherwise,” he said. The state has over a million voters. The main contenders for the North Goa seat are sitting MP and BJP candidate Shripad Yesso Naik, Congress candidate Ravi Naik and Dattaram Desai from the Aam Aadmi Party.