Mumbai, March 27: North Goa is the parliamentary constituency in Goa which went to polls in the Third Phase of general elections on April 23. The counting of votes for South Goa Lok Sabha election result took place on May 23. Cosme Francisco Caitano Sardinha of Congress defeated BJP's Adv Narendra Sawaikar Chodnakar by a margin of 80,247 votes.

The primary electoral contest for the seat is between the Bharatiya Janata Party, Congress and Aam Aadmi Party. Though several other regional parties would also contest for the seat.

The incumbent parliamentarian, representing the constituency is from BJP – Advocate Narendra Yadav Sawaikar. The MP emerged victorious in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections by defeating the Congress candidate – Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco. This time too, BJP has fielded Advocate Narendra Yadav Sawaikar from the constituency. In the Lok Sabha elections 2019, Congress has announced Francisco Sardinha as their candidate from this seat. In the meantime, AAP has announced that Elvis Gomes will contest on their seat. Goa Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Dates: Constituency-Wise Complete Schedule Of Voting And Results For General Elections. 

As per the ECI website – updated on March 13, 2019 – there are 5,33,811 voters in the parliamentary constituency, among them 2,65,625 are females while 2,68,186 are males. The average literacy rate of the constituency is 89.5 per cent. This constituency is known as ‘land of golden beaches’ as it is located facing the Arabian Sea. Among the most prominent beaches include – Palolem, Patnem, Agonda, Cola, Bogmalo and Vegatar. The female to male ratio is 959.

Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Schedule for Third Phase:

Announcement and Issue of Press Note March 10
Issue of Notification March 28
Last date for filing nomination April 4
Scrutiny of nomination April 5
Last date for withdrawal of candidature April 8
Date Of Poll April 23
Date of Result May 23
Dates Before Elections Shall be Completed May 27

According to the Election Commission’s briefings, the process of filing nomination for South Goa Lok Sabha elections will begin on March 28, which would continue till April 4. Scrutiny will be done on April 5, and the last date for the withdrawal of the nominations will be April 8. The polling will take place on April 23.

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In 2014 Lok Sabha polls, BJP bagged all the two Lok Sabha seats – North Goa and South Goa. Lok Sabha elections will take place in a single phase across the state – on April 23. The results would be declared on May 23.

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