Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) 'Babush' Monserrate panel on Friday (March 13) demolished Utpal Parrikar's 'Ami Panjekar', securing a whopping 27 wards in a massive victory in the 30-ward Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) elections. The 'Ami Panjekar' panel, which was backed by the Congress and other opposition parties, won the remaining three wards. The counting concluded at Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Stadium after beginning at 8:00 am, following smooth polling held on Wednesday, March 11. Atanasio 'Babush' Monserrate is a Cabinet minister in the Pramod Sawant-led ministry in Goa.
Babush hails BJP's unshakable strength
Atanasio 'Babush' Monserrate said that BJP's dominance proved unbreakable; even united opposition couldn't dent it, building on 2021's control. The party is now eying the upcoming Goa Assembly elections scheduled to be held in early 2027.
BJP's ward-by-ward dominance
BJP's Yutika Zambaulikar (Ward Number 1), Carolina Po (Ward Number 2), Margerida Fernandes (Ward Number 3), Rohit Monserrate (Ward Number 4), Kishore Sastry (Ward Number 5), Lorena Silvester Bento (Ward Number 6), Kareena Shirodkar (Ward Number 8), Kabir Filipe Pinto Makhija (Ward Number 9), Prasad Amonkar (Ward Number 10), Tukaram Chinanawar (Ward Number 11), Varsha Hari Shetye (Ward Number 12), Uday Vaman Madkaikar (Ward Number 13), Prajot Santosh Vaigankar (Ward Number 14), Shayani Chopdekar (Ward Number 15), Asmita Kerkar (Ward Number 16), Krishna Ramdas Shirodkar (Ward Number 18), Nikita Naik (Ward Number 19), Shubham Chodankar (Ward Number 20), Manisha Manerkar (Ward Number 21), Diksha Mainkar (Ward Number 22), Vidhya Satish Gadkar (Ward Number 23), Karan Yatin Parekh (Ward Number 24), Kirti Sakhalkar (Ward Number 25), Vasant Agshikar (Ward Number 26), Vithal Chopdekar (Ward Number 27), Rupesh Ravindra Halarnkar (Ward Number 28), and Silvestre Fernandes (Ward Number 30) won the elections, while the 'Ami Panjekar' panel managed to win Ward Numbers 7, 17, and 29.
Ami Panjekar's meager gains
Ami Panjekar won just three wards, including Leonid Furtado (Ward 7), Jack Ajit Sukhija (17), and Liberata Mendes E Achari (29), who emerged victorious. Furtado defeated Sanjiv Desai, while Sukhija edged past Dennis Edward Francis Jorge of the BJP by just 2 votes. Sandra Maria Da Cunha lost to Achari.
Record turnout
Voter turnout stood at 69.07%, with Ward Number 23 recording the highest at 81.94%. A total of 69 candidates contested the polls. Reservations included 10 wards for women, 8 for OBC, and 1 for ST. The results echoed 2021's BJP sweep (25/30 wards at 70.19% turnout in 2021), reinforcing Monserrate's hold on infrastructure and waste management amid rival heat.
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