Goa breaks election records thanks to silent voters

"They are silent because they do not know you. We (politicians) understand it. When they smile at us, we know it is our vote," Parrikar said.

Former chief minister and Congress candidate from North Goa constituency Ravi Naik claimed the "silent voter" for himself, even revealing a 'trick', which according to him is a litmus test for identifying the instinct of a voter.

"You can see it when you meet them. The smiles they give you are enough of an indicator," explained Naik. The one, who smiles at you is someone who is going to or has voted for you, according to him.

In reality, neither any political party nor a candidate has anticipated the volume of voting before the election day.

Even the election campaigns organised by most of the political parties were lacklustre hardly evoking any popular response, which one is used to seeing in a typical vibrant Indian electioneering "tamasha".