These areas have also elected BJP legislators for the last three to four terms.
The Calangute assembly constituency, which includes beaches like Calangute, Baga, Sinquerim, Candolim, etc also returned a BJP legislator for the first time in 2012.
Congress's candidate Naik has been indicted in a recent legislative committee report for his links to the drug mafia.
The Congress however claimed that Naik could not be accused of links to the drug mafia because there was no criminal complaint against him.
"Show me where is the complaint against Naik. If there is no criminal complaint how can you accuse him of having drug links?" Bhike said.
