The BJP won 17 out of the 25 seats of the North Goa Zilla Panchayat, while the party has won 14 seats out of the 23 seats of the South Goa Zilla Panchayat body.
A low 56.82 per cent voter turn-out was recorded in Zilla Panchayat elections held in 48 constituencies in Goa on Saturday.
Polling for Zilla Panchayat forty eight constituencies in Goa is underway on Saturday, with 203 candidates in fray and nearly 7.91 lakh voters eligible to cast ballot.
Voting for the zilla panchayat (ZP) polls in Goa, which has 203 candidates in the fray contesting from 48 constituencies, began on Saturday morning.
Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant late on Thursday announced that the March 22 Zilla Panchayat polls had been postponed to March 24, because of a clash of dates between the elections and PM Narendra Modi's "Mann ki baat" announcement to hold the "janata curfew" on the same day.
Panaji: The BJP-led alliance candidates were leading in majority of the constituencies in Goa zilla panchayat polls, which are being fought on party lines.The BJP-led alliance won 13 seats, while others emerged winners in 10
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