BY A GT REPORTER
PANJIM: The bye-elections to fill up the two vacant posts of Taleigao and Santa Cruz Zilla Panchayat and two wards of Piligao and Carambolim posts will be held on August 9. The polling will commence at 8 am and end at 5 pm on August 9.
It will be a straight fight between Anabela Maria Pereira and Wilma Rosario Cardozo for Taleigao ZP constituency, which fell vacant following the resignation of Jennifer Monserrate on being elected sarpanch of Taleigao panchayat. The Taleigao ZP had 15,188 voters and 22 polling stations.
Six candidates are contesting the bye-election in Santa Cruz Zilla Panchayat constituency. They are Brigida Cynthia CardoZo, Elias Dias, Lawrence Fernandese, Prakash Sawant, Sunil Santinezkar and Suresh Palkar. The bye-elecion has been necessitated following the death of sitting ZP member Lawrence Azadevo. There are 14,283 voters and 18 polling stations in Santa Cruz constituency extending to the villages of Santa-Cruz, Curca, Bambolim and Telaulim. The counting of votes will be done at Institute Menezes Braganza hall, Panjim on August 10 from 8 am onwards.
Similarly, bye-elections will also be held in ward number V of Carambolim panchayat and and ward III of Piligao panchayat on August 9. Three Candidates are contesting in each of these wards. Sanjay Karmalkar, Tulshidas Narvekar and Umesh Karmalkar are contesting in ward V of Carambolim panchayat.
