South Goa Lok Sabha Election Result 2024 Live Updates: With the counting of votes for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections underway, the results for one of the biggest elections in the world are finally being declared.
Over seven thousand candidates are in the electoral fray to gain the mandate of over 900 million eligible voters across 543 constituencies spread across 28 states and 9 union territories. The voting for these parliamentary elections were held in seven phases from 19 April to 1 June 2024. Now, it is time for the results.
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Live Updates of South Goa Lok Sabha Election Results 2024
The polling for South Goa was held in Phase 3 on 7 May.
The key candidates for the 2024 General Elections in South Goa are Pallavi Shrinivas Dempo (BJP) and Captain Viriato Fernandes (Congress).
As per the latest trends of counting of votes for 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Congress' Captain Viriato Fernandes has won South Goa Lok Sabha seat.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the South Goa seat was won by Congress candidate Cosme Francisco Caitano Sardinha, while BJP candidate Adv. Narendra Sawaikar had come in second place.
In 2014's General Elections, South Goa constituency was won by BJP candidate Adv. Narendra Keshav Sawaikar and Congress candidate Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco was the runner-up.
Assembly seats that fall under South Goa parliamentary constituency include Ponda, Siroda, Marcaim, Mormugao, Vasco-Da-Gama, Dabolim, Curchorem, Sanvordem, Sanguem, Canacona, Cortalim, Nuvem, Curtorim, Fatorda, Margao, Benaulim, Navelim, Cuncolim, Velim, Quepem.
South Goa is one of the Lok Sabha seats of Goa.
Goa Lok Sabha Elections 2024
In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Goa’s two seats went to polls in the third phase of voting that was scheduled on 7 May. They saw a combined voter turnout of over 75%.
State's ruling party, BJP, is contesting on both the seats alone, while INDIA bloc's Congress and AAP have entered into an alliance with Congress fielding candidates on both the seats of the state.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in Goa, BJP won the North Goa seat while Congress emerged victorious in South Goa. In the previous Lok Sabha elections of 2014, BJP won both the seats, leaving Congress empty-handed.