SANGUEM
A large number of females came out to exercise their right to vote to elect the new members to the 11 panchayats in Quepem taluka, with 15,196 female voters outnumbering their male counterparts (13,632) by a significant margin.
In all, 28,828 of the 34,822 voters exercised their franchise, recording a voter turnout of 82.79 percent.
From the 11 panchayats, Morpilla Panchayat recorded the highest voting percentage (91.1%), followed by Barcem-Quedem (90.45%). Avedem-Cotombi village Panchayat recorded the lowest voter turnout (74.28%) with only 861 male voters and 1149 female voters exercising their right to vote.
The voting percentages at other village panchayats were Balli-Adnem (86.48%), Cavrem-Pirla (84.78%), Fatorpa Quittol (79.33%), Molcornem (83.4%), Morpilla (91.1%), Naquerim-Betul (79.8%) and Xeldem (78.1%).
