Six candidates from the Milind Naik panel who won at the Mormugao Municipal Council polls.
VASCO
BJP on Monday swept elections to the Mormugao Municipal Council (MMC) after winning in 19 of the 25 wards of the municipality.
While the BJP retained its control of the MMC, two wards were won by Congress backed panels, two wards were won by the Daji Salkar panel and two winning candidates were independent.
If was an impressive performance by all three BJP legislators in the port town, as Urban Development Minister Milind Naik’s panel won in seven of the nine wards in Mormugao constituency, Vasco BJP MLA Carlos Almeida won in eight of the 11 wards in Vasco constituency and Panchayats Minister Mauvin Godinho won in four of the five wards in Dabolim constituency.
MORMUGAO (WARDS 1-9)
The BJP won seven of the nine wards in Mormugao constituency and the winners were Manjusha Pilankar (Ward 1), Dayanand Naik (Ward 2), Kunali Mandrekar (Ward 3), outgoing councillor Damodar Kaskar (Ward 4), Damodar Naik (Ward 5), Prajay Mayekar (Ward 6) and Ramchandra Kamat (Ward 7).
The Congress-backed panel could win in only wards and the winning candidates were Shraddha Amonkar (Ward 8) and Yogita Parsekar (Ward 9).
Prominent among the winners were Shraddha Amonkar, wife of GPCC Vice President Sankalp Amonkar, and outgoing councillor Damodar Kaskar.
Prominent among the losing candidates were former MMC chairpersons Bhavana Bhosle, Shekhar Khadapkar, Sharad Chopdekar and outgoing councillors Nilesh Navelkar, Sarita Palkar, Sandesh Mesta and Murari Bandekar.
VASCO (WARDS 10-20)
The BJP won in eight of the 11 wards in Vasco constituency, with the winning candidates being Narayan Borkar (Ward 11), former MMC chairperson Deepak Naik who retained his seat (Ward 12), Matias Monteiro (Ward 14), Priya Raut (Ward 15), Fredrick Henriques (Ward 17), Ameya Chopdekar (Ward 18), Devita Arolkar (Ward 19) and Yatin Kamurlekar (Ward 20).
The Daji Salkar panel could win in only two wards, with Salkar’s wife, Shami Salkar winning in Ward 13 and Girish Borkar winning in Ward 16. Independent candidate Kaliyarasi Dhanpal Swamy won in Ward 10.
Prominent among the winners were Vasco BJP president and former chairperson Deepak Naik and outgoing councillors Yatin Kamurlekar and Fredrick Henriques.
Four outgoing councillors Dhanpal Swamy, Nandadeep Raut, Krishna Daji Salkar and Rochana Borker managed to retain their wards by getting their spouses elected.
Prominent among the losing candidates were former MMC chairpersons and outgoing councillors Saifullah Khan, Lavina D’Souza and former councillors Suchita Shirodkar, Fiola Rego, Sebastiao D’Souza, Manesh Arolkar, Neny Dsouza and Aravind Shinde.
DABOLIM (WARDS 21-25)
The BJP won in four of the five wards, with the winning candidates being Shraddha Mahale (Ward 21), Sudesh Bhosle (Ward 22), Vinod Kinlekar (Ward 23) and Catarina Xavier (Ward 24). Independent candidate Leo Rodrigues won in Ward 25.
One of the prominent winners was outgoing councillor Leo Rodrigues, while prominent candidates to have lost were former councillor Premanand Nanoskar and Tara Kerkar.
