MAPUSA
Siolim has the maximum number of candidates with 13 contenders even as a total of 52 candidates were left in the fray in Bardez taluka on the last day of withdrawal on Monday.
The assembly election in the State is scheduled for February 14.
Incidentally, the maximum Independents (5) and women (4) are also contesting from the Siolim constituency.
A total of seven women and 11 Independents are in the fray in the taluka.
Candidates belonging to BJP, Congress, TMC and AAP are contesting in all the seven constituencies, while NCP and Shiv Sena are contesting in two seats each.
The two new local parties “ Revolutionary Goans Party and Goencho Swabhiman Party are contesting in five and two constituencies, respectively.
A candidate each from Sambhaji Brigade Party and Jai Maha Bharath Party are trying their luck from Siolim.
