MARGAO
The Congress retained the Cuncolim seat in style, with party candidate Yuri Alemao defeating Congress-turned-BJP sitting MLA Clafacio Dias by a huge margin.
Yuri won the seat for the Congress by a margin of 3234 votes. While the Congress candidate polled 9866 votes, the BJP candidate could garner only 6632, giving Yuri an unassailable lead of 3234.
Expectations by the BJP candidate that the Trinamool Congress candidate Dr Jorson Fernandes would poll minimum 2000 votes failed to materialize.
Poll statistics reveal that Dr Jorson managed to garner only 1282 votes. That’s not all. BJP rebel Santosh Faldesai garnered around 1326 votes in the election.
What’s interesting to note is that the Revolutionary Goans candidate Wilson Peter Cardozo put up an impressive performance in the election when he ended his campaign by polling 2430 votes.
