Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Tuesday evening expressed his happiness over the strong voter turnout for the two Lok Sabha seats in the coastal state that went to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in the third phase on Tuesday, reported the IANS news agency.
According to provisional figures released by the Election Commission of India (ECI), the state recorded a voter turnout of 74.27 per cent for North Goa and South Goa seats, where elections were held on Tuesday. for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
In a video message, CM Sawant said, “I congratulate all Go residents for such a high voter turnout. Until now the record was 72 per cent of the polls, a percentage that we have surpassed today,” IANS reported.
“We respect democracy. I am hopeful that the dream of ‘Viksit Bharat’ will come true. I am sure that the BJP will win both the seats in Goa,” the Chief Minister said.
The BJP has fielded Union Minister of State for Tourism Shripad Naik from North Goa and industrialist Pallavi Dempo from South Goa.
The Chief Minister also said that the elections were held peacefully in the state without any untoward incidents, IANS reported.
“Some political leaders tried to create problems. But people maintained peace and the elections went smoothly,” he said, IANS reported.
Meanwhile, the voter turnout in the 93 parliamentary constituencies that went to polls in the third phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections was 61.45 per cent till 8 pm, the Election Commission said.
With the conclusion of Phase 3, elections have already been completed in 20 states/UTs and 283 constituencies for the Lok Sabha elections 2024. A total of 1,331 candidates were in the electoral fray in this phase.
According to a press release from the ECI, “Voting was carried out smoothly and peacefully in all states/UTs in all three phases, which covered the entire northeastern part of the country, including vulnerable and LWE-affected areas in Chhattisgarh , Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, headed by CEC Rajiv Kumar, along with CEs Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, kept a close vigil on each and every aspect of the electoral process. Strict security measures were put in place, creating an atmosphere. conducive to voters to cast their vote without fear or intimidation.”
(With inputs from IANS)