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date_range 28 Aug 2017 10:36 AM GMT Updated On
date_range 28 Aug 2017 10:36 AM GMTParrikar wins Panaji Assembly by-election
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Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar Monday won the Panaji Assembly by-election, defeating his nearest rival, Girish Chodankar of the Congress, by 4,803 votes.
Parrikar polled 9,862 votes against 5,059 by Chodankar.
Goa Suraksha Manch president Anand Shirodkar polled only 220 votes, while 301 people pressed `None of The Above (NOTA) button.
The polling was held on August 23.
Parrikar was sworn in as the chief minister in March 2017 after the BJP formed a coalition government with Goa Forward Party, MGP and independents.
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