Goa Municipal Polls

Candidates backed by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) clinched majority seats in polls to two municipal councils in Goa, the results of which were declared by the State Election Commission on Sunday.

Polls to Sankhalim and Ponda municipal councils in Goa will be held on Friday, while counting of votes will take place on Sunday, an official said.

The ruling BJP on Monday won majority in five out of six municipal councils in Goa where elections were held on March 20.

Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) chief Girish Chodankar on Friday demanded the State Election Commission (SEC) to suspend the municipal election till the Supreme Court decides on the legality of the entire process.

The Goa Bench of the Bombay High Court on Monday set aside a notification issued by the state government's Directorate of Municipal Administration reserving various wards in five out of 11 civic bodies where elections will be held later this month.

Elections to 11 municipal councils and the Panaji municipal corporation in Goa will be held on March 20, the State Election Commission said on Monday.

The elections for 11 municipal councils and Corporation of City of Panaji (CCP) will be held on March 20, the State Election Commission announced on Monday.

The Goa State Election Commission has again postponed the elections to the Panaji city corporation, 11 municipal councils, and bypolls in various village panchayats for three months.

For the Aam Aadmi Party which is coping with loss in Rajouri Garden by-poll and assembly polls in Punjab and Goa, the MCD election on April 23 is crucial. It will be seen as a report card for Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's government that he formed two years ago after winning 67 out of 70 assembly seats.

Just out of the electoral setback in Punjab and Goa, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's next big challenge, the municipal elections in the national capital, is round the corner. Mr Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party needs to wrest control over the three municipal corporations from the BJP - that is looking for a third consecutive term - not just to mak...

Aam Aadmi Party has decided not to contest the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation elections due next year, stating that its priority is to concentrate on the poll-bound states of Punjab and Goa.

A BJP-backed panel today failed to win the Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP), the municipal corporation in Panaji, which Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has represented as legislator five times in a row.

The Congress today accused Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar of ignoring his ministerial responsibilities and instead spending his time in campaigning for BJP-sponsored candidates for the municipal polls which concluded on Sunday.

Elections to 11 municipal bodies in Goa would be held on October 25.

To avoid coinciding dates with "All Saints' Day" observed by the Christian community, Goa Election Commission may reschedule the polling date for upcoming Municipal elections, scheduled for November 1.

Candidates backed by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) clinched majority seats in polls to two municipal councils in Goa, the results of which were declared by the State Election Commission on Sunday.

Polls to Sankhalim and Ponda municipal councils in Goa will be held on Friday, while counting of votes will take place on Sunday, an official said.

The ruling BJP on Monday won majority in five out of six municipal councils in Goa where elections were held on March 20.

Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) chief Girish Chodankar on Friday demanded the State Election Commission (SEC) to suspend the municipal election till the Supreme Court decides on the legality of the entire process.

The Goa Bench of the Bombay High Court on Monday set aside a notification issued by the state government's Directorate of Municipal Administration reserving various wards in five out of 11 civic bodies where elections will be held later this month.

Elections to 11 municipal councils and the Panaji municipal corporation in Goa will be held on March 20, the State Election Commission said on Monday.

The elections for 11 municipal councils and Corporation of City of Panaji (CCP) will be held on March 20, the State Election Commission announced on Monday.

The Goa State Election Commission has again postponed the elections to the Panaji city corporation, 11 municipal councils, and bypolls in various village panchayats for three months.

For the Aam Aadmi Party which is coping with loss in Rajouri Garden by-poll and assembly polls in Punjab and Goa, the MCD election on April 23 is crucial. It will be seen as a report card for Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's government that he formed two years ago after winning 67 out of 70 assembly seats.

Just out of the electoral setback in Punjab and Goa, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's next big challenge, the municipal elections in the national capital, is round the corner. Mr Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party needs to wrest control over the three municipal corporations from the BJP - that is looking for a third consecutive term - not just to mak...

Aam Aadmi Party has decided not to contest the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation elections due next year, stating that its priority is to concentrate on the poll-bound states of Punjab and Goa.

A BJP-backed panel today failed to win the Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP), the municipal corporation in Panaji, which Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has represented as legislator five times in a row.

The Congress today accused Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar of ignoring his ministerial responsibilities and instead spending his time in campaigning for BJP-sponsored candidates for the municipal polls which concluded on Sunday.

Elections to 11 municipal bodies in Goa would be held on October 25.

To avoid coinciding dates with "All Saints' Day" observed by the Christian community, Goa Election Commission may reschedule the polling date for upcoming Municipal elections, scheduled for November 1.