Team Herald
MARGAO: Six candidates are in fray for the Guirdolim and Carmona panchayat by-elections scheduled on November 25.
While four candidates are contesting from Ward No 3 in Guirdolim where Flavia da Costa had resigned, two are contesting from Ward No 7 of Carmona where Benicio Carvalho had resigned.
The four candidates in Guirdolim are Ana Piedade D’Costa, Janety Jeorgina Cardoso e Silveira, Rosen Frenzila D’Costa and Sunita Gonsalves, wife of Milagres Gonsalves, who has been a panch for 15 years.
The two candidates in Carmona include Benaulim MLA Churchill Alemao’s cousin Joao Francisco da Costa and independent Sulivano Orfano Luciano D’Costa.
The Guirdolim elections will be held in the panchayat office, while in Carmona the polls will be held in the Government School premises on November 25 from 8 am to 5 pm. The counting of ballots will held at 8 am on November 26 in the Mamlatdar’s chamber at Matanhy Saldanha Administrative Complex, Margao.
