Team Herald
PONDA: Thirteen of the 87 candidates withdrew their nominations on Tuesday, leaving 74 candidates in fray for the Ponda municipal elections on April 29.
Of the 74 candidates, 42 men and 32 are women, of whom 25 are contesting from five reserved wards.
Ponda town is divided into 15 wards, of which seven are reserved for OBCs, including women; the voting population of the town is 15975, of whom 8055 are males and 7920 are females. Ward 5 and Ward 15 have the highest 7 candidates each, while Ward 6 and Ward 13 have the lowest three candidates each.
The wards reserved for OBCs are 1, 8, 11 and 13, of which 1 and 13 are reserved for OBC women. The wards reserved for women (both OBC and general) are 1, 4, 9, 12, and 13.
Seven sitting councillors and four former councillors are contesting election. Ponda MLA Ravi Naik’s son Ritesh is contesting the election from OBC reserved ward 11.
Following is the list of candidates in fray ward wise: Ward 1 (OBC women) Vibha Naik, Chandrika Naik, Riya Dangui, Archana Naik Dangui and Trupthi Mamlekar.
Ward 2 (general) Rupak Desai, Sanjay Naik, Virendra Dhavlikar and Naguesh Priolkar.
Ward 3 (general) Minguel Fernandis, Dioguinho D’Souza, Irwin Soares and Yatish Savkar.
Ward 4 (women) Akeeta Naik, Shaila Borkar, Varsha Verenkar, Chandrakala Naik, Seeta Kakodkar and Reshma Ghadi.
Ward 5 (general) Lalan Naik, Manojkumar Gaonkar, Padmaja Naik, Venktesh Naik, Shambu Naik, Sushanth Kawlekar and Amol (Achut) Kunde.
Ward 6 (general) William Aguiar, Ashwin Kunkolienkar and Manguesh Kundaikar.
Ward 7 (general) Vishwanath Dalvi, Anil Korde, Vithal Naik and Disksha Naik.
Ward 8 (OBC) Pradeep Naik, Vidhesh Naik, Preetam Naik and Sudesh Naik.
Ward 9 (women) Navitha Arsekar, Bella Rodrigues, Juliana Gomes, Manisha Pai and Seema Fernandis.
Ward 10 (general) Rasikkumar Shet Parkar, Mahadev Khanolkar, Sidhesh Naik, Manoj Keni, Vipinkumar Shirsat and Shantaram Kolvekar.
Ward 11 (OBC) Ritesh Naik, Brahmanand Naik, Suraj Naik and Vivekanand Volvoikar.
Ward 12 (women) Melinda Colaco, Shubangui Kavlekar, Jaya Sawanth, Rithina Pereira, Savita Kadam, Clara Almeida.
Ward 13 (OBC women) Vidhita Prabu, Darshana Naik and Amina Naik.
Ward 14 (general) Abbas Mulla, Anand Naik, Abdul Shaikh, Nidhi Mamlekar, Subash Sirsat and Imran Shaikh.
Ward 15 (general) Geetali Talavlikar, Sampada Pednekar, Kishore Naik, Madananat Verenkar, Bharathi Naik Panvelkar, Suraj Shet Kurtarkar and Ajit Parkar.
