7.44 am – BJP, GSM, AAP by-election candidates reach the counting centre at Altinho
7.45 am – Strong rooms opened in the presence of ECI observers and candidates
8.07 am – Counting of Lok Sabha polls and by-election delayed by a few minutes.
8.14 am – Counting for North Goa parliamentary constituency and Panjim by-election starts
8.19 am – South Goa counting starts with postal ballots. Assembly segments of Ponda, Shiroda, Benaulim, Fatorda, Quepem, Sanvordem, Mormugao, Vasco, Cuncolim and Nuvem started in first round.
8.22 am – Initial trend shows Congress candidate Atanasio Monserrate leading in Panjim by-election by 500 votes
8.35 am – Monserrate continues to take lead by 617 votes. BJP’s Kuncalienker stands second
8.51 am – BJP’s Mapusa by-poll candidate Joshua D’Souza leading by 600 votes
8.59 am – BJP candidate for Mandrem by-poll Dayanand Sopte takes lead in Mandrem with 514 votes
9.11 am – Congress’ Lok Sabha candidate Francisco Sardinha leads with 4562 votes closely followed by BJP’s Narendra Sawaikar with 4074 votes.
9.15 am – BJP North Goa candidate Shripad Naik leading by nearly 4000 votes
9.25 am – EVM malfunctions of one of polling station at Mapusa. The result of round one held back due to the same
9.35 am – After second round, Monserrate leads by 1116 votes in Panjim. BJP’s Sidharth is second.
9.41 am – Sardinha adds to his lead with 6653 votes ahead of Sawaikar
9.42 am – EVM No G 75833 for Shiroda by-poll in booth No 10 does not display votes cast. VVPAT count to be taken.
9.58 am – Tough fight between BJP candidate Joshua D’Souza and Congress Candidate Sudhir Kandolkar. After first round, Sudhir leading by 59 votes
10.14 am – BJP’s Shiroda by-poll candidate Subhash Shirodkar leads by a slender 18 votes in Shiroda followed by MGP’s Deepak Dhavalikar.
11.14 am – Congress candidate Monserrate wins Panjim by election by 1758 votes, BJP loses its traditional seat
12.15 pm – Shirodkar wins Shiroda seat by 76 votes
12.55 pm – BJP wins Mapusa assembly seat with former DyCM Francis D’Souza son Joshua winning with 11,167 votes and Kandolkar gets 10,016 votes
1.23 pm – celebration in BJP head office; CM, Health Minister celebrate
1.30 pm – BJP president Vinay Tendulkar first reaction – says two more MLAs willing to join BJP; Shiroda defeat is defeat of Sudin; Panjim victory is victory of Babush and not Congress
2.05 pm – GFP President Vijai Sardesai tweets to please NDA; congratulate Modi and Shah for sliding victory
2.20 pm – Round 5 NG LS result out with BJP candidate leading by 32,600 votes
2.35 pm – Mandrem BJP candidate victory almost confirmed; Sopte takes over 3600 lead
3.10 pm – Mandrem BJP candidate wins by a margin of 4125 votes
3.33 pm – Shripad Naik increases his lead count to over 35,400 votes
3.39 pm – CM tweets congratulating the winners of by-election. Also congratulates Siddharth for giving his 100 per cent
3.58 pm – After a neck and neck contest, Congress’ Sardinha takes 9300 votes lead in South Goa
4.36 pm – Sardinha lead touches 15k mark; victory announced
