It’s no secret that Salcete has traditionally been a Congress bastion, with the taluka’s eight assembly constituencies making the grand old party a formidable force in the S Goa parliamentary election. However, things have changed, and now, with three constituencies represented by BJP MLAs and one independent supporting the BJP govt, it remains to be seen whether voters will follow their MLAs’ lead and cast their vote for the BJP candidate
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As voting day draws near, the key
candidates
vying to represent the
South Goa
Lok Sabha constituency will look to Salcete’s eight assembly segments, which have traditionally held the key to the winner’s fortunes.
Salcete
, the district’s most populous taluka, has traditionally been a
Congress
bastion, giving the party an edge in the South Goa parliamentary
. Only twice has
BJP
won the seat — 1999, when Ramakant Angle beat Congress’ Joaquim Alemao by 14,457 votes, and 2014, when Narendra Sawaikar beat Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco by 32,330 votes.
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