All 38 Goa MLAs, four MPs voted in Presidential poll: Official

Panaji July 17 (IANS) All 38 sitting MLAs as well as four members of Parliament from Goa cast their ballots on Monday for the President s election Legislature Secretary N.B. Subhedar said.

"It was 100 per cent voting " he said.

While Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar still a Rajya Sabha MP from Uttar Pradesh voted here three MPs from the state -- Union Minister Shripad Naik South Goa MP Narendra Savoikar (both from the Bharatiya Janata Party) and Shantaram Naik (Congress) -- cast their votes in New Delhi.

"The votes cast in Goa will be sent to Delhi for counting " Subhedar said.

Goa has a 40-member assembly but currently has 38 MLAs. Parrikar and Health Minister Vishwajit Rane are all set to contest the coming by-elections to two assembly seats.

--IANS
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