Panaji: Total 12 nominations for Lok Sabha seats- North and South Goa and 16 nominations for the by-elections- Mandrem, Shiroda and Mapusa are in fray for the upcoming polls scheduled on April 23.
For Lok Sabha, total six candidates, each in North and South Goa seat, are in fray.
North Goa- Shripad Naik (BJP), Girish Chodankar (INC), Pradeep Padgaonkar (AAP), Aishwarya Salgaonkar (IND), Amit Korgaonkar (Republic party of India) and IND Bhagwant Kamat.
South Goa-Narendra Sawaikar (BJP), Francisco Sardinha (INC), Elvis Gomes (AAP), Rakhi Naik (Shiv Sena), Dr Kalidas Vaingankar (IND) and IND Mayur Khankonkar.
For by-elections, there are seven candidates in Mapusa, five in Shiroda and four in Mandrem assembly constituency. Two candidates- Mukti Arolkar from Mandrem and Harishchandra Naik from Shiroda withdrew.
Mapusa- Joshua D’Souza (BJP), Sudhir Kandolkar (INC), Shekhar Naik (AAP), Nandan Sawant (GSM), Sanjay Barde (INC) and two IND- Ashish Shirodkar and Sudesh Asotikar
Shiroda- Shiroda- Subhash Shirodkar (BJP), Mahadev Naik (INC), Deepak Dhavlikar (MGP), Yogesh Khandeparkar (AAP), Santosh Satarkar (GSM)
Mandrem- Dayanand Sopte (BJP), Babi Bagkar (INC), Swarup Naik (GSM) two IND Jeet Arolkar
