Cortalim: Independent candidate Merciana Mendez E Vaz won zilla panchayat by-election from Cortalim constituency.
Vaz polled 3435 votes defeating her nearest rival Lesley Agnelo Gama of Revolutionary Goans party. He polled 1120 votes.
Congress candidate Valent Barbosa polled 876 votes and stood third.
Independent Candidates Betrayed Goans by joining the BJP. They got anti-BJP votes. Today Goans are suffering because of these independent Candidates.