250 candidates to contest for 40 seats in Goa polls
Following scrutiny and withdrawal of nominations, 250 candidates were left in the fray for Goa's 40 constituencies in the upcoming Assembly polls. Of the 405 nominations, 272 had passed the scrutiny stage but 22 candidates withdrew their nominations later. This is an increase of about 16% as compared to the last Assembly elections in 2012 where there were 215 contestants.