Panaji Aug 28 (IANS) Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday won the Goa assembly bye-election from the Panaji constituency by 4 803 votes.
Parrikar who polled 9 862 votes beat his nearest rival Congress Girish Chodankar who netted 5 059 votes. Anand Shirodkar of the Goa Suraksha Manch came a distant third polling 220 votes.
"I was expecting to win " Parrikar told reporters after the victory.
While Chodankar told reporters: "I may have lost numerically but residents of Panaji have given me a lot of love."
--IANS
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