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Panaji, Feb 16 (IANS): Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Wednesday that the high percentage of votes in his Sanquelim Assembly constituency, as well as the high overall percentage of votes in the state, should not be construed as a vote. against the government.
He also said the BJP would win more than 22 seats in the February 14 Assembly polls, after a party held an election review meeting attended by its candidates, poll workers and officials. of the constituency unit party.
“A lot of people don’t know that in 2012, 92% of people voted. In 2017, 90% and now it’s 89%. It could mean that the vote is 3% less (this time) and that opponents were not able to get three percent[voters to vote]In many polling booths, opposition staff were not even present,” Sawant told reporters.
“If the opponents had succeeded in attracting their people, the vote would have been 92%. The opponents should be happy until March 10,” he said.
The Chief Minister contested the constituency of Sanquelim which had the highest vote percentage in the state at 89.64%. A total of 78.94% of votes were reported in the state for the Feb. 14 election.
When asked if the high turnout in the state was an indication of an anti-government mandate, the chief minister said: ‘There is no talk of anti-voting (against the government ) due to the increase in the percentage. We have faith in the people of Goa.”
