THE GOAN NETWORK
MAPUSA
Ninety-seven of the 118 nominations were considered valid for the Mapusa Municipal Council (MMC) elections on Monday.
Ward 14 has most number of candidates (10) in the 20 wards going to polls, while two wards (6 and 13) have only candidates each.
The candidates who have been considered eligible to contest the polls are Anand Bhaidkar, Rama Kashalkar, Vaibhav Parastekar (Ward 1, reserved for OBC), Chetana Benkar, Aalpa Bhaidkar, Sanjana Banavlikar (Ward 2, Women), Sitaram aka Babun Kandolkar, Mangesh Harmalkar, Nilesh Naik, Sidharth Harmalkar, Nikhil Narvekar (Ward 3, OBC), Natasha Carasco, Sangita Korgaonkar, Shreya Harmalkar (Ward 4, women), Shashank Narvekar, Nisha Mayekar, Pravin Asolkar and Kishor Raut (Ward 5), Dr Nutan Bicholkar, Vrunda Mishal (Ward 6, OBC women), Tarak Arolkar, Uday Arolkar, Francisco Carvalho, Sidharth Mayekar, Nandu Nagvekar, Narayan Nagvekar (Ward 7), Vikash Arolkar, Priti Arolkar, Marlin De Souza, John Lobo, Ingrid Lobo, Peter Mendes, Dnyaneshwar Waingankar (Ward 8), Ryan Braganza, Satyesh Kandolkar, Kanish Mahadeshvar (Ward 9), Laxmi Natekar, Alpana Shirodkar, Ankita Pandit (Ward 10, women), Sudesh Hasotikar, Rajesh Hasotikar, Chetan Korgaonkar, Lochan Korgaonkar, Vinod Mayekar, Sandip Mirajakar, Rajesh Wadkar (Ward 11, SC), Hanumant aka Balu Varang, Sandip Falari, Samir Harmalkar, Rohit Volvoikar, Shelvi Varang, Rafil Sheikh and Ajay Bhartu (Ward 12), Kamal De Souza, Shreya Salgaonkar (Ward 13, OBC women), Gauspir Benkepur, Sneha Bhobe, Subhash Bhobe, Kedar Kamat, Vasim Sheikh, Damodar Lanjekar, Mahesh Shirgaonkar, Hasina Sawar, Sikandar Sawar, Sainath Raul (Ward 14), Vijeta Naik, Abhijeet Naik, Manita Gadekar, Namrata Gadekar, Swapnil Shirodkar, Antonio Alvares and Kevin Alvares (Ward 15), Gurudas Waingankar, Shubham Parsekar, Suhas Sakhalkar, Shubhangi Waingankar, Vishwas Salgaonkar (Ward 16, OBC), Vaishali Barde, Rajsinha Rane, Viraj Fadke, Shriram Shinde, Mahabaleshwar Korgaonkar (Ward 17), Manisha Kavlekar, Anvi Korgaonkar, Ujwala Shetye, Reshma Mathkar, Sakshi Nanodkar, Urmila Yende (Ward 18, women), Sudhir Kandolkar, Renuka aka Rupa Bhakta (Ward 19), Prakash Bhivshet, Sachin Soares, Akshay Bhivshet, Yanci De Souza, Deepak Mhadeshri and Firoz Khan (Ward 20).
