The former union defence minister and current Goa Chief Minister, Manohar Parrikar, has registered a landmark victory in the Panaji by-polls by a margin of 4,803 votes.

The by-polls in Panaji were necessitated after Parrikar’s return to state politics in March this year, as the Chief Minister.Parrikar, after winning the by-polls, said that he would resign from the Rajya Sabha in the coming week.

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“Winning by such margin is great. The people are wise,” he added.Parrikar came back to state politics after the Bharatiya Janata Party, despite not being the single-largest party in the state, went on to form the government with the help and alliance of Independents and other small parties.

Meanwhile, Vishwajit Rane, a former Congress leader who is now a minister in the state Cabinet, has also on the Valpoi seat for the BJP. He has won by a huge margin of 10,066 votes.