ECI's data sourced from various polling booth have revealed that there was 16 per cent voting in North and 14 per cent in South Goa constituencies between 7 AM to 9 AM.
Long queues were seen outside almost all the polling stations in the state with estimates of more than 40 per cent voters going to vote before lunch.
Except for minor incidents of EVM failures which was rectified later on, polling has remained peaceful across the state.
More than eleven lakh voters are eligible to exercise their right in this election which has 250 candidates in fray.
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Voting is being held across 1,642 polling booths in the state with para-military forces and State police guarding the venues.
The election is being closely fought by major political forces - BJP, Congress, AAP and MGP-led alliance, who have been campaigning in the coastal state for last two months.
While large number of new faces are contesting this time, thepolls will decide political future of Goa's five former chief ministers - Churchill Alemao, Pratapsinh Rane, Ravi Naik, Digambar Kamat and Luizinho Faleiro along with present CM Laxmikant Parsekar.
Though 2012 Goa Assembly elections witnessed satisfactory 83 per cent voting, the election commission officials in Goa ran an awareness campaign for voters in order to increase the bar. Various icons from different fields were engaged to spread message about ethical voting by the commission which had strict vigilance on casinos, matka gambling, unorganized vendors and other activities to avoid money and muscle power from influencing the voters.
Meanwhile, an incident of malfunction in the
Voter-Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machine was reported from Margao constituency in the state triggering a possibility of a re-election.
"The machine developed some snag. We are deciding on the possibility of re-election here but the final decision would be informed soon," State Chief Electoral Officer Kunal told