Goa SEC begins delimitation for 50 zilla panchayat constituencies

Panaji: The Goa State Election Commission (SEC) on Wednesday started the process for the delimitation of zilla panchayat (ZP) constituencies ahead of the ZP elections.

The electoral registration officers (ERO) and assistant electoral registration officers (AERO) will prepare the ZP maps constituency-wise and submit them along with the draft delimitation proposal to the commission by Sep 11, 2025.Goa comprises 50 ZP constituencies — 25 in each district. The term of the current ZPs ends on Jan 7, 2026.Once the delimitation of wards is completed, the process of reservation of wards will take place.The ERO/AERO will, for the time-being, use the electoral roll of the Goa assembly in force as of Jan 2025 (as the qualifying date) and published on Jan 6, 2025 (basic roll of special summary revision, 2025, published on Oct 29, 2024, integrated with additions, deletions, and modifications carried out during special summary revision, 2025) and the list of additions, deletions, and corrections during continuous updation with respect to July 1, 2025, to divide ZPs into territorial constituencies, commissioner Daulat Hawaldar said.“To ensure that the geographical contiguity of all the areas in a ZP constituency is maintained. Each ZP constituency shall be assigned a separate serial number,” Hawaldar said.