Goa, Dec. 20 -- The stage is set for the Zilla Panchayat (ZP) elections scheduled on Sat urday, December 20. A total of 8,69,356 voters are eli gible to exercise their fran chise. The polling will be held through ballot papers from 8 am to 5 pm. As many as 226 candi dates are contesting the ZP polls across 50 constitu encies, with 25 seats each in North and South Goa District. Of these, 111 can didates are in the fray in North Goa, while 115 are contesting from South Goa. There are 4,40,199 voters including 2,13,704 males and 2,26,492 females in North Goa ZP while South Goa ZP constituencies comprises 4,29,157 elec torate including 2.06,902 men and 2,22,253 women voters. There are also five transgenders. A keen tussle is between BJP-MGP a...