BJP-Shiv Sena alliance in Maharashtra continue their winning ways of 2014 by repeating the performance in the 2019 Lok Sabha general election
Big prominent names are facing-off in Mumbai for the 2019 Lok Sabha general election. Here's a look at the 2019 Lok Sabha election results in the six constituencies of Mumbai
Mumbai South
ADVERTISEMENT
The Mumbai South constituency has given four Union Ministers - Milind Deora and his father Murli Deora, George Fernandes, Jaywantiben Mehta and comprises VVIP and affluent pockets as well as middle-class localities. It comprises a total of 14,85,846 voters with 6,56,882 females and 8,28,964 males. In this election, the battle was between the former MP and Union Minister Milind M. Deora and Shiv Sena's sitting MP Arvind Sawant. Arvind Sawant is a member of the 16th Lok Sabha of India
Mumbai North
Actress Urmila Matondkar challenged BJP's strongman Gopal Shetty in the Mumbai- North constituency for the Lok Sabha Polls 2019. The constituency was earlier been represented by stalwarts like V. K. Krishna Menon, S. A. Dange, Mrinal Gore, Ram Naik, actor Govinda, and former Mumbai Congress chief Sanjay Nirupam
Mumbai South Central:
The sitting MP is Shiv Sena's Rahul Shewale was pitted against the former city chief of Congress, ex-MP Eknath Gaikwad. This constituency includes Dadar, Mahim, Matunga, King's Circle, Wadala, Sion, Dharavi, and Anushakti Nagar has a total electorate of 14,47,885 including 6,54,084 women and 7,93,801 men
Also view: Shiv Sena supporters celebrate near Sena Bhavan in Dadar
Mumbai North-East
The constituency which gave four Union Ministers - Pramod Mahajan, Subramaniam Swamy, Gurudas Kamat, and Jaywantiben Mehta - saw a contest between BJP's Manoj Kotak and NCP's former MP Sanjay Dina Patil. Three-time corporator Manoj Kotak, the BJP's group leader in the BMC, is known as a studious councillor and has been raising his voice against scams in the BMC.
Mumbai North-West
The North West constituency saw a straight contest between former colleagues - Sanjay Nirupam from the Congress and Gajanan Kirtikar, the current MP from the Shiv Sena. Sanjay Nirupam served two terms as an MP in the Rajya Sabha, first as a Shiv Sena member and then from the Congress Party. From 2009- 2014, he represented North Mumbai in the Lok Sabha constituency
Mumbai North Central
This was one of the only two constituencies to have a direct woman-to-woman battle between two known faces of political families - sitting BJP MP Poonam Mahajan and three-time MP Priya Dutt from the Congress party. Both are daughters of former Union Ministers - the late Pramod Mahajan and the late Sunil Dutt, respectively.
Also read: Election 2019: Urmila Matondkar files complaint with EC alleging mismatch in signatures on EVM form
Catch up on all the latest Crime, National, International and Hatke news here. Also download the new mid-day Android and iOS apps to get latest updates
Subscribe today by clicking the link and stay updated with the latest news!" Click here!
