The battle between Shiv Sena and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) for Mahim continues for a third consecutive time. While the MNS is trying to woo Sena's vote bank in Shivaji Park by concentrating on Brahmins, CKPs (Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu) and GSBs (Goud Saraswat Brahmins), the Sena is banking on ally BJP's Gujarati vote bank to gain an upper hand.

Sena has its senior leader, Sada Sarvankar, to hold the fort while MNS chief Raj Thackeray has placed his bets on the party's loyal face, Sandeep Deshpande. Mahim constituency, which includes areas such as Dadar, Shivaji Park, Prabhadevi, Mahim Koliwada among others and administratively falls under the G North ward of the BMC is one of the wards with a high Maharashtrian population.