Mumbai South Central, one of the Lok Sabha 48 constituencies in Maharashtra, is reserved for (Scheduled Caste) SC community. There is a direct fight between the two factions of Shiv Sena in the Mumbai South Central constituency. The seat has been a stronghold of Shiv Sena.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde fielded the incumbent MP Rahul Shewale against Uddhav Thackeray camp's nominee Anil Desai, who is a Rajya Sabha MP. The poll battle in 2024 is totally different from the last Lok Sabha elections as the last time there was a poll battle between undivided Shiv Sena and Congress but now, the scenario is changed. Thackeray's candidate got Congress' support as a part of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition in Maharashtra — which is a part of the I.N.D.I.A. bloc at the national level. Desai also received the backing of Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).
On the other hand, Shewale is a candidate of NDA and subsequently got the support of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Ajit Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).
The Mumbai South Central seat comprises 6 assembly constituencies-Anushaktinagar, Chembur, Dharavi, Sionkoliwada, Wadala and Mahim.
Lok Sabha elections 2019
In the Lok Sabha Elections 2019, undivided Shiv Sena's Rahul Shewale won the seat with a margin of 152,139 votes. He bagged 424,913 votes with a vote share of 53.00 per cent defeating Congress candidate Eknath M Gaikwad who got 272,774 votes (34.19 per cent).
Lok Sabha elections 2014
In the Lok Sabha Elections 2014, Rahul Shewale emerged triumphant with 381,008 votes with a vote share of 49.56 per cent, while Congress Eknath Gaikwad got 242,828 votes (31.59 per cent). Rahul Shewale defeated Eknath Gaikwad by a margin of 138,180 votes.
Voting date of Mumbai South Central Constituency
The date of voting for the Mumbai South Central Lok Sabha Constituency Election is May 20 in phase 5.
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