Polling in Mumbai Tomorrow: All You Need to Know About Candidates, Lok Sabha Constituencies

Mumbai: Mumbai is all set to vote on Sunday, May 20 in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2024. Here is a quick outline of all that you need to know about the Mumbai candidates, politics and constituency in your seat. 

Of the 48 seats in Maharashtra, Mumbai has got 6 seats, while the adjoining Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) has 4. Mumbai’s 6 seats include Mumbai North, Mumbai North East, Mumbai North West, Mumbai North Central, Mumbai South and Mumbai South Central. The MMR has Thane, Kalyan, Bhiwandi and Palghar.

Here are the major Constituencies and Candidates of Mumbai for LS Elections 2024:

1) Mumbai North
The constituency includes Borivali, Kandivali, Goregaon, Magathane, Dahisar and Malad.
Gopal Shetty (BJP) is the sitting MP. Candidates announced are Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal (BJP) and Bhushan Patil (Congress).

2) Mumbai North West
The constituency covers Jogeshwari East, Dindoshi, Goregaon, Versova, Andheri West and Andheri East.
The sitting MP is Gajanan Kirtikar (Shiv Sena), who is now with the Eknath Shinde Shiv Sena faction. Candidates announced are Amol Kirtikar (Sena Uddhav Bal Thackeray) and Ravindra Waikar (Shinde Sena). 

3) Mumbai North East 
The constituency includes Mulund, Vikhroli, Bhandup West, Ghatkopar West, Ghatkopar East, Mankhurd, and Shivaji Nagar. The sitting MP is Manoj Kotak (BJP). The candidates announced are Sanjay Dina Patil (Sena UBT) and Mihir Kotecha (BJP). 

4) Mumbai North Central
The constituency covers areas of Vile Parle, Chandivali, Kurla, Kalina, Bandra West and Bandra East.
The sitting MP is Poonam Mahajan (BJP) and the candidates announced are Varsha Gaikwad (Congress) and Ujjwal Nikam (BJP). 

5) Mumbai South
The constituency covers Worli, Shivadi, Byculla, Malabar Hill, Mumbadevi and Colaba.
The sitting MP is Arvind Sawant (Shiv Sena) and the candidates announced are Arvind Sawant (Sena UBT) and Yamini Yashwant Jadhav (Shinde Sena).

6) Mumbai South Central 
The constituency covers Anushakti Nagar, Chembur, Dharavi, Sion Koliwada, Wadala and Mahim.
The sitting MP is Rahul Shewale (BJP) and the candiadtes announced are Anil Desai (Sena UBT) and Rahul Shewale (Shinde Sena).

Voting for the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha Elections 2024 in 49 constituencies is spread across eight states and Union Territories (UTs) will be held on Monday, May 20.