Mumbai, Maharashtra Election Results 2024: Uddhav Thackeray's Sena sweeps Mumbai; Piyush Goyal wins North
Mumbai Maharashtra Election Results 2024: BJP candidate and union minister Piyush Goyal won from the Mumbai North seat, however, Shiv Sena UBT faction won three out of six seats from Mumbai.
Mumbai Maharashtra Election Results 2024: Thackeray's Shiv Sena faction has largely dominated Mumbai, winning three out of six seats in the Lok Sabha elections 2024. The Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackrey or UBT) faction won Mumbai South, South Central and North East. On the other hand, union minister Piyush Goyal of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Mumbai North defeating Congress' Bhushan Patil.
Six Lok Sabha seats in India's financial capital, Mumbai, went to polls in the fifth phase of general elections last month. These six seats were Mumbai North, Mumbai North West, Mumbai North East, Mumbai North Central, Mumbai South and Mumbai South Central.
In a push for the INDIA bloc in Mumbai and Maharashtra, Anil Desai from Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray faction) has won the Mumbai South Central seat with with 3,95,138 votes. Desai beat the Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde faction) competitor Rahul Ramesh Shewale by a margin of 53,384 votes, data on the EC website showed.
Union Minister Piyush Goyal has won from the Mumbai North constituency securing 6,80,146 votes. Goyal defeated Congress' Bhushan Patil by a margin of 3,57,608 votes, according to ECI data.
Mumbai Lok Sabha constituencies went to polls on May 20. Mumbai has six Lok Sabha seats, spanning the city and its suburbs: Mumbai North, Mumbai North-West, Mumbai North-East, Mumbai North-Central, Mumbai South-Central, and Mumbai South. Approximately 120 candidates are vying for power over these seats.
There are 19 candidates for the Mumbai North seat, 21 for the Mumbai North West, 20 for the Mumbai North East, 27 for the Mumbai North Central, 15 for the Mumbai South Central, and 14 for the Mumbai South seat.
Maharashtra Election Results 2024
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) suffered a setback in Lok Sabha polls in Maharashtra, with its tally declining by almost half compared to 2019 elections, while the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) of Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) were leading with 29 out of 48 seats.
The BJP-led NDA in the state appeared falling significantly short of its target of bagging 45-plus seats in Maharashtra, going by the results and latest trends in counting of votes. Despite various exit polls for the Lok Sabha election indicating a clear victory for the BJP-led Mahayuti in Maharashtra, vote counts have shown the MVA taking a clear lead. The counting of votes is still underway.
Exit Poll Predictions
For Maharashtra, one of the most keenly watched states, exit polls predicted nearly equal victories for the main opposing parties. Various exit polls on the Lok Sabha election predicted that Bharatiya Janata Party-led Mahayuti will get 22 to 35 seats, while Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) 15 to 26 seats.
The BJP contested in 28 constituencies, while its allies, the Shiv Sena (Shinde), fought in 14 and the Ajit Pawar-led NCP in five. Maha Vikas Aghadi members, the Shiv Sena (UBT), contested in 21 constituencies, the Congress in 17, and the NCP (Sharad Pawar) in 10. The Lok Sabha election was held across five phases in Maharashtra.
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