04 June,2024 03:00 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Arvind Sawant (left) and Yamini Jadhav (right)/ File Photo
As the counting of votes for the Mumbai Lok Sabha Election Results 2024 continues, the trends emerging show that Sena (UBT) has taken the lead in the Mumbai South constituency with their candidate Arvind Sawant set for a hat-trick. Election Commission's data showed that Sena (UBT)'s candidate Arvind Sawant has so far been leading with a margin of 47, 105 votes.
Mumbai South, like Mumbai South Central, is witnessing a direct fight between the two rival factions of Shiv Sena led by former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and the present CM Eknath Shinde.
Yamini Jadhav, who was pitted against Sawant, per the Mumbai Lok Sabha Election Results 2024 data, has thus far received 2, 35, 158 votes.
Mumbai Lok Sabha Election Results 2024: Understanding the constituency
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Mumbai South, which is home to the majority of affluent industrialists and personalities, has a diverse demographic comprising Jain and Marwari traders, a Muslim population from Byculla and other nearby areas which is spread across the elite and the middle class. Much like the South Central constituency, Mumbai South has seen different politicians representing it and it was held by Congress leader Murli Deora's son Milind Deora before ceding it to Arvind Sawant in 2014.
While the elite of the constituency have complained about air and dust pollution; they have lamented about their surroundings having become noisy given the extensive construction work undertaken. The residents of South Mumbai's slum pockets meanwhile complain about the lack of proper sanitary facilities.
Mumbai Lok Sabha Election Results 2024: Counting of votes
The counting of votes in the state's 48 Lok Sabha seats began at 8 am, with postal ballots being counted first, according to an official.
The Shiv Sena and NCP groups, together with the government BJP and the opposition Congress, are competing for political power in the state, with the Sena (UBT) and NCP (SP).
Maharashtra had a voter turnout of 61.33 per cent in the general elections, which were held in five phases from April 19 to May 20.
In total, 5,70,06,778 voters out of 9,29,43,890 exercised their right to vote in the five phases.
The Gadchiroli-Chimur constituency had the highest polling rate at 71.88 per cent, while Mumbai South had the lowest turnout at 50.06 per cent.
14,507 people are counting votes in Maharashtra, which includes 289 counting rooms and 4,309 counting tables.
