04 June,2024 04:42 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Ravindra Waikar (left) and Amol Kirtikar (right)
Mumbai North West, has been a Shiv Sena stronghold since the last decade with then undivided leader Gajanan Kiritkar winning from the constituency, however, the winds have changed.
Data from Mumbai Lok Sabha Election Results 2024 counting has shown that Kiritkar's son, Amol, who remained with Shiv Sena (UBT) following the vertical split in the party is leading from Mumbai North West. He is leading by 1,248 votes.
Kiritkar was named by Sena (UBT)'s first list and had promptly received a summons by probe agencies in connection with a 'khicadi scam'.
Per the Mumbai Lok Sabha Election Results 2024 data, his opponent--Shiv Sena's Ravindra Waikar--had thus far garnered 4, 01, 084 votes.
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Mumbai Lok Sabha Election Results 2024: Understanding constituency
The Andheri, Versova, Jogeshwari and Goregaon areas come under Mumbai North West and they have sizable populations of Marathi and Gujarati speakers as well as North and South Indians and Muslims in a few pockets.
The area which has residential and commercial zones alike grapples with bad traffic; water and sewerage lines are also burdened with gorwing population which is a sore point.
Amol Kirtikar's father Gajanan Kirtikar had retained the seat since the 2014 polls.
Mumbai Lok Sabha Election Results 2024: Counting of votes
The counting of votes in the state's 48 Lok Sabha seats began at 8 a.m., 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.
