Lok Sabha elections 2024: Exploring the Mumbai North constituency

The Bharatiya Janata Party BJP has modified its stance on the Mumbai North seat ahead of the Lok Sabha elections 2024 BJP MP Gopal Shettys ticket has been annulled and Union Minister Piyush Goyal has been nominated in his place Piyush Goyal is a Rajya Sabha member until recentlyThe Mumbai North Lok Sabha seat is the same seat for which Congress Sanjay Nirupam has gone into a rebellion mode Nirupam was expelled by the party later The former Congress leader had been eyeing the Mumbai North West seat which he lost in the 2019 electionsThe constituencyMumbai North Lok Sabha seat includes six assembly constituencies Dahisar Borivali Kandivali East Magathane Malad West and Charkop The area extends from Dahisar East Chekanaka to Malad East Kurar Village In contrast the western sector which extends from Dahisar West to Malad includes Malvani and Evershine Nagar in North Mumbai BJP MLAs hold four of the Lok Sabha constituencys six assembly seats Sunil Rane in Borivali Manisha Chaudhary in Dahisar Atul Bhatkhalkar in Kandivali East and Yogesh Sagar in Charkop are BJP MLAs while Prakash Surve of the Shiv Senaled by CM Eknath Shinde is the MLA from Magathane Only one assembly constituency Malad West has a Congress MLA Aslam ShaikhElections so farIn the 2019 Lok Sabha elections Congress had fielded Urmila Matondkar from the Mumbai North Lok sabha seat Urmila was expected to give a tough fight to BJPs Gopal Shetty but she failed to show any charisma The seat was won by BJPs Gopal ShettyGopal Shetty received 706678 7227 per cent votes while Urmila Matondkar received 241431 votes or 2469 per cent Ram Naik a senior BJP leader held this seat for a long time To defeat Ram Naik Congress had fielded Bollywood actor Govinda who recently joined the Maharashtra CM Eknath Shindeled Shiv Sena Govinda had defeated Ram Naik in the 2004 election by over 48000 votesMeanwhile in 2008 Govinda declared his desire to leave active politics surprising Congress supporters who had helped him winHowever in 2009 Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam was elected to this seat In the next election in 2014 Gopal Shetty won the seat and occupied this seat since thenSlum rehabilitation in Mumbai North constituencyThe locals suggest that the main issue in North Mumbai is slum rehabilitation Many slums have been rehabilitated but the people who live there still lack adequate housing A considerable number of people reside inside the forest departments boundaries and their rehabilitation is a major issue A local who lives in the Dahisar area which falls under the constituency says his house was redeveloped but he has yet to receive his new home Shivshankar Tiwaris residence is in the Ketki Pada region and he claims that despite paying for years he has yet to be rehabilitated Dinesh Pandey who lives here with his family has yet to acquire a water connectionSources say there has been an increase of 95 492 voters in this election compared to the 2019 elections Now there are a total of 1742 700 voters registered in North MumbaiThe pollsWith 48 Lok Sabha seats Maharashtra is the secondlargest contributor to the lower house of Parliament trailing Uttar Pradesh In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections the BJP won 23 of 25 contested seats while the Shiv Sena won 18 seats The unified NCP as part of the opposition alliance ran for 19 seats and won fourThe polls in Maharashtra will be held in five phases on April 19 April 26 May 7 May 13 and May 20 with vote counting on June 4 The fifth and final phase of voting will be held on May 20 2024 in 13 constituencies Washim Dindori Nashik Palghar Bhiwandi Welfare Thane Mumbai North Mumbai North West Mumbai North East Mumbai North Central Mumbai South Central and Mumbai South