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Mumbai South Central Lok Sabha constituency
The Mumbai South Central Lok Sabha constituency in Maharashtra has been formed by merging the Mumbai Suburbs and the Mumbai City area. Districts like Dharavi, Mahim come in this Lok Sabha. Dharavi is part of this parliamentary constituency which is known for its huge slum. It is said to be the largest slum in Asia. Dharavi slum, which is spread over 500 acres, is recognized not only in the country but also abroad. This settlement was shown in the 2008 film ‘Slumdog Millionaire’. More than 2 lakh people live in an area of 1 kilometer from this colony, which was established by the British to provide shelter to the labourers.
In this parliamentary constituency, there is the Wadala area which contains a large number of historical temples. The best transport museum is also present here. Mahim Fort is also present in this Lok Sabha area. Here, Ffynnon Flora or Hutatma Chowk is a well built in 1869. It was built in honor of Sir Bartley Ferreira. The well was named after the Roman god of prosperity.
This is the largest settlement of scientists in the world
Anushakti Nagar is located in the Mumbai South Central Lok Sabha constituency. This is a residential settlement of North-East Mumbai spread over an area of more than 940 acres. Here, in the year 1960, the residences of the employees of the Bhabha Atomic Research Center and some other institutions of the Department of Atomic Energy were built. This settlement is said to be the largest settlement for scientists in the world. Beautiful hills and lakes add to the beauty of this area. The most important and best thing about this area is that people celebrate all the holidays here together.
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Shiv Sena has been dominant
The political history of this parliamentary seat with around 15 lakh voters is quite important. This seat has existed since the first parliamentary elections held in the country in 1952. There are 6 assembly constituencies in this seat which include Anushakti Nagar, Chembur, Dharavi (SC), Sion Koliwada, Wadala and Mahim. Shiv Sena has hoisted victory flag on this seat maximum 8 times. At the same time, Shiv Sena’s Mohan Rawale has won 5 times in a row.
The Congress sometimes faced victory and sometimes defeat.
The first election for the Mumbai South Central Lok Sabha seat was held in the year 1952. Although the Congress registered an initial victory here, the party could not establish its umbrella rule on this seat. Here the Congress sometimes had to face victory and sometimes defeat. If we look at the initial data of this seat, in the year 1952, Jayshree Naishad Raiji of the Congress was the first to win from here. Subsequently, in 1957, this seat went to the account of the Communist Party of India and the party’s candidate Shripad Amrit Dange won the election. In 1962, Vitthal Balkrishna Gandhi of Congress, in 1967 Shripad Amrit Dange of Communist Party of India, in 1971 Abdul Kader Salebhoy of Congress, in 1977 CC Kamble of Janata Party, in 1980 RR Bhole of Congress won the elections.
Shiv Sena’s Mohan Rawale became MP 5 times
After the death of Indira Gandhi in 1984, the independent candidate Datta Samant was elected MP on this seat. In the 1989 elections, this seat went to Shiv Sena and Vamanrao Mahadik won. Shiv Sena’s Mohan Rawale was elected MP from this seat five times. He continued to win from here as a Shiv Sena candidate in the years 1991, 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2004. Eknath Gaikwad of Congress was elected MP in the 2009 elections. Rahul Shewale of Shiv Sena won the parliamentary elections in 2014 and 2019.
2014 and 2019 election results
Shiv Sena’s Rahul Shewale had won the Mumbai South Central Lok Sabha seat in 2014. He defeated Congress’s Eknath Gaikwad by 1 lakh 38 thousand 180 votes. Rahul Shewale got 3 lakh 81 thousand 008 votes. Congress candidate Eknath Gaikwad could secure 2 lakh 42 thousand 828 votes. 9 thousand 571 voters had used NOTA. Even in 2019, Shiv Sena’s Rahul Shewale held on to this seat. This time he won from 1 lakh 52,000 139 votes. This time 4 lakh 24 thousand 913 voters liked it. Eknath Gaikwad of Congress could get only 2 lakh 72 thousand 774 votes. This time the number of NOTA voters had increased to 13 thousand 834.
