Mumbai North Central Lok Sabha constituency

Mumbai North Central is a Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituency of Maharashtra state in western India.^[2]

Mumbai North Central
Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Mumbai North Central Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
Assembly constituencies	Vile Parle Chandivali Kurla Kalina Vandre East Vandre West
Established	1952
Total electors	17,44,032 (2024)[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Varsha Gaikwad
Party	INC
Alliance	INDIA
Elected year	2024
Preceded by	Poonam Mahajan, BJP

Assembly segments

Presently, after the implementation of the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies in 2008, Mumbai North Central Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha segments:

No	Name	District	Member	Party		Leading (in 2024)
167	Vile Parle	Mumbai Suburban	Parag Alavani		BJP		BJP
168	Chandivali		Dilip Lande		SS		INC
174	Kurla (SC)		Mangesh Kudalkar		SS		INC
175	Kalina		Sanjay Potnis		SS(UBT)		INC
176	Vandre East		Varun Sardesai		SS(UBT)		INC
177	Vandre West		Ashish Shelar		BJP		BJP

Members of Parliament

Year	Member	Party
1952	Narayan Sadoba Kajrolkar		Indian National Congress
1957	Shripad Amrit Dange		Communist Party of India
	Gopal Kaluji Manay (Maane)		Scheduled Castes Federation
1962	Narayan Sadoba Kajrolkar		Indian National Congress
1967	R D Bhandare
1971
1973^	Roza Vidyadhar Deshpande		Communist Party of India
1977	Ahilya Rangnekar		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1980	Pramila Dandavate		Janata Party
1984	Sharad Dighe		Indian National Congress
1989	Vidyadhar Gokhale		Shiv Sena
1991	Sharad Dighe		Indian National Congress
1996	Narayan Athawale		Shiv Sena
1998	Ramdas Athawale		Republican Party of India (Athawale)
1999	Manohar Joshi		Shiv Sena
2004	Eknath Gaikwad		Indian National Congress
2009	Priya Dutt
2014	Poonam Mahajan		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019
2024	Varsha Gaikwad		Indian National Congress

Note: ^ by-poll

Election results

General elections, 2024

2024 Indian general election: Mumbai North Central^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Varsha Gaikwad	445,545	48.93	9.38
	BJP	Ujjwal Nikam	4,29,031	47.12	6.85
	NOTA	None of the Above	9749	1.07	0.11
Majority			16,514	1.81	12.61
Turnout			9,10,742	52.21	1.47
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

General elections, 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Mumbai North Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Poonam Mahajan	486,672	53.97	−2.64
	INC	Priya Sunil Dutt	3,56,667	39.55	+5.03
	VBA	Abdur Rehman Anjaria	33,703	3.74	N/A
	NOTA	None of the Above	10,669	1.18	+0.36
Majority			1,30,005	14.42	−7.67
Turnout			9,01,797	53.68	+5.02
	BJP hold		Swing	-2.64

General elections, 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Mumbai North Central^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Poonam Mahajan	478,535	56.61	+34.82
	INC	Priya Sunil Dutt	2,91,764	34.52	−13.53
	AAP	Phiroze Palkhivala	34,824	4.12	N/A
	BSP	Anandrao Vyankatrao Shinde	10,128	1.20	−5.33
	SP	Abu Azmi	9,873	1.17	N/A
	NOTA	None of the Above	6,937	0.82	N/A
Majority			1,86,771	22.09	−4.17
Turnout			8,45,292	48.66	+9.14
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	+8.56

General elections, 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Mumbai North Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Priya Sunil Dutt	319,352	48.05	−1.75
	BJP	Mahesh Jethmalani	1,44,797	21.79	N/A
	MNS	Shilpa Atul Sarpotdar	1,32,546	19.94	N/A
	BSP	Ebrahim Shaikh	43,425	6.53	+5.12
	RSPS	Surekha Pevekar	7,085	1.07	N/A
Majority			1,74,555	26.26	+23.67
Turnout			6,64,647	39.52	−7.91
	INC hold		Swing	-1.75

General elections, 2004

2004 Indian general elections: Mumbai North Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Eknath Mahadeo Gaikwad	256,282	49.80
	SS	Manohar Gajanan Joshi	2,42,953	47.21	−8.62
	BSP	Jaswar Satyaram Ballikaran	7,292	1.41
	NCP	Shaikh Samad Abdul Salam	3,475	0.68
	NLP	Khan Akram Ali	2,404	0.47
	Independent	Khan Mohammad Rasheed	1,117	0.22
	Independent	Khan Mohammad Meraz	1,070	0.21
Majority			13,329	2.59
Turnout			5,14,600	46.05	+0.04
	INC gain from SS		Swing

General elections, 1999

1999 Indian general election: Mumbai North Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Manohar Joshi	294,935	55.82	+10.14
	BBM	Raja Dhale	1,25,940	23.84
	Independent	B.C. Kamble	56,684	10.73
Majority			1,68,995	31.98
Turnout			5,28,342	46.01
	SS gain from RPI		Swing

General elections, 1998

1998 Indian general election: Mumbai North Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RPI	Ramdas Athawale	282,373	50.18	+31.46
	SS	Narayan Athawale	2,57,141	45.69	−2.23
	BSP	Jaiswal Ramprasad	8,295	1.47
Majority			25,232	4.48
Turnout			562,740
	RPI gain from SS		Swing	+16.84

General elections, 1996

1996 Indian general election: Mumbai North Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Narayan Athawale	242,536	47.92	+9.03
	INC	Sharad Dighe	153,337	30.30	−13.01
	RPI	Bapu Chandrasen Kamble	94,729	18.72
Majority			89,199	17.62	+14.22
Turnout			506,146
	SS gain from INC		Swing	+10.52

General elections, 1991

1991 Indian general election: Bombay North Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sharad Dighe	180,084	43.31	−0.6
	SS	Vidyadhar Gokhale	165,872	39.89	−1.6
	JD	Ruston Tirandaz	58,988	14.19
	JP	Gopal Dukhande	3,110	0.75
	BSP	Tanaji Hirve	1,680	0.40
Majority			14,212	3.4	+2
Turnout			415,777
	INC gain from SS		Swing	-1.1

General elections, 1989

1989 Indian general election: Bombay North Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Vidyadhar Gokhale	254,841	44.91
	INC	Sharad Dighe	246,656	43.47
	BRP	Panchdeo Jaiswal	35,636	6.28
	Independent	Rustam Tirandaz	21,599	3.81
Majority			8,185
Turnout			567,431
	SS gain from INC		Swing

General elections, 1984

1984 Indian general election: Bombay North Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sharad Dighe	211,443	48.44	+5.87**
	BJP	Manohar Joshi	79,345	18.18	N/A
	JP	Pramila Dandavate	74,401	17.04	−28.21
	Independent	Dada Samant	58,693	13.45
	LKD	Bipin Mamu Sanghar	4,972	1.14
Majority			132,098	30.26
Turnout			436,526	56.24
	INC gain from JP		Swing

General elections, 1980

1980 Indian general election: Bombay North Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Pramila Madhu Dandavate	1,86,355	45.25	N/A
	INC(I)	Vasantrao Hoshing	1,76,544	42.87	N/A
	CPI(M)	Ahilya Rangnekar	42,209	10.25	−47.46
Majority			9,811	2.38	−15.31
Turnout			4,11,833	54.35	−4.89
	JP gain from CPI(M)		Swing

General elections, 1977

1977 Indian general election: Bombay North Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Ahilya Rangnekar	2,28,123	57.71
	INC	R. D. Bhandare	1,58,208	40.02
Majority			69,915	17.69
Turnout			3,95,292	59.24
	CPI(M) gain from CPI		Swing

General elections, 1952

1952 Indian general election: Bombay City North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	GANDHI VITHAL BALKRISHNA	1,49,138	20.83	Winner −1
	Socialist	MEHTA ASHOK RANJITRAM	1,39,741	19.52	Winner −2
	INC	Narayan Kajrolkar	1,38,137	19.30
	SCF	Dr Ambedkar	1,23,576	17.26
Majority

General elections, 1952

Two candidates were elected from some seats in 1952 elections.
One MP was  : Vitthal Gandhi, Congress (149,138 votes) defeated the socialist leader Ashok Mehta (139,741)
Second MP  : Narayan Kajrolkar, Congress (138,137 votes) defeated Dr Ambedkar (123,576)^[6][7][8]

See also

• Mumbai
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha