Mumbai Election 2024 LIVE Updates: With Lok Sabha elections moving towards its final stages, polling in 13 constituencies in Maharashtra, including six in Mumbai, are being held on Monday in the fifth and last phase of polls in the state. Over 2.46 crore persons are eligible to cast their vote and decide the fate of 264 candidates in Mumbai North, Mumbai North Central, Mumbai North West, Mumbai North East, Mumbai South Central, Mumbai South, Thane, Kalyan, Bhiwandi, Palghar, Nashik, Dindori and Dhule seats. Votes will be counted on June 4. Voting will begin from 7 am to 6 pm in 24,553 polling centres. The main contest is between the ruling Mahayuti comprising the Shiv Sena, BJP and NCP, and the opposition alliance of the Shiv Sena (UBT), Congress and NCP (SP). Mumbai, Thane and Palghar where 10 of these 13 seats are located form a major part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, one of the most urbanised pockets in the country.
Union ministers Piyush Goyal (Mumbai North) and Ujjwal Nikam (Mumbai North Central) are among the key nominees of the BJP. Shiv Sena’s Shrikant Shinde (Kalyan) and city Congress chief Varsha Gaikwad (Mumbai North Central) are also in the fray.
The Shiv Sena led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has fielded its candidates in Mumbai South, Mumbai North West, and Mumbai South Central seats, while the ruling BJP has put up candidates in Mumbai North, Mumbai North Central and Mumbai North East constituencies. The opposition Shiv Sena (UBT) led by former CM Uddhav Thackeray Thackeray has put up candidates in Mumbai South, Mumbai South Central, Mumbai North East and Mumbai North West as part of the seat-sharing deal with its Maha Vikas Aghadi partners NCP (SP) and Congress. Congress candidates are in the fray in Mumbai North Central and Mumbai North in the metropolis.
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