04 June,2024 10:24 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Mihir Kotecha (left) Sanjay Dina Patil (right)/ File Photo
In the electoral battle between BJP's Mihir Kotecha and Sanjay Dina Patil of Shiv Sena (UBT), the Mumbai Lok Sabha Election Results 2024 data revealed that the latter has taken the lead in the Mumbai North East constituency.
Sena (UBT) candidate Sanjay Patil is leading by a margin of 25, 173 votes, according to the ECI data. The trends so far reflect that Dina Patil may break his curse and win the seat after two consecutive losses.
Meanwhile, Mihir Kotecha, a close aide of Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has so far, per the Mumbai Lok Sabha Election Results 2024 counting data, has received 2, 66, 245 votes.
Dina Patil, a firebrand trade union leader, represented Mumbai North East on the NCP ticket in 2009 but had lost the last two Lok Sabha Elections. Meanwhile, Kotecha, whose name was announced in the first list, knows the constituency very well. He gets votes from the upper-middle-class areas of Ghatkopar and Mulund.
Mumbai Lok Sabha Election Results 2024: Understanding constituency
Upper and lower-middle-class Marathi and Gujarati speakers reside in Mulund, Bhandup and Vikhroli who are traditionally BJP/ Sena voters. While Muslims, socially deprived voters live in the other parts like Mankhurd, and Dharavi.
Sanjay Dina Patil lost to BJP's Manoj Kotak in the 2019 elections by 2.26 lakh votes while former MP Kirit Somaiya won the seat by beating him by 3.17 lakh votes.
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.
