Maharashtra polls: Meet your candidates from South Mumbai

In the first of a series to make voters aware of the current MLAs, candidates and political dynamics in their areas, we take a look at the Assembly seats in South Mumbai

1) Constituency: Worli
Sitting MLA: Sachin Ahir (NCP) 52,398 votes
Areas: Worli Naka, Prabhadevi, Mahalaxmi, Koliwada
Number of Voters: 1,38,522
Voting Percentage: 48.56%
Other candidates who had contested: Ashish Chemburkar (Runner up, Shiv Sena, 47,104), Sanjay Jamdar (MNS)

2) Constituency: Byculla
Sitting MLA: Madhu Chavan (Congress) 36,302 votes
Areas: Byculla, Mazgaon
Number of voters: 1,16, 272
Voting Percentage: 42.82%
Other candidates who had contested: Sanjay Naik (Runner up, MNS, 27,198), Arun Gawli (ABS)

3) Constituency: Shivadi
Sitting MLA: Bala Nandgaonkar (MNS) 64,375 votes
Areas: Shivadi, Kalachowki
Number of Voters: 1,40,825
Voting Percentage: 52.54%
Other candidates who had contested: Dagdu Sakpal (Runner up, Shiv Sena, 57,912), Smita Chaudhary (Congress)

4) Constituency: Malabar Hill
Sitting MLA: Mangal Prabhat Lodha (BJP) 58,530 votes
Areas: Peddar Road, Thakurdwar
Number of voters: 1,22,642
Voting Percentage: 45.26%
Other candidates who had contested: Bafna Sumermal (Runner up, Congress, 37,971), Adv Archit Jayakar (MNS)

5) Constituency: Mumbadevi
Sitting MLA: Amin Patel (Congress) 45,285 votes
Areas: Mumbadevi, Bhuleshwar, Kalbadevi, Mohammad Ali Road
Number of Voters: 96,718
Voting Percentage: 37.02%
Other Candidates who had contested: Anil Padwal (Runner up, Shiv Sena, 28,646), Bashir Patel (NCP)

6) Constituency: Colaba
Sitting MLA: Annie Shekhar (Congress) 39,779 votes
Areas: Colaba, Fort, Navy Nagar, Churchgate
Number of Voters: 98,627
Voting Percentage: 35.86%
Other candidates who had contested: Raj Purohit (Runner up, BJP, 31,772), Arvind Gawde (MNS)

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