Even as vote counting for Mumbai Lok Sabha Election Results 2024 is underway, the data shows Piyush Goyal leading by 2, 55, 430 votes
Bhushan Patil(left) and Piyush Goyal (right)
The trends showed that the battle for Mumbai North constituency was much like the previous years with the Bharatiya Janata Party leading with a huge margin and eventually clinching the seat.
Even as vote counting for Mumbai Lok Sabha Election Results 2024 is underway, the data from Election Commission showed that Union Minister Piyush Goyal, who is contesting Lok Sabha Elections 2024, for the first time has swept the public towards him. Goyal, as per the latest data, was leading by 2, 55, 430 votes.
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Meanwhile, per the Mumbai Lok Sabha Election Results 2024 data, his opponent--Congress leader Bhushan Patil--had thus far garnered 2, 42, 778 votes.
The Mumbai Congress vice-president, Patil is a relative newcomer to electoral politics and has previously contested Assembly elections from Borivali.
Reportedly, the party had approached Vinod Ghosalkar before naming Patil but he had declined their offer. Many speculated that the seasoned leader declined the offer as he is still grappling with untimely demise of his son.
Mumbai Lok Sabha Election Results 2024: Understanding constituency
Mumbai North is home to approximately 16 lakh voters and it spans the Borivli, Dahisar, Magathane, Kandivali East, Charkop and Malad West Assembly segments. Historically, the BJP has held a firm grip on this Lok Sabha seat but Sanjay Nirupam had clinched the seat for Congress. Issues in the constituency range from demands for open spaces and mobility.
Mumbai Lok Sabha Election Results 2024: Counting of votes
The counting of votes in the state's 48 Lok Sabha seats began at 8 am, 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.
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