Mumbai South Central Lok Sabha constituency

Mumbai South Central Lok Sabha constituency (formerly, Bombay South Central Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 48 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Maharashtra state in western India.

Mumbai South Central Lok Sabha
Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Mumbai South Central Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
Assembly constituencies	Anushakti Nagar Chembur Dharavi Sion Koliwada Wadala Mahim
Established	1952
Total electors	14,74,405(2024)
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Anil Desai
Party	SS(UBT)
Alliance	INDIA
Elected year	2024
Preceded by	Rahul Shewale

Demographics

The South Central Lok Sabha constituency is quiet unique as it has voters from various communities, classes, sects & groups. The constituency has around 2.5 lakh South Indian voters. There around 5 lakh voters from North Indian mostly from UP & Bihar, 3.2 lakh Muslims and about 4.2 lakh minority voters in total. South Indian voters are concentrated in Dharavi & Sion Koliwada. Migrants from UP/Bihar are concentrated around Anushakti Nagar, Chembur, Dharavi & upto some extent in Wadala. Muslims are concentrated in Anushakti Nagar, Dharavi & Sion Koliwada. Christian population are scattered evenly but is seen mostly in Mahim also have one of the oldest St. Michael's Church. Buddhist are seen predominantly in Chembur & Dharavi.

Assembly segments

Presently, after the implementation of the Presidential notification on delimitation on 19 February 2008, Mumbai South Central Lok Sabha constituency comprises six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These segments are

#	Name	District	Member	Party		Leading (in 2024)
172	Anushakti Nagar	Mumbai Suburban	Nawab Malik		NCP(SP)		SS(UBT)
173	Chembur		Prakash Phaterpekar		SS(UBT)		SS(UBT)
178	Dharavi (SC)	Mumbai City	Vacant				SS(UBT)
179	Sion Koliwada		R. Tamil Selvan		BJP		SS(UBT)
180	Wadala		Kalidas Kolambkar		BJP		SHS
181	Mahim		Sada Sarvankar		SS		SHS

Members of Parliament

Year	Name	Party
1952	Jayashri Raiji		Indian National Congress
1957	Shripad Amrit Dange		Communist Party of India
1962	Vithal Gandhi		Indian National Congress
1967	Shripad Amrit Dange		Communist Party of India
1971	Abdul Kader Salebhoy		Indian National Congress
1977	B. C. Kamble		Janata Party
1980	R. R. Bhole		Indian National Congress
1984	Datta Samant		Independent
1989	Vamanrao Mahadik		Shiv Sena
1991	Mohan Rawale
1996
1998
1999
2004
2009	Eknath Gaikwad		Indian National Congress
2014	Rahul Shewale		Shiv Sena
2019
2024	Anil Desai		Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)

Election results

1999

1999 Indian general election: Mumbai South Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Mohan Rawale	1,76,323	47.97
	SP	Majeed Memon	97,287	26.47
	BBM	Dada Samant	77,747	21.15
	Independent	P K Gaikwad	16,248	4.42
Majority			79,036	21.50
Turnout			3,69,130	45.43
	SS hold		Swing

2004

2004 Indian general elections: Mumbai South Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Mohan Rawale	1,28,536	36.94	−11.03
	NCP	Sachin Ahir	1,06,348	30.56
	ABS	Arun Gawli	92,210	26.50
	SP	T.K. Choudhary	10,104	2.90	−23.57
	BSP	Abdul Malik Choudhary	4,690	1.35
	Independent	Pukhraj Chunnilal Jain	2,677	0.77
	IUML	Ansari Husain Ahmed	1921	0.55
	Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh	Yashwant (Prakash) Shinde	1,486	0.43
Majority			22,188	6.38	−15.12
Turnout			3,47,980	49.40	+3.97
	SS hold		Swing	-11.03

2009

2009 Indian general elections: Mumbai South Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Eknath Mahadeo Gaikwad	2,57,523	43.00	N/A
	SS	Suresh Anant Gambhir	1,81,817	30.36	−6.58
	MNS	Shweta Vivek Parulkar	1,08,341	18.09	N/A
	BSP	Pravin Ramchandra Barve	18,427	3.08	+1.73
	PRCP	Rajendra Ganpat Jadhav	5,986	1.00	N/A
Majority			75,706	12.64	+6.26
Turnout			5,98,845	39.50	−9.90
	INC gain from SS		Swing	+6.06

2014

2014 Indian general elections: Mumbai South Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Rahul Ramesh Shewale	3,81,008	49.57	+19.21
	INC	Eknath Mahadeo Gaikwad	2,42,828	31.59	−11.41
	MNS	Aditya Rajan Shirodkar	73,096	9.51	−8.58
	AAP	Sundar Balakrishnan	27,687	3.60	N/A
	BSP	Ganesh Aiyyar	14,762	1.92	−1.16
	NOTA	None of the Above	9,571	1.25	N/A
Majority			1,38,180	17.98	+5.34
Turnout			7,68,627	53.09	+13.59
	SS gain from INC		Swing	+15.32

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Mumbai South Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Rahul Ramesh Shewale	424,913	53.30	+3.73
	INC	Eknath Mahadeo Gaikwad	272,774	34.21	+2.62
	VBA	Sanjay Sushil Bhosale	63,412	7.95	New
	BSP	Ahmedshakil Sagirahmed Shaikh	8,635	1.08	−0.84
	DMSK	Godfrey Noble	2,199	0.28	N/A
	NOTA	None of the Above	13,834	1.74	+0.49
Majority			1,52,139	19.09	+1.11
Turnout			7,97,903	55.40	+2.31
	SS hold		Swing	+3.73

2024

2024 Indian general election: Mumbai South Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS(UBT)	Anil Desai	395,138	49.73	New
	SS	Rahul Ramesh Shewale	3,41,754	43.01	10.29
	VBA	Abul Hasan Ali Hasan Khan	23,867	3.00	4.95
	NOTA	None of the Above	13,423	1.69	0.05
Majority			53,384	6.75	12.34
Turnout			7,90,339	53.60	1.80
	SS(UBT) gain from SS		Swing

See also

• Mumbai
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha

External links

• Mumbai South Central Candidate Affidavits
• Mumbai South-Central lok sabha constituency election 2019 results details