The Mumbai North West Lok Sabha Constituency is one of the 17 Lok Sabha constituencies in Maharashtra going to vote on April 29. It covers – Jogeshwari East, Dindoshi, Goregaon, Versova, Andheri West and Andheri East.
In 2019, the main battle is between former Congress Mumbai chief Sanjay Nirupam and Shiv Sena’s Gajanan Kiritkar.
Issues in 2019
From rehabilitation of slums to rejuvenation of the Mithi river project, the issues here are endless. Relocating buffalo stables, widening of Mulund Goregaon link road, the Aarey metro shed construction and conservation of Aarey forest land, water shortage, traffic congestion due to metro construction work are the other persistent issues of this constituency.
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Candidate Name
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Party Name
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1
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Gajanan Kirtikar
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Shivsena
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2
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Sanjay Nirupam
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Indian National Congress
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3
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Ajay Kailashnath Dubey
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Jan Adhikar Party
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4
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Arora Surinder Mohan
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Bharat Jan Aadhar Party
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5
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Chandrashekhar Sharma
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Bhartiya Manavadhikaar Federal Party
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6
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Chhaya Sunil Tiwari
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Janata Congress
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7
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Dharmendra Shriram Pal
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Rashtravadi Kranti Dal
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8
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Vijay Marothi Koyale
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Rashtriya Maratha Party
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9
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Shakuntala Mariya Kushalkar
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Prabuddha Republican Party
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10
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Shaikh Abusalim Arunahak
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Rashtriya Ulama Council
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11
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Subhash Passi
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Samajwadi Party
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12
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Suresh Sundar Shetty
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Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi
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13
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Harishankar Shivpujan Yadav
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Aapki Apni Party (Peoples)
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14
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Aftab Mashwood Khan
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Independent
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15
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Gajanan Tukaram Sonkamble
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Independent
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16
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Prabhakar Tarapado Sadhu
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Independent
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17
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Madan Banwarilal Agrawal
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Independent
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18
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Adv. Mitesh Varshney
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Independent
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19
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Vijendra Kumar Rai
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Independent
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20
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Shashikant Kundalik Kadam
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Independent
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21
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Sanjay Vishwanath Sakpal
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Independent
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In the 2014 Lok Sabha election, Gajanan Chandrakant Kirtikar of the Shiv Sena beat Gurudas Vasant Kamat of Indian National Congress (INC). In 2009, Gurudas Kamat had managed to beat Shiv Sena's Ganajan Kirtikar.
The Maharashtra Mahabharata
The fate of 323 candidates, including Union minister Subhash Bhamre, Congress nominees Milind Deora and Urmila Matondkar, will be decided in the fourth and final phase of polling in Maharashtra covering 17 Lok Sabha constituencies on April 29.
More than 3.11 crore voters spread across the 17 Lok Sabha seats located in North Maharashtra, Mumbai, Thane, Palghar and parts of Western Maharashtra, are eligible to exercise their franchise.
As many as 33,314 polling stations are being set up in these constituencies, where 323 candidates are in the poll field.
Of the total 3,11,92,823 voters, 1,66,31,707 are male, 1,45,59,698 female and 1,418 from the third gender.
The constituencies voting on April 29 are: Nandurbar, Dhule, Dindori, Nashik (North Maharashtra), Palghar, Bhiwandi, Kalyan, Thane (located on Mumbai's outskirts), Mumbai North, Mumbai North-West, Mumbai North-Central, Mumbai North-East, Mumbai South and Mumbai South-Central, Maval, Shirur (Pune district) and Shirdi (Ahmednagar district).
In 2014, the BJP had won 8 of these 17 seats, while its ally Shiv Sena bagged the remaining 9.
The Palghar seat was won by the BJP in 2014. However, this time the Shiv Sena is contesting on the seat as part of a pre-poll alliance between the two saffron allies.
Opposition Congress, which had won just two seats in 2014 in Maharashtra, is facing a tough task of reclaiming its lost support base in North Maharashtra and Mumbai.
The NCP is fighting to regain its position in Thane district and Western Maharashtra.
Prominent candidates in the fray include Bhamre (Dhule-BJP), actress-turned-politician Urmila Matondkar (Mumbai North), Priya Dutt (Mumbai North-Central Congress) and Deora (Mumbai South).
From the NCP, its president Sharad Pawar's grandnephew Parth Pawar is making his electoral debut from Maval, while popular Marathi actor Amol Kolhe is the NCP candidate from Shirur.
Maharashtra has 48 Lok Sabha seats, the second highest after Uttar Pradesh (80). Voting for 31 of these seats was held in the first three phases - April 11, 18 and 23.
Counting of votes will take place on May 23.
This is for the first time that Maharashtra is having a four-phase polling in Lok Sabha elections.
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