Lok Sabha Elections Results 2024: Mahayuti bags 7 seats in Mumbai-Konkan belt

The MumbaiKonkan coastal belt in Maharashtra favoured the BJPled Mahayuti alliance even as results in the rest of the state jolted the ruling allies reported PTIThe coastal region comprising 12 parliamentary seats saw Mahayuti bagging sevenThe BJP triumphed in Palghar RatnagiriSindhudurg and Mumbai North while the NCP led by Ajit Pawar had a facesaver in Raigad where its leader Sunil Tatkare retained his seatChief Minister Eknath Shindeled Shiv Sena won Mumbai North West seat and retained his hold over Thane and Kalyan constituencies in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region MMROn the other hand Uddhav Thackerays Shiv Sena maintained its hold in Mumbai winning three of the four seats it contested but lost its former bastions of Raigad and RatnagiriSindhudurg in KonkanOut of six Lok Sabha seats in Mumbai Shiv Sena UBT won three while the rest three were bagged by Shiv Sena led by Shinde BJP and the CongressShiv Sena UBT candidates Arvind Sawant Anil Desai and Sanjay Dina Patil clinched Mumbai South Mumbai South Central and Mumbai NorthEast constituencies respectivelyAs per the PTI report the three other seats namely Mumbai North West Mumbai North and Mumbai North Central were won by the Shindeled Shiv Sena the BJP and Congress respectivelyThe seesawing battle for Mumbai North West seat was won by Ravindra Waikar who defeated his Shiv Sena UBT rival Amol Kirtikar by a waferthin margin of 48 votesThe Congress opened its account in Mumbai after a decade with city unit chief Varsha Gaikwad defeating renowned advocate Ujjwal Nikam who contested on a BJP ticket from Mumbai North Central reported PTIOut of the four seats in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region MMR NCP SP won Bhiwandi while Thane and Kalyan were bagged by Shiv Sena led by Shinde The BJP won Palghar constituencyThe BJP contested the RatnagiriSindhudurg constituency for the first time and will look to consolidate its presence here for the upcoming state polls while Shiv Sena led by Shinde will focus on strengthening its hold in the ThaneKalyan belt competing with Shiv Sena UBTUnion minister Narayan Rane defeated his Shiv Sena UBT rival Vinayak Geete from RatnagiriSindhudurg constituencySince 2014 BJP and the undivided Shiv Sena dominated the Lok Sabha and assembly constituencies in MaharashtraHowever with the splits in Shiv Sena and NCP the political landscape has become a level playing field for all partiesRapid urbanisation industrialisation pollution traffic congestion and the need for affordable housing are some of the issues dominating these constituenciesThe Congress faces an uphill task of revitalising itself in Mumbai to ensure it does not cede more ground to Shiv Sena UBT in the metropolis without harming the allianceIn 2019 the Congress won only four assembly seats in MumbaiThe region with its 72 assembly segments remains crucial as state polls are scheduled later this yearOut of the 72 assembly seats BJP holds 26 Shiv Sena 28 NCP 6 Samajwadi Party 2 Bahujan Vikas Aghadi BVA 3 CPM and MNS 1 each with an independent supporting Eknath Shindeled Shiv Sena Since the splits in Shiv Sena and NCP the majority of MLAs are with Eknath Shinde and Ajit PawarOf 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra the Maha Vikas Aghadi of Shiv Sena UBT NCP Sharadchandra Pawar and Congress won 30 seats while the Mahayuti of BJP Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawarled NCP was restricted to 17