Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Get ready for the final assault
Updated On: 17 May, 2024 04:56 AM IST | Mumbai | Dharmendra Jore
Mumbai’s Marathi manoos, a longstanding electoral force, are set to influence the city’s fate on June 4 as divided factions of the Shiv Sena vie for voter favour
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Locals during the Marathi New Year in Mumbai. File pic
In Mumbai, the Marathi manoos, despite their depleting numbers, have remained a deciding factor in elections. It has been seen that the sons of the soil have not ganged up for or against one particular party or alliance, but a significant number of votes have gone to the saffron pact which comprised undivided Shiv Sena till 2019. But now divided and distributed between the ruling and Opposition benches, the two factions of the Sena will actually experience the voters` favouritism on June 4, the result day.
In Mumbai`s three seats, the Sena splinters are in a straight fight. In the remaining three, the BJP faces Congress in two, and Sena (UBT) in one. In Mumbai, regionalism worked for many years. Later, one more factor, the religious divide, was added to the political arsenal. Obviously, the city has the highest number of Marathi-speaking voters with an average of 38 per cent, followed by 19 per cent Muslims including locals and migrants. North Indians (17 per cent), Gujarati/Rajasthani (15 per cent), South Indians (7 per cent), Christians (3 per cent) and others (2 per cent) complete the order.
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