Ujjwal Nikam vs Congress’ Varsha Gaikwad in Mumbai North-Central: Early trends

Ujjwal Nikam, known for his role as the special public prosecutor in several high-profile cases is contesting against Varsha Gaikwad, the Congress' Mumbai unit chief and Dharavi MLA.

Counting of votes has kicked off in the Mumbai North-Central constituency. First leads are anticipated shortly and will be updated as soon as in. Early trends suggest BJP’s Ujjwal Nikam is leading in this Lok Sabha seat.

Ujjwal Nikam, known for his role as the special public prosecutor in several high-profile cases including the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts and the trial of Ajmal Kasab, the lone terrorist caught after the 26/11 attacks, is contesting against Varsha Gaikwad, the Congress' Mumbai unit chief and Dharavi MLA.

The Mumbai North-Central Lok Sabha constituency shares its borders with two other constituencies: Mumbai South-Central and Mumbai North-West.

In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, there were 27 candidates contesting from the Mumbai North-Central constituency. This number has increased from previous elections, with 20 candidates in 2019, 21 in 2014, and 19 in 2009.

In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP won 23 out of the 25 seats it contested, while the undivided Shiv Sena secured 18 out of 23 seats. BJP's Poonam Mahajan won in this constituency beating Congress' Priya Dutt by a margin of 1,30,005 votes which was 14.42 percent of the total votes cast.

In 2014, Mahajan was the winner in this seat beating Dutt by a margin of 1,86,771 votes which was 22.1 percent of the total votes polled in the constituency.

In the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, Dutt won this seat, defeating BJP's Mahesh Ram Jethmalani by a margin of 1,74,555 votes which was 26.26 percent of the total votes polled for the seat.