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Mumbai South Central, Maharashtra — Lok Sabha Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Mumbai South Central (Maharashtra) was won by Rahul Ramesh Shewale (Shiv Sena) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 152,139 votes over Eknath M. Gaikwad. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Mumbai South Central, Maharashtra, from 1967 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1967–2019

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1967 S. A.Dange Communist Party of India 142,718 42.7% H. J. Mahindra (Indian National Congress) 7,004 (2.1 pts)
1971 Kader Abdul Saledbnoy Indian National Congress 164,199 49.3% Shankar Dattatray Pradhan (Shiv Sena) 89,993 (27.0 pts)
1977 Kamble Bapu Chandrasen Bharatiya Lok Dal 194,786 51.1% Hoshing Vasant Ranganath (Indian National Congress) 53,703 (14.1 pts)
1980 Bhole R. R. Congress (I) 130,231 35.9% Kamble B. C. (RPK) 26,888 (7.4 pts)
1984 Datta Samant Independent 158,841 41.3% Deshpande Roza Vidyadhar (Independent) 72,611 (18.9 pts)
1989 Vamanrao Mahadik Independent 160,167 35.9% Dadasaheb Rupwate (Indian National Congress) 10,466 (2.4 pts)
1991 Mohan Rawale Shiv Sena 121,951 35.6% Dadasaheb Rupwate (Indian National Congress) 4,402 (1.3 pts)
1996 Mohan Vishnu Rawale Shiv Sena 173,900 47.4% Datta Samant (Samajwadi Party) 58,652 (16.0 pts)
1998 Mohan Vishnu Rawale Shiv Sena 171,376 43.1% Principal Suhail Lokhandwala (Samajwadi Party) 153 (0.0 pts)
1999 Mohan Vishnu Rawale Shiv Sena 176,323 48.0% A Majeed Memon Advocate (Samajwadi Party) 79,036 (21.5 pts)
2004 Mohan Rawale Shiv Sena 128,536 36.9% Ahir Sachin (Nationalist Congress Party) 22,188 (6.4 pts)
2009 Eknath M. Gaikwad Indian National Congress 257,523 43.0% Suresh Anant Gambhir (Shiv Sena) 75,706 (12.6 pts)
2014 Rahul Ramesh Shewale Shiv Sena 381,275 49.6% Eknath M. Gaikwad (Indian National Congress) 138,342 (18.0 pts)
2019 Rahul Ramesh Shewale Shiv Sena 424,913 54.2% Eknath M. Gaikwad (Indian National Congress) 152,139 (19.4 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1967

CandidatePartyVotesShare
S. A.Dange Communist Party of India 142,718 42.7%
H. J. Mahindra Indian National Congress 135,714 40.6%
P.J. Shroff Swatantra Party 36,561 10.9%
N. M. Amin Bharatiya Jana Sangh 19,412 5.8%

1971

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Kader Abdul Saledbnoy Indian National Congress 164,199 49.3%
Shankar Dattatray Pradhan Shiv Sena 74,206 22.3%
Gulabrao Bhaurao Ganacharya Communist Party of India 55,368 16.6%
Vamanrao Ganpatrao Parab Bharatiya Jana Sangh 33,271 10.0%
Ram Aurangabadkar RPK 3,789 1.1%
Bhogilal Navinchandra Zaveri Independent 1,692 0.5%
Shamim Ahmed Shaikh Independent 843 0.3%

1977

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Kamble Bapu Chandrasen Bharatiya Lok Dal 194,786 51.1%
Hoshing Vasant Ranganath Indian National Congress 141,083 37.0%
Deshpande Roza Vidyadhar Communist Party of India 38,897 10.2%
Dodke Tanaji Krishna Independent 2,004 0.5%
Kiratkudve Vitthal Shankar Independent 1,781 0.5%
Abuhakim Md. Akil Jairajpuri Independent 1,072 0.3%
Vishwanath Balkrishna Lodh Independent 870 0.2%
Musurkar Ramchandra Bhau Independent 724 0.2%
Mishra Umashankar Ramkhilawan Independent 317 0.1%

1980

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Bhole R. R. Congress (I) 130,231 35.9%
Kamble B. C. RPK 103,343 28.5%
Vamanrao Mahadik Shiv Sena 91,726 25.3%
Dhume Balkrishna Shantaram Communist Party of India 21,155 5.8%
Mane Nana Rangnath Janata Party (Secular) 11,097 3.1%
V. D. Souza Independent 2,329 0.6%
Tushar Pandurang Pawar Independent 981 0.3%
Nilay Ashok Independent 870 0.2%
Kamala Prasad Independent 619 0.2%
Torsekar Ganesh Vasant Independent 554 0.2%

1984

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Datta Samant Independent 158,841 41.3%
Deshpande Roza Vidyadhar Independent 86,230 22.4%
Vamanrao Mahadik Bharatiya Janata Party 75,805 19.7%
Seraj Mirja Independent 39,971 10.4%
B. C. Kamble Independent 11,761 3.1%
Momin Vakar Ahmed Independent 8,532 2.2%
Gajanand Shinde Independent 1,640 0.4%
Y. V. N. Rao Independent 892 0.2%
Sakaldeep Kanojia Independent 742 0.2%
Mandhare Kisan Ananda Independent 519 0.1%

1989

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Vamanrao Mahadik Independent 160,167 35.9%
Dadasaheb Rupwate Indian National Congress 149,701 33.6%
Datta Samant Janata Dal 121,995 27.3%
Jain Kundanmal Khimraj Independent 4,171 0.9%
Namdeo Dhasal Independent 4,007 0.9%
Bapu Chandrasen Kamble Independent 1,222 0.3%
Laxman Alias Rajeshjanku Bhalerao RPK 958 0.2%
Moon Mala Rushi Bahujan Samaj Party 902 0.2%
Kashinath Sarjerao Shinde Independent 887 0.2%
Singh Ram Janam Bala DDP 727 0.2%
Ansari Abdul Hameed (Goga) LKD (B) 537 0.1%
Bandu Shingre Alias Shingre Guruji Independent 404 0.1%
Kanojiya Radheyshyam Munnilal Independent 247 0.1%
Naique Govinda Subrai Independent 139 0.0%

1991

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Mohan Rawale Shiv Sena 121,951 35.6%
Dadasaheb Rupwate Indian National Congress 117,549 34.4%
Datta Samant Independent 98,508 28.8%
Dhasal Namdeo Laxman DPP 1,271 0.4%
Vasant Parab DDP 690 0.2%
Maruti Dagadu Galphade Bahujan Samaj Party 603 0.2%
Bateshwar Nath Mishra Independent 583 0.2%
Shaikh Mohammed Hanif Chandmiya Independent 437 0.1%
Nikhil Desai Independent 279 0.1%
Gopal Krishna Gound Independent 169 0.0%
Ansari Mohamed Ali Bagwala Independent 113 0.0%

1996

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Mohan Vishnu Rawale Shiv Sena 173,900 47.4%
Datta Samant Samajwadi Party 115,248 31.4%
Jamkhanwala Ishaq Abedin Indian National Congress 69,207 18.9%
Azizbhai Independent 2,540 0.7%
Shapoorjee C. Surty Independent 1,386 0.4%
Mahendra Sadashiv Salve AIIC(T) 1,031 0.3%
Sahiwala Zoeb Abbas Independent 803 0.2%
Ansari Mohammad Shamim Zariwala BMSM 751 0.2%
Chandra Kishore Gupta Independent 740 0.2%
Ranjit Bhowmick SMP 691 0.2%
Tendulkar Bhushan Suresh Independent 380 0.1%
Naique Govinda Subrai Independent 183 0.0%

1998

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Mohan Vishnu Rawale Shiv Sena 171,376 43.1%
Principal Suhail Lokhandwala Samajwadi Party 171,223 43.1%
Sharad Rao Janata Dal 43,153 10.9%
Raju Philip Kamlakar Shirsath ABHS 10,004 2.5%
Ansari Mohammad Shamim Zariwala Independent 1,518 0.4%

1999

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Mohan Vishnu Rawale Shiv Sena 176,323 48.0%
A Majeed Memon Advocate Samajwadi Party 97,287 26.5%
Dada Samant BBM 77,747 21.1%
Gaikwad P K Independent 16,248 4.4%

2004

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Mohan Rawale Shiv Sena 128,536 36.9%
Ahir Sachin Nationalist Congress Party 106,348 30.6%
Arun Gulab Gawli Alies Dady ABHS 92,210 26.5%
T. K. Choudhary Samajwadi Party 10,104 2.9%
Abdul Malik Choudhry Bahujan Samaj Party 4,690 1.3%
Pukhraj Chunnilal Jain Independent 2,677 0.8%
Ansari Husain Ahmed Indian Union Muslim League 1,921 0.6%
Yashwant ( Prakash) Shinde ABJS 1,486 0.4%

2009

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Eknath M. Gaikwad Indian National Congress 257,523 43.0%
Suresh Anant Gambhir Shiv Sena 181,817 30.4%
Shweta Vivek Parulkar MNS 108,341 18.1%
Barve Pravin Ramchandra Bahujan Samaj Party 18,427 3.1%
Rajendra Ganpat Jadhav PRCP 5,986 1.0%
Ad. Anarya Pundalik Pawar BBM 4,844 0.8%
Iqbal Mohammad Sayyad Rashtriya Janata Dal 4,025 0.7%
Dr. Akalpita Paranjpe BUDM 2,945 0.5%
Dilip Ramchandra Gandhi Independent 2,104 0.4%
Dr. Sailen Kumar Ghosh Independent 1,948 0.3%
Raju Sahebrao Dalvi Independent 1,208 0.2%
Rohan Gawru Tambe Independent 1,137 0.2%
Manoj G. Singh Independent 1,080 0.2%
Mohhammed Usman Shaikh BMSM 1,077 0.2%
Kamal Narayan Waghdare RP(K) 970 0.2%
Layeek Ahmed Ansari Independent 814 0.1%
Vikas Kumar Independent 812 0.1%
Kishorkumar Vasantrao Jadhav Independent 809 0.1%
Triyoginath Dubey Independent 757 0.1%
Kishor Bhagwan Jagtap RSPS 612 0.1%
Shahajirao Dhondiba Thorat Independent 558 0.1%
Garud Milind Madhav (M.G.) RPIE 526 0.1%
Karam Hussain Khan NLHP 525 0.1%

2014

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Rahul Ramesh Shewale Shiv Sena 381,275 49.6%
Eknath M. Gaikwad Indian National Congress 242,933 31.6%
Aditya Rajan Shirodkar MN 73,113 9.5%
Sundar Balakrishnan Aam Aadmi Party 27,715 3.6%
Adv.Aiyyar Ganesh Bahujan Samaj Party 14,762 1.9%
None Of The Above Independent 9,580 1.2%
Abbas Hussain Shaikh Samajwadi Party 5,575 0.7%
Noor Mohammad Saheb Raja Khan Independent 1,588 0.2%
Hussain Akbar Sayyed BMP 1,430 0.2%
Dilip Gaikwad Independent 1,338 0.2%
Moin Sohail Sayyed Independent 1,212 0.2%
Namdev Sahebrao Sable Independent 1,184 0.2%
Adv.Vaishali Surendra Borde Independent 1,083 0.1%
Aslam Hanif Khot PP 1,018 0.1%
Sanghapal Hirachand Gadekar API 919 0.1%
Mahendra Tulshiram Bhingardive Independent 919 0.1%
Clifford Martis Independent 800 0.1%
Mr. Nadar Selvakumar Perimbraj Independent 686 0.1%
Khan Siraj Ahmed Independent 545 0.1%
Ganesh Bhimrao Budhe Independent 514 0.1%
Pal Jitendra Kumar Independent 453 0.1%
Shinde Sarjerao Mahadev Independent 418 0.1%

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Rahul Ramesh Shewale Shiv Sena 424,913 54.2%
Eknath M. Gaikwad Indian National Congress 272,774 34.8%
Bhosale Sanjay Sushil VBA 63,412 8.1%
Ahmed Shakil Sagir Ahmed Shaikh Bahujan Samaj Party 8,635 1.1%
Godfrey Noble DMSK 2,199 0.3%
Sheetaltai Sasane Independent 1,759 0.2%
Dalvi Raju Sahebrao Independent 1,353 0.2%
Deepak Bhagoji Kamble API 1,155 0.1%
Vikas Maruti Rokade Independent 1,103 0.1%
Anita Kiran Patole Independent 976 0.1%
Mohammad Hayat Mohammad Husain Shaikh PP 968 0.1%
Yoganand Nadar AAP(P) 883 0.1%
Adv. More Yogesh Vitthal BRSP 708 0.1%
Santosh Shrivastav Independent 677 0.1%
Balasaheb Jagannath Sable BMFP 665 0.1%
Baddy Hemantkumar Reddy BMP 647 0.1%
Adv. Mahendra Tulshiram Bhingardive ACDP 589 0.1%

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).

1967: Communist Party of India margin 2.1 pts 1971: Indian National Congress margin 27.0 pts 1977: Bharatiya Lok Dal margin 14.1 pts 1980: Congress (I) margin 7.4 pts 1984: Independent margin 18.9 pts 1989: Independent margin 2.4 pts 1991: Shiv Sena margin 1.3 pts 1996: Shiv Sena margin 16.0 pts 1998: Shiv Sena margin 0.0 pts 1999: Shiv Sena margin 21.5 pts 2004: Shiv Sena margin 6.4 pts 2009: Indian National Congress margin 12.6 pts 2014: Shiv Sena margin 18.0 pts 2019: Shiv Sena margin 19.4 pts 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019

Trend

Mumbai South Central has been contested at 14 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1967. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Communist Party of India, Indian National Congress, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Independent, Shiv Sena.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Mumbai South Central in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

Rahul Ramesh Shewale (Shiv Sena) won Mumbai South Central, Maharashtra, in 2019 with 424,913 votes (54.2%), a margin of 152,139 votes over Eknath M. Gaikwad.

Which parties have won Mumbai South Central since 1967?

Since 1967, Mumbai South Central has been won by: Bharatiya Lok Dal, Communist Party of India, Congress (I), Independent, Indian National Congress, Shiv Sena.

What was the closest result in Mumbai South Central?

The closest result on record for Mumbai South Central was 1998, when Shiv Sena beat Samajwadi Party by just 153 votes (0.0 percentage points).

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