Mumbai South, Maharashtra — Lok Sabha Election Results

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

Mumbai South (Maharashtra) was won by Arvind Ganpat Sawant (Shiv Sena) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 100,067 votes over Deora Milind Murli. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Mumbai South, Maharashtra, from 1967 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1967–2019

Election	Winner	Party	Votes	Vote Share	Runner-up	Margin
1967	G. Fernandes	Samyukta Socialist Party	147,841	48.5%	S. K. Patil (Indian National Congress)	29,434 (9.7 pts)
1971	Kailas Narain Narula Shivnarain	Indian National Congress	138,408	47.1%	Tata Naval Hormasji (Independent)	19,749 (6.7 pts)
1977	Rajada Ratansingh Gokuldas	Bharatiya Lok Dal	226,893	56.8%	Ankleshwaria Ramanlal Chhotalal (Indian National Congress)	64,394 (16.1 pts)
1980	Rajda Ratasinh Gokuldas	Janata Party	161,557	50.2%	Deora Murli Sitaram (Congress (I))	15,170 (4.7 pts)
1984	Deora Murli	Indian National Congress	200,152	60.2%	Jayawantiben Navinchandra Mehta (Bharatiya Janata Party)	105,278 (31.6 pts)
1989	Deora Murli	Indian National Congress	178,986	45.8%	Sharma Premkumar Shankardatt (Bharatiya Janata Party)	17,739 (4.5 pts)
1991	Deora Murli	Indian National Congress	147,576	51.5%	Sharma Premkumar Shankardutt (Bharatiya Janata Party)	25,756 (9.0 pts)
1996	Jayawantiben Mehta	Bharatiya Janata Party	138,831	44.7%	Murli Deora (Indian National Congress)	23,208 (7.5 pts)
1998	Deora Murli	Indian National Congress	178,597	52.6%	Jayawantiben Mehta (Bharatiya Janata Party)	21,065 (6.2 pts)
1999	Jayawanti Mehta	Bharatiya Janata Party	144,945	47.8%	Murli Deora (Indian National Congress)	10,243 (3.4 pts)
2004	Milind Murli Deora	Indian National Congress	137,956	50.3%	Jayawantiben Mehta (Bharatiya Janata Party)	10,246 (3.7 pts)
2009	Deora Milind Murli	Indian National Congress	272,411	42.5%	Bala Nandgaonkar (MNS)	112,682 (17.6 pts)
2014	Arvind Sawant	Shiv Sena	374,780	48.0%	Deora Milind Murli (Indian National Congress)	128,148 (16.4 pts)
2019	Arvind Ganpat Sawant	Shiv Sena	421,937	53.6%	Deora Milind Murli (Indian National Congress)	100,067 (12.7 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1967

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
G. Fernandes	Samyukta Socialist Party	147,841	48.5%
S. K. Patil	Indian National Congress	118,407	38.8%
C. S. Agrawal	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	20,501	6.7%
M. Kotwal	Praja Socialist Party	11,661	3.8%
K. T. Mirchandani	Independent	3,013	1.0%
C. C. Chunilal	Independent	1,469	0.5%
M.V. Mulchandani.	Independent	1,055	0.3%
B. K. Raghavendrarao	Independent	866	0.3%

1971

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Kailas Narain Narula Shivnarain	Indian National Congress	138,408	47.1%
Tata Naval Hormasji	Independent	118,659	40.4%
Fernandis George John	Samyukta Socialist Party	30,377	10.3%
M. S. Bright	RPK	1,607	0.5%
I. S. Johar	Independent	1,074	0.4%
K. R. Bengeri	Independent	695	0.2%
K. T. Mirchandani	Independent	581	0.2%
S. R. Naik	PBI	442	0.2%
J. M. Patni	Independent	420	0.1%
B. M. Navlakha	Independent	325	0.1%
L .G. Thatte	Independent	318	0.1%
A. K. Chawla	Independent	315	0.1%
R. N. Mehta	Independent	201	0.1%
A. R. Dube	Independent	183	0.1%
H. R. Pardiwala	Independent	155	0.1%
J. K. Shah	Independent	90	0.0%

1977

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Rajada Ratansingh Gokuldas	Bharatiya Lok Dal	226,893	56.8%
Ankleshwaria Ramanlal Chhotalal	Indian National Congress	162,499	40.6%
Kailas	Independent	3,158	0.8%
Ram Vishandas Jagtiani	Independent	1,459	0.4%
R. K. Deshmukh	Independent	1,032	0.3%
C. D. Munshi	Independent	1,027	0.3%
Mohammed Ikbal Abdul Rehman Natiq	Independent	980	0.2%
K. R. Singh	Independent	583	0.1%
J. D. Bhatia ( Alias Babubhai Bhatia )	Independent	464	0.1%
Madhukar Narayan Gogate	Independent	464	0.1%
Chharia D. L.	Independent	434	0.1%
Harishankar Laxmishankar Pandya	Independent	336	0.1%
Chikhal Mansingh Dharamsey	Independent	309	0.1%
Seth Narendranath Jagannath (Alias Bagee Narendra)	Independent	134	0.0%

1980

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Rajda Ratasinh Gokuldas	Janata Party	161,557	50.2%
Deora Murli Sitaram	Congress (I)	146,387	45.5%
Nazir Hakeem	Janata Party (Secular)	7,077	2.2%
I. S. Johar	Independent	920	0.3%
Dhuriya Manmohan Rameshwar	Independent	693	0.2%
Suresh Chandra J. Gupta	Independent	644	0.2%
Shankuntala Devi	Independent	629	0.2%
Gangtra Gordhandas Haridas (Bachubhai)	Independent	520	0.2%
R. K. Deshmukh	Independent	480	0.1%
Prakash Kothari	Independent	454	0.1%
Santokh Singh Rait	Independent	399	0.1%
Madhukar N. Gogate	Independent	376	0.1%
Mohammad Farook Haji Ahmed	Independent	334	0.1%
Shirish Randeria	Independent	299	0.1%
Gandhi Mathuradas Ratilal	Independent	293	0.1%
K. R. Singh	Independent	191	0.1%
Kalyan Ramchandra Amre	Independent	186	0.1%
Harishankar L. Pandya	Independent	182	0.1%
Karuna Nidhan Roy	Independent	113	0.0%

1984

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Deora Murli	Indian National Congress	200,152	60.2%
Jayawantiben Navinchandra Mehta	Bharatiya Janata Party	94,874	28.5%
Rajda Ratansinh	Janata Party	29,196	8.8%
Dinesh G. Shah	Independent	1,267	0.4%
Bimal Bhatt	Independent	1,104	0.3%
Kale Hemant Shankar	Independent	893	0.3%
Ram Jagtiani	Independent	689	0.2%
Dadasaheb Powle	Independent	598	0.2%
D. P. Kamble	Independent	459	0.1%
Zaheer Abdas Rizvi	Independent	432	0.1%
G. V. Parmar	Independent	427	0.1%
Subhash Upadhyay	Independent	410	0.1%
Sudhir Hendre	Independent	377	0.1%
Suresh Gupta	Independent	315	0.1%
Viney Kumar Singh	Independent	279	0.1%
Baldev Mitter Gill	Independent	249	0.1%
Kasturi Raja	Independent	249	0.1%
Mohan Advani	Independent	213	0.1%
V. K. Thakur	Independent	193	0.1%
K. R. Singh	Independent	128	0.0%
Ramesh V. Mehta	Independent	102	0.0%

1989

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Deora Murli	Indian National Congress	178,986	45.8%
Sharma Premkumar Shankardatt	Bharatiya Janata Party	161,247	41.2%
Rajda Ratansinh Gokuldas	Janata Dal	31,442	8.0%
Madhu Metta	Independent	11,243	2.9%
Sharma Pramodkumar	Independent	1,494	0.4%
(Kalki) Gaur Pradeep Kumar	Independent	719	0.2%
Sunder C. Punjabi	VBP	621	0.2%
Kitabullah	Bahujan Samaj Party	541	0.1%
Kanojia Sakaldip	DDP	454	0.1%
P. Unnian Palvi Haji	Independent	445	0.1%
Sharma Prakash Kumar	Independent	432	0.1%
Ansari Mahammad Kasam	Independent	374	0.1%
Sayeeda Banoo	Independent	348	0.1%
Najumudin Bookwala (Manoj)	Independent	337	0.1%
Shah Hasmukh Ochhavlal	Independent	319	0.1%
Ram Jagtiani	Independent	278	0.1%
Ramanlal Kadakia	Independent	256	0.1%
Netala Dhanraj Hastimal	Independent	256	0.1%
Subedar P. S. Aserkar	Independent	255	0.1%
Lakshman Raja	HJP	237	0.1%
Satyadev Pandey	Independent	216	0.1%
Homee Hatteria	Independent	198	0.1%
R. P. Patel	Independent	140	0.0%
Mukesh Maganlal Magdani	Independent	73	0.0%
Shantilal Tarachand Sheth	Independent	56	0.0%

1991

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Deora Murli	Indian National Congress	147,576	51.5%
Sharma Premkumar Shankardutt	Bharatiya Janata Party	121,820	42.5%
Narwekar Suresh Murari	Janata Dal	11,782	4.1%
Ajwani Neranjansingh	Janata Party	1,521	0.5%
Prakash Kumar Sharma	Independent	682	0.2%
Mohamed Hanif Mansuri	Independent	551	0.2%
Valia Harbhajan Singh	Independent	329	0.1%
Arvind Tibrewala	Independent	310	0.1%
Subedar P.S. Aserkar	AHF	255	0.1%
K. Murarka	Independent	199	0.1%
Jain Vinod Ghevarchandji	LKD	184	0.1%
Ansari M.I.	Independent	165	0.1%
Agrawal S.R.	Independent	149	0.1%
Azizbhai	Independent	144	0.1%
Dadheech Ravishankar	DDP	143	0.0%
R.K. Deshmukh	Independent	120	0.0%
Uttamrao Keshavrao Jadhav	Independent	112	0.0%
Kalki Gaur	HJP	86	0.0%
Daffatary Jivanlal Girdharlal	Independent	74	0.0%
Ramesh Vasudeo Warang	Independent	60	0.0%
Sundar Panjabi	VBP	56	0.0%
Choitramani Sunita Ram (W)	Independent	46	0.0%

1996

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Jayawantiben Mehta	Bharatiya Janata Party	138,831	44.7%
Murli Deora	Indian National Congress	115,623	37.2%
Patrawala Marazben Jal	Samajwadi Party	48,224	15.5%
Jaykant Shukla	AIIC(T)	1,454	0.5%
Deorao Apte	Independent	1,291	0.4%
Suresh Mahalinga Devadiga	ICS	492	0.2%
Patel Pratip Vasudeo	Independent	452	0.1%
M.M. Khan	Bahujan Samaj Party	417	0.1%
Vijay Ganpat Tapase	Independent	409	0.1%
Jitendra Jayantilal Shah	Independent	357	0.1%
Joshi Atul Vinodchandra	Independent	281	0.1%
Fakhruddin Khanbhai Chitalwala	Independent	259	0.1%
Tiwari Kashinath Laltaprasad	Independent	253	0.1%
Shakeel Siddque Ahmed Reshamwalla	Independent	240	0.1%
S. Sharma	Independent	190	0.1%
Azizbhai Seikh	Independent	180	0.1%
Najmudin (Manoj) Bookwala	Independent	180	0.1%
Ansari Mohammed Kasam Ismail	Independent	148	0.0%
Kishor Mangubhai Patel	Independent	145	0.0%
M. Vijaysingh	Independent	135	0.0%
R.P. Patel	Independent	135	0.0%
Uttamrao Keshavrao Jadhav	Independent	130	0.0%
Ghulam Sabir Alias Roohullah	BMSM	121	0.0%
P. S. Aserkar	Independent	120	0.0%
I. I. Khatri	Independent	105	0.0%
Khan Khaibar Vasil	Independent	105	0.0%
Shaliwahan Dinanath Gaikwad	Independent	88	0.0%
Shyamsunder Bubna	Independent	83	0.0%
Kamalakar Umakant Pathak	Independent	82	0.0%
Qureshi Moin Akhter	Independent	73	0.0%
Shukri Habib Abdul Kader	Independent	54	0.0%
Shekh Likamulla	Independent	39	0.0%
Bubre Shammi Abdul Hamid	Independent	38	0.0%

1998

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Deora Murli	Indian National Congress	178,597	52.6%
Jayawantiben Mehta	Bharatiya Janata Party	157,532	46.4%
Mohamood A.Farid	Independent	1,028	0.3%
Thomas Joseph Moras	Independent	851	0.3%
Aziz Bhai	Independent	391	0.1%
Nazmudin (Manoj) Bookwala	NPAP	336	0.1%
Bankimkumar	Independent	287	0.1%
Qureshi Moin Akhter Abdul Sattar	Independent	218	0.1%
Ali Khan Ghazfar	Independent	182	0.1%
Lavangare Gajanan Shivling	Independent	176	0.1%

1999

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Jayawanti Mehta	Bharatiya Janata Party	144,945	47.8%
Murli Deora	Indian National Congress	134,702	44.5%
Aziz Lalani	Samajwadi Party	19,128	6.3%
Vyas Ramesh Bajrangpal	Independent	2,441	0.8%
Qureshi Mohomed Rais	Independent	1,783	0.6%

2004

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Milind Murli Deora	Indian National Congress	137,956	50.3%
Jayawantiben Mehta	Bharatiya Janata Party	127,710	46.5%
Adv. Amin Solkar	Samajwadi Party	3,957	1.4%
Aziz Lalani	Bahujan Samaj Party	1,701	0.6%
Suhail Dil Nawaz	Janata Party	1,693	0.6%
Mahesh Gajanan Kulkarni	ABHM	690	0.3%
Ramnayak Tiwari	ABJS	651	0.2%

2009

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Deora Milind Murli	Indian National Congress	272,411	42.5%
Bala Nandgaonkar	MNS	159,729	24.9%
Mohan Rawale	Shiv Sena	146,118	22.8%
Mohammad Ali Abubakar Shaikh	Bahujan Samaj Party	33,799	5.3%
Meera H. Sanyal	Independent	10,157	1.6%
Dr. Mona Kartik Shah	PRPI	4,361	0.7%
Sayed Ather Ali	Samajwadi Party	3,670	0.6%
Mukesh Nemichand Jain	Independent	1,971	0.3%
Dr. Shaikh Shahid Ahmed	Independent	1,813	0.3%
Chirag Kantilal Jethva	KKJHS	1,095	0.2%
Firoz Usman Tinwala	DESEP	831	0.1%
Avdhut Ramchandra Bhise	Janata Dal (Secular)	791	0.1%
Sayyad Salim Sayyad Rahim	Independent	791	0.1%
Adv. Firoz Ahmed Ansari	Independent	633	0.1%
Khimji Chiman Makwana	Independent	629	0.1%
Adv. Rajesh Yeshwant Bhosle	PPOI	616	0.1%
Znyosho Rashtrapati	Independent	594	0.1%
Ashok Shankar Ambulkar	Independent	576	0.1%
Suryakant Keshav Shinge	Independent	540	0.1%
Mohammed Amir Shaikh (Montu)	RPI(D)	446	0.1%

2014

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Arvind Sawant	Shiv Sena	374,780	48.0%
Deora Milind Murli	Indian National Congress	246,632	31.6%
Bala Nandgaonkar	MN	84,864	10.9%
Meera Sanyal	Aam Aadmi Party	40,388	5.2%
None Of The Above	Independent	9,573	1.2%
Prakash Reddy	Communist Party of India	6,903	0.9%
Abdus Salam Khan Qasmi	Bahujan Samaj Party	6,677	0.9%
Ratan Devram Bodke	Independent	1,325	0.2%
Sachin Pawar	BMP	1,266	0.2%
Farnandes Santan	Independent	1,078	0.1%
Rajendra Daulat Desai	Independent	1,059	0.1%
Shahzad Shamsher Khan Pathan	AVP	920	0.1%
Basit Faith	Independent	765	0.1%
Jaheda Mohammed Hanif Shaikh	Independent	703	0.1%
Baig Mirza Kalim	TLPI	677	0.1%
Dr. Omraj L. Rathod	Independent	675	0.1%
Kataria Jitendra Kamabhai	Independent	595	0.1%
Gaurav Sharma	Independent	561	0.1%
Shankar Sonawane	Independent	459	0.1%
Shehbaj Rathod	JMBP	415	0.1%
Abdul Latif Abdul Kadar Shaikh	Independent	400	0.1%

2019

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Arvind Ganpat Sawant	Shiv Sena	421,937	53.6%
Deora Milind Murli	Indian National Congress	321,870	40.9%
Dr. Anil Kumar	VBA	30,348	3.9%
Gautam Sureshkumar Mistrilal	Bahujan Samaj Party	4,329	0.6%
Sai Shrivastav	Independent	1,671	0.2%
Irfan Shaikh	API	1,391	0.2%
Shehbaj Rathod	JMBP	1,347	0.2%
Shankar Sonawane	Independent	879	0.1%
Adv. Ramchandra N. Kachave	KKJHS	737	0.1%
Abbas F. Chhatriwala	JAP	528	0.1%
Adv. Sahil L . Shah	BMFP	514	0.1%
Hamir Kalidas Vinjuda	BRSP	496	0.1%
Rajesh B. Dayal	Independent	449	0.1%

Margin Over Time

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

Trend

Mumbai South has been contested at 14 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1967. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Samyukta Socialist Party, Indian National Congress, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Janata Party, Bharatiya Janata Party, Shiv Sena.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Mumbai South in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

Arvind Ganpat Sawant (Shiv Sena) won Mumbai South, Maharashtra, in 2019 with 421,937 votes (53.6%), a margin of 100,067 votes over Deora Milind Murli.

Which parties have won Mumbai South since 1967?

Since 1967, Mumbai South has been won by: Bharatiya Janata Party, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Indian National Congress, Janata Party, Samyukta Socialist Party, Shiv Sena.

What was the closest result in Mumbai South?

The closest result on record for Mumbai South was 1999, when Bharatiya Janata Party beat Indian National Congress by just 10,243 votes (3.4 percentage points).