Lok Sabha Election Phase 5 LIVE Updates: BJP’s Piyush Goyal battles it out with Bhushan Patil of Congress in Mumbai North
Mumbai North is one of the 48 constituencies and forms a part of the Mumbai Suburban district of Maharashtra. It is a stronghold of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
It comprises six assembly segments: Borivali, Dahisar, Magathane, Kandivali East, Charkop, and Malad West.
The BJP fielded Piyush Goyal against Congress’ Bhushan Patil from the Mumbai North seat that is going to polls on May 20 in the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha election.
Earlier on May 14, Union Minister and BJP candidate from Mumbai North, Piyush Goyal expressed confidence in the party’s victory.
“I have faith in the work done under PM Modi’s 10 years of governance. The public has made up its mind to give 400 seats to PM Modi and the Mumbai North parliamentary seat will be won with a record margin,” Goyal said.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections Gopal Shetty from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the Lok Sabha seat defeating Congress actor-politician Urmila Matondkar by over 4.65 lakh votes. There were 16.47 lakh eligible voters in the 2019 elections from this constituency.
