Mumbai Central Lok Sabha constituency

Bombay Central
Bombay Central
Former Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
District	Bombay
Established	1957
Abolished	1977

Bombay Central Lok Sabha constituency was one of the Lok Sabha constituencies in Bombay State, later in Maharashtra (1960 onwards). It became defunct in 1977 when constituency boundaries were redrawn.

Members of Parliament[edit | edit source]


Year	Member
1952	Did not exist
Bombay City Central Lok Sabha constituency
1957^[1]	Shripad Amrit Dange	CPI
1957^[1]	Gopal Kaluji Manay	All India Scheduled Caste Federation
1962	Did not exist
Bombay Central Lok Sabha constituency
1967	R. D. Bhandare	INC
1971	R. D. Bhandare
1977 onwards didn't exist

Election results[edit | edit source]

1957[edit | edit source]

1957 Indian general election: Bombay City Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI	Shripad Amrit Dange^{[lower-alpha 1]}	323,526	30.64
	All India Scheduled Caste Federation	Gopal Kaluji Manay^{[lower-alpha 2]}	303,875	28.78
	INC	Narayanrao Sadoba Kajrolkar	2,09,769	19.87
	INC	Gangadhar Dattatraya Ambekar	1,87,241	17.74
	Independent	Nilkanth Baburao Parulekar	15,881	1.50
	Independent	Sudhir Laxman Hendre	15,440	1.46
	RRP	E. M. Awati	0	0.00
Margin of victory
Total valid votes			10,55,732
Rejected ballots
Turnout			10,55,732	67.41
Registered electors			7,83,116
	CPI win (new seat)
	All India Scheduled Caste Federation win (new seat)

1967[edit | edit source]

1967 Indian general election: Bombay Central^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	R. D. Bhandare	158,060	45.48
	RPI	P. K. Atre	1,51,108	43.48
	Independent	B. C. Kamble	38,405	11.05
Margin of victory			6,952	2.00
Total valid votes			3,47,573
Rejected ballots			10,266	2.87
Turnout			3,57,839	68.75
Registered electors			5,20,524
	INC win (new seat)

1971[edit | edit source]

1971 Indian general election: Bombay Central^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	R. D. Bhandare	216,114	61.35
	Shiva Sena	Manohar Joshi	11,6572	33.09
	Independent	B. C. Kamble	15,144	4.30
	RPI(K)	Gangaram Dasharath Ghokshe	2,744	0.78
	Independent	Ramaswamy Kamala	922	0.26
	Independent	Yeshwant Trimbak Pradhan	788	0.22
Margin of victory			99,542	28.26
Total valid votes			3,52,284
Rejected ballots			5,054	1.41
Turnout			3,57,338	64.91
Registered electors			5,50,555
	INC hold		Swing

Notes[edit | edit source]

↑ Seat 1 of 2 membered constituency
↑ Seat 2 of 2 membered constituency

References[edit | edit source]

↑ "1957 India General Elections Results". elections.in. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
↑ "1967 India General Elections Results". elections.in. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
↑ "1971 India General Elections Results". elections.in. Retrieved 25 June 2020.

External links[edit | edit source]

Election Statistics, Election Commission of India

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[2] Seat 1 of 2 membered constituency

[3] Seat 2 of 2 membered constituency

[elections1957-1] "1957 India General Elections Results". elections.in. Retrieved 25 June 2020.

[elections1967-4] "1967 India General Elections Results". elections.in. Retrieved 25 June 2020.

[elections1971-5] "1971 India General Elections Results". elections.in. Retrieved 25 June 2020.

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