LS polls: Shiv Sena fields Yamini Jadhav from Mumbai South

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 1 (ANI): The Shiv Sena led by Eknath Shinde on Tuesday nominated Yamini Jadhav as its candidate for Mumbai South Lok Sabha seat who will face sitting Sena UBT MP Arvind Sawant.

Yamini Jadhav was among the 39 MLAs who pledged support to Shinde when he revolted against Uddhav Thackeray in June 2022.

Jadhav is a first-time MLA and is a former corporator. She is the wife of former standing committee chairman of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Yashwant Jadhav.

Jadhav, incumbent MLA from Byculla, will take on Mumbai South sitting MP and Thackeray loyalist Arvind Sawant, a former Union minister.

The Shinde-led Sena has already fielded sitting MP Rahul Shewale from Mumbai South Central seat.

A three-time corporator, Yashwant Jadhav was first elected in 1997 from the Mazgaon area. After winning the corporation election for a third time in 2017, he was elected as the chairman of the standing committee, a key panel which has power to sanction expenditure proposals and approve Budgets.

Mumbai has a total of six constituencies, which are divided into two different colleges- city and suburban. While two constituencies–Mumbai south and Mumbai south Central–fall under the city division, four constituencies–Mumbai North Central, Mumbai North East, Mumbai North West and Mumbai North fall under the jurisdiction of suburban collectorate.

The Mumbai North West constituency is spread across six assembly segments, with BJP currently holding three, Shiv Sena led by Shinde one, and Sena (UBT) two.

Of the total six Lok Sabha seats in Mumbai, the BJP and erstwhile ally Shiv Sena (undivided) won three seats each in the 2019 elections.

Elections to all the six Lok Sabha seats will be held on May 20. The last day for filing nomination papers is May 3. Mumbai city has a total number of 24.59 lakh voters, while in the suburbs, a total of 74 lakh voters have registered this year.