Mumbai South Lok Sabha Constituency Constituency number: 31 Total electors: 14,85,846 Female electors: 6,56,882 Male electors: 8,28,964 Reserved: No Delimited: Yes. Umarkhadi, Khetwadi and Opera House Assembly segments were dissolved in 2008. Assembly constituencies: Worli, Shivadi, Byculla, Malabar Hill, Mumbadevi, Colaba. Results in last four Lok Sabha elections: Congress leader Milind Deora won the seat in 2009 but lost it to Shiv Sena’s Arvind Sawant in 2014, even though the constituency has been a Congress stronghold for a long time. Demographics: Consisting of several upmarket localities of Mumbai, Mumbai South is a Congress stronghold. However, it also has several areas dominated by lower middle-income classes. According to reports, the traditional Maharashtrian areas like Girgaon, Lalbaug, Parel, Byculla, & Gamdevi are witnessing a rise in non-Maharashtrian population. There is a mix of working and middle-class Maharashtrians, Muslims, mercantile communities like Jains, Gujaratis, Marwadis along with North Indians.
Congress leader Milind Deora won the seat in 2009 but lost it to Shiv Sena’s Arvind Sawant in 2014, even though the constituency has been a Congress stronghold for a long time.
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