| 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.
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Did not exist | ||
| Bombay City Central Lok Sabha constituency | |||
| 1957 [1] | Shripad Amrit Dange | CPI | |
| Gopal Kaluji Manay | SCF | ||
| 1962 | Did not exist | ||
| Bombay Central Lok Sabha constituency | |||
| 1967 | R. D. Bhandare | INC | |
| 1971 | |||
| 1977 onwards didn't exist | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | Shripad Amrit Dange [a] | 323,526 | 30.64 | ||
| SCF | Gopal Kaluji Manay [b] | 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) | |||||
| SCF win (new seat) | |||||
| 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) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | R. D. Bhandare | 216,114 | 61.35 | ||
| SS | 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 | ||||