Kalyan Lok Sabha Election Result 2024: Shrikant Shinde Wins Prestige Seat

Shrikant Shinde, son of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde from Shiv Sena which is part of the NDA alliance, won by a margin of 2,09,144 votes from the Lok Sabha constituency of Kalyan, Maharashtra, as per latest data from Election Commission of India.

Shinde received 5,89,636 votes, while Shiv Sena (UBT)'s Vaishali Darekar-Rane bagged 3,80,492 votes, according to the data. The Shiv Sena (UBT)-Congress led INDIA bloc is leading in 28 constituencies in Maharashtra, while the BJP-led NDA is currently leading in just 18 constituencies.

The BJP-led NDA is ahead in approximately 292 out of 543 Lok Sabha constituencies, whereas the INDIA alliance is leading in more than 232 seats, as per the latest ECI data, which differ from the exit polls' forecasts of a significantly larger win for the NDA.

The Kalyan seat in Maharashtra is considered the stronghold of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. It holds significant prestige in the Sena vs Sena battle. Shrikant Shinde, son of the Chief Minister and a two-time sitting MP, is contesting against Vaishali Darekar-Rane of Shiv Sena (UBT). Rane was previously associated with the Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena before joining the Shiv Sena.

The Kalyan constituency comprises six Vidhan Sabha seats—Ambernath, Ulhasnagar, Kalyan East, Dombivli, Kalyan Rural and Mumbra Kalwa. It saw a voter turnout of 50.12% in the fifth phase of elections held on May 20. Of this, 52.19% were male voters, while the female voter turnout was 47.75%.

In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Shiv Sena's Shrikant Eknath Shinde retained the Kalyan seat with 63% of the votes, securing a second consecutive term. He defeated Nationalist Congress Party's Babaji Balaram Patil by over 3.44 lakh votes. Shinde's victory followed a competitive race, maintaining Shiv Sena's stronghold in Kalyan since his initial win in 2014.