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State: Maharashtra
Constituency: Mumbai North
Total Votes Polled: 871802
Winner: BJP Ram Naik 502738
Runner Up: INC Anupchand Khimchand Shah 246478
Margin: 256260 (29.81%)

This was the constituency from where Krishna Menon made his electoral debut, in 1957, on a Congress ticket. In the last three elections it has settled for the BJP's Ram Naik. In 1977 it also flirted with the Janata Party by voting for Mrinal Gore.

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