Mumbai South Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 48 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India. It was established in 1952 and has no reservation. The constituency comprises six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments.
- According to a report by The Times of India, Mumbai South is considered to be a stronghold of the Indian National Congress party. The report suggests that the Congress party has won the seat in the past three Lok Sabha elections.
- There is not much information available on the long-term historical political trend of Mumbai South constituency. However, according to a report by Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the most striking trend in Indian electoral politics is the explosion in political competition in recent years. In the 1952 general election, the first held after India won independence, 55 parties took part; in 2009, 370 parties entered the fray. The surge in political competition began in the 1980s—the number of parties contesting elections jumped from 38 in 1984 to 117 in 1989, a watershed year in Indian politics.
- The apparent rise of regional political parties is a recurring theme on the Indian political scene. Over the past two decades, India has witnessed a steep increase in the number of parties contesting parliamentary elections and a corresponding decline in the average margin of victory. Both of these data points are evidence of new power centers emerging from within the states.
- According to a report by India's Best Civic Engagement Platform, Mumbai South is a closely contested constituency between the Indian National Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party. Overall, it seems that Mumbai South has been a closely contested constituency between the Indian National Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party in recent years.
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