The contest in Mumbai North Central constituency is set to be one between the daughters. Here, sitting MP and daughter of late actor-turned-politician Priya Dutt will be challenged by Poonam Mahajan, daughter of late BJP MP Pramod Mahajan.

2009 result: Priya Dutt beat the BJP's Mahesh Ram Jethmalani by 1,74,555 votes. Mumbai North Central constituency will go to the election on April 24.

Priya Dutt, 46, was elected to the Lok Sabha for the first time in 2005 from the Mumbai North West constituency after her father's death called for a by-poll. She had won against her opponent from the Shiv Sena by 1.71 lakh votes. In 2009, Dutt had polled more votes than the combine of the BJP-Shiv Sena and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena candidates. She polled 48.1 per cent of the votes while Jethmalani got just 21 per cent of the vote share. Reports said not many local BJP leaders were eager to take on Priya Dutt from Mumbai North Central for she is a popular politician.


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