Betting peaks as poll day arrives

<div class="section1"><div class="Normal">MUMBAI: Betting on the Lok Sabha elections for constituencies that go to the polls on Monday peaked on Sunday night. <br /><br />Bookies had fixed the following odds by 9.15 p.m.:<br /><br /><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">Mumbai South:</span> JaywantibenMehta (BJP) 35 paise; Milind Deora (Congress) Rs 1.25<br /><br /><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">Mumbai South-Central:</span> Mohan Rawle (Shiv Sena) Rs 1.10; Sachin Ahir (NCP) Rs 1.40; Arun Gawli Rs 10<br /><br /><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">Mumbai North-Central:</span> Manohar Joshi (Shiv Sena) 25 paise; Eknath Gaikwad (Congress) Rs 1.40<br /><br /><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">Mumbai North-East:</span> Gurudas Kamat (Congress) 80 paise; Kirit Somaiya (BJP) Rs 1.75<br /><br /><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">Mumbai North-West:</span> Sunil Dutt (Congress) 55 paise; Sanjay Nirupam (Shiv Sena) Rs 1.50<br /><br /><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">Mumbai North:</span> Ram Naik (BJP) 40 paise; Govinda (Congress) Rs 2<br /><br /><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">Thane: </span>Prakash Paranjpe (Shiv Sena) 50 paise; Vasant Davkhare (NCP) Rs 1.75<br /><br /><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">Pune:</span> Suresh Kalmadi (Congress) 60 paise; Pradip Rawat (BJP) Rs 1.50<br /><br /><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">Lucknow:</span> A B Vajpayee (BJP) 6 paise, Ram Jethmalani (Independent) Rs 12<br /><br /><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">Other odds</span><br /><br />NDA securing 275 seats, 20 paise<br /><br />Congress 100 seats, 55 paise<br /><br />BJP 200 seats, Rs 2.35<br /><br />BJP 175 seats, 32 paise</div> </div>