In the Maharashtra assembly elections, 11 constituencies with over 35 per cent Muslim voters delivered mixed results. The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) won six seats, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Mahayuti alliance secured four, while the Asaduddin Owaisi-led All India Majlis-e-Ittehad Muslimeen (AIMIM) claimed one.
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Mixed bag for MVA, Mahayuti in Muslim-dominated seats
Malegaon Central: AIMIM's Mufti Mohammed Khalique narrowly defeated local outfit- Indian Secular Largest Assembly - candidate Asif Shaikh Rashid by 162 votes. Congress performed poorly, with its candidate Ejaz Baig receiving only 7,527 votes.
Mankhurd-Shivaji Nagar: Samajwadi Party’s Abu Asim Azmi defeated AIMIM’s Ateeque Ahmad Khan by 12,753 votes in a constituency with 53% Muslim voters.
Bhiwandi East: SP’s Rais Kasam Shaikh won by a margin of 52,015 votes against Shiv Sena’s Santosh Shetty in a seat with 51 per cent Muslim voters.
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{{/usCountry}}Bhiwandi West: BJP’s Mahesh Choughule defeated SP’s Azmi Riyaj Muqeemuddin by 31,293 votes. AIMIM’s Waris Pathan finished fifth in the constituency, which has 49 per cent Muslim voters.
Mumba Devi: Congress’s Amin Patel defeated Shiv Sena’s Shaina NC by 34,844 votes in a constituency with over 50 per cent Muslim voters.
Amravati: NCP’s Sulbha Khodke edged out Congress’s Sunil Deshmukh by 5,413 votes, with Aazad Samaj Party’s Alim Patel a close third.
Mumbra-Kalwa: NCP (SP)’s Jitendra Awhad won by a landslide, defeating NCP’s Najeeb Mulla by 96,228 votes.
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Akola West: Congress’s Sajid Pathan narrowly beat BJP’s Vijay Agarwal by 1,283 votes in a constituency with 41 per cent Muslim voters.
Byculla: Shiv Sena (UBT)’s Manoj Jamsutkar defeated Shiv Sena’s Yamini Jadhav by 31,361 votes in an area with 41 per cent Muslim voters.
Aurangabad Central: Shiv Sena’s Pradeep Jaiswal defeated AIMIM’s Naseruddin Siddiqui by 8,119 votes in a seat with 38 per cent Muslim voters.
Aurangabad West: Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Shirsat beat Shiv Sena (UBT)’s Raju Shinde by 19,599 votes in a constituency with 37 per cent Muslim voters.