Mahayuti dominates Mumbai, winning 22 of 36 seats
Hindustan TimesMumbai: India’s financial capital witnessed a strong wave of support for the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Mahayuti alliance in the Maharashtra assembly elections, with the coalition winning 22 of the 36 seats in the city. Amit Thackeray’s cousin, Aaditya Thackeray of the Shiv Sena, also faced a tough challenge in Worli, but managed to bag 8,801 more votes than the Shiv Sena’s Congress turncoat Milind Deora. Aaditya’s other cousin, Varun Sardesai, made an impressive debut in Vandre East for the Shiv Sena, defeating sitting NCP MLA Zeeshan Siddique by 11,365 votes. In Dahisar, the BJP’s Manisha Chaudhary retained her seat with a margin of 44,329 votes against Vinod Ghosalkar of the Shiv Sena. Meanwhile, anti-incumbency played a role in the defeat of BJP’s Bharati Lavekar in Versova, where Shiv Sena ’s Haroon Khan emerged victorious by leveraging strong local support and consolidating the Muslim vote.