NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) candidate Varun Satish Sardesai won in Bandra east constituency with 42.26 per cent of the votes. Sardesai secured 57,708 votes so far. While, son of slain politician Baba Siddiqui, Zeeshan from the Nationalist Congress Party lost by a vote margin of 11,365, securing 46,343 votes.
Two young leaders from prominent political families were facing off in the Bandra East Assembly seat also known as Vandre East.
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Zeeshan Siddique and Varun Sardesai were competing for the seat in the upcoming election. Siddique, son of NCP leader Baba Siddique who was murdered earlier this year, is contesting on behalf of Ajit Pawar-led NCP. Varun Sardesai, nephew-in-law of Uddhav Thackeray, was fielded by the Shiv Sena (UBT) MVA.
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The constituency is known for its diverse population including Marathi-speakers, Dalit, Muslim, slum, and migrant. These communities make up a significant portion of the voters in the area. This makes Bandra East an important area in Maharashtra politics. Bandra East is one of Maharashtra’s 288 assembly constituencies.
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In the 2019 election, Bandra East had 251,371 registered voters, with 126,597 valid votes cast. Indian National Congress candidate Zeeshan Baba Siddique won the seat with 38,337 votes. Shiv Sena candidate Prin Vishwanath Pandurang Mahadeshwar came in second with 32,547 votes, resulting in a victory margin of 5,790 votes. In the 2014 election, Vandre East had 263,798 voters, with 124,555 valid votes.
Shiv Sena’s Prakash (Bala) Sawant won with 41,388 votes, defeating BJP candidate Krishna Dhondu Parkar, who received 25,791 votes, by a margin of 15,597 votes. Following the 2019 Maharashtra Assembly elections, the BJP-led NDA initially formed the government. However, internal divisions in the Shiv Sena led Uddhav Thackeray to form the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition with the NCP and Congress, making him chief minister. In 2022, Eknath Shinde broke from Thackeray’s faction, allied with the BJP, and became chief minister, leading to the MVA’s collapse.
In 2023, Ajit Pawar split from the NCP to join Shinde’s BJP alliance. Maharashtra politics is now dominated by two alliances: the MVA (Shiv Sena UBT, NCP SP, Congress) and the Maha Yuti (BJP, Shinde’s Sena, Ajit Pawar’s NCP).
The voting for this constituency was scheduled for November 20 and results were announced on November 23.