Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar Election Result LIVE: SP's Abu Azmi Wins, NCP's Nawab Malik Gamble Fails

Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar Election Result 2024 LIVE: Samajwadi Party candidate Abu Azmi has won the seat by a margin of 12000+ votes. NCP leader Nawab Malik with 15,501 votes came at fourth place.

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Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar Maharashtra Assembly Election Result 2024 LIVE Updates: Samajwadi Party's Abu Azmi won the Maharashtra polls from Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar with 54780 votes and defeated All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen's Ateeque Ahmad Khan with 12753 votes. NCP leader Nawab Malik also lost the polls. Mahayuti is ahead on 288 seats in the Maharashtra assembly. The opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi is leading on 49 seats.

The counting of votes for Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar assembly began at 8 am on Saturday. Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar Assembly area is largely a Muslim voters' area. Azmi became victorious for the fourth time. 

Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar is one of the 288 assembly constituencies in Maharashtra. It is one of the assembly constituencies in the Mumbai Suburban district in western India. It falls under the Mumbai-Thane region. In Maharashtra, the Mahayuti alliance, comprising the BJP, Shiv Sena, and NCP, is engaged in a fierce contest with the MVA, which includes Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT), and NCP (SP).

Polling for the 288-member Maharashtra Legislative Assembly took place on Wednesday, recording a turnout of 66.05%, compared to nearly 61% in the 2019 assembly elections. Both Mahayuti and MVA leaders view the increased voter turnout as a positive sign for their respective alliances.

Azmi had defeated sitting Shiv Sena MLA, Vithal Govind Lokare, by 25,613 votes. She obtained 48.18% of the total polled votes during the 2019 Assembly elections. It was a crucial win for the SP in that region. In 2014 also, Azmi had come out victorious with a margin of 9,937 votes against Suresh Krushnarao Patil of Shiv Sena, or 32.62% of the total votes.

This time is the counting date, and everybody is glued to this critical area to see if Azmi will retain his position or if Malik can change the result.

Here are the latest and live updates on Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar assembly election results 2024:

03:30 Pm: Samajwadi Party candidate Abu Azmi has won the seat by a margin of 12000+ votes. NCP leader Nawab Malik with 15,501 votes came at fourth place. 

11:00 Am: After eight rounds of vote counting, SP candidate Abu Azmi winning with a lead of 3800+ votes.  

10:00 Am: After 3 round of counting, SP's Abu Azmi leads with 10842 (+ 1031). Nawab Malik of NCP has got only 1417 votes. 

09:30 Am: SP's Abu Azmi leading against rivals from Mankhurs Shivaji Nagar. He has a lead of 878 votes.

08:42 Am: Abu Azmi trails against Nawab Malik.

08:30 Am: Abu Azmi eyeing fourth straight term from Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar.

08 Am: Vote counting begins.