Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray has won the Worli seat by a margin of over 8800 against Shiv Sena's Milind Deora. Aaditya received 63,324 against Milind, who polled 54,523 votes as counting concluded for the high stakes constituency in Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024.
The Worli Assembly seat in south Mumbai remained the centre of attention as it was a battle between well-known candidates from the two factions of Shiv Sena—one led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and another led by former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.
Aaditya, son of Uddhav, was a sitting MLA and sought re-election, this time on a Shiv Sena (UBT) ticket. In 2019, he was elected to the seat from the undivided Shiv Sena.
Milind, a Rajya Sabha member and son of former Congress leader and Union Minister Murli Deora, was another key candidate. He was formerly with Congress but switched sides and joined the Shinde-led Shiv Sena.
Worli consists of middle- and upper-middle-class and rich families and areas like the BDD chawl, which houses hundreds of families.
The other key contender among the 10 contestants was Sandeep Sudhakar Deshpande, who resides in Dadar but has been fielded from Worli. The MNS also has a sizable chunk of votes in the area, and a division in the votes could help the party. While Aaditya retained his seat, Milind Deora failed to emerge as a "king slayer."
