Nawab Malik's daughter Sana wins Anushakti Nagar seat, defeats NCP (SP)'s Fahad Ahmad

Anushakti Nagar Assembly Election Results 2024 LIVE: In a significant win for the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), its candidate Sana Malik registered a thumping victory from the Anushakti Nagar Assembly Constituency. She had defeated NCP (SP) candidate Fahad Ahmad, who failed to secure the maximum number of votes and trailed behind her with a margin of 3378 votes.

Sana, on the other hand, secured 49341 votes and took over the constituency reins from her father, Nawab Malik, who had represented the seat in 2019. Apart from NCP (SP) candidate Fahad Ahmad, who had contested from the seat but lost, Acharya Navin Vidyadhar from Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, contested from the seat and stood third. 

Anushakti Nagar Assembly Constituency  

The Anushakti Nagar Assembly constituency is one of the 288 constituencies in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. The constituency is a general seat not reserved for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs). Anushakti Nagar is one of the Assembly seats of Maharashtra which is in Mumbai. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Shiv Sena, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)-Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar factions, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) and Congress are some of the main parties in the constituency.  

Who won Anushakti Nagar seat in 2019?

Nationalist Congress Party candidate Nawab Malik won the Anushakti Nagar constituency in 2019. In 2014, BJP candidate Tukaram Ramkrishna Kate registered a win in the Anushakti Nagar constituency. In 2009, Nawab Malik of NCP registered his victory from the seat. 

Anushakti Nagar Assembly Constituency Demographic Profile

As per data from the Election Commission, there were 1,49,467 voters in the Anushakti Nagar constituency during the 2019 Maharashtra Assembly Elections. Out of this, 84,052 voters were male and 65,169 were female. No voter belonged to the third gender. 207 postal votes were cast in the constituency. The number of service voters in Ghatkopar West in 2019 was 60 (57 were men and 3 were women).

In 2014, the total number of voters in the Ghatkopar West constituency was 1,59,782. Out of this, 89,310 voters were male and 70,227 were female. There were 199 postal votes in the constituency. The number of service voters in Mulund in 2014 was 76 (52 were men and 24 were women).

Anushakti Nagar Constituency 2019 and 2014 Winners (Candidates and Parties) 

In the 2019 Maharashtra Assembly Elections, NCP candidate Nawab Malik won the seat with a margin of 12,751 votes. He was polled 65,217 votes with a vote share of 46.84%. Malik defeated Shiv Sena candidate Tukaram Ramkrushna Kate, who got 52,466 votes (37.68%). Independent candidate Yasin Ismail Sayed stood third with 7,701 (5.53%). The total number of valid votes polled was 1,36,936 and MNS candidate Advocate Vijay Suresh Raorane was in the fourth position with 5,879 votes (4.22%). 

In the 2014 Maharashtra Assembly Elections, BJP candidate Tukaram Ramkrushna Kate won the seat. He was polled 39,966 votes with a vote share of 29.54%. NCP candidate Nawab Malik got 38,959 (28.80%) and was the runner-up. Kate defeated Malik by a margin of 1,007 votes. The total number of valid votes polled in this constituency was 1,33,712.

BJP candidate Vitthal Ambaji Kharatmol came in third with 23,767 votes (17.57%), and Congress candidate Rajendra Jagannath Mahulkar was in the fourth position with 17.615 votes (13.02%).