[Ilala Municipal Council building. (Photo: Facebook)]
Mumbai: Shariq Chougle of Chiplun, Ratnagiri has won the Ilala Muncipal Council (IMC) election result of which was announced recently.
Shariq Chougle is son of Liyaqat Chougle - a well known social activist of Chiplun in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra.
Shariq had contested the Ilala local body election as Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM - 'Party of the Revolution) candidate.
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A total of 3,021 residents had cast their votes to election the new member. Out of them Shariq Chougle, bagged 2,275 votes, according to Mumbai based Urdu daily Inquilab.
Ilala is a district in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania having a population of 634,924.
Shariq Chougle is originally a resident of Gowalkot of Chiplun district. He migrated to Tanzaniya and later became a citizen of the African country. The Indian origin businessman, now also a Municipal Corporator, is engaged in construction business.
Interestingly, Shariq's father Liyaqat Chougle too had won two times the Nagar Panchayat election of Gowalkot village.
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