Mufti Ismail of AIMIM wins 2024 Maha Polls from Malegaon Central seat by 162 votes

The local officials of the Election Commission have made all preparations to conduct today i.e. Saturday November 23, 2024 counting of votes in Malegaon Central Assembly Constituency

Saturday November 23, 2024 9:07 PM, ummid.com News Network

Malegaon Central Election Result 2024 Live Updates: Sitting MLA of All India Majlis e Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has won the second term as MLA from the Malegaon Central Assembly seat.

As per the final result announced by the ECI, Mufti Ismail polled a total of 109,653 votes and defeated his nearest rival Asif Shaikh by 162 votes.

Asif Shaikh bagged 109,491 votes.

Congress candidate Ejaz Baig got just 07,485 votes whereas Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate Shan e Hind bagged 9,580 votes.

Abdullah Engineer of SPDI got 459 votes.

Total registered voters in the Malegaon Central assembly constituency are 342,713. According to the estimated figures released by the Election Commission of India, the voter turnout in Malegaon was 239,501 which is 69.88%.

08:30 PM The Returning Officer has ordered re-counting of five rounds in Malegaon Central Assembly seats.

Till the last vote count update, Mufti Ismail was first leading by 75 votes, and then after the addition of postal votes his lead increased to 162 votes.

Asif Shaikh however registered complaints following which the Returning Officer has announced recounting of five rounds from 21 to 25.

The recounting of 21st round has just begun.

05:00 PM Asif Shaikh has applied for recounting after Mufti Ismail Qasmi of the AIMIM is "declared winner" by party workers from Malegaon Central seat by a slender margin.

As per the last voting count update, Mufti Ismail bagged a total of 109, 332 votes whereas Asif Shaikh bagged a total of 109, 257 votes.

This has thus been declared by the party workers that Mufti Ismail won Malegaon Central by 75 votes after 25 rounds of vote count.

Asif Shaikh however has filed an appeal for recounting.

01:30 PM Mufti Ismail of the AIMIM who was earlier trailing behind Asif Shaikh is now leading in Maleaon Central Assembly seat.

As per the latest report, Mufti Ismail is leading by over 3,000 votes in Malegaon Central.

Mufti Ismail has polled a total of 86,520 votes whereas Asif Shaikh has bagged 83,300 votes after the 19th round of counting.

09:30 AM Asif Shaikh has taken early lead as counting of votes began in Malegaon Central seat.

As per the vote count data released after first round, Asif Shaikh has got 6,391 votes while Mufti Ismail is trailing at 2,851 votes.

08:30 AM Counting of votes has begun in Malegaon Central assembly seat where AIMIM candidate Mufti Ismail is seeking re-election.

The counting of votes of the postal ballots is underway and votes stored in EVM will be counted soon.

01:00 AM The local officials of the Election Commission have made all preparations to conduct today i.e. Saturday November 23, 2024 counting of votes in Malegaon Central Assembly Constituency.

Malegaon Central Polling Percentage 2024

Polling to elect the new member of assembly (MLA) in Malegaon Central Assembly Seat was held in a single phase on Wednesday November 20, 2024.

According to the Election Commission data released after polling, the voter turnout in the Malegaon Central assembly seat was 69.88%.

Total registered voters in Malegaon Central are 342,713. The number of registered voters who cast their votes is 239,501.

Candidates in Malegaon Central Seat

As many as 13 candidates are in fray in the Malegaon Central seat. But, the key contenders are sitting MLA Mufti Ismail Qasmi of the AIMIM, Shaikh Asif of Indian Secular Party, Ejaz Baig of Congress and Shan e Hind of Samajwadi Party (SP).

As per the Exit Poll conducted by ummid.com, Asif Shaikh is poised to win the 2024 assembly elections from Malegaon Central seat.

Maharashtra 2024 Polling Percentage

According to the data released by the Election Commission of India, the voter turnout in Maharashtra was 66.05%.

Maharashtra has a total of 36 districts. As per the ECI districtwise data, Kolhapur district registered the highest voter turnout 76.63% followed by Gadchiroli 75.26%, Jalna 72.67%, Ahmednagar 72.47% and Hingoli 72.24%.

Elsewhere, Akola registered polling percentage of 64.76%, Amravati 66.40%, Aurangabad 69.64%, Beed 68.88%, Bhandara 70.60%, Chandrapur 71.33%, Dhule 65.47%, Gondiya 69.74%, Jalgaon 65.80%, Latur 67.03%, Mumbai City 52.65%, Mumbai Suburban 56.39%, Nagpur 61.60%, Nanded 69.45%, Nandurbar 71.88%, Nashik 69.12%, Osmanabad 65.62%, Palghar 66.63%, Parbhani 71.45%, Pune 61.62%, Raigad 69.15%, Ratnagiri 65.23%, Sangli 72.12%, Satara 71.95%, Sindhudurg 71.14%, Solapur 67.72%, Thane 56.93%, Wardha 69.29%, Washim 67.09% and Yavatmal 70.86%.

How many candidates contesting 2024 Maharashtra election

A total of 4,136 candidates from different political parties, including 2,086 Independents, are in the fray.

In the ruling Mahayuti Alliance, the BJP is contesting 149 seats, Shiv Sena Eknath Shinde 81 seats, and the Ajit Pawar-led NCP has fielded candidates in 59 constituencies.

In the opposition - Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), the Congress has fielded 101 candidates, Shiv Sena (UBT) 95, and the NCP (Sharad Pawar) 86.

The other parties contesting the 2024 Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha Chunav are Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) - 237 seats, All India Majlis e Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) of Asaduddin Owaisi 16 seats and Samajwadi Party (SP) on 09 seats.

The halfway mark is 144 seats and both the alliance are claiming to win more than the required number.

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