Mufti Ismail of AIMIM wins from Malegaon

MUMBAI: Mufti Mohammad Ismail Abdul Khalique of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) wins the Malegaon Center Assembly Constituency in Maharashtra.
According to latest trends, Mufti has won Malegaon seat with 117242 votes which was 58.52% of the total vote against Aasif Shaikh Rashid of the Congress, who won 78723 votes which was 39.29% of the total votes.
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This is the second time, Mufti Ismail won from Malegaon. In 2009 Maharashtra Assembly elections, Mufti Ismail of JSS won this seat by beating the INC candidate by a margin of 17919 votes.
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