Aaditya Thackeray, the sitting MLA from Shiv Sena (UBT), has emerged victorious from the Worli Assembly Polls in the Maharashtra elections 2024.

Deora was chosen to contest from high-profile seat because Shinde did not want Thackeray to have a cakewalk, it is learnt. Thackeray's margin has come down drastically from 2019.

Aaditya is eyeing a second consecutive term, having first won the Worli seat in 2019 by a margin of 67,427 votes. However, this time, he faced a strong challenge from Milind Deora.

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Shiv Sena UBT leader and former minister Aaditya Thackeray has retained his Worli seat defeating Shiv Sena nominee and former Union minister Milind Deora and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena

Eknath Shinde faction of Shiv Sena has given tickets to Milind Deora and Uddhav Thackeray Sena has fielded Aaditya Thackeray from the Worli seat.

The young Thackeray defeated Milind Deora, a former Congress MP who jumped ship and joined the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena in January, with a margin of 8,801 votes. However, this is eight times less than the margin by which he has won in the 2019 Assembly elections.

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As of 1:45 PM on Saturday, Aaditya Thackeray held a lead of 6,120 votes over Milind Deora, with 12 of the 17 counting rounds completed. Deora, a former Congress MP who joined Shinde’s Shiv Sena earlier this year, had briefly overtaken Thackeray during the initial rounds of counting before the latter regained his advantage.

In the 2019 Maharashtra assembly election, Aditya Thackeray polled over 69 per cent votes, defeating NCP's Suresh Mane.