Mumbai, Oct 22 (PTI) Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) prevailed over Shiv Sena in the battle between the Thackerays over the country's financial capital posting impressive wins in six constituencies here.
The Sena suffered a shock defeat in Mahim, the heart of Mumbai. To add to the humiliation, its candidate popular TV host Aadesh Bandekar finished third behind eventual winner Nitin Sardesai, a close aid of Raj and Sada Sarvankar, the sitting Sena MLA who switched over to Congress at the last minute after being denied a ticket.
The saving grace for the Sena were senior leader Subhash Desai who held fort in Goregaon, long time party office bearer Vinod Ghosalkar who won from Dahisar, and corporators Ravindra Waikar (Jogeshwari east) and Prakash Sawant (Vandre east).
The party has no representation in the Mumbai city district. In the outgoing assembly, the Sena's strongholds were Opera House, Worli, Parel, Naigaon, Dadar and Mazgaon.
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