As the vote counting for the Maharashtra Elections 2024 came to an end. Zeeshan Siddique lost the Bandra East assembly election seat to Shiv Sena UBT's Varun Sardesai, according to ECI data.

Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) candidate Varun Satish Sardesai is leading in Bandra east constituency with 40.

Zeeshan Siddique lost the Bandra East seat to Shiv Sena (UBT) candidate Varun Sardesai, who won with 57,708 votes.

The high-profile seat has become a battleground between Zeeshan Siddique of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Varun Sardesai of Shiv Sena (UBT), and Trupti Sawant of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS).

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Uddhav Thackeray's nephew Varun Sardesai of the Shiv Sena (UBT ... 10 seats while the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi has collectively won 46 seats, shows the Election Commission website. In Jharkhand, the coalition comprising Hemant Soren's Jharkhand ...

Zeeshan Siddique, 32, is a politician from the Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party and is currently leading. He contested the 2019 Maharashtra assembly election from a Congress ticket from the Vandre East assembly constituency and won. He is contesting in the same constituency this time but from an NCP ticket.

While Zeeshan Siddique relied on his father’s legacy and a potential sympathy wave, Varun Sardesai looked to consolidate Shiv Sena (UBT) votes and tap into the Congress vote base from the MVA alliance. Trupti Sawant of the MNS may also influence the outcome by drawing Marathi votes.