Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena has emerged as the single-largest party in the Thane Municipal Corporation in Maharashtra; however, he has lost a key seat in Ward 13 to the rival Thackeray camp.
In Ward 13A, where Shinde’s house is located, voters have elected a Shiv Sena (UBT) candidate, replacing a former mayor from Shinde’s party.
Shahji Khuspe of the Uddhav camp defeated Ashok Vaiti by over 600 votes in one of the four sub-wards. While Khuspe bagged 12,860 votes, Vaiti managed to get just 12,193, winning the Sena (UBT) its lone seat in Thane.
The remaining three seats in the ward — 13B, 13C and 13D — went to Shinde’s party. Sena’s Nirmala Kanse, Varsha Shelar, and Anil Bhor were the winning candidates from these sub-wards respectively.
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