Overview
- The party’s tally reached 126 seats statewide, including 33 in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, eight in Mumbai and six in Nagpur.
- Nagpur results placed AIMIM third in the municipal body with six seats, behind BJP at 102 and Congress at 34, with breakthroughs in BJP strongholds.
- In Mumbai’s BMC, AIMIM won eight seats, highlighted by Vijay Ubale’s victory in Govandi Ward 140 by 1,237 votes.
- Despite protests over ticket distribution in Sambhajinagar that led to clashes and FIRs, the party improved on its 2015 tally of 24 seats to win 33.
- State president Imtiaz Jaleel said the mandate included winners from Hindu, SC and ST communities, and signaled issue-based support for citizen-benefit measures in civic bodies.