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[url="http://news.rediff.com/report/2010/jan/23/sena-candidate-beats-azmis-son-in-mumbai-by-poll.htm"]Sena candidate beats Azmi's son in Mumbai by-poll[/url]

Shiv Sena [ Images ] candidate Rupesh Mhatre won the by-polls held in Bhiwandi (East), Mumbai [ Images ], by a margin of 1,676 votes on Saturday.



The by-poll was held after Samajwadi Party leader Abu Asim Azmi resigned from the seat as he had also won from Mankhurd in Mumbai in the state assembly polls that were held in October.



Azmi had fielded his son Farhan Azmi [ Images ] to retain the seat for the party. But the presence of Muzaffar Hussain of the Congress split the Muslim votes and hampered Farhan's chances.



The by-poll held on January 20 had witnessed a voter turnout of 42 per cent.



Rupesh Mhatre is a Bhiwandi-based Sena functionary who was given a ticket for the by-poll instead of former Bhiwandi Member of Legislative Assembly Yogesh Patil. In the October 2009 Maharashtra [ Images ] state assembly elections, Sena had fielded Patil, who was defeated by Azmi.

Wow , this is surprise.