Ulhasnagar Election Result: BJP’s Kumar Ailani Secures Third Win (image: x.com/kumarailanibjp)
Kumar Ailani, sitting BJP MLA secured his third win from Ulhasnagar assembly constituency. He defeated Omie Kalani of the NCP (SP) by a margin of 30,754 votes. He won the assembly segment in 2009 and 2019.
Ailani made his debut election from Ulhasnagar in 2004, but lost. In the 2009 polls, he won the seat, defeating independent candidate Suresh “Pappu” Kalani. In 2014, he failed to retain the seat. Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) candidate Jyoti Pappu Kalani won the seat then by defeating Ailani by a margin of 1,863 votes. In the 2019 Assembly election, Ailani successfully regained the foothold of the constituency; he won the seat with 43,666 votes and defeated sitting MLA Kalani with a margin of 2004 votes.
Ailani hails from a politically conscious family, and started his involvement in public service activities at a very young age. Even though he actively participates in legislative discussions and developmental and social initiatives, Loksatta, in a report, points out that due to a lack of proper implementation, even the condition of primary facilities in the Ulhasnagar is pathetic.
Ulhasnagar city is popularly known as a commercial city in Thane district. It garners a significant population of Sindhi community. Ailani is pitted against Congress candidate Dr. Hemant Nanda Chimote. .Ulhasnagar is located in the Kalyan Lok Sabha constituency and it comprise parts of the Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation and sections of Ulhasnagar and Kalyan tehsils.
The 288 assembly seats in the State went to polls in a single phase on November 20 and 66.05% voter turnout was recorded. The Assembly elections marked the first one in the state after Shiv Sena and NCP split in 2022, and 2023 respectively.
The ruling Mahayuti alliance consists of the BJP, the Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led breakaway faction of the Shiv Sena, and the deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar’s faction of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). The opposition alliance comprise the INDIA bloc’s MVA or the Maha Vikas Aghadi, which has the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), or SS (UBT) led by former CM Uddhav Thackeray, the NCP (SP) faction led by Sharad Pawar and the Congress.
