Sana Malik, the daughter of Ajit Pawar-led NCP faction leader Nawab Malik, secured a significant victory in the Anushakti Nagar constituency seat in the Maharashtra Assembly elections. She won with 49,341 votes, a margin of 3,378 votes over Swara Bhaskar's husband Fahad Ahmad of the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar faction), who received 45,963 votes.
Anushakti Nagar has been a traditional stronghold for Nawab Malik, who previously won the seat in 2009, 2014, and 2019. This time, his daughter Sana Malik represented the NCP in the election.
Fahad Ahmad, a former state president of the Samajwadi Yuvjan Sabha, joined the NCP (Sharad Pawar faction) in October 2023.
Meanwhile, in the nearby Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar constituency, Samajwadi Party leader Abu Asim Azmi emerged victorious, defeating Nawab Malik by a wide margin of 39,279 votes. Azmi received 39,279 votes, while Malik, representing the Ajit Pawar faction of the NCP, secured just 15,501 votes.