<p>In a surprising turn of events, Hyderabad-based MIM today made its maiden entry into the Maharashtra Assembly pocketing two seats, while pro-Marathi MNS of Raj Thackeray was all but wiped out winning just one.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Lok Sabha MP Asaduddin Owaisi's Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen's candidates won Aurangabad Central and Byculla seat in Mumbai defeating Shiv Sena and BJP nominees respectively.<br /><br />Former journalist Imtiyaz Jaleel trounced Sena's former MP and ex-Mayor Pradeep Jaiswal by about 20,000 votes in Aurungabad Central as Warish Yusuf Pathan beat BJP's Madhukar Chavan by 1,357 votes in Byculla.<br /><br />Akhil Bhartiya Sena's Geeta Gawli, daughter of mafia don-turn-politician Arun Gawli, was also in the fray in Byculla and Shiv Sena had declared it will not field a candidate against her.<br /><br />MIM had fielded 24 candidates in the poll for the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly.<br />While 'outsider' MIM made hay, Raj Thackeray's MNS, which many felt would be the X-factor in the poll, faced its worst drubbing.<br /><br />Of the 219 candidates fielded by MNS, only S B Sonavane won from Junnar beating Shiv Sena's A D Buchke by around 17,000 votes.MNS had won 13 seats in the 2009 Assembly election.</p>
<p>In a surprising turn of events, Hyderabad-based MIM today made its maiden entry into the Maharashtra Assembly pocketing two seats, while pro-Marathi MNS of Raj Thackeray was all but wiped out winning just one.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Lok Sabha MP Asaduddin Owaisi's Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen's candidates won Aurangabad Central and Byculla seat in Mumbai defeating Shiv Sena and BJP nominees respectively.<br /><br />Former journalist Imtiyaz Jaleel trounced Sena's former MP and ex-Mayor Pradeep Jaiswal by about 20,000 votes in Aurungabad Central as Warish Yusuf Pathan beat BJP's Madhukar Chavan by 1,357 votes in Byculla.<br /><br />Akhil Bhartiya Sena's Geeta Gawli, daughter of mafia don-turn-politician Arun Gawli, was also in the fray in Byculla and Shiv Sena had declared it will not field a candidate against her.<br /><br />MIM had fielded 24 candidates in the poll for the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly.<br />While 'outsider' MIM made hay, Raj Thackeray's MNS, which many felt would be the X-factor in the poll, faced its worst drubbing.<br /><br />Of the 219 candidates fielded by MNS, only S B Sonavane won from Junnar beating Shiv Sena's A D Buchke by around 17,000 votes.MNS had won 13 seats in the 2009 Assembly election.</p>