The elections were a mixed bag for Asaduddin Owaisi’s All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen. The party won two seats in Maharashtra, the same tally as 2014, and proved that its performance last time wasn’t a fluke. However, it couldn’t improve its tally even though its vote share increased from 0.9 percent in 2014 to 1.4 percent.
The more significant achievement for the party is its victory in the Kishanganj Assembly seat in Bihar, which is its first victory in the Hindi heartland.
But first the Maharashtra results.