nashik winning two seats the all india majliseittehadulmuslimeen mim has managed to make inroads in north maharashtrathe party has won both the assembly seats it contested from in the region managing a 100 recordmd ismail abdul khalique won the malegaon central seat defeating sitting congress mla asif shaikh by a margin of over 38000 votes malegaon central where voters from the muslim community make up 7080 of the electorate had been a congress stronghold for a long time in dhule city meanwhile mim candidate shah faruk anwar triumphed over rajwardhan kadambande an independent candidate and ncp rebel by a margin of 2672 votesinterestingly both md ismail who is the maulana of the malegaons jama masjid and is popularly known as maulana mufti and shah faruk anwar were with the ncp and had joined aimim just a few months before the assembly polls in malegaon the mim candidate had campaigned extensively and the 500odd maulanas in the town had thrown their weight behind him we were confident that we would win the malegaon central seat but the dhule city results have pleasantly surprised us said an mim leader apparently there has been a consolidation of muslim voters in dhule city that enabled shah faruk anwars winits a great achievement for our party asaduddin owaisi our party chief was our trump card and his rallies swayed the voters we will continue to strengthen our base in northern maharashtra said state mim chief imtiaz jaleelfor the past couple of years mim has been focusing on the region it had even won several seats in the civic polls held in malegaon dhule and jalgaon in fact in the jalgaon municipal polls mim had managed to win four seats despite a strong bjp wave the congress and ncp were routed and shiv sena had won only 15 seats party leaders felt the minority community in the region is rallying behind owaisi as he has been effectively taking up the communitys causes