A sea of saffron that greeted Aaditya Thackeray outside the counting centre, grew after he was declared the winner in the assembly polls from Worli, reminiscent of the crowds that greeted his grandfather, Bal Thackeray's rallies. The Yuva Sena chief, who made his electoral debut by contesting the Worli assembly constituency this year, emerged victorious after beating his rival Suresh Mane of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) by a margin of 67,427 votes. Aaditya bagged a total of 89,248 votes (or 69.14%) of the total 1,29,074 votes cast in Worli.

The Shiv Sena's Sunil Govind Shinde had won the Worli seat during the 2014 assembly election by a margin of 23,012 votes. Sena workers and supporters, mostly youths, were present outside the Western Railway Sports Ground in Mahalaxmi on Thursday, since the counting of votes kicked off at 8 AM, and stayed there till the evening, when the result was declared.