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Maharashtra election result: The result of the Maharashtra Assembly election has again demonstrated the influence of political dynasties, with candidates of the major political families retaining their seats. 

While Shiv Sena candidate Nilesh Rane and his brother Nitesh Rane secured victories in the coastal regions of Sindhudurg, state minister Uday Samant and his brother Kiran Samant won in the Ratnagiri region. The Thackeray family continued its dominance in the Mumbai region. Nitesh Rane successfully retained his Kankavli seat in Sindhudurg district, and Nilesh Rane won in the neighbouring Kudal constituency. While Nilesh Rane defeated Vaibhav Naik of Shiv Sena (UBT) by a margin of 8,176 votes, Nitesh defeated his nearest rival Sandesh Parkar of Shiv Sena (UBT) by 58,007 votes. Narayan Rane, the Rane brothers' father and former Union minister, had also registered victory in the Lok Sabha elections earlier this year, continuing the family's political dominance in the region.

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Apart from Rane brothers, Samant brothers also continued their dominance in the Konkan region as Uday Samant won from Ratnagiri constituency and Kiran Samant registered victory on the Rajpur seat. In his political debut, Kiran Samant polled 80,256 seats, defeating Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Rajan Salvi by 19,677 votes.

Aaditya Thackeray, son of Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, retained his Worli seat in Mumbai by defeating his rival candidate Milind Deora by 8,801 votes. Varun Sardesai, Aaditya's cousin and Shiv Sena (UBT) nominee, won against NCP’s Zeeshan Siddique in Vandre East constituency in Mumbai in his debut contest. Sardesai defeated Siddique by 57,708 votes, who contested elections days after his father, Baba Siddique, was shot dead. 

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Ashish Shelar, Mumbai BJP president, retained his Vandre West seat by defeating Asif Zakaria of Congress. However, his brother, Vinod Shelar, was defeated by Aslam Shaikh of Congress in a close contest from the Malad West seat. However, there remain some dynasts that had to face defeat on their home turf. Dhiraj Deshmukh, the son of the late Vilasrao Deshmukh and Congress MLA from Latur rural, faced a setback in Latur by losing his seat to the BJP. Amit Deshmukh, his elder brother, managed to win Latur city seat by defeating the BJP's candidate, Archana Patil Chakurkar.