In Versova, Haroon Khan – Sena’s (UBT) only Muslim candidate since Sabir Shaikh in Ambernath in 1999, barring a Congress defector in Sillod in 2019, pulled off a surprise victory, defeating BJP’s two-time MLA Bharati Lavekaralbeit by a small margin of 1,600. Lavekar had been criticized for poor performance.