Lok Sabha election 2019: Jalgaon constituency in Maharashatra

The Jalgaon Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 48 Lok Sabha (parliamentary)constituencies of Maharashtra.

The constituency comprises six assembly segments, Jalgaon City, Jalgaon Rural, Amalner, Erandol, Chalisgaon and Pachora.

The Bharatiya Janata Party’s Nana Patil has held the seat for the past two terms and in 2014 he trounced Nationalist Congress Party’s Annasaheb Bhaskarrao Patil by over three lakh votes.

The general elections will be held across India in seven phases beginning April 11 and the counting of votes will take place on May 23.

Here’s all you need to know about Jalgaon Lok Sabha constituency:

State : Maharashtra

Name of the Lok Sabha constituency: Jalgaon

Date of voting: April 23

2019 candidates: Unmesh Bhaiyyasaheb Patil (BJP), Gulabrao Baburao Deokar (NCP)

Sitting MP, Party: A.T. Nana Patil, BJP

Winning margin in 2014: 383,525

Runner up name, party: Annasaheb Dr.Satish Bhaskarrao Patil, Nationalist Congress Party

Number of voters in 2014: 990,604

Percentage of votes polled in 2014: 73%

Number of polling booths in 2014: 1890

Number of women voters: 798,906