In 2014 general elections, AT Nana Patil of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was elected from Jalgaon Lok Sabha constituency with a heavy margin of 3,83,525 votes. AT Nana Patil was polled 6,47,773 votes while the runner-up Satish Patil of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) bagged 2,64,248 votes.
Though a former Indian National Congress (INC or Congress) citadel, Jalgaon in north Maharashtra has been a BJP stronghold since 1999.
BJP has dropped its two-time sitting MP A.T. Nana Patil in favour of former state BJP women's wing President Smita Uday Wagh, who is contesting against NCP's Gulabrao Deokar.
Wagh's candidature may pose problems for the BJP from the Patil loyalists with many Shiv Sena men resenting her vis-a-vis Deokar, who has the support of the Congress plus the 56-party Mahagathbandhan and Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS).
Jalgaon has 17,05,933 voters comprising 9,09,027 males and 7,98,906 females.
In general election 2019, Jalgaon recorded 56.12 per cent polling against 58 per cent recorded in 2014.
There are 14 candidates are in the fray for general elections 2019.
Jalgaon Lok Sabha constituency consists of following Assembly segments: Jalgaon City, Jalgaon Rural, Amalner, Erandol, Chalisgaon, and Pachora.
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