Jalna Assembly constituency

Jalna Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India.^[2][3]

Jalna
Constituency No. 101 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Western India
State	Maharashtra
Division	Aurangabad
District	Jalna
Lok Sabha constituency	Jalna
Established	1951
Total electors	3,33,456[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Arjun Khotkar
Party	Shiv Sena
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2024
Preceded by	Kailas Gorantyal, INC

Overview

Jalna is part of the Jalna Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely Badnapur and Bhokardan in Jalna district and Phulambri, Sillod and Paithan in the Aurangabad district.^[3]

Extent

The Assembly Constituency presently comprises the following neighbourhoods & Towns:

Neighbourhood
Malegaon Kh., Wanjar Umrad, Waghrul, Tatewadi, Dhawedi, Warud, Nidhona, Panshendra, Nandapur, Navha, Jalna (MC), Ghansawangi (part), Majarewadi, Somnath, Baji Umrad Tanda, Baji Umrad, Sawargaon Hadap, Jaitapur, Manegaon Jahangir, Dahifal, Antarwala, Samangaon

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member[4]	Party
1952	Syed Mohammed Moosavi		Indian National Congress
1957	Rustumji Bezonji
	Dhondirai Ganpatrao
1962	Dattatrayrao Deshpande
1967	B. G. Gadhe
1978	Kisanrao Bhise		Indian National Congress (I)
1980	Ramkishan Dayma
1985			Indian National Congress
1990	Arjun Khotkar		Shiv Sena
1995
1999	Kailas Gorantyal		Indian National Congress
2004	Arjun Khotkar		Shiv Sena
2009	Kailas Gorantyal		Indian National Congress
2014	Arjun Khotkar		Shiv Sena
2019	Kailas Gorantyal		Indian National Congress
2024	Arjun Khotkar		Shiv Sena

Election results

2024

2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Jalna^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SHS	Arjun Khotkar	104,665	46.74%	11.09
	INC	Kailas Gorantyal	73,014	32.62%	16.65
	Independent	Abdul Hafiz Abdul Gaffar	30,454	13.60%	13.60
	VBA	David Pralhadrao Dhumare	6,322	2.82%	1.66
Majority			31,651	14.13%	0.43
Turnout			2,23,940
	SHS gain from INC		Swing

2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Jalna^[6][1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kailas Gorantyal	91,294	49.27	24.10
	SS	Arjun Khotkar	66,049	35.65	10.31
	VBA	Ashok Kharat	8,295	4.48	new
	BSP	Rashid Abdul Ajij	6,673	3.60	2.21
	AIMIM	Ekbal Ahemad Tajoddin Khan	4,305	2.32	new
Majority			25,338	13.70	13.54
Turnout			1,85,649	69.89	9.31
	INC gain from SS		Swing

Assembly elections 2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Jalna^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Arjun Khotkar	45,078	25.34	12.69
	INC	Kailas Gorantyal	44,782	25.17	27.04
	BJP	Aravind Bajirao Chavan	42,591	21.13	new
Majority			296	0.16	14.42
Turnout			177,909	61.30	5.31
	SS gain from INC		Swing

Assembly elections 2009

2009 Maharashtra state assembly elections: Jalna^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kailas Gorantyal	74,400	52.21	10.62
	SS	Bhaskar Rajaram Ambekar	53,629	37.63	13.87
	MNS	Jitendra Shankarsing Bundele	2,746	1.93	new
	BBM	Sudhakar Mohanrao Nikalanje	2,695	1.89	new
	BSP	Khaled Abdul Gafur Kureshi	1,982	1.39	new
Majority			20,771	14.58	4.67
Turnout			142,501	55.99	7.57
	INC gain from SS		Swing

2004

2004 Maharashtra state assembly elections: Jalna^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SS	Arjun Khotkar	86,696	51.50	6.30
	INC	Kailas Gorantyal	70,022	41.59	6.51
	Independent	Munnawarkhan Gulkhan Pathan	3,292	2.0	new
	BSP	Babasaheb Bhujangrao Ugale	2,911	1.7	1.2
	ABS	Nandlal Sohanlal Gupta	1,301	0.8
Majority			16,674	9.91
Turnout			168,353	63.56	3.44
	SS gain from INC		Swing

1999

1999 Maharashtra state assembly elections: Jalna^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kailas Gorantyal	65,001	48.1%
	SS	Arjun Khotkar	61,117	45.2%
	NCP	Rajesh Rambhau Raut	5,838	4.3%
	CPI(M)	Anna Swant	1,824	1.4%
	BSP	Abdul Rashid Abdul Aziz	628	0.5%
Majority			3,884
Turnout			1,43,766	67%
	INC gain from SS		Swing