Jalna Lok Sabha Constituency of Maharashtra: Full list of candidates, polling dates

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Jalna Parliamentary Constituency is one of the 48 constituencies of Maharashtra. Jalna Lok Sabha Constituency was formed prior to the 1957 elections and consists of six Vidhan Sabha segments one of which is reserved for the SC category.

Jalna registered 64.55 percent voter turnout in 2019, a loss of 1.65 percent. The total number of electors in the constituency is 1865046 while the total voter turnout is 1203958. While in 2014, the constituency registered 66.20 per cent voter turnout. The total number of electors in the constituency was 1609348 while the total voter's turnout was 1065443.

The election here will be conducted on April 23, 2019, as per the Phase III schedule announced by the ECI.

Here is the full list of candidates contesting the Lok Sabha election in 2019 from Jalna Lok Sabha Constituency of Maharashtra.

1	Autade Vilas Keshavrao	Indian National Congress
2	Danve Raosaheb Dadarao	Bharatiya Janata Party
3	Mahendra Kachru Sonwane	Bahujan Samaj Party
4	Uttam Dhanu Rathod	Aasra Lokmanch Party
5	Ganesh Shankar Chandode	Akhil Bharatiya Sena
6	Pramod Baburao Kharat	Bahujan Republican Socialist Party
7	Feroz Ali	Bahujan Mukti Party
8	Dr. Sharadchandra Wankhede	Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi
9	Adv. Trimbak Baburao Jadhav	Swatantra Bharat Paksha
10	Annasaheb Devidasrao Ugale	Independent
11	Anita Lalchand Khandade (Rajput)	Independent
12	Arun Chintaman Chavhan	Independent
13	Ahemad Rahim Shaikh	Independent
14	Nade Dnyaneshwar Dagduji	Independent
15	Adv. Yogesh Dattu Gullapelli	Independent
16	Ratan Aasaram Landge	Independent
17	Raju Ashok Gawali	Independent
18	Shahadev Mahadev Palve	Independent
19	Sapkal Lilabai Dharma	Rashtriya Mahila Party
20	Sirsath Sham	Independent

Raosaheb Patil Danve of BJP is the incumbent MP from this constituency.

In Maharashtra, the main electoral contest is between the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance and the Congress-NCP alliance.

Maharashtra is the second largest state in the country in terms of Lok Sabha seats. Uttar Pradesh has 80 seats and Maharashtra 48. So, it is important for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as well as the Opposition to win more and more seats in the state.

As per the seat-sharing formula, the BJP and its ally Shiv Sena are contesting on 25 and 23 seats respectively of the total 48 Lok Sabha constituencies in Maharashtra.

After several months of deliberations, Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) have formed an alliance in Maharashtra for the general elections 2019. As per the deal, Congress will contest on 26 seats, whereas the NCP will contest on 22 seats. The two senior partners will part with two seats each for their smaller allies.

Some key smaller parties like Swabhimani Shetkari Sangathana, Bahujan Vikash Aghadi, Peasant and Workers Party, factions of Republican group leaders, like Jogendra Kawade and RG Gavai, independent leader Ravi Rana have also joined hands with the opposition ranks.

In 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the alliance of the BJP, Shiv Sena and Swabhiman Paksha together registered a victory on 42 seats in Maharashtra. The Congress bagged twos eats, while the NCP four.

Lok Sabha elections took place in seven phases across the state – on April 11, April 18, April 23, April 29, May 6, May 12 and May 19.

The results would be declared on May 23.