# Jalna Assembly constituency

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

## 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.

## 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 | Party |
| 1952 | Syed Mohammed Moosavi | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | Rustumji Bezonji | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | Dhondirai Ganpatrao | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Dattatrayrao Deshpande | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | B. G. Gadhe | Indian National Congress |
| 1978 | Kisanrao Bhise | Indian National Congress (I) |
| 1980 | Ramkishan Dayma | Indian National Congress (I) |
| 1985 | Ramkishan Dayma | Indian National Congress |
| 1990 | Arjun Khotkar | Shiv Sena |
| 1995 | Arjun Khotkar | Shiv Sena |
| 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 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 31,651 | 14.13% | 0.43 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,23,940 | | |
| | SHS gain from INC | SHS gain from INC | Swing | | |

### 2019

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Jalna :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 25,338 | 13.70 | 13.54 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,85,649 | 69.89 | 9.31 |
| | INC gain from SS | INC gain from SS | Swing | | |

### Assembly elections 2014

2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election: Jalna :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 296 | 0.16 | 14.42 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 177,909 | 61.30 | 5.31 |
| | SS gain from INC | SS gain from INC | Swing | | |

### Assembly elections 2009

2009 Maharashtra state assembly elections: Jalna :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 20,771 | 14.58 | 4.67 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 142,501 | 55.99 | 7.57 |
| | INC gain from SS | INC gain from SS | Swing | | |

### 2004

2004 Maharashtra state assembly elections: Jalna :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 16,674 | 9.91 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 168,353 | 63.56 | 3.44 |
| | SS gain from INC | SS gain from INC | Swing | | |

### 1999

1999 Maharashtra state assembly elections: Jalna :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 3,884 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,43,766 | 67% |
| | INC gain from SS | INC gain from SS | Swing | |