Jalgaon (Jamod) (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Jalgaon (Jamod) Vidhan Sabha constituency (Marathi: जळगाव (जामोद) विधान सभा मतदारसंघ) is one of the 288 constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha and one of the seven which are located in the Buldhana district. It is a part of the Buldhana Lok Sabha constieuncy along with five other Vidhan Sabha(assembly) constituencies, viz. Buldhana, Chikhali, Sindkhed Raja, Mehkar(SC) and Khamgaon.

The seventh Malkapur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) from Buldhana district is a part of the Raver (Lok Sabha constituency) from neighbouring Jalgaon district.^[1]

As of 2008, the extent of the constituency includes the areas comprising entire Sangrampur taluka and Jalgaon(Jamod) taluka and part of Shegaon taluka with consisting of Shegaon and Manasgaon revenue circle and Shegaon Municipal Council. The remaining part of Shegaon taluka are in extent of Khamgaon (Vidhan Sabha constituency).^[2]

It was established in 1951 as the then Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha (Assembly) constituency located in the Buldhana district. However it was dissolved for the 1957 elections to Bombay state.

It was re-established for the second time for the 2009 state elections in Maharashtra.

Member of Legislative Assembly

• 1951: Kashiram Raibhan Patil, Peasants and Workers Party of India (from Jalgaon ( Constituency no 167 of then Madhya Pradesh State ) ) ^[3]
• 1957: Did not exist
• 1962: Did not exist
• 1967: Did not exist
• 1972: Did not exist
• 1978: Did not exist
• 1980: Did not exist
• 1985: Did not exist
• 1990: Did not exist
• 1995: Did not exist
• 1999: Did not exist
• 2004: Did not exist
• 2009: Dr Sanjay Shriram Kute, Bharatiya Janata Party (from Jalgaon (Jamod) ( Constituency no 27 of Maharashtra State ) )^[4]
• 2014 Dr. Sanjay Shriram Kute Bharatiya Janata Party (from Jalgaon (Jamod) ( Constituency no 27 of Maharashtra State ) )^[5]

See also

• Jalamb (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
• Jalgaon (Jamod)
• Sangrampur, Maharashtra
• Shegaon

References

1. ↑ "District wise List of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra website. Retrieved 14 January 2010. 
2. ↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Electoral Commission of India, New Delhi. p. 255. Retrieved 20 January 2010. 
3. ↑ "State Election of India 1951" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 11. Retrieved 2010-01-21. 
4. ↑ "Notification of Election Commission of India, 18th May 2009" (PDF). Maharashtra Government Gazette. p. 29. Retrieved 2010-01-12. 
5. ↑ "Results of Maharashtra Assembly polls 2014". India Today. Retrieved 3 November 2014. 

Buldhana district
Subdivisions and tehsils	Buldhana Chikhli Deulgaon Raja Khamgaon Shegaon Malkapur Motala Nandura Mehkar Lonar Sindkhed Raja Jalgaon Jamod Sangrampur
Cities, towns and villages	Buldhana Jamod Ladnapur Ratnapur Sonala Tunki Warwat Bakal Villages in Buldhana district
Railway stations	Jalamb Junction - Malkapur - Shegaon - Nandura - Khamgaon - Biswa Bridge - Khamkhed - Kumgaon Burti - Shrikshetra Nagzari - Wadoda
Roads	National Highway 6
Historical	Sindkhed Raja Jamod Sakharkherda Shahapur Rohinkhed
Geography	Lonar crater lake Purna River Vaan River Painganga River
Lok Sabha constituencies	Buldhana Raver (Malkapur VS)
Vidhan Sabha constituencies	Malkapur (Raver LS) Buldhana Chikhali Sindkhed Raja Mehkar Khamgaon Jalgaon (Jamod)
Religious	Shegaon - Shrikshetra Nagzari - Dhanora (Mahasiddha)
People	People from Buldhana district
See Also	Akola district Jalgaon district