Lok Sabha elections 2019: Sangli constituency in Maharashtra

Maharashtra’s 48 constituencies will vote to elect members to the Lok Sabha in four phases on April 11, 18, 23 and 29.

Sangli Lok Sabha constituencies, one of the 48 in Maharashtra, is represented by Sanjay Patil of the Bharatiya Janata Party who defeated Pratik Patil of the Congress in 2014.

Directed by District Election Officer, as part of an awareness programme, officials show EVMs (Electronic Voting Machine) and VVPATs (Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail) to people near Shyambazar AV School, in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, on Tuesday, March 19, 2019.(Samir Jana / Hindustan Times)

Pratik Patil, a former Union minister, recently resigned from the Congress following reports of Congress-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) alliance’s support to a Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana candidate from the Sangli Lok Sabha constituency.

Maharashtra’s 48 constituencies will vote to elect members to the Lok Sabha in four phases on April 11, 18, 23 and 29.

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Here’s all you need to know about Sangli Lok Sabha constituency:

State : Maharashtra

Name of the Lok Sabha constituency: Sangli

Voting date: April 23

Sitting MP, Party: Sanjaykaka Patil, BJP

Winning margin: 239,292

Runner up name, party: Patil Pratik Prakashbap, Congress

Number of polling booths in 2014: 1,725

Number of voters in 2014: 1,047,510

Percentage of votes polled in 2014: 63%

Number of women voters: 487,952