Elections 98

State:	Maharashtra
Constituency:	Jalna
Total Votes Polled:	646550
Winner: BJP	Pawar Uttamsinh Rajdharsinh	290312
Runner Up: INC	Bangar Dnyandeo Ganpatrao	288504
Margin: 1808 (1%)

Elections 96

State:	Maharashtra
Constituency:	Jalna
Total Votes Polled:	626742
Winner: BJP	Pawar Uttamsinh Rajdharsing	319916
Runner Up: INC	Tope Rajesh Ankushrao	201286
Margin: 118630 (19.66%)

After losing in 1977 to the BLD, the Congress lost this seat next to the BJP in 1989, its candidate Pundalik Dave coming second to the Congress in the previous two rounds. Ankushrao Tope won back the seat for the Congress in 1991, before being unseated by the BJP's Uttamsingh Pawar in 1996. The margin of defeat: almost 120,000 votes.