Behat (Assembly constituency)

Behat Assembly constituency is one of the 403 constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is a part of the Saharanpur district and one of five assembly constituencies in the Saharanpur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Behat
Constituency
DistrictSaharanpur
StateUttar Pradesh
Current constituency
Created2017
PartyIndian National Congress
MLANaresh Saini
ReservationNone

Behat Assembly constituency came into existence in 2008 as a result of the "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008". Prior to 2008, this constituency was served / represented by the Muzaffarabad Assembly constituency.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

#TermNamePartyFromToDaysCommentsRef
116th Vidhan SabhaMahaveer Singh RanaBahujan Samaj PartyMar-2012Mar-2017-[2]
217th Vidhan SabhaNaresh SainiIndian National CongressMar-2017Incumbent[3]

Election results

17th Vidhan Sabha: 2017 General Elections.[3]

2017 General Elections: Behat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Naresh Saini 97,035 38.4 +6.9%
BJP Mahaveer Singh Rana 71,449 28.3 +17%
BSP Mohd. Iqbal 71,019 28.1 -3.7%
Remainder ten candidates 13,056 5.1 -
Majority 25,586 10.2 -
Turnout 252,559 75% +
INC gain from BSP Swing

16th Vidhan Sabha: 2012 General Elections.[2]

2012 General Elections: Behat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BSP Mahaveer Singh Rana 70,274 31.8 -
INC Naresh Saini 69,760 31.5 -
SP Umar Ali Khan 47,366 21.4 -
Remainder ten candidates 33,722 15.3 -9.4
Majority 514 0.2 -98.6
Turnout 221,122 72.9 +33.5
BSP win (new seat)

See also

Notes

  • ^ Behat Assembly constituency came into existence in 2008. Prior to 2008, this constituency was served / represented by Muzaffarabad (Assembly constituency) which now ceases to exist.

References

  1. "Uttar Pradesh Delimitation Old & New, 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer of Uttar Pradesh. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  2. "2012 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  3. "2017 Election Results". Retrieved 11 March 2017.
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