Behat (Assembly constituency)

Behat
Behat
Constituency; for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
District	Saharanpur
State	Uttar Pradesh
Current constituency
Created	2017
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
MLA	Naresh Saini
Reservation	None

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 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[edit]

#	Term	Name	Party	From	To	Days	Comments	Ref
1	16th Vidhan Sabha	Mahaveer Singh Rana	Bahujan Samaj Party	Mar-2012	Mar-2017	-		^[2]
2	17th Vidhan Sabha	Naresh Saini	Indian National Congress	Mar-2017	Incumbent			^[3]

Election results[edit]

17th Vidhan Sabha: 2017 General Elections[edit]

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			252,563	75.04	+
	INC gain from BSP		Swing

^[3]

16th Vidhan Sabha: 2012 General Elections[edit]

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)

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Notes[edit]

^ 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[edit]

↑ "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.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "2012 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 "2017 Election Results". Retrieved 11 March 2017.

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[Uttar_Pradesh_Delimitation_Old_&_New,_2008-1] "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.

[2012_Election_Results-2] 2.0 ^2.1 "2012 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 23 January 2014.

[2017_Election_Results-3] 3.0 ^3.1 "2017 Election Results". Retrieved 11 March 2017.

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