Saharanpur 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 the five assembly constituencies in the Saharanpur (Lok Sabha constituency). Saharanpur Assembly constituency came into existence in 1955 as a result of the "Final Order DC (1953–1955)". The extant and serial number of this constituency was last defined in "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008".[1][2][3]
Wards / AreasEdit
Saharanpur assembly constituency comprises the following Wards / areas.[3]
Member of the Legislative AssemblyEdit
| # | Term | Name | Party | From | To | Days | Comments | Ref | 
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| 01 | 01st Vidhan Sabha | – | – | May-1952 | Mar-1957 | 1,776 | Constituency was not in existence | [4] | 
| 02 | 02nd Vidhan Sabha | Manzurul Nabi | Indian National Congress | Apr-1957 | Mar-1962 | 1,800 | – | [5] | 
| 03 | 03rd Vidhan Sabha | Brahm Dutt Mayor | Independent | Mar-1962 | Mar-1967 | 1,828 | – | [6] | 
| 04 | 04th Vidhan Sabha | A. Khaliq | Indian National Congress | Mar-1967 | Apr-1968 | 402 | – | [7] | 
| 05 | 05th Vidhan Sabha | Jaggan Nath Khanna | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | Feb-1969 | Mar-1974 | 1,832 | – | [8] | 
| 06 | 06th Vidhan Sabha | S. Kultar Singh | Indian National Congress | Mar-1974 | Apr-1977 | 1,153 | – | [9] | 
| 07 | 07th Vidhan Sabha | Sumer Chand | Janata Party | Jun-1977 | Feb-1980 | 969 | – | [10] | 
| 08 | 08th Vidhan Sabha | Surendra Kapil | Janata Party (Secular) | Jun-1980 | Mar-1985 | 1,735 | – | [11] | 
| 09 | 09th Vidhan Sabha | Surendra Kapil | Indian National Congress | Mar-1985 | Nov-1989 | 1,725 | – | [12] | 
| 10 | 10th Vidhan Sabha | Virender Singh | Janata Dal | Dec-1989 | Apr-1991 | 488 | – | [13] | 
| 11 | 11th Vidhan Sabha | Lal Krishan Gandhi | Bharatiya Janata Party | Jun-1991 | Dec-1992 | 533 | – | [14] | 
| 12 | 12th Vidhan Sabha | Lal Krishan Gandhi | Bharatiya Janata Party | Dec-1993 | Oct-1995 | 693 | – | [15] | 
| 13 | 13th Vidhan Sabha | Sanjay Garg | Samajwadi Party | Oct-1996 | May-2002 | 1,967 | – | [16] | 
| 14 | 14th Vidhan Sabha | Sanjay Garg | Janata Party | Feb-2002 | May-2007 | 1,902 | – | [17] | 
| 15 | 15th Vidhan Sabha | Raghav Lakhanpal | Bharatiya Janata Party | May-2007 | Mar-2012 | 1,762 | – | [18] | 
| 16 | 16th Vidhan Sabha | Jagpal | Bahujan Samaj Party | Mar-2012 | Mar-2017 | – | – | [19] | 
| 17 | 17th Vidhan Sabha | Masood Akhtar | Indian National Congress | Mar-2017 | Incumbent |  |  |  | 
2017 Assembly Elections: Saharanpur
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |  | 
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|  | INC | Masood Akhtar | 87,689 | 37.08 | +5.91 | 
|  | BSP | Jagpal Singh | 75,365 | 31.87 | -7.70 | 
|  | BJP | Manoj Choudhary | 58,752 | 24.84 | +19.57 | 
|  | Independent | Saad Ali Khan | 10,950 | 4.63 | - | 
|  |  | Remaining 10 candidates | 4,712 | 1.98 | -0.91 | 
| Majority | 12,324 | 5.21 |  | 
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| Turnout | 237,475 | 74.82 | +1.03 | 
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|  | INC gain from BSP | Swing |  |  | 
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2012 Assembly Elections: Saharanpur
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |  | 
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|  | BSP | Jagpal Singh | 80,670 | 39.57 | +29.44 | 
|  | INC | Abdul Wahid | 63,557 | 31.17 | +28.52 | 
|  | SP | Abdul Sarfaraz Khan | 43,018 | 21.10 | -15.20 | 
|  | BJP | Vikram Singh | 10,739 | 5.27 | -42.44 | 
|  |  | Remaining 11 candidates | 5,898 | 2.89 | +0.26 | 
| Majority | 17,113 | 8.39 |  | 
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| Turnout | 203,882 | 73.79 | +29.19 | 
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|  | BSP gain from BJP | Swing |  |  | 
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2007 Assembly Elections: Saharanpur
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |  | 
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|  | BJP | Raghav Lakhan Pal | 76,049 | 47.71 |  | 
|  | SP | Sanjay Garg | 57,858 | 36.30 |  | 
|  | BSP | Mazahir Hassan Mukhiya | 16,147 | 10.13 |  | 
|  | INC | Uma Bhushan | 4,226 | 2.65 |  | 
|  |  | Remaining 15 candidates | 4,201 | 2.63 |  | 
| Majority | 18,191 | 11.41 |  | 
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| Turnout | 159,376 | 44.60 |  | 
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|  | BJP gain from JP | Swing |  |  | 
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ReferencesEdit