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 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 Sarsawa Assembly constituency.

Wards / Areas

The Behat Assembly constituency comprises the following Wards / areas.[2]

# Name Reserved for Comments
01 Behat Tehsil None

Members of the Legislative Assembly

# Term Name Party From To Days Comments Ref
01 01st Vidhan Sabha May-1952 Mar-1957 1,776 - [3]
02 02nd Vidhan Sabha Apr-1957 Mar-1962 1,800 - [4]
03 03rd Vidhan Sabha Shakuntala Devi Indian National Congress Mar-1962 Mar-1967 1,828 [note] [5]
04 04th Vidhan Sabha Mohd. Mahmood Ali Khan Indian National Congress Mar-1967 Apr-1968 402 [6]
05 05th Vidhan Sabha Indian National Congress Feb-1969 Mar-1974 1,832 [7]
06 06th Vidhan Sabha Indian National Congress Mar-1974 Apr-1977 1,153 [8]
07 07th Vidhan Sabha Ajab Singh Janata Party Jun-1977 Feb-1980 969 [9]
08 08th Vidhan Sabha Rulha Singh Janata Party (Secular) Jun-1980 Mar-1985 1,735 [10]
09 09th Vidhan Sabha Nirbhay Pal Sharma Indian National Congress Mar-1985 Nov-1989 1,725 [11]
10 10th Vidhan Sabha Ram Sharan Janata Dal Dec-1989 Apr-1991 488 [12]
11 11th Vidhan Sabha Mohd. Hasan Shah Janata Dal Jun-1991 Dec-1992 533 [13]
12 12th Vidhan Sabha Nirbhay Pal Sharma Indian National Congress Dec-1993 Oct-1995 693 [14]
13 13th Vidhan Sabha Bharatiya Janata Party Oct-1996 Mar-2002 1,967 [15]
14 14th Vidhan Sabha Dr. Dharam Singh Saini Bahujan Samaj Party Feb-2002 May-2007 1,902 [16]
15 15th Vidhan Sabha Bahujan Samaj Party May-2007 Mar-2012 1,762 [17]
16 16th Vidhan Sabha Mahaveer Singh Rana Bahujan Samaj Party Mar-2012 Incumbent - [18]

Election results

16th Vidhan Sabha: 2012 General Elections.[18]

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 hold Swing +2.7

15th Vidhan Sabha: 2007 General Elections.[17]

2007 General Elections: Behat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BSP Dr. Dharam Singh Saini 68,440 41.3 +28.5
SP Mohd.Dilshad M 31,767 19.2 -
BJP Melaram M 28,162 17.0 -
Remainder twelve candidates 37,213 22.5 +64.7
Majority 36,673 22.1 +283.8
Turnout 165,582 n/a +2.7
BSP hold Swing +8.3

14th Vidhan Sabha: 2002 General Elections.[16]

2002 General Elections: Behat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BSP Dr. Dharam Singh Saini 53,262 33.0 -
BJP Raghav M 43,708 27.1 -
SP Mohd. Irshad M 41,695 25.9 -
Remainder seven candidates 22,598 14.0 -18.4
Majority 9,554 5.9 +3,043
Turnout 161,263 68.1 -0.1
BSP hold Swing n/a

13th Vidhan Sabha: 1996 General Elections.[15]

1996 General Elections: Behat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Nirbhay Pal Sharma 47,578 29.5 -16.7
INC Saheb Singh 47,274 29.3 -
Independent Mohd. Feeroz Aftab 38,866 24.1 -
Remainder four candidates 27,710 17.2 +76.8
Majority 304 0.2 -98.4
Turnout 161,428 73.7 13.1
BJP hold Swing +2.77

12th Vidhan Sabha: 1993 General Elections.[14]

1993 General Elections: Behat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Nirbhay Pal Sharma 57,146 40.0 +96.6
BJP Suresh 38,147 26.7 +22.9
Janata Dal Mohd. Hasan Shah 31,762 22.3 -13.0
Remainder eight candidates 15,675 11.0 +5.9
Majority 18,999 13.3 +316
Turnout 142,730 73.4 +29.1
INC hold Swing +13.7

11th Vidhan Sabha: 1991 General Elections.[13]

1991 General Elections: Behat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Janata Dal Mohd. Hasan Shah 36,518 32.2 +253
BJP Suresh 31,051 28.1 -
INC Nirbhay Pal Sharma 29,073 26.3 -37.2
Remainder eleven candidates 14,797 13.4 +80.1
Majority 4,567 4.1 -5.9
Turnout 110,539 65.8 -4.4
Janata Dal hold Swing -12

10th Vidhan Sabha: 1989 General Elections.[12]

1989 General Elections: Behat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Janata Dal Ram Sharan 51,113 44.2 -
INC Nirbhay Pal Sharma 46,262 40.0 -20.0
Independent Mohd. Hasan Shah 10,089 8.7 -
Remainder four candidates 8,214 7.1 +2.4
Majority 4,851 4.2 -82.4
Turnout 115,678 69.4 +14.4
Janata Dal hold Swing n/a

09th Vidhan Sabha: 1985 General Elections.[11]

1985 General Elections: Behat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Nirbhay Pal Sharma 57,798 57.1 +240
Lok Dal Aftab Ahamad 30,273 29.9 -
Independent Raj Pal 5,047 5.0 -
Remainder thirteen candidates 8,019 7.9 -51.8
Majority 27,525 27.2 +22,838
Turnout 101,137 68.8 +59.9
INC hold Swing +30.2

08th Vidhan Sabha: 1980 General Elections.[10]

1980 General Elections: Behat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JNP(S) Rulha Singh 17,133 27.1 -
INC Nirbhay Pal Sharma 17,013 26.9 -
Independent Mehmood Hasan Shah 12,487 19.7 -
Remainder eight candidates 16,626 26.3 +384.6
Majority 120 0.2 -97.2
Turnout 63,259 49.8 +8.6
JNP(S) hold Swing n/a

07th Vidhan Sabha: 1977 General Elections.[9]

1977 General Elections: Behat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Janata Party Ajab Singh 26,251 45.0 -
INC Abdul Malik 21,980 37.7 -
Independent Mohd. Mahmood Ali Khan 6,610 11.3 -80.2
Remainder eight candidates 3,431 5.9 -66.4
Majority 4,271 7.3 -46.8
Turnout 58,272 52.2 -22.3
Janata Party hold Swing n/a

06th Vidhan Sabha: 1974 General Elections.[8]

1974 General Elections: Behat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Mohd. Mahmood Ali Khan 33,442 44.6 +32.5
Rulha Singh (Bharatiya Kranti Dal) 25,441 33.9 +74.3
Inam M (Muslim League) 5,919 7.9 -
Remainder eight candidates 10,201 13.6 -0.02
Majority 8,031 10.7 -24.6
Turnout 74,973 71.4 25.4
INC hold Swing +2.2

05th Vidhan Sabha: 1969 General Elections.[7]

1969 General Elections: Behat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Mohd. Mahmood Ali Khan 25,236 42.4 23.2
Rulha Singh (Bharatiya Kranti Dal) 14,579 24.4 -
CPI Rao Mukhtar Ali Khan 9,778 16.4 -
Remainder five candidates 10,203 17.1 -43.0
Majority 10,657 17.8 -13.3
Turnout 59,796 62.7 +11.3
INC hold Swing +4.3

04th Vidhan Sabha: 1967 General Elections.[6]

1967 General Elections: Behat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Mohd. Mahmood Ali Khan 20,477 38.1 -
Independent R. M. Ali 8,180 15.2 -
R. Saran (Sanghata Socialist Party) 7,152 13.3 -
Remainder six candidates 17,912 33.3 -
Majority 12,297 22.9 +21.4
Turnout 53,721 61.8 +36.3
INC hold Swing -10.7

03rd Vidhan Sabha: 1962 General Elections.[5]

1962 General Elections: Behat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Shakuntala Devi 19,224 48.8 -
Swatantra Party Gainda Ram 9,097 23.1 -
SP Om Prakash 6,030 15.3 -
BJS Mallahah 5,058 12.8 -
Majority 10,127 25.7 -
Turnout 39,409 50.1 -
INC hold Swing -

See also

Notes

References

  1. "Uttar Pradesh Delimitation Old & New, 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer of Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved Jan 2014.
  2. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India official website. Retrieved Jan 2014.
  3. "1951 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved Jan 2014.
  4. "1957 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved Jan 2014.
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  10. 1 2 "1980 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved Jan 2014.
  11. 1 2 "1985 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved Jan 2014.
  12. 1 2 "1989 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved Jan 2014.
  13. 1 2 "1991 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved Jan 2014.
  14. 1 2 "1993 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved Jan 2014.
  15. 1 2 "1996 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved Jan 2014.
  16. 1 2 "2002 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved Jan 2014.
  17. 1 2 "2007 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved Jan 2014.
  18. 1 2 "2012 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved Jan 2014.
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