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	Nirbhay Pal Sharma	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	Dr. Dharam Singh Saini	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	-

Notes

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

References

↑ "Uttar Pradesh Delimitation Old & New, 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer of Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved Jan 2014.
↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India official website. Retrieved Jan 2014.
↑ "1951 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved Jan 2014.
↑ "1957 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved Jan 2014.
1 2 "1962 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved Jan 2014.
1 2 "1967 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved Jan 2014.
1 2 "1969 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved Jan 2014.
1 2 "1974 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved Jan 2014.
1 2 "1977 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved Jan 2014.
1 2 "1980 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved Jan 2014.
1 2 "1985 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved Jan 2014.
1 2 "1989 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved Jan 2014.
1 2 "1991 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved Jan 2014.
1 2 "1993 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved Jan 2014.
1 2 "1996 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved Jan 2014.
1 2 "2002 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved Jan 2014.
1 2 "2007 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved Jan 2014.
1 2 "2012 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved Jan 2014.

Assembly constituencies of Uttar Pradesh

Current Constituencies	A Agra Cantonment Agra North Agra Rural Agra South Ajagara Akbarpur Akbarpur-Raniya Alapur Aliganj Aligarh Amanpur Amroha Anupshahr Aonla Arya Nagar Asmoli Atrauli Azamgarh B Badaun Bagpat Bah Baheri Baldev Barabanki Barauli Baraut Bareilly Cantt. Barhapur Barkhera Behat Bhognipur Bhojipura Bhongaon Bijnor Bilari Bilaspur Bilhaur Bilsi Bisalpur Bisauli Bithari Chainpur Bithoor Budhana Bulandshahr C Chamraua Chandausi Chandpur Charkhari Charthawal Chhaprauli Chhata D Dadraul Dadri Dariyabad Dataganj Debai Deoband Dhampur Dhanaura Dhaurahra Dholana E Etah Etmadpur F Fatehabad Fatehpur Sikri Firozabad G Gangoh Garhmukteshwar Ghatampur Ghaziabad Gola Gokrannath Goverdhan Govind Nagar Gunnaur H Haidergarh Hapur Hasanpur Hastinapur Hathras I Iglas J Jalalabad Jalesar Jasrana Jaswantnagar Jewar Jhansi Nagar K Kairana Kalyanpur Kanpur Cantonment Kanth Karhal Kasganj Kasta Khair Khatauli Kheragarh Khurja Kidwai Nagar Kishni Kithore Koil Kunda Kundarki Kursi L Lakhimpur Loni Lucknow Cantonment Lucknow Central Lucknow East Lucknow North Lucknow West M Maharajpur Maholi Mainpuri Mant Marhara Mathura Meerapur Meerganj Meerut Meerut Cantt. Meerut South Milak Modinagar Mohammdi Moradabad Nagar Moradabad Rural Mubarakpur Muradnagar Muzaffarnagar N Nagina Najibabad Nighasan Nakur Naugawan Sadat Nawabganj Nehtaur Noida Noorpur P Palia Patiyali Pilibhit Pindra Powayan Puranpur Purqazi R Ram Nagar Rampur Rampur Khas Rampur Maniharan Rasulabad Rohaniya S Sadabad Sagri Saharanpur Saharanpur Nagar Sahibabad Sambhal Sardhana Sevapuri Shahjahanpur Shamli Shekhupur Shikarpur Shikohabad Shivpur Sikandra Sikandra Rao Sikandrabad Sirsaganj Sishamau Siwalkhas Sri Nagar Suar Syana T Thakurdwara Thana Bhawan Tilhar Tundla U Unnao V Varanasi Cantonment Varanasi North Varanasi South Z Zaidpur

Former Constituencies	Agra East Agra West Generalganj Harora

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Behat (Assembly constituency)

Wards / Areas

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election results

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

See also