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 No. 1 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Saharanpur
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Umar Ali Khan
Party	Samajwadi Party
Elected year	2022

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

Year	Name[2]	Party
Till 2012 : Constituency did not exist
2012	Mahaveer Singh Rana		Bahujan Samaj Party
2017	Naresh Saini		Indian National Congress
2022	Umar Ali Khan		Samajwadi Party

Election results

2022

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Behat ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SP	Umar Ali Khan	134,513	47.81%	47.81
	BJP	Naresh Saini	96,633	34.34%	6.05
	BSP	Rais Malik	45,075	16.02%	12.08
	INC	Poonam Kamboj	1,632	0.58%	37.82
	AAP	Sushil Kumar	1,162%	0.41	new
Majority			37,880	13.32	3.12
Turnout			2,81,373	75.58%
	SP gain from INC		Swing	47.81

2017

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	Muhammad Iqbal	71,019	28.1	3.7%
		Remainder ten candidates	13,056	5.1	N/A
Majority			25,586	10.2	10.0
Turnout			252,563	75.04	2.14
	INC gain from BSP		Swing	6.9

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2012

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
Majority			514	0.2
Turnout			221,122	72.9	New
	BSP win (new seat)

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See also

• Government of Uttar Pradesh
• List of Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Uttar Pradesh
• Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly

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.