Sarsawa Assembly constituency

Sarsawa Assembly constituency was one of the 403 constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It was a part of the Saharanpur district and one of five assembly constituencies in the Saharanpur (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Sarsawa
Former constituency for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Uttar Pradesh
Established	1962
Abolished	2012

Sarsawa Assembly constituency was into existence till 2008 as a result of the "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" and demolished in 2012 and became part of Nakur, and some part included in Behat.

Member of the Legislative Assembly

Main article: Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)

#	Term	Name	Party	From	To	Days	Comments	Ref
01	01st Vidhan Sabha	-	-	May-1952	Mar-1957	1,776	-	[2]
02	02nd Vidhan Sabha	-	-	Apr-1957	Mar-1962	1,800	-	[3]
03	03rd Vidhan Sabha	Shakuntala Devi	Indian National Congress	Mar-1962	Mar-1967	1,828	[note]	[4]
04	04th Vidhan Sabha	Mohd. Mahmood Ali Khan	Indian National Congress	Mar-1967	Apr-1968	402		[5]
05	05th Vidhan Sabha		Indian National Congress	Feb-1969	Mar-1974	1,832		[6]
06	06th Vidhan Sabha		Indian National Congress	Mar-1974	Apr-1977	1,153		[7]
07	07th Vidhan Sabha	Ajab Singh	Janata Party	Jun-1977	Feb-1980	969		[8]
08	08th Vidhan Sabha	Rulha Singh	Janata Party (Secular)	Jun-1980	Mar-1985	1,735		[9]
09	09th Vidhan Sabha	Nirbhay Pal Sharma	Indian National Congress	Mar-1985	Nov-1989	1,725		[10]
10	10th Vidhan Sabha	Ram Sharan	Janata Dal	Dec-1989	Apr-1991	488		[11]
11	11th Vidhan Sabha	Mohd. Hasan Shah	Janata Dal	Jun-1991	Dec-1992	533		[12]
12	12th Vidhan Sabha	Nirbhay Pal Sharma	Indian National Congress	Dec-1993	Oct-1995	693		[13]
13	13th Vidhan Sabha		Bharatiya Janata Party	Oct-1996	Mar-2002	1,967		[14]
14	14th Vidhan Sabha	Dr. Dharam Singh Saini	Bahujan Samaj Party	Feb-2002	May-2007	1,902		[15]
15	15th Vidhan Sabha		Bahujan Samaj Party	May-2007	Mar-2012	1,762		[16]
Constituency abolished

Election results

15th Vidhan Sabha: 2007 General Elections.^[16]

2007 General Elections: Sarsawa

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.^[15]

2002 General Elections: Sarsawa

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.^[14]

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.^[13]

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
	JD	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.^[12]

1991 General Elections: Behat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD	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
	JD hold		Swing	-12

10th Vidhan Sabha: 1989 General Elections.^[11]

1989 General Elections: Behat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD	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
	JD hold		Swing	n/a

09th Vidhan Sabha: 1985 General Elections.^[10]

1985 General Elections: Behat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Nirbhay Pal Sharma	57,798	57.1	+240
	LKD	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.^[9]

1980 General Elections: Behat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(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
	JP(S) hold		Swing	n/a

07th Vidhan Sabha: 1977 General Elections.^[8]

1977 General Elections: Behat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	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
	JP hold		Swing	n/a

06th Vidhan Sabha: 1974 General Elections.^[7]

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.^[6]

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.^[5]

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.^[4]

1962 General Elections: Behat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shakuntala Devi	19,224	48.8	−
	SWA	Gainda Ram	9,097	23.1	−
	Socialist	Om Prakash	6,030	15.3	−
	ABJS	Mallahah	5,058	12.8	−
Majority			10,127	25.7	−
Turnout			39,409	50.1	−
	INC hold		Swing	-

See also

• India portal
• Politics portal

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

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.