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{{Short description|Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox Vidhan Sabha constituency
| name = Behat
| map =
| state = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| union_territory =
| district_label =
| district = [[Saharanpur district|Saharanpur]]
| population =
| electorate =
| year = 2017
| reserved = None
| members_label1 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]
| mla = [[Naresh Saini]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| blank1_name =
| blank1_info =
|parl_name=[[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]}}
'''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)]].<ref name="Uttar Pradesh Delimitation Old & New, 2008">{{cite news|title= Uttar Pradesh Delimitation Old & New, 2008|publisher= [[Chief Electoral Officer of Uttar Pradesh]]|access-date= 23 January 2014|url= http://ceouttarpradesh.nic.in/Instructions/delimitation_Old_New.pdf|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111113181505/http://ceouttarpradesh.nic.in/Instructions/delimitation_Old_New.pdf|archive-date= 13 November 2011|url-status= dead}}</ref>

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)|Muzaffarabad]] Assembly constituency.

==Members of the Legislative Assembly==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! # !! [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly#Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly terms|Term]] !! Name !! Party !! From !! To !! Days !! Comments !! Ref
|-
| 1 || [[16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|16th Vidhan Sabha]] || [[Mahaveer Singh Rana]] || [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] || Mar-2012 || Mar-2017 || - || ||<ref name="2012 Election Results">{{cite news|title= 2012 Election Results|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] website|access-date=23 January 2014|url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2012/Stats_Report_UP2012.pdf}}</ref>
|-
| 2 || [[Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|17th Vidhan Sabha]] || [[Naresh Saini]] || [[Indian National Congress]] || Mar-2017 || Incumbent || || || <ref name="2017 Election Results">{{cite news|title= 2017 Election Results |access-date=11 March 2017|url= http://www.wikivillage.in/blog/list-of-mlas-in-uttar-pradesh/naresh-saini-mla-from-constituency-uttar-pradesh/}}</ref>
|-
|}

==Election results==

===[[Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|17th Vidhan Sabha: 2017 General Elections]]===
{{Election box begin | title=2017 General Elections: Behat}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Indian National Congress
| candidate = [[Naresh Saini]]
| votes = 97,035
| percentage = 38.4
| change = +6.9%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| candidate = Mahaveer Singh Rana
| votes = 71,449
| percentage = 28.3
| change = +17%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Bahujan Samaj Party
| candidate = Mohd. Iqbal
| votes = 71,019
| percentage = 28.1
| change = -3.7%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party =
| candidate = Remainder ten candidates
| votes = 13,056
| percentage = 5.1
| change = -
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 25,586
| percentage = 10.2
| change = -
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 252,563
| percentage = 75.04
| change = +
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|loser = Bahujan Samaj Party
|winner = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
<ref name="2017 Election Results"/>

===[[16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|16th Vidhan Sabha: 2012 General Elections]]===
{{Election box begin | title=2012 General Elections: Behat}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Bahujan Samaj Party
| candidate = Mahaveer Singh Rana
| votes = 70,274
| percentage = 31.8
| change = -
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Indian National Congress
| candidate = Naresh Saini
| votes = 69,760
| percentage = 31.5
| change = -
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Samajwadi Party
| candidate = Umar Ali Khan
| votes = 47,366
| percentage = 21.4
| change = -
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party =
| candidate = Remainder ten candidates
| votes = 33,722
| percentage = 15.3
| change = -9.4
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 514
| percentage = 0.2
| change = -98.6
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 221,122
| percentage = 72.9
| change = +33.5
}}
{{Election box new seat win
| winner = Bahujan Samaj Party
| swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
<ref name="2012 Election Results"/>

==See also==
*[[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]
*[[List of Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Uttar Pradesh]]
*[[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]

==Notes==
* {{note|Constituency|}}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.

== References ==
{{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}

{{Assembly constituencies of Uttar Pradesh}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Politics of Saharanpur district]]
[[Category:Constituencies established in 2008]]
[[Category:2008 establishments in Uttar Pradesh]]

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