Know constituencies of UP Assembly polls 2017: SAHARANPUR (GEN)

Uttar Pradesh will go to Assembly elections early in 2017. The state has an Assembly comprising 403 seats and a party/alliance has to win 202 seats to form the government.

In 2012, when the last state election was held in UP, the Samajwadi Party had won 224 seats to get a decisive majority.

We, at Oneindia, will take one Assembly constituency a day and have a look at electoral information related to it:

Constituency Name: Saharanpur (General) [comprises KCs 2-Punwarka, 3-Harora, PCs 1-Dara Ali, 2-Pathanpura, 3- Manak Mau, 8-Dabki Gujjar, 18-Megh Chhapper, 20-Dara Shivpuri of 1-Saharanpur KC of 2-Saharanpur Tehsil]

• Constituency No. 4
• District: Saharanpur (Saharanpur is an Assembly segment under Saharanpur Lok Sabha constituency)
• Area of district: 3,689 square kilometres (rural 3,582 sq km)
• District population: 34,66,382 (78% general caste; 22% SC; 0% ST)
• District literacy: 60%
• District urbanisation: 30%

2012 Assembly election result in Saharanpur

• Winner: Jagpal (BSP) Votes received: Lakhanpal got 80,670 votes
• Vote percentage: 39.56
• Nearest rival: Abdul Wahid (Congress)
• Votes: 63,557
• Percentage: 31.17
• Difference: 17,113 votes
• Margin %: 8.39
• Total voters: 2,76,294
  
• Turnout: 73.80%
• Party which has won Saharanpur most number of times: Congress won it 4 times; BJP thrice; BSP won once; SP never.

2014 Lok Sabha result in Saharanpur

Raghav Lakhanpal (BJP) defeated Imran Masood (Congress) by 65,090 votes (margin% - 5.45)

About Saharanpur: Saharanpur is famous for exporting handicraft and woodcraft of which moorhas come from Behat. However, because of the middleman problem, the local cratsmen do not gain much.

Issues: Lack of development in infrastructure, lack of higher education centres Shortage of facilities for traders of fruits and furniture business. Electricity shortage is also a major problem in Saharanpur. Communal clashes have also been a problem in this district.