While the BJP’s victory margin in Saharanpur Nagar assembly constituency in 2012 was 12626, in the Lok Sabha elections in 2014, the constituency had given the BJP candidate Raghav Lakhanpal a lead of 23784 votes over his nearest SP rival Nahid Hasan. Few months the BJP won the bye-election to the seat in 2014. The upcoming 2017 assembly election to the seat is all set for tri- cornered contest among the BJP, SP and BSP.