Basohli Assembly constituency

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Basohli
Constituency No. 65 for the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
StateJammu and Kashmir
DistrictKathua
LS constituencyUdhampur
Established1962
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
TBA
PartyTBA
Elected year2014

Basohli Assembly constituency is one of the 87 constituencies in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir a north state of India. Basohli is also part of Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency.[1][2][3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly[edit]

Election Member Party
1962 Mangat Ram Sharma Indian National Congress
1967
1972
1977
1983
1987 Jagdish Raj Sapolia
1996 Lal Singh All India Indira Congress
2002 Indian National Congress
2004[a] Kanta Andotra
2008 Jagdish Raj Sapolia Bharatiya Janata Party
2014 Lal Singh
Next TBA TBA
  1. ^ By-election

Election results[edit]

2014[edit]

2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election: Billawar[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Ch Lal Singh 29,808 53.07 Increase17.82
JKNC Davinder Singh 12,007 21.38 Decrease7.77
INC Jagdish Raj Sapolia 8,809 15.68 Decrease13.28
JKPDP Rangil Singh 502 0.89 Decrease 1.16
NOTA None of the Above 462 0.82 New
JKNPP Romesh Chander Gupta 431 0.77 New
BSP Khadam Hussain 261 0.46 Decrease 1.01
Majority 17,801 31.69
Turnout 55,701 73.70 Increase 3.9
Registered electors 75,357 Increase7,283

2008[edit]

2008 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election: Billawar[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Jagdish Raj Sapolia 16,651 35.25 Increase 0.05
JKNC Davinder Singh 13,770 29.15 Increase14.45
INC Kanta Andotra 13,678 28.96 Decrease14.64
JKPDP Karpal Singh 964 2.05 New
BSP Romesh Chander 692 1.47 Increase 0.07
Majority 2,881 6.09
Turnout 47,235 69.80 Increase 6.6
Registered electors 68,074 Decrease636

2002[edit]

2002 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election: Billawar[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Ch Lal Singh 18,916 43.6
BJP Jagdish Raj Sapolia 15,248 35.2
JKNC Raj Singh 6,356 14.7
BSP Sudershan Kumar Chouhan 584 1.4
JKNPP Kartar Singh 462 1.1
Majority 3,668 8.5
Turnout 43,388 63.2
Registered electors 68,710

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Delimitation of Constituencies in Jammu-Kashmir, Assam,Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Nagaland - Notification dated 06.03.2020 - Delimitation - Election Commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Delimitation of Constituencies in Jammu-Kashmir - Notification dated 03.03.2021 - Presidential Orders/ Delimitation Commission Orders". Election Commission of India. 3 March 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Sitting and previous MLAs from Basohli Assembly Constituency". Elections.in. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Jammu & Kashmir 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  5. ^ "2008 Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly". CEO, J&K. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  6. ^ "2002 Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly". CEO, J&K. Retrieved 28 March 2024.

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