Basohli Assembly constituency

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
Darshan Singh
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2024

Basohli Assembly constituency is one of the 90 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

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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
2024 Darshan Kumar
  1. ^ By-election

Election results

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2024

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Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Election, 2024: Basohli[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Darshan Kumar 31,874 65.38 Increase12.31
INC Chaudhary Lal Singh 15,840 32.49 Increase16.81
BSP Pankaj Kumar 421 0.86 Increase0.40
JKPDP Yoginder Singh 368 0.75 Decrease0.14
NOTA None of the Above 246 0.5 Decrease0.32
Majority 16,034 32.89
Turnout 48,749
BJP hold Swing

2014

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2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election: Billawar[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Chaudhary 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 Decrease1.01
Majority 17,801 31.69
Turnout 55,701 73.70 Increase3.9
Registered electors 75,357 Increase7,283
BJP hold Swing

2008

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2008 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election: Billawar[6]
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
BJP gain from INC Swing

2002

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2002 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election: Billawar[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Chaudhary 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
INC hold Swing

See also

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References

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  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 Assembly Election Results 2024 - Basoli". 8 October 2024. Archived from the original on 8 October 2024. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  5. ^ "Jammu and Kashmir General Legislative Election 2014". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  6. ^ "2008 Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly". CEO, J&K. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  7. ^ "2002 Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly". CEO, J&K. Retrieved 28 March 2024.

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