About Basohli Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency
Basohli is a town in Kathua district of Jammu & Kashmir. The town is situated on the bank of Ravi river. The place is famous for its paintings called Basohli paintings. At the 2001 India census, it had a population of 5865. The assembly constituency of Basohli falls under Udhampur parliamentary constituency. The seat is the INC bastion. But Jagdish Raj Sapolia of BJP won the 2008 assembly elections and is the current MLA. He defeated Davinder Singh of JKNC. Sapolia secured 16651 votes as against Singh's 13770 votes.
Sitting and previous MLAs from Basohli Assembly Constituency
Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Basohli assembly elections conducted so far.
| Year | AC No. | Constituency Name | Category | Winner | Gender | Party | Votes | Runner Up | Gender | Party | Votes |
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| 2014 | 64 | Basohli | GEN | Lal Singh | M | BJP | 29808 | Davinder Singh | M | JKNC | 12007 |
| 2008 | 64 | Basohli | GEN | Jagdish Raj Sapolia | M | BJP | 16651 | Davinder Singh | M | JKN | 13770 |
| 2004 | By Polls | Basohli | GEN | Kanta Andotra | F | INC | 18759 | Jagdish Raj Spolia | M | BJP | 14980 |
| 2002 | 64 | Basohli | GEN | Lal Singh | M | INC | 18916 | Jagdish Raj Sapolia | M | BJP | 15248 |
| 1996 | 64 | Basohli | GEN | Lal Singh | M | AIIC(T) | 12140 | Jagdish Raj S/O Tula Ram | M | INC | 7912 |
| 1987 | 67 | Basohli | (SC) | Jagdish Rajspolia | M | INC | 11322 | Lal Chand | M | IND | 10054 |
| 1983 | 67 | Basohli | GEN | Mangat Ram | M | INC | 14019 | Darshan Kumar Sharma | M | JKN | 8939 |
| 1977 | 67 | Basohli | GEN | Mangat Ram | M | INC | 4829 | Uttam Chand | M | IND | 3885 |
| 1972 | 56 | Basohli | GEN | Mangat Ram | M | INC | 9482 | Baldev Singh | M | BJS | 5871 |
| 1967 | 56 | Basohli | GEN | M. Ram | M | INC | 7805 | U. Chand | M | BJS | 4073 |
| 1962 | 9 | Basohli | GEN | Mahant Ram Sharma | M | NC | 7394 | Uttam Chand | M | PP | 4459 |
Last Updated on Aug 15, 2021