Silchar Assembly constituency

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Silchar
Constituency No. 9 for the Assam Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country India
Region Northeast India
State Assam
District Cachar
LS constituency Silchar
Established1951
Total electors234,195
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Assam Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party   BJP
Alliance NDA
Elected year 2021

Silchar Assembly constituency is one of the 126 state legislative assembly constituencies in Assam state in North Eastern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Silchar Lok Sabha constituency.

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Members of the Legislative Assembly

ElectionMemberPolitical PartyTenure
2021 Dipayan Chakraborty BJP 2021- Incumbent
2016 Dilip Kumar Paul 2014-21
2014
2011 Sushmita Dev INC 2011-14
2006 Purol Mazumder 2006-11
2001Bimalangshu Roy BJP 1996-06
1996
1991Samarendra Nath Sen1991-96
1985 Karnendu Bhattacharjee INC 1985-91
1983Jagdish Chandra Choudhury1983-85
1978 Nurul Huda Communist Party of India 1978-83
1972Mohitosh Purkayastha INC 1972-78
1967 Santosh Mohan Dev 1967-72
1962L. M. Ali IND 1952-67
1957
1952
1951Mehrab Ali Laskar1951-52

Election results

2021 results

2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election  : Silchar [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Dipayan Chakraborty 98,55856.17-4.36
INC Tamal Kanti Banik60,98034.75-0.28
Independent Dilip Kumar Paul 11,2546.41N/A
NOTA None of the above1,3980.80+0.08
Margin of victory37,57821.42-4.08
Turnout 175,46574.55-0.50
BJP hold Swing -4.36

2016 results

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Silchar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Dilip Kumar Paul 94,78760.53+19.44
INC Bithika Dev54,86735.03-14.86
CPI(M) Supriya Bhattacharjee1,9611.25-3.91
Independent Shuvadip Dutta6570.41N/A
Independent Rita Mazumder5260.33N/A
Independent Imdad Hussain Laskar5120.32N/A
SP Sahin Ahmed Choudhury3320.21N/A
SUCI(C) Pradip Kumar Deb3240.20-0.51
Independent Biju Chanda3180.20N/A
Independent Khairul Alam Barbhuiyan2700.17N/A
Independent Brojalal Das2320.14N/A
Independent Ascham Uddin Laskar2110.13N/A
BGPNilom Sanjib Sarmah1990.12N/A
Independent Monilal Das1580.10N/A
Independent Ashim Kumar Das970.060
NOTA None of the above1,1430.72N/A
Majority39,92025.50+13.10
Turnout 1,56,59475.05+17.04
BJP hold Swing +17.20

2014 by-election

2014 by-election: Silchar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Dilip Kumar Paul 74,89858.37+20.88
INC Arun Dutta Mazumder37,45729.19-20.70
AIUDF Nur Ahmed Barbhuiyan11,2038.73+8.09
CPI(M) Dulal Mitra2,4011.87-3.29
SUCI(C) Pradeep Kumar Deb8810.69-0.02
Independent Shuvadip Dutta4650.36N/A
Independent Jahir Uddin Mazumder2720.21N/A
Independent Shipra Rani Das2050.16N/A
Independent Biju Chanda1730.13N/A
Independent Puspita Devi1480.12N/A
Independent Kaushik Paul1410.11N/A
Independent Ashim Das770.06N/A
Majority37,44129.18+16.78
Turnout 1,28,32163.09+5.08
BJP gain from INC Swing +20.79

2011 results

2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Silchar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Sushmita Dev 56,37749.89+3.92
BJP Rajdeep Roy42,36637.49-4.83
CPI(M) Parimal Kanti Paul5,8355.16+1.18
AGP Alhaj Fakrul Islam Mazumder4,0663.60N/A
TMC Dhrubajyoti Gupta1,0100.89N/A
SUCI(C) Tushar Kanti Purkayastha8070.71N/A
AIUDF Dibakar Bhattacharjee7180.64N/A
Independent Shekhar Roy6710.59N/A
Independent Rajdeep Deb Roy5420.48N/A
Independent Amrit Lal Das3410.30N/A
Independent Kamal Das2620.23N/A
Majority14,01112.40+8.75
Turnout 1,12,99558.01-1.93
INC hold Swing +4.38

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References

  1. "AC_Wise Final Result as per Form 21E". CEO Assam.