Silchar Lok Sabha constituency

Silchar
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Silchar ; AS-8
Lok Sabha constituency
	Interactive Map Outlining Silchar Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Assam
Assembly constituencies	7
Established	1952
Total electors	10,60,175
Reservation	SC
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Parimal Suklabaidya
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Last updated November 24, 2024

Silchar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam state in north-eastern India. From 1951 to 1971, the area under it was referred as Cachar constituency. The constituency covers the entirety of Cachar district in the Barak Valley.

Vidhan Sabha segments

Silchar Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:^[1]

Current assembly segments

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District
114	Lakhipur	None	Cachar	BJP
115	Udharbond			BJP
116	Katigorah			BJP
117	Barkhola			BJP
118	Silchar			BJP
119	Sonai			INC
120	Dholai	SC		BJP

Previous assembly segments

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	Party	MLA
9	Silchar	None	Cachar	BJP	Dipayan Chakraborty
10	Sonai	None	Cachar	AIUDF	Karim Uddin Barbhuiya
11	Dholai	SC	Cachar	BJP	Nihar Ranjan Das
12	Udharbond	None	Cachar	BJP	Mihir Kanti Shome
13	Lakhipur	None	Cachar	BJP	Kaushik Rai
14	Barkhola	None	Cachar	INC	Misbahul Islam Laskar
15	Katigorah	None	Cachar	INC	Khalil Uddin Mazumder

Members of Parliament

Year	Winner^[2]
1952	Nibaran Chandra Laskar	Indian National Congress
1952	Suresh Chandra Deb
1957	Nibaran Chandra Laskar
1962	Jyotsna Chanda
1967
1971
1974	Nurul Huda	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1977	Rashida Haque Choudhury	Indian National Congress
1980	Santosh Mohan Dev
1984	Santosh Mohan Dev
1989	Elections not held in Assam
1991	Kabindra Purkayastha	Bharatiya Janata Party
1996	Santosh Mohan Dev	Indian National Congress
1998	Kabindra Purkayastha	Bharatiya Janata Party
1999	Santosh Mohan Dev	Indian National Congress
2004	Santosh Mohan Dev	Indian National Congress
2009	Kabindra Purkayastha	Bharatiya Janata Party
2014	Sushmita Dev	Indian National Congress
2019	Dr. Rajdeep Roy	Bharatiya Janata Party
2024	Parimal Suklabaidya	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

General election 2024

2024 Indian general election: Silchar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Parimal Suklabaidya	652,405	59.88	7.29
	INC	Suryakanta Sarkar	3,88,094	35.62	8.37
	AITC	Radheshyam Biswas	20,493	1.88	1.51
	NOTA	None of the Above	12,700	1.16	0.26
Majority			2,64,311	24.26	20.07
Turnout			10,89,426	80.15	0.64
	BJP hold		Swing

Lok Sabha elections 2019

2019 Indian general elections:^[3] Silchar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dr. Rajdeep Roy	499,414	52.59	+14.93
	INC	Sushmita Dev	4,17,818	43.99	+1.92
	NOTA	None of the Above	8,547	0.90	+0.36
	AITC	Hitabrata Roy	3,514	0.37
Majority			81,596	8.60	+4.19
Turnout			9,50,690	79.51	+4.06
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	+6.50

General elections 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Silchar ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sushmita Dev	336,451	42.07	+13.42
	BJP	Kabindra Purkayastha	3,01,210	37.66	+2.29
	AIUDF	Kutub Ahmed Mazumder	85,530	10.69	−18.66
	NOTA	None of the above	4,310	0.54	−−−
Majority			35,241	4.41	1.61
Turnout			8,00,058	75.46
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

Lok Sabha elections 1971

Jyotsna Chanda (INC) : 100,798 votes^[5]
A. F. Golam Osmani (IND) : 37,794

Lok Sabha elections 1952

Two candidates elected from this constituency, then called 'Cachar Lushal Hill'.
Member One : Laskar, Nibaran Chandra (INC) : 192847 votes, defeated Ghose, Satyendra Kishore (KMPP) : 84160 votes
Member Two : Deb, Suresh Chandra (INC) : 182,692 votes, defeated Patni, Nitai Chand (KMPP) : 71,704 votes

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References

↑ "List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Assam. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-05-04. Retrieved 2008-10-05.
↑ "List of winner/current and runner up MPs Silchar Parliamentary Constituency". Assam. elections.in.
↑ 2019 India General election results Silchar election.in
↑ India General election 2014 results Silchar election.in
↑ "1971 India General (5th Lok Sabha) Elections Results".

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[1] "List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Assam. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-05-04. Retrieved 2008-10-05.

[2] "List of winner/current and runner up MPs Silchar Parliamentary Constituency". Assam. elections.in.

[3] 2019 India General election results Silchar election.in

[4] India General election 2014 results Silchar election.in

[5] "1971 India General (5th Lok Sabha) Elections Results".

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