Silchar Lok Sabha constituency

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Silchar
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Lok Sabha constituency
Silchar Lok Sabha constituency
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Constituency details
Country India
Region Northeast India
State Assam
Assembly constituencies7
Established1952
Total electors1,060,175
Reservation SC
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Party Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year 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.

Contents

Vidhan Sabha segments

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

Current assembly segments

Constituency numberNameReserved for (SC/ST/None)DistrictPartyMLA2024 Lead
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 numberNameReserved for (SC/ST/None)DistrictPartyMLA
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

YearWinner [2] Party
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
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
2009 Kabindra Purkayastha Bharatiya Janata Party
2014 Sushmita Dev Indian National Congress
2019 Dr. Rajdeep Roy Bharatiya Janata Party
2024 Parimal Suklabaidya

Election results

General election 2024

2024 Indian general election: Silchar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Parimal Suklabaidya 652,405 59.88 Increase2.svg7.29
INC Suryakanta Sarkar3,88,09435.62Decrease2.svg8.37
AITC Radheshyam Biswas 20,4931.88Increase2.svg1.51
NOTA None of the Above 12,7001.16Increase2.svg0.26
Majority2,64,31124.26Increase2.svg20.07
Turnout 10,90,94879.37
BJP hold Swing

Lok Sabha elections 2019

2019 Indian general elections: [3] Silchar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Dr. Rajdeep Roy 499,414 52.59 +14.93
INC Sushmita Dev 417,81843.99+1.92
NOTA None of the Above 8,5470.90+0.36
AITC Hitabrata Roy3,5140.37
Majority81,5968.60+4.19
Turnout 950,69079.51+4.06
BJP gain from INC Swing +6.50

General elections 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Silchar [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Sushmita Dev 336,451 42.07 +13.42
BJP Kabindra Purkayastha 3,01,21037.66+2.29
AIUDF Kutub Ahmed Mazumder 85,53010.69−18.66
NOTA None of the above4,3100.54−−−
Majority35,2414.411.61
Turnout 8,00,05875.46
INC gain from BJP Swing

Lok Sabha elections 1971

Lok Sabha elections 1952

See also

References

  1. "List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Assam. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2006. Retrieved 5 October 2008.
  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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