Silchar (Lok Sabha constituency)

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Silchar
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Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Silchar Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNortheast India
StateAssam
DivisionBarak Valley
DistrictCachar
Assembly constituencies7
Established1952
Total electors1,060,175
ReservationSC
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Party  BJP
Alliance  NDA
Elected year2024
Preceded byDr. Rajdeep Roy

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.

Assembly segments

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

Current assembly segments

No. Name District Reserved for (SC/ST/None) Member Party 2024 Lead
114 Lakhipur None Cachar Kaushik Rai BJP BJP
115 Udharbond Rajdeep Goala
116 Katigorah Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha
117 Barkhola Kishor Nath
118 Silchar Rajdeep Roy
119 Sonai Aminul Haque Laskar INC INC
120 Dholai SC Amiya Kanti Das BJP BJP

Previous assembly segments

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District
9 Silchar None Cachar
10 Sonai None
11 Dholai SC
12 Udharbond None
13 Lakhipur None
14 Barkhola None
15 Katigorah None

Members of Parliament

Year Winner[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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Parimal Suklabaidya 652,405 59.88 Increase7.29
INC Suryakanta Sarkar 3,88,094 35.62 Decrease8.37
AITC Radheshyam Biswas 20,493 1.88 Increase1.51
NOTA None of the Above 12,700 1.16 Increase0.26
Majority 264,311 24.26 Increase20.07
Turnout 1,090,948 79.37
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 417,818 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 950,690 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

See also

References

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