Silchar Lok Sabha constituency

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.

Silchar Lok Sabha constituency
Lok Sabha constituency
Silchar within the state of Assam
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNortheast India
StateAssam
Assembly constituencies7
Established1952
Total electors10,60,175
ReservationSC
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2019

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 Party MLA
114 Lakhipur None Cachar
115 Udharbond
116 Katigorah
117 Barkhola
118 Silchar
119 Sonai
120 Dholai SC

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

Parimal Suklabaidya
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] Party
1952 (Cachar seat no.1) Nibaran Chandra Laskar Indian National Congress
1952(Cachar seat no.2) Suresh Chandra Deb
1957(Cachar) Nibaran Chandra Laskar
1962 (Cachar) Jyotsna Chanda
1967 (Cachar)
1971 (Cachar)
1977 (New name : Silchar) Rashida Haque Choudhury
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

Election results

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
TMC 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 3,36,451 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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