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Silchar Lok Sabha constituency

Coordinates: 24°48′N 92°48′E / 24.8°N 92.8°E / 24.8; 92.8
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Silchar
AS-8
Lok Sabha constituency
Map
Interactive Map Outlining Silchar Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNortheast India
StateAssam
Assembly constituencies7
Established1952
Total electors10,60,175
ReservationSC
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2024

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

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

Current assembly segments

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Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District Party MLA 2024 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

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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

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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

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General election 2024

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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 2,64,311 24.26 Increase20.07
Turnout 10,89,426 80.15 Increase0.64
BJP hold Swing

Lok Sabha elections 2019

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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

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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

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

Lok Sabha elections 1952

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  • 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

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References

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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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