Silchar (Lok Sabha constituency)

Silchar Lok Sabha constituency (Bengali: শিলচর লোকসভা কেন্দ্র) 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. Silchar is the HQ of Cachar District.

Silchar
Lok Sabha Constituency
IncumbentDr. Rajdeep Roy
Parliamentary PartyBJP
Elected Year2019
Constituency Details
Established1952–present
StateAssam
Total Electors10,60,175
Assembly Constituencies7

Vidhan Sabha segments

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

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

BJP

Dilip Kumar Paul None Cachar
10 Sonai

BJP

Aminul Haque Laskar None Cachar
11 Dholai

BJP

Parimal Suklabaidya SC Cachar
12 Udharbond

BJP

Mihir Kanti Shome None Cachar
13 Lakhipur INC Rajdeep Goala None Cachar
14 Barkhola

BJP

Kishor Nath None Cachar
15 Katigorah

BJP

Amar Chand Jain None Cachar

Members of Lok Sabha


Year Winner[2] Party
1952 (Cachar Lushal Hill) Nibaran Chandra Laskar, Member # 1 Indian National Congress
1952 Suresh Chandra Deb, Member # 2 Indian National Congress
1971 (named Cachar seat) Jyotsna Chanda Indian National Congress
1977 (New name : Silchar) Rashida Haque Choudhury Indian National Congress
1980 Santosh Mohan Dev Indian National Congress
1984 Santosh Mohan Dev Indian National Congress
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 (daughter

of Santosh Mohan 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 4,99,414 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
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
CPI (M) Rejamond Ali Barbhuiya 12,460 1.56 -0.16
SUCI(C) Arunangshu Bhattacharjee 8,595 1.07 N/A
Independent Shuvadip Datta 8,577 1.07 N/A
AITC Wazid Reza Osmani 8,282 1.04 N/A
AGP Bijoy Krishna Nath 7,679 0.96 N/A
Independent Sukamal Das 6,221 0.78 N/A
SP Rashid Ahmed Laskar 3,347 0.42 N/A
Independent Madhu Sudhan Das 3,151 0.39 N/A
AAP Abdul Mannan Barbhuiya 3,118 0.39 N/A
Independent Upendra Chandra Das 2,740 0.34 N/A
Independent Nirupam Mandal 2,462 0.31 N/A
Independent Kamal Das 2,170 0.27 N/A
SHS Nilu Mandol 1,922 0.24 N/A
Independent Jayanta Mallick 1,605 0.20 +0.03
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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