Silchar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Silchar Vidhan Sabha Constituency is one of the 126 assembly constituency in Cachar district in the North-East Indian state of Assam.[1]

Silchar
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Silchar
Location in Assam
Silchar
Silchar (India)
Coordinates: 24°49′59.7756″N 92°46′44.058″E
Country India
StateAssam
DistrictCachar
Constituency No9
Vidhan Sabha constituencySilchar

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 9 Silchar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Silchar Municipality and circle Nos. 34, 36A, 36B and 37 in Silchar Police Station in Silchar Sub-Division.[2] Silchar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 2 Silchar (Lok Sabha constituency) and also the headquarter of Cachar District.

Member of Legislative Assembly

Election results

2016 results
2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Silchar
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJP Dilip Kumar Paul 94,787 60.53 +19.44
INC Bithika Dev 54,867 35.03 -14.86
CPI (M) Supriya Bhattacharjee 1,961 1.25 -3.91
Independent Shuvadip Dutta 657 0.41 N/A
Independent Rita Mazumder 526 0.33 N/A
Independent Imdad Hussain Laskar 512 0.32 N/A
SP Sahin Ahmed Choudhury 332 0.21 N/A
SUCI(C) Pradip Kumar Deb 324 0.20 -0.51
Independent Biju Chanda 318 0.20 N/A
Independent Khairul Alam Barbhuiyan 270 0.17 N/A
Independent Brojalal Das 232 0.14 N/A
Independent Ascham Uddin Laskar 211 0.13 N/A
BGP Nilom Sanjib Sarmah 199 0.12 N/A
Independent Monilal Das 158 0.10 N/A
Independent Ashim Kumar Das 97 0.06 0
NOTA None of the above 1,143 0.72 N/A
Majority 39,920 25.50 +13.10
Turnout 1,56,594 75.05 +17.04
BJP gain from INC Swing +17.20

2014 by-election
2014 by-election: Silchar
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJP Dilip Kumar Paul 74,898 58.37 +20.88
INC Arun Dutta Mazumder 37,457 29.19 -20.70
AIUDF Nur Ahmed Barbhuiyan 11,203 8.73 +8.09
CPI (M) Dulal Mitra 2,401 1.87 -3.29
SUCI(C) Pradeep Kumar Deb 881 0.69 -0.02
Independent Shuvadip Dutta 465 0.36 N/A
Independent Jahir Uddin Mazumder 272 0.21 N/A
Independent Shipra Rani Das 205 0.16 N/A
Independent Biju Chanda 173 0.13 N/A
Independent Puspita Devi 148 0.12 N/A
Independent Kaushik Paul 141 0.11 N/A
Independent Ashim Das 77 0.06 N/A
Majority 37,441 29.18 +16.78
Turnout 1,28,321 63.09 +5.08
BJP gain from INC Swing +20.79

2011 results
2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Silchar
Party Candidate Votes % ±
INC Sushmita Dev 56,377 49.89 +3.92
BJP Rajdeep Roy 42,366 37.49 -4.83
CPI (M) Parimal Kanti Paul 5,835 5.16 +1.18
AGP Alhaj Fakrul Islam Mazumder 4,066 3.60 N/A
AITC Dhrubajyoti Gupta 1,010 0.89 N/A
SUCI(C) Tushar Kanti Purkayastha 807 0.71 N/A
AIUDF Dibakar Bhattacharjee 718 0.64 N/A
Independent Shekhar Roy 671 0.59 N/A
Independent Rajdeep Deb Roy 542 0.48 N/A
Independent Amrit Lal Das 341 0.30 N/A
Independent Kamal Das 262 0.23 N/A
Majority 14,011 12.40 +8.75
Turnout 1,12,995 58.01 -1.93
INC hold Swing +4.38
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See also
  • Silchar
  • List of constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly

References
  1. "Silchar Election Results 2016, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up and Current MLAs". Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  2. "DELIMITATION OF PARLIAMENTARY AND ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES ORDER, 2008" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
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