Silchar Assembly constituency

Silchar
Constituency No. 118 for the Assam Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNortheast India
StateAssam
DistrictCachar
LS constituencySilchar
Established1951
Total electors234,195
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Assam Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  BJP
AllianceNDA
Elected year2021

Silchar Assembly constituency is one of the 126 state legislative assembly constituencies in Assam state in North Eastern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Silchar Lok Sabha constituency.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Member Political Party Tenure
2021 Dipayan Chakraborty BJP 2021-Incumbent
2016 Dilip Kumar Paul 2014-21
2014
2011 Sushmita Dev INC 2011-14
2006 Bhitika Dev 2006-11
2001 Bimalangshu Roy BJP 1996-06
1996
1991 Samarendra Nath Sen 1991-96
1985 Karnendu Bhattacharjee INC 1985-91
1983 Jagdish Chandra Choudhury 1983-85
1978 Nurul Huda Communist Party of India 1978-83
1972 Mohitosh Purkayastha INC 1972-78
1967 Satindra Mohon Dev 1967-72
1962 Nanda Kishor Sinha IND 1962-67
1957 Jyotsna Chanda INC 1957-61
1952 Mehrab Ali Laskar IND 1952-57

Election results

2021

2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Silchar[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Dipayan Chakraborty 98,558 56.17 −4.36
INC Tamal Kanti Banik 60,980 34.75 −0.28
Independent Dilip Kumar Paul 11,254 6.41 N/A
NOTA None of the above 1,398 0.80 +0.08
Margin of victory 37,578 21.42 −4.08
Turnout 175,465 74.55 −0.50
BJP hold Swing -4.36

2016

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 hold 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

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

See also

References

  1. ^ "AC_Wise Final Result as per Form 21E". CEO Assam.

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