Silchar Assembly constituency
Silchar | |
|---|---|
Vidhan Sabha constituency | |
  Silchar Location in Assam  Silchar Silchar (India) | |
| Coordinates: 24°49′59.7756″N 92°46′44.058″E / 24.833271000°N 92.77890500°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Assam |
| District | Cachar |
| Constituency No | 9 |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Silchar |
Silchar Vidhan Sabha Constituency is one of the 126 assembly constituency in Cachar district in the North-East Indian state of Assam.[1]
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
- 1951: Mehrab Ali Laskar, Independent
- 1952: (by-election): L. M. Ali, Independent
- 1957: L. M. Ali, Independent
- 1962: L. M. Ali, Independent
- 1967: Santosh Mohan Dev, Indian National Congress
- 1972: Mohitosh Purkayastha, Indian National Congress
- 1978: Nurul Huda, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1983: Jagdish Chandra Choudhury, Indian National Congress
- 1985: Karnendu Bhattacharjee, Indian National Congress
- 1991: Samarendra Nath Sen, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 1996: Bimalangshu Roy, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 2001: Bimalangshu Roy, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 2006: Bithika Dev, Indian National Congress
- 2011: Sushmita Dev, Indian National Congress
- 2014 (by-election): Dilip Kumar Paul, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 2016: Dilip Kumar Paul, Bharatiya Janata Party
Election results
2016 results
| 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
| 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
| 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
- ^ "Silchar Election Results 2016, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up and Current MLAs". Retrieved 28 June 2016.
- ^ "DELIMITATION OF PARLIAMENTARY AND ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES ORDER, 2008" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Retrieved 1 July 2016.