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{{short description|Lok Sabha constituency in Assam}}
{{Infobox Lok Sabha Constituency
|image = [[File:Silchar Lok Sabha 2008.svg|300px]]
|caption = Silchar within the state of Assam
|Existence = 1952
|CurrentMPParty = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|CurrentMP = [[Rajdeep Roy|Dr. Rajdeep Roy]]
|ElectedByYear = [[2019 Indian general elections|2019]]
|State = [[Assam]]
|AssemblyConstituencies = 7
|Electorate = 10,60,175
|Reservation=None}}
'''[[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==
Silchar Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S03/AS_ACPC.pdf
|title = List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies
|accessdate = 2008-10-05
|work = Assam
|publisher = Election Commission of India
|url-status = dead
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20060504181808/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S03/AS_ACPC.pdf
|archivedate = 2006-05-04
}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable" width="500px"
!width="50px" style="font-size:75%"|Constituency number
!width="150px"|Name
! width="100px" style="font-size:75%" |Reserved for ([[Dalit|SC]]/[[Adivasi|ST]]/None)
! width="100px" |District
!width="150px"|Party
!width="250px"|MLA
|-
|9
|[[Silchar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Silchar]]
|None
|[[Cachar district|Cachar]]
| bgcolor=#FF9933|
[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|[[Dipayan Chakraborty]]
|-
|10
|[[Sonai (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sonai]]
|None
|[[Cachar district|Cachar]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|All India United Democratic Front}}"|
[[All India United Democratic Front|<span style="color:white;">AIUDF</span>]]
|[[Karim Uddin Barbhuiya]]
|-
|11
|[[Dholai (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dholai]]
|[[Scheduled Caste|SC]]
|[[Cachar district|Cachar]]
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|[[Parimal Suklabaidya]]
|-
|12
|[[Udharbond (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Udharbond]]
|None
|[[Cachar district|Cachar]]
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|[[Mihir Kanti Shome]]
|-
|13
|[[Lakhipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Lakhipur]]
|None
|[[Cachar district|Cachar]]
|bgcolor=#FF9933|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|[[Kaushik Rai]]
|-
|14
| [[Barkhola (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Barkhola]]
|None
|[[Cachar district|Cachar]]
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|[[Misbahul Islam Laskar]]
|-
|15
|[[Katigorah (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Katigorah]]
|None
|[[Cachar district|Cachar]]
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|[[Khalil Uddin Mazumder]]
|}

==Members of Lok Sabha==
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Winner<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.elections.in/assam/parliamentary-constituencies/silchar.html
| title = List of winner/current and runner up MPs Silchar Parliamentary Constituency
| work = Assam
| publisher = elections.in}}</ref>
!colspan=2|Party
|-
|[[1952 Indian general election|1952]] (Cachar seat no.1)
|[[Nibaran Chandra Laskar]]
| rowspan="9" bgcolor="#00BFFF" |
| rowspan="9" |[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[1952 Indian general election|1952]](Cachar seat no.2)
|[[Suresh Chandra Deb]]
|-
|[[1957 Indian general election|1957]](Cachar)
|[[Nibaran Chandra Laskar]]
|-
|[[1962 Indian general election|1962]] (Cachar)
| rowspan="3" |[[Jyotsna Chanda]]
|-
|[[1967 Indian general election|1967]] (Cachar)
|-
|[[1971 Indian general election|1971]] (Cachar)
|-
|[[1977 Indian general election|1977]] (New name : Silchar)
|[[Rashida Haque Choudhury]]
|-
|[[1980 Indian general election|1980]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Santosh Mohan Dev]]
|-
|[[1984 Indian general election|1984]]
|-
|[[1989 Indian general election|1989]]
|colspan=3|Elections not held in Assam
|-
|[[1991 Indian general election|1991]]
|[[Kabindra Purkayastha]]
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|
[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|[[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
|[[Santosh Mohan Dev]]
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
|[[Kabindra Purkayastha]]
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|
[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|[[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Santosh Mohan Dev]]
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#00BFFF" |
| rowspan="2" |[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
|-
|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
|[[Kabindra Purkayastha]]
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|
[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
|[[Sushmita Dev]]
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
|[[Rajdeep Roy|Dr. Rajdeep Roy]]
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|
[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|}

==Election Results==

===Lok Sabha Elections 2019===

{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general elections]]:<ref>[http://www.elections.in/assam/parliamentary-constituencies/silchar.html 2019 India General election results Silchar election.in]</ref> [[Silchar]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Rajdeep Roy|Dr. Rajdeep Roy]]
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 4,99,414
|percentage = 52.59
|change = +14.93
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Sushmita Dev]]
|votes = 4,17,818
|percentage = 43.99
|change = +1.92
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the Above]]
|votes = 8,547
|percentage = 0.90
|change = +0.36
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 81,596
|percentage = 8.60
|change = +4.19
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 9,50,690
|percentage = 79.51
|change = +4.06
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing = +6.50
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General elections 2014===

{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Indian general elections]]: [[Silchar]]<ref>[http://www.elections.in/results/silchar-as.html India General election 2014 results Silchar election.in]</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Sushmita Dev]]|votes=3,36,451|percentage=42.07|change=+13.42}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=[[Kabindra Purkayastha]]|votes=3,01,210|percentage=37.66|change=+2.29}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=All India United Democratic Front|candidate=[[Kutub Ahmed Mazumder]]|votes=85,530|percentage=10.69|change=-18.66}}{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=4,310|percentage=0.54|change=---}}
{{Election box majority||votes=35,241|percentage=4.41|change=1.61}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=8,00,058|percentage=75.46|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Lok Sabha elections 1971===
* Jyotsna Chanda (INC) : 100,798 votes <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1971-election-results.html|title = 1971 India General (5th Lok Sabha) Elections Results}}</ref>
* 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==
* [[2019 Indian general election in Assam]]
* [[Cachar district]]
* [[List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Lok Sabha constituencies of Assam}}

{{coord missing|Assam}}

[[Category:Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam]]
[[Category:Cachar district]]

Silchar (Lok Sabha constituency) - Revision history

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