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{{short description|Lok Sabha constituency in Assam, India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Silchar <Br>{{Small|AS-8}}
| type = LS
| constituency_no = 8
| map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Lok Sabha constituencies/2019/Assam/Silchar.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Silchar Lok Sabha constituency
| established = 1952
| mp = [[Parimal Suklabaidya]]
| party = {{Party index link|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| alliance = {{Party index link|National Democratic Alliance}}
| latest_election_year = [[2024 Indian general election|2024]]
| preceded_by = [[Rajdeep Roy|Dr. Rajdeep Roy]]
| state = [[Assam]]
| division = [[Barak Valley]]
| district = [[Cachar]]
| assembly_cons = 7
| electors = {{formatnum:1060175}}
| reservation = SC
| incumbent_image =
}}

'''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]].

==Assembly 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 = 5 October 2008
|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>
===Current assembly segments===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!No.
!Name
!District
!Reserved for ([[Dalit|SC]]/[[Adivasi|ST]]/None)
!Member
!colspan="2" |Party
!colspan="2" |2024 Lead
|-
|114
|[[Lakhipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Lakhipur]]
|Rowspan=6|None
|Rowspan=7|[[Cachar district|Cachar]]
|[[Kaushik Rai]]
|{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=5}}
|{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=5}}
|-
|115
|[[Udharbond (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Udharbond]]
|[[Rajdeep Goala]]
|-
|116
|[[Katigorah (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Katigorah]]
|[[Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha]]
|-
|117
| [[Barkhola (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Barkhola]]
|[[Kishor Nath]]
|-
|118
|[[Silchar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Silchar]]
|[[Rajdeep Roy]]
|-
|119
|[[Sonai (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sonai]]
|[[Aminul Haque Laskar]]
|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|120
|[[Dholai (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dholai]]
|[[Scheduled Caste|SC]]
|Amiya Kanti Das
|{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|}

===Previous assembly segments===
{| class="wikitable"
! width="50px" style="font-size:75%" |Constituency number
! width="200px" |Name
! width="100px" style="font-size:75%" |Reserved for ([[Dalit|SC]]/[[Adivasi|ST]]/None)
! width="150px" |District
|-
|9
|[[Silchar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Silchar]]
|None
|rowspan="7"|[[Cachar district|Cachar]]
|-
|10
|[[Sonai (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sonai]]
|None
|-
|11
|[[Dholai (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dholai]]
|SC
|-
|12
|[[Udharbond (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Udharbond]]
|None
|-
|13
|[[Lakhipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Lakhipur]]
|None
|-
|14
| [[Barkhola (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Barkhola]]
|None
|-
|15
|[[Katigorah (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Katigorah]]
|None
|}

== Members of Parliament ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!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]]
|[[Nibaran Chandra Laskar]]
| rowspan="6" style="background-color:#00BFFF" |
|rowspan=6|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[1952 Indian general election|1952]]
|[[Suresh Chandra Deb]]
|-
|[[1957 Indian general election|1957]]
|[[Nibaran Chandra Laskar]]
|-
|[[1962 Indian general election|1962]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Jyotsna Chanda]]
|-
|[[1967 Indian general election|1967]]
|-
|[[1971 Indian general election|1971]]
|-
|1974
| [[Nurul Huda (CPI(M) politician)|Nurul Huda]]
|bgcolor="red" |
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|-
|[[1977 Indian general election|1977]]
|[[Rashida Haque Choudhury]]
|rowspan="3" style="background-color:#00BFFF" |
|rowspan=3|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[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" style="background-color:#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]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[2024 Indian general election|2024]]
|[[Parimal Suklabaidya]]
|-
|}

==Election results==
===General election 2024===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2024 Indian general election]]: [[Silchar]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Parimal Suklabaidya]]
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 6,52,405
|percentage = 59.88
|change = {{up}}7.29
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Suryakanta Sarkar
|votes = 3,88,094
|percentage = 35.62
|change = {{down}}8.37
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Radheshyam Biswas]]
|votes = 20,493
|percentage = 1.88
|change = {{up}}1.51
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the Above]]
|votes = 12,700
|percentage = 1.16
|change = {{up}}0.26
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 264,311
|percentage = 24.26
|change = {{up}}20.07
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,090,948
|percentage = 79.37
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = BJP
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===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 = {{formatnum:499414}}
|percentage = 52.59
|change = +14.93
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Sushmita Dev]]
|votes = {{formatnum:417818}}
|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 candidate with party link|
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Hitabrata Roy
|votes = 3,514
|percentage = 0.37
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 81,596
|percentage = 8.60
|change = +4.19
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = {{formatnum:950690}}
|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}}
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[[Category:Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam]]
[[Category:Cachar district]]

Silchar Lok Sabha constituency - Revision history

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