Silchar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Template:Infobox Assam Vidhan Sabha constituency

Silchar Vidhan Sabha Constituency (Bengali: শিলচর বিধানসভা সমষ্টি) 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.^[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit]

Election	Member		Tenure
2021	Dipayan Chakraborty	BJP	2021-Incumbent
2016	Dilip Kumar Paul		2014-21
2014	Dilip Kumar Paul		2014-21
2011	Sushmita Dev	INC	2011-14
2006	Bithika Dev	INC	2006-11
2001	Bimalangshu Roy	BJP	1996-06
1996	Bimalangshu Roy		1996-06
1991	Samarendra Nath Sen		1991-96
1985	Karnendu Bhattacharjee	INC	1985-91
1983	Jagdish Chandra Choudhury	INC	1983-85
1978	Nurul Huda	CPI(M)	1978-83
1972	Mohitosh Purkayastha	INC	1972-78
1967	Santosh Mohan Dev	INC	1967-72
1962	L. M. Ali	IND	1952-67
1957
1952
1951	Mehrab Ali Laskar		1951-52

Election results[edit]

2021 results[edit]

2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election : Silchar^[2]
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 results[edit]

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[edit]

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
	[[All India United Democratic Front\|Template:All India United Democratic Front/meta/shortname]]	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[edit]

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
	[[Asom Gana Parishad\|Template:Asom Gana Parishad/meta/shortname]]	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
	[[All India United Democratic Front\|Template:All India United Democratic Front/meta/shortname]]	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

References[edit]

↑ "Silchar Election Results 2016, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up and Current MLAs". election.in. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
↑ "AC_Wise Final Result as per Form 21E". CEO Assam.

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[1] "Silchar Election Results 2016, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up and Current MLAs". election.in. Retrieved 28 June 2016.

[2] "AC_Wise Final Result as per Form 21E". CEO Assam.

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