Silchar Assembly constituency

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.

Silchar
Constituency No. 9 for the Assam Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Assam
District	Cachar
Lok Sabha constituency	Silchar
Established	1951
Total electors	234,195
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Assam Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Dipayan Chakraborty
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2021

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

• Silchar
• Cachar district
• List of constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly