Silchar Assembly constituency is one of the 126 state legislative assembly constituencies in Assam, India. It is one of the seven assembly segments that constitute the Silchar Lok Sabha constituency.[1] Since 2026, it has been represented by Dr. Rajdeep Roy of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[2]
| Silchar | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 118 for the Assam Legislative Assembly | |
118-Silchar within Cachar district | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Northeast India |
| State | Assam |
| Division | Barak Valley |
| District | Cachar |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Silchar |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 213,230 (2026) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Assam Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2026 |
| Preceded by | Dipayan Chakraborty (BJP) |
Established in 1951, the constituency had its boundaries redrawn during the 2023 delimitation exercise. The reconstituted constituency now includes 32 wards of Silchar city and several other rural areas of Cachar district.[3]
Local self-governed segments
editSilchar Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:
- Silchar Municipal Corporation
- 32 wards
- Borkhola Development Block
- Badarpur Masimpur Gram Panchayat
- Salchapra Development Block
- Krishnapur Bhairabnagar Gram Panchayat
- Buribail Gram Panchayat
- Kumarpara Niz Joynagar Gram Panchayat
- Rajnagar Gram Panchayat
- Srikona Gram Panchayat
- Silchar Development Block
- Sonai Development Block
- Uttar Krishnapur Gram Panchayat
Members of the Legislative Assembly
editFollowing is the list of members representing Silchar Assembly constituency in Assam Legislature:
| Election | Member | Political Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| As Silchar | ||||
| 2026 | Dr. Rajdeep Roy | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 2021 | Dipayan Chakraborty | |||
| 2016 | Dilip Kumar Paul | |||
| 2014^ | ||||
| 2011 | Sushmita Dev | Indian National Congress | ||
| 2006 | Bhitika Dev | |||
| 2001 | Bimalangshu Roy | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 1996 | ||||
| 1991 | Samarendra Nath Sen | |||
| 1985 | Karnendu Bhattacharjee | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1983 | Jagdish Chandra Choudhury | |||
| 1978 | Nurul Huda | Communist Party of India | ||
| 1972 | Mohitosh Purkayastha | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1967 | Satindra Mohon Dev | |||
| As Silchar West | ||||
| 1962 | Nanda Kishore Singh | Independent politician | ||
| 1957 | Jyotsna Chanda | Indian National Congress | ||
| As Silchar | ||||
| 1952 | Mehrab Ali Laskar | Independent politician | ||
- ^ bye-election
Election results
edit2026
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Dr. Rajdeep Roy | 110,758 | 64.09 | ||
| INC | Abhijit Paul | 56,761 | 32.85 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,002 | 1.74 | ||
| Margin of victory | 53,997 | 31.25 | |||
| Turnout | 172,875 | 81.07 | |||
| Registered electors | 213,230 | ||||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2021
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Dipayan Chakraborty | 98,558 | 56.17 | ||
| INC | Tamal Kanti Banik | 60,980 | 34.75 | ||
| Independent | Dilip Kumar Paul | 11,254 | 6.41 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,398 | 0.80 | ||
| Margin of victory | 37,578 | 21.42 | |||
| Turnout | 175,930 | 74.92 | |||
| Registered electors | 234,821 | ||||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2016
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Dilip Kumar Paul | 94,787 | 60.53 | ||
| INC | Bithika Dev | 54,867 | 35.03 | ||
| CPI(M) | Supriya Bhattacharjee | 1,961 | 1.25 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,143 | 0.72 | ||
| Margin of victory | 39,920 | 25.50 | |||
| Turnout | 156,594 | 75.14 | |||
| Registered electors | 208,409 | ||||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2014 by-election
editBy-poll to Silchar constituency had been necessitated as the seat was vacated by the incumbent MLA, Sushmita Dev, who contested the elections to the Lok Sabha earlier that year and got elected.[7]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Dilip Kumar Paul | 74,898 | 58.37 | ||
| INC | Arun Dutta Mazumder | 37,457 | 29.19 | ||
| AIUDF | Nur Ahmed Barbhuiyan | 11,203 | 8.73 | ||
| CPI(M) | Dulal Mitra | 2,401 | 1.87 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 963 | 0.75 | ||
| Margin of victory | 37,441 | 29.18 | |||
| Turnout | 129,254 | 62.57 | |||
| Registered electors | 206,573 | ||||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2011
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Sushmita Dev | 60,978 | 50.34 | ||
| BJP | Dr. Rajdeep Roy | 45,127 | 37.25 | ||
| CPI(M) | Parimal Kanti Paul | 6,163 | 5.09 | ||
| AGP | Fakrul Islam Mazumder | 4,295 | 3.54 | ||
| Margin of victory | 15,851 | 13.08 | |||
| Turnout | 121,155 | 62.09 | |||
| Registered electors | 195,111 | ||||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
2006
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Bithika Dev | 55,181 | 45.97 | ||
| BJP | Bimalangshu Roy | 50,789 | 42.32 | ||
| CPI(M) | Dulal Mitra | 4,778 | 3.98 | ||
| SP | Imdad Hussain Laskar | 3,405 | 2.84 | ||
| Margin of victory | 4,392 | 3.66 | |||
| Turnout | 120,048 | 60.05 | |||
| Registered electors | 199,908 | ||||
| INC gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
2001
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Bimalangshu Roy | 45,308 | 48.93 | ||
| INC | Kamalendu Bhattacharjee | 45,237 | 48.86 | ||
| CPI | Rafique Ahmed | 1,192 | 1.29 | ||
| Margin of victory | 71 | 0.08 | |||
| Turnout | 94,132 | 59.68 | |||
| Registered electors | 157,722 | ||||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
1996
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Bimalangshu Roy | 42,293 | 43.41 | ||
| INC | Kamalendu Bhattacharjee | 40,774 | 41.85 | ||
| CPI(M) | Dulal Mitra | 10,660 | 10.94 | ||
| Margin of victory | 1,519 | 1.56 | |||
| Turnout | 102,296 | 70.76 | |||
| Registered electors | 144,566 | ||||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
1991
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Samarendra Nath Sen | 37,493 | 42.07 | ||
| INC | Karnendu Bhattacharjee | 23,642 | 26.53 | ||
| CPI(M) | Dulal Mitra | 18,877 | 21.18 | ||
| AGP | Bijoy Krishna Nath | 3,729 | 4.18 | ||
| Margin of victory | 13,851 | 15.54 | |||
| Turnout | 92,902 | 72.99 | |||
| Registered electors | 127,273 | ||||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
1985
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Karnendu Bhattacharjee | 34,987 | 47.90 | ||
| BJP | Kabindra Purkayastha | 21,501 | 29.44 | ||
| CPI(M) | Gopen Roy | 9,219 | 12.62 | ||
| Margin of victory | 13,486 | 18.46 | |||
| Turnout | 77,838 | 71.83 | |||
| Registered electors | 108,358 | ||||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
1983
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Jagdish Chandra Choudhury | 28,073 | 50.51 | ||
| Independent | A. K. Nurul Haque | 12,917 | 23.24 | ||
| CPI(M) | Nurul Huda | 7,296 | 13.13 | ||
| Margin of victory | 15,156 | 27.27 | |||
| Turnout | 57,644 | 62.52 | |||
| Registered electors | 92,195 | ||||
| INC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
1978
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Nurul Huda | 20,409 | 44.64 | ||
| JP | Kabindra Purkayastha | 14,628 | 31.99 | ||
| INC | Karnendu Bhattacharjee | 4,648 | 10.17 | ||
| INC(I) | Shams Uddin Ahmed | 3,629 | 7.94 | ||
| Margin of victory | 5,781 | 12.64 | |||
| Turnout | 46,538 | 61.65 | |||
| Registered electors | 75,483 | ||||
| CPI(M) gain from INC | Swing | ||||
1972
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Mohitosh Purkayastha | 22,283 | 77.97 | ||
| CPI(M) | A. K. Bhattacharjee | 6,065 | 21.22 | ||
| Independent | Harendra Chandra Paul | 231 | 0.81 | ||
| Margin of victory | 16,218 | 56.75 | |||
| Turnout | 29,428 | 47.02 | |||
| Registered electors | 62,592 | ||||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
1967
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Satindra Mohon Dev | 13,407 | 43.67 | ||
| Independent | T. Bhattacharjee | 10,234 | 33.33 | ||
| Independent | B. Bhowal | 3,845 | 12.52 | ||
| ABJS | K. Bhattacharjee | 1,301 | 4.24 | ||
| Margin of victory | 3,173 | 10.34 | |||
| Turnout | 33,232 | 64.93 | |||
| Registered electors | 51,185 | ||||
| INC gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
1962
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Nanda Kishore Singh | 14,240 | 41.97 | ||
| INC | Mohitosh Purkayastha | 6,481 | 19.10 | ||
| Independent | Lutfur Rahman | 6,355 | 18.73 | ||
| CPI | Achinta Kumar Bhattacharjee | 5,698 | 16.79 | ||
| Margin of victory | 7,757 | 22.87 | |||
| Turnout | 35,584 | 68.16 | |||
| Registered electors | 52,205 | ||||
| Independent gain from INC | Swing | ||||
1957
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Jyotsna Chanda | 16,036 | 55.37 | ||
| CPI | Achinta Kumar Bhattacharjee | 12,923 | 44.63 | ||
| Margin of victory | 3,113 | 10.75 | |||
| Turnout | 28,959 | 53.25 | |||
| Registered electors | 54,384 | ||||
| INC gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
1952
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Mehrab Ali Laskar | 4,232 | 23.03 | ||
| INC | Jyotsna Chanda | 4,186 | 22.78 | ||
| CPI | Achinta Kumar Bhattacharjee | 3,418 | 18.60 | ||
| KMPP | Satindra Mohon Dev | 3,327 | 18.10 | ||
| Independent | Dalip Kumar Chakravarty | 1,660 | 9.03 | ||
| ABJS | Biresh R. Acharyya | 1,226 | 6.67 | ||
| Margin of victory | 46 | 0.25 | —— | ||
| Turnout | 18,377 | 44.59 | —— | ||
| Registered electors | 41,215 | —— | |||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
See also
editReferences
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