# Silchar Lok Sabha constituency

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:

### Current assembly segments

| Constituency number | Name | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) | District | 2024 Lead |
| 114 | Lakhipur | None | Cachar | BJP |
| 115 | Udharbond | None | Cachar | BJP |
| 116 | Katigorah | None | Cachar | BJP |
| 117 | Barkhola | None | Cachar | BJP |
| 118 | Silchar | None | Cachar | BJP |
| 119 | Sonai | None | Cachar | INC |
| 120 | Dholai | SC | Cachar | BJP |

### Previous assembly segments

| Constituency number | Name | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) | District | Party | MLA |
| 9 | Silchar | None | Cachar | BJP | Dipayan Chakraborty |
| 10 | Sonai | None | Cachar | AIUDF | Karim Uddin Barbhuiya |
| 11 | Dholai | SC | Cachar | BJP | Nihar Ranjan Das |
| 12 | Udharbond | None | Cachar | BJP | Mihir Kanti Shome |
| 13 | Lakhipur | None | Cachar | BJP | Kaushik Rai |
| 14 | Barkhola | None | Cachar | INC | Misbahul Islam Laskar |
| 15 | Katigorah | None | Cachar | INC | Khalil Uddin Mazumder |

## Members of Parliament

| Year | Winner | Party | Party |
| 1952 | Nibaran Chandra Laskar | | Indian National Congress |
| 1952 | Suresh Chandra Deb | | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | Nibaran Chandra Laskar | | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Jyotsna Chanda | | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Jyotsna Chanda | | Indian National Congress |
| 1971 | Jyotsna Chanda | | Indian National Congress |
| 1974 | Nurul Huda | | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 1977 | Rashida Haque Choudhury | | Indian National Congress |
| 1980 | Santosh Mohan Dev | | Indian National Congress |
| 1984 | Santosh Mohan Dev | | Indian National Congress |
| 1989 | Elections not held in Assam | Elections not held in Assam | Elections not held in Assam |
| 1991 | Kabindra Purkayastha | | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1996 | Santosh Mohan Dev | | Indian National Congress |
| 1998 | Kabindra Purkayastha | | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1999 | Santosh Mohan Dev | | Indian National Congress |
| 2004 | Santosh Mohan Dev | | Indian National Congress |
| 2009 | Kabindra Purkayastha | | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2014 | Sushmita Dev | | Indian National Congress |
| 2019 | Dr. Rajdeep Roy | | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2024 | Parimal Suklabaidya | | Bharatiya Janata Party |

## Election results
### General election 2024

2024 Indian general election: Silchar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Parimal Suklabaidya | 652,405 | 59.88 | 7.29 |
| | INC | Suryakanta Sarkar | 388,094 | 35.62 | 8.37 |
| | AITC | Radheshyam Biswas | 20,493 | 1.88 | 1.51 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 12,700 | 1.16 | 0.26 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 264,311 | 24.26 | 20.07 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,089,426 | 80.15 | 0.64 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | | |

### Lok Sabha elections 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Silchar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Dr. Rajdeep Roy | 499,414 | 52.59 | +14.93 |
| | INC | Sushmita Dev | 417,818 | 43.99 | +1.92 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 8,547 | 0.90 | +0.36 |
| | AITC | Hitabrata Roy | 3,514 | 0.37 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 81,596 | 8.60 | +4.19 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 950,690 | 79.51 | +4.06 |
| | BJP gain from INC | BJP gain from INC | Swing | +6.50 | |

### General elections 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Silchar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Sushmita Dev | 336,451 | 42.07 | +13.42 |
| | BJP | Kabindra Purkayastha | 3,01,210 | 37.66 | +2.29 |
| | AIUDF | Kutub Ahmed Mazumder | 85,530 | 10.69 | −18.66 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 4,310 | 0.54 | −−− |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 35,241 | 4.41 | 1.61 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,00,058 | 75.46 | |
| | INC gain from BJP | INC gain from BJP | Swing | | |

### Lok Sabha elections 1971

* Jyotsna Chanda (INC) : 100,798 votes
* 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