# 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.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election | Member | Political Party | Tenure |
| 2021 | Dipayan Chakraborty | BJP | 2021-Incumbent |
| 2016 | Dilip Kumar Paul | BJP | 2014-21 |
| 2014 | Dilip Kumar Paul | BJP | 2014-21 |
| 2011 | Sushmita Dev | INC | 2011-14 |
| 2006 | Bhitika Dev | INC | 2006-11 |
| 2001 | Bimalangshu Roy | BJP | 1996-06 |
| 1996 | Bimalangshu Roy | BJP | 1996-06 |
| 1991 | Samarendra Nath Sen | BJP | 1991-96 |
| 1985 | Karnendu Bhattacharjee | INC | 1985-91 |
| 1983 | Jagdish Chandra Choudhury | INC | 1983-85 |
| 1978 | Nurul Huda | Communist Party of India | 1978-83 |
| 1972 | Mohitosh Purkayastha | INC | 1972-78 |
| 1967 | Satindra Mohon Dev | INC | 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 :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 37,578 | 21.42 | −4.08 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 175,465 | 74.55 | −0.50 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | -4.36 | |

### 2016

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Silchar :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 39,920 | 25.50 | +13.10 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,56,594 | 75.05 | +17.04 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | +17.20 | |

### 2014 by-election

2014 by-election: Silchar :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 37,441 | 29.18 | +16.78 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,28,321 | 63.09 | +5.08 |
| | BJP gain from INC | BJP gain from INC | Swing | +20.79 | |

### 2011

2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Silchar :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 14,011 | 12.40 | +8.75 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,12,995 | 58.01 | −1.93 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | +4.38 | |