Silchar Lok Sabha constituency explained

Silchar
Type:LS
Established:1952
Party:Bharatiya Janata Party
Mp:Parimal Suklabaidya
Latest Election Year:2024
State:Assam
Assembly Cons:7
Electors:10,60,175
Reservation:SC

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:[1]

Current assembly segments

Constituency numberNameReserved for (SC/ST/None)DistrictPartyMLA
114LakhipurRowspan=6NoneRowspan=7Cachar
115Udharbond
116Katigorah
117Barkhola
118Silchar
119Sonai
120DholaiSC

Previous assembly segments

Constituency numberNameReserved for (SC/ST/None)DistrictPartyMLA
9SilcharNoneCacharBJP
10SonaiNoneCacharAIUDFKarim Uddin Barbhuiya
11DholaiSCCacharBJPParimal Suklabaidya
12UdharbondNoneCacharBJPMihir Kanti Shome
13LakhipurNoneCacharBJPKaushik Rai
14BarkholaNoneCacharINCMisbahul Islam Laskar
15KatigorahNoneCacharINCKhalil Uddin Mazumder

Members of Parliament

YearWinner[2] Party
1952Nibaran Chandra LaskarIndian National Congress
1952Suresh Chandra DebIndian National Congress
1957Nibaran Chandra LaskarIndian National Congress
Jyotsna ChandaIndian National Congress
Indian National Congress
Indian National Congress
1974Nurul Huda (CPI(M) politician)Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Rashida Haque ChoudhuryIndian National Congress
1980Santosh Mohan DevIndian National Congress
1984Indian National Congress
1989Elections not held in Assam
1991Kabindra PurkayasthaBharatiya Janata Party
1996Santosh Mohan DevIndian National Congress
1998Kabindra PurkayasthaBharatiya Janata Party
1999Santosh Mohan DevIndian National Congress
2004
2009Kabindra PurkayasthaBharatiya Janata Party
2014Sushmita DevIndian National Congress
2019Dr. Rajdeep Roy
2024Parimal Suklabaidya

Election results

Lok Sabha elections 1971

Lok Sabha elections 1952

See also

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies . 2008-10-05 . Assam . Election Commission of India . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060504181808/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S03/AS_ACPC.pdf . 2006-05-04.
  2. Web site: List of winner/current and runner up MPs Silchar Parliamentary Constituency . Assam. elections.in.
  3. Web site: 1971 India General (5th Lok Sabha) Elections Results.