Silchar is a Lok Sabha / Parliamentary constituency in Barak Valley of Assam and is located in North East India. Silchar Lok Sabha is reserved for General.
It is a Rural constituency with an approximate literacy rate of 79.57%. There are 10,60,175 voters of which 5,54,540 are male and 5,05,558 are female and 77 voters of the third gender.
Sushmita Dev of INC (alliance: UPA) won in this seat defeating BJP. INC polled 3,36,451 of the total of 7,98,390 votes polled. BJP won the seat in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections.
Silchar goes to the polls in the 2st phase of the 2019 General Elections to choose the 17th Lok Sabha on Thursday, April 18, 2019. The election results for the seat are scheduled for Thursday, May 23, 2019.
The voter turnout in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections was 75.46%.
| Constituency Data (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. | 2 |
| Total Assembly Segments | 7 |
| Reservation for | General |
| Number of Voters | 10,60,175 |
| Number of Male Voters | 5,54,540 |
| Number of Female Voters | 5,05,558 |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | INC | BJP |
| Turnout % | 75.46% | 70.37% |
| Margin of Victory | 35,241 | 41,470 |
| Margin of Victory % | 4.41% | 6.02% |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | INC | BJP |
| Turnout % | 75.46% | 70.37% |
| Margin of Victory | 35,241 | 41,470 |
| Margin of Victory % | 4.41% | 6.02% |
| Party | Votes Polled | Votes % | CANDIDATE NAME |
|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | 499414 | 52.59% | Rajdeep RoyWinner |
| INC | 417818 | 43.99% | Sushmita Dev |
| NOTA | 8547 | 0.90% | Nota |
| NPP | 5693 | 0.60% | Nazia Yasmin Mazumdar |
| IND | 3985 | 0.42% | Sabindra Das |
| AITC | 3514 | 0.37% | Hitabrata Roy |
| IND | 1820 | 0.19% | Nazmul Haque Laskar |
| IND | 1655 | 0.17% | Mohendra Chandra Das |
| IND | 1535 | 0.16% | Shuvadip Datta |
| IND | 1507 | 0.16% | Ashutosh Bhattacharjee |
| IND | 1460 | 0.15% | Puran Lal Goala |
| SUCI | 1095 | 0.12% | Shyam Deo Kurmi |
| AIFB | 840 | 0.09% | Badrul Islam Barbhuiya |
| IND | 813 | 0.09% | Ashitava Dutta |
