Voters queue up exterior a polling sales space. ANI
Silchar constituency is positioned in Assam’s Cachar district.
It falls below the Silchar Lok Sabha constituency.
In the 2016 Assembly election, the constituency had a complete of 2,08,866 registered voters.
Voter turnout in earlier election
The voter turnout in Silchar within the earlier Assembly election was 74.97 %.
Past election outcomes and winners
In the 2016 Assembly election, the BJP’s Dilip Kumar Paul received the seat in a landslide. He had acquired 94,787 votes.
His closest rival, Congress’ Bithika Devi, was in a position to internet solely 54,867 votes.
In the 2011 Assembly election, the Congress’ Sushmita Dev had brushed apart a problem from the BJP’s Rajdeep Roy.
Dev obtained 60,978 votes in comparison with Roy’s 45,127 votes.
The Silchar constituency is predicted to go to polls in April or May 2021, as a part of the 2021 Assam Assembly election.
The Assam Assembly polls will probably be held to elect a complete of 126 Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs).
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