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Country
  
India

District
  
Cachar

Vidhan Sabha constituency
  
Silchar

State
  
Assam

Constituency No
  
9

Silchar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Silchar Vidhan Sabha Constituency (Bengali: {{{1}}}: শিলচর বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র) is one of the 126 assembly constituency in Cachar district in the North-East Indian state of Assam..

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Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 9 Silchar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Silchar Municipality and circle Nos. 34, 36A, 36B and 37 in Silchar Police Station in Silchar Sub-Division. Silchar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 2 Silchar (Lok Sabha constituency) and also the headquarter of Cachar District.

Member of Legislative Assembly

  • 1951: Mehrab Ali Laskar, Independent
  • 1952: (by-election): L. M. Ali, Independent
  • 1957: L. M. Ali, Independent
  • 1962: L. M. Ali, Independent
  • 1967: Santosh Mohan Dev, Indian National Congress
  • 1972: Mohitosh Purkayastha, Indian National Congress
  • 1978: Nurul Huda, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
  • 1983: Jagdish Chandra Choudhury, Indian National Congress
  • 1985: Karnendu Bhattacharjee, Indian National Congress
  • 1991: Samarendra Nath Sen, Bharatiya Janata Party
  • 1996: Bimalangshu Roy, Bharatiya Janata Party
  • 2001: Bimalangshu Roy, Bharatiya Janata Party
  • 2006: Bithika Dev, Indian National Congress
  • 2011: Sushmita Dev, Indian National Congress
  • 2014 (by-election): Dilip Kumar Paul, Bharatiya Janata Party
  • 2016: Dilip Kumar Paul, Bharatiya Janata Party

    • References

    Silchar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) Wikipedia
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