Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30
Silchar (Assam) was won by Rajdeep Roy (Bharatiya Janata Party) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 81,596 votes over Sushmita Dev. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Silchar, Assam, from 1977 to 2019.
Full Election History, 1977–2019
Election
Winner
Party
Votes
Vote Share
Runner-up
Margin
1977
Rashida Haque Choudhury
Indian National Congress
138,638
55.7%
Noorul Huda (CPI (Marxist))
28,553 (11.5 pts)
1980
Santosh Mohan Dev (Rana Dev)
Congress (I)
192,426
52.0%
Rashida Haque Chaudhury (Congress (U))
18,606 (5.0 pts)
1984-85 (phased)
Santosh Mohan Dev
Indian National Congress
219,790
48.9%
Noorul Huda (CPI (Marxist))
44,079 (9.8 pts)
1991
Kabindra Purkayastha
Bharatiya Janata Party
204,201
38.9%
Nurul Huda (CPI (Marxist))
10,851 (2.1 pts)
1996
Sontosh Mohan Deb
Indian National Congress
237,804
42.7%
Kabindra Purkayastha (Bharatiya Janata Party)
68,141 (12.2 pts)
1998
Kabindra Purkayastha
Bharatiya Janata Party
230,747
37.0%
Santosh Mohan Dev (Indian National Congress)
19,940 (3.2 pts)
1999
Sontosh Mohan Dev
Indian National Congress
329,256
55.5%
Kabindra Purkayastha (Bharatiya Janata Party)
107,752 (18.2 pts)
2004
Sontosh Mohan Dev
Indian National Congress
246,215
40.5%
Kabindra Purkyastha (Bharatiya Janata Party)
21,320 (3.5 pts)
2009
Kabindra Purkayastha
Bharatiya Janata Party
243,532
35.4%
Badruddin Ajmal (AUDF)
41,470 (6.0 pts)
2014
Sushmita Dev
Indian National Congress
336,451
42.1%
Kabindra Purkayastha (Bharatiya Janata Party)
35,241 (4.4 pts)
2019
Rajdeep Roy
Bharatiya Janata Party
499,414
53.1%
Sushmita Dev (Indian National Congress)
81,596 (8.7 pts)
Full Result Breakdown by Election
1977
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Rashida Haque Choudhury
Indian National Congress
138,638
55.7%
Noorul Huda
CPI (Marxist)
110,085
44.3%
1980
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Santosh Mohan Dev (Rana Dev)
Congress (I)
192,426
52.0%
Rashida Haque Chaudhury
Congress (U)
173,820
47.0%
Jatindra Ranjan Dey
Janata Party
3,717
1.0%
1984-85 (phased)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Santosh Mohan Dev
Indian National Congress
219,790
48.9%
Noorul Huda
CPI (Marxist)
175,711
39.1%
Maibamloya Nganba
Independent
22,104
4.9%
Anik Kumar Biswas
Independent
13,024
2.9%
Arun Kumar Ree
Independent
9,058
2.0%
Janaki Gour
Independent
6,707
1.5%
Sadhan Purkaystha
Independent
2,275
0.5%
Sujani Gour
Independent
993
0.2%
1991
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Kabindra Purkayastha
Bharatiya Janata Party
204,201
38.9%
Nurul Huda
CPI (Marxist)
193,350
36.8%
Prabhas Sen Majumdar
Indian National Congress
87,875
16.7%
Sahidul Alom Choudhury
Asom Gana Parishad
13,701
2.6%
Bijoy Bahadur Singh
NAGP
8,914
1.7%
Dilip Kumar Singha
Independent
5,217
1.0%
Kantimoy Deb
Independent
4,587
0.9%
Sona Singh
URC
3,936
0.7%
Khan Sahab Alimuddin Choudhury
Independent
3,542
0.7%
1996
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Sontosh Mohan Deb
Indian National Congress
237,804
42.7%
Kabindra Purkayastha
Bharatiya Janata Party
169,663
30.5%
Noorul Huda
CPI (Marxist)
120,703
21.7%
Debasish Chakraborty
Independent
8,798
1.6%
Chunilal Goala
Independent
4,798
0.9%
Nurul Huda
Independent
4,312
0.8%
Lal Mohan Dushad
AIIC(T)
3,566
0.6%
Arikan Nessa
Independent
3,354
0.6%
Bijoy Ranjan Paul
Independent
2,775
0.5%
Uma Purkayastha
Independent
829
0.1%
Nityananda Das
AMB
505
0.1%
1998
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Kabindra Purkayastha
Bharatiya Janata Party
230,747
37.0%
Santosh Mohan Dev
Indian National Congress
210,807
33.8%
Noorul Huda
CPI (Marxist)
172,999
27.8%
Debasish Chakraborty
Independent
2,613
0.4%
N.Dilip Singh
Independent
2,198
0.4%
Khitindra Sarkar
Independent
1,652
0.3%
Rabindra Chandra Nath
Independent
1,065
0.2%
Hickzur Rohman
Independent
742
0.1%
1999
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Sontosh Mohan Dev
Indian National Congress
329,256
55.5%
Kabindra Purkayastha
Bharatiya Janata Party
221,504
37.4%
Abdul Muhib Mazumder
Independent
29,060
4.9%
Subhash Mohan Deb
Nationalist Congress Party
5,737
1.0%
Chittaranjan Suklabaidya
Independent
1,338
0.2%
Saumitra Nath
Independent
1,235
0.2%
Rajendra Kumar Sinha
Independent
1,181
0.2%
Amiya Kanti Das
Independent
1,000
0.2%
Kantimoy Deb
Independent
683
0.1%
Jowahar Lal Goala
Independent
581
0.1%
Narayan Choudhury
Independent
573
0.1%
Nazmul Haque Laskar
Independent
546
0.1%
Gopal Chakraborty
Independent
173
0.0%
2004
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Sontosh Mohan Dev
Indian National Congress
246,215
40.5%
Kabindra Purkyastha
Bharatiya Janata Party
224,895
37.0%
Anwar Hussain Laskar
Samajwadi Party
99,820
16.4%
Noorul Huda
CPI (Marxist)
20,020
3.3%
Samarendra Ghosh
Independent
4,990
0.8%
Alok Sen
SAP
4,517
0.7%
Benu Bhuson Nath
Independent
1,720
0.3%
Ashutosh Das
Independent
1,673
0.3%
Kantimoy Deb
Independent
1,530
0.3%
Kshitindra Sarkar
Independent
1,434
0.2%
Manoranjan Das
Independent
1,419
0.2%
2009
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Kabindra Purkayastha
Bharatiya Janata Party
243,532
35.4%
Badruddin Ajmal
AUDF
202,062
29.3%
Sontosh Mohan Dev
Indian National Congress
197,244
28.6%
Dipak Bhattacharjee
CPI (Marxist)
11,831
1.7%
Manish Bhattacharjee
Independent
7,093
1.0%
Sumit Roy
Independent
5,949
0.9%
Kantimoy Deb
Independent
4,109
0.6%
Nagendra Chandra Das
Independent
3,296
0.5%
Yogendra Kumar Singh
Independent
2,418
0.4%
Subir Deb
Independent
2,373
0.3%
Pijush Kanti Das
Independent
1,739
0.3%
Nabadwip Das
Independent
1,539
0.2%
Joy Sundar Das
Independent
1,478
0.2%
Chandan Rabidas
Independent
1,424
0.2%
Nazrul Haque Mazarbhuiyan
Independent
1,315
0.2%
Jayanta Mallick
Independent
1,144
0.2%
2014
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Sushmita Dev
Indian National Congress
336,451
42.1%
Kabindra Purkayastha
Bharatiya Janata Party
301,210
37.7%
Kutub Ahmed Mazumder
AIUDF
85,530
10.7%
Rejamond Ali Barbhuiya
CPI (Marxist)
12,460
1.6%
Arunangshu Bhattacharjee
SUCI(C)
8,595
1.1%
Shuvadip Datta
Independent
8,577
1.1%
Wazid Reja Osmani
All India Trinamool Congress
8,282
1.0%
Bijoy Krishna Nath
Asom Gana Parishad
7,679
1.0%
Sukamal Das
Independent
6,221
0.8%
None Of The Above
Independent
4,310
0.5%
Rashid Ahmed Laskar
Samajwadi Party
3,347
0.4%
Madhu Sudhan Das
Independent
3,151
0.4%
Abdul Mannan Barbhuiya
Aam Aadmi Party
3,118
0.4%
Upendra Chandra Das
Independent
2,740
0.3%
Nirupam Mandal
Independent
2,462
0.3%
Kamal Das
Independent
2,170
0.3%
Nilu Mandol
Shiv Sena
1,922
0.2%
Jayanta Mallick
Independent
1,605
0.2%
2019
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Rajdeep Roy
Bharatiya Janata Party
499,414
53.1%
Sushmita Dev
Indian National Congress
417,818
44.4%
Nazia Yasmin Mazumdar
NPP
5,693
0.6%
Sabindra Das
Independent
3,985
0.4%
Hitabrata Roy
All India Trinamool Congress
3,514
0.4%
Nazmul Haque Laskar
Independent
1,820
0.2%
Mohendra Chandra Das
Independent
1,655
0.2%
Shuvadip Datta
Independent
1,535
0.2%
Ashutosh Bhattacharjee
Independent
1,507
0.2%
Puran Lal Goala
Independent
1,460
0.2%
Shyam Deo Kurmi
SUCI(C)
1,095
0.1%
Badrul Islam Barbhuiya
AIFB
840
0.1%
Ashitava Dutta
Independent
813
0.1%
Margin Over Time
Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).
Trend
Silchar has been contested at 11 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1977. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, Congress (I), Bharatiya Janata Party.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won Silchar in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?
Rajdeep Roy (Bharatiya Janata Party) won Silchar, Assam, in 2019 with 499,414 votes (53.1%), a margin of 81,596 votes over Sushmita Dev.
Which parties have won Silchar since 1977?
Since 1977, Silchar has been won by: Bharatiya Janata Party, Congress (I), Indian National Congress.
What was the closest result in Silchar?
The closest result on record for Silchar was 1991, when Bharatiya Janata Party beat CPI (Marxist) by just 10,851 votes (2.1 percentage points).