GUWAHATI: Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) candidate for the Silchar Lok Sabha Constituency, Rajdeep Roy, has won the seat against Indian National Congress’ Sushmita Dev, who lost with a margin of 81596 votes.
It should be noted that in the history of Lok Sabha elections, Silchar has remained a Congress stronghold since Independence, with the BJP gaining ground only in pockets. The Congress has won the seat seven of the ten times it went to polls.
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At the time of the previous Lok Sabha elections in 2014, Silchar witnessed a tough fight between the Congress and the BJP, with a margin of merely 35,241 votes. While the Congress won with 42.07% votes in their favour, BJP trailed with 37.66% votes.
Silchar Lok Sabha constituency covers seven assembly segments - Silchar, Sonai, Dholai (SC), Udharbond, Lakhipur, Barkhola and Katigorah.
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