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47. Silchar

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Assam · India Lok Sabha Election, 2009

IN-SILCHAR

BJP 35.4%won by 6.0%AUDF 29.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 6.0%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

  • New challengerAUDF (AUDF) finished second with 29.3% — it did not contest here in 2004.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 64.7% between them, down from 77.5% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
9,78,510
Turnout
70.4%
Valid votes
6,88,546
Margin
41,470
6.02%

Candidates

16 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1KABINDRA PURKAYASTHABharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,43,53235.4%
  2. 2BADRUDDIN AJMALAUDF · AUDF2,02,06229.3%
  3. 3SONTOSH MOHAN DEVIndian National Congress · INC1,97,24428.6%
  4. 4DIPAK BHATTACHARJEECommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM11,8311.7%
  5. 5MANISH BHATTACHARJEEIndependent · IND7,0931.0%
  6. 6SUMIT ROYIndependent · IND5,9490.9%
  7. 7KANTIMOY DEBIndependent · IND4,1090.6%
  8. 8NAGENDRA CHANDRA DASIndependent · IND3,2960.5%
  9. 9YOGENDRA KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND2,4180.4%
  10. 10SUBIR DEBIndependent · IND2,3730.3%
  11. 11PIJUSH KANTI DASIndependent · IND1,7390.3%
  12. 12NABADWIP DASIndependent · IND1,5390.2%
  13. 13JOY SUNDAR DASIndependent · IND1,4780.2%
  14. 14CHANDAN RABIDASIndependent · IND1,4240.2%
  15. 15NAZRUL HAQUE MAZARBHUIYANIndependent · IND1,3150.2%
  16. 16JAYANTA MALLICKIndependent · IND1,1440.2%

Since 2004

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
INC
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJP–AUDF swing
−31.0%
BJP share
37.0% → 35.4%
AUDF share
0.0% → 29.3%
Turnout
69.2% → 70.4%
46. Karimganj48. Autonomous District
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