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Assam · Assembly Constituency 9 · 2001
Silchar
Winner — 2001
BIMOLANGSHU ROY
BJP· NDA (NDA)
BJP 48.9%INC 48.9%7 others 2.2%
Votes
45,308
48.9% share
Winning margin
71
0.1% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
58.7%
of 1,57,722
Silchar was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.1% — fewer than 71 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
9 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BIMOLANGSHU ROY | NDA (NDA) | 45,308 | 48.9% |
| 2 | KAMALENDU BHATTACHARJEE | INC | 45,237 | 48.9% |
| 3 | RAFIQUE AHMED | 1,192 | 1.3% | |
| 4 | SIKANDAR ALI LASKAR | IND | 226 | 0.2% |
| 5 | MD. TASARUP ALI MAZUMDER | Samajwadi Party | 201 | 0.2% |
| 6 | SUJIT RANJAN CHANDA | IND | 187 | 0.2% |
| 7 | TUSHAR KANTI PURKAYASTHA | IND | 106 | 0.1% |
| 8 | ANUP KUMAR DUTTA | IND | 95 | 0.1% |
| 9 | BIMAL ROY | IND | 42 | 0.1% |
DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.
Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.
High turnout (1st), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe0.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 20.3% · min 0.1% · max 53.8%
How contested is turnout?
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97%
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1st of 126How crowded is the field?
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3.16
fewer partiesmore parties
5th of 126How much NOTA?
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0.8%
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99th of 126Where does the house stand?
SEAT
126 seats · 64 majority
How did the vote split?
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3.16EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 48.9%INC 48.9%OTH 2.2%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTEDThis seat number was reused from 2026. The district and local data on file describe the seat as contested from 2026, so they are not shown for earlier elections.