Elections Archive

GEN · Assam

Silchar

Kabindra Purkayastha (BJP) won by 41,470 votes (6.0%).

Electors
9,78,510
Votes polled
6,88,547
Valid votes
6,88,475
Turnout
70.4%
NOTA
0
Polling date
2009-04-16

Margin vs 2009 national median: 6.0% (median 7.0%). Back to Assam · 2009 national · Target seats

Seat health

Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.

Safe (20%+)Party held vs 2019
Margin · 2024
24.5%(+15.9%)
Turnout
79.5%(-15.2%)
NOTA
1.2%
Top-2 squeeze
96.6%

Winning margin over time · Silchar

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Candidates

Candidates · Silchar 2009
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Kabindra PurkayasthaWinnerBJP2,43,53235.4%
2Badruddin AjmalAUDF2,02,06229.3%
3Sontosh Mohan DevINC1,97,24428.6%
4Dipak BhattacharjeeCPM11,8311.7%
5Manish BhattacharjeeIND7,0931.0%
6Sumit RoyIND5,9490.9%
7Kantimoy DebIND4,1090.6%
8Nagendra Chandra DasIND3,2960.5%
9Yogendra Kumar SinghIND2,4180.4%
10Subir DebIND2,3730.3%
11Pijush Kanti DasIND1,7390.3%
12Nabadwip DasIND1,5390.2%
13Joy Sundar DasIND1,4780.2%
14Chandan RabidasIND1,4240.2%
15Nazrul Haque MazarbhuiyanIND1,3150.2%
16Jayanta MallickIND1,1440.2%

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