Silchar Election Result 2019: BJP's Rajdeep Roy and Kripanath Mallah modified Barak valley
Election results: The saffron party has fielded Rajdeep as its candidate for the first time. Before this, Purkayastha had represented the party for the 2009 and 2014 Lok Sabha Polls, consecutively.
BJP's candidate Rajdeep Roy in Silchar parliamentary constituency has won 64,000 votes against Congress counterpart Sushmita Dev as per from early trends. The saffron party has returned to power in the constituency after 10 years. The last BJP candidate who won this seat was Kabindra Purkayastha in the 2009 Lok Sabha Polls.
The saffron party has fielded Rajdeep as its candidate for the first time. Before this, Purkayastha had represented the party for the 2009 and 2014 Lok Sabha Polls, consecutively.
Silchar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state of Assam in north-eastern India. It includes the following Assembly segments- Silchar, Sonai, Dholai (SC), Udharbond, Lakhipur, Barkhola and Katigorah.
The total number of voters in Silchar parliamentary constituency is 9,78,510, according to the data of Election Commission of India (ECI).
On the other hand, Kripanath Mallah too thanked the people of Hailakandi and Karimganj for electing him as member of
Parliament from a constituency that many thought would go to incumbent AIUDF candidate
Radheshyam Biswas. Biswas had won the seat by a huge margin of more than one lakh votes in 2014.
Sarma tweeted, “My heartiest congratulations to Rajdeep Roy for winning Silchar Lok Sabha Parliamentary seat by over 64000 votes against sitting MP Sushmita Dev. Gratitude to people of SIlchar for your faith in us.” He also congratulated Kripanath Mallah, “Deeply indebted to people of Barak Valley for showering your affection. Along with #Silchar, we have also won LS seat of #Karimganj. Congratulations Kripanath Mallah, Dy Speaker, Assam Assembly, who defeated Seating MP Radheshyam Biswas of AIUDF.”
