Silchar is one of the Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam. The state has 14 parliamentary seats. The Silchar seat comprises 7 Assembly segments including Silchar, Sonai, Dholai, Udharbond, Lakhipur, Barkhola, Katigorah. The constituency is a GENERAL seat. The BJP, the INC are the main parties in the constituency. In the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, Rajdeep Roy from BJP won the seat with a margin of 81,596 votes. Rajdeep Roy was polled 499,414 votes with a vote share of 53.00 % and defeated Sushmita Dev from INC who got 417,818 votes (43.95 %). In the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections, Sushmita Dev from INC won the seat and was polled 336,451 votes with a vote share of 42.05%. BJP candidate Kabindra Purkayastha got 301,210 votes (37.65 %) and was the runner-up.Sushmita Dev defeated Kabindra Purkayastha by a margin of 35,241 votes.
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Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Campaigning for the general elections is at its peak as political parties intensify their efforts to reach the public as the fifth phase of Lok Sabha Elections will take place on May 20.
Shiromani Akali Dal released its manifesto for the Lok Sabha elections on Saturday. Punjab has 13 Lok Sabha seats, all of which will go to polls in the seventh and last phase of elections on June 1. The results will be declared on June 4.
Addressing a public meeting organised by the Congress in Delhi, Rahul Gandhi urged workers of his party and of the Aam Aadmi Party to work together and ensure victory for their alliance on all seven Lok Sabha seats in the national capital.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the BJP will score a victory hattrick by winning all seven seats in the national capital in the upcoming elections. Polling in Delhi will take place in the sixth phase on May 25.
Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray accused the BJP of plotting to ban the RSS if it wins a third term. Citing BJP President J.P. Nadda's comments on the RSS, Thackeray warned that the BJP would turn against its ideological parent.
The development has come on the day when the campaign for the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections has ended. In the upcoming phase, 49 seats across 8 States, UTs are going for polls.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath addressed a poll rally in Palghar. Palghar Lok Sabha seat will go to polls in the fifth phase on May 20 along with other 12 seats of Maharashtra. It is the last phase of 2024 parliamentary elections in Maharashtra.
Mallikarjun Kharge said that their alliance is going to win more than 50 per cent of seats in Maharashtra, 7-8 seats in Rajasthan, and 5-6 seats in Madhya Pradesh. Along with this, we are winning 4-5 seats in Chhattisgarh and there is a 50-50 fight between them and NDA, he added.
The Election Commission has released the data of poll-time seizures between March 1 and May 18. It has also stated that the amount will soon cross Rs. 9000 crore mark. The unprecedent seizure is resulted by intelligence-based coordinated action, constant review and ESMS-enabled real time monitoring.
