Winner, Votes & Party Details
Assam Lok Sabha (Parliament)
Silchar Lok Sabha constituency election result 1998: Kabindra Purkayastha of BJP won with 230,747 votes, defeating Santosh Mohan Dev of INC, who received 210,807 votes. Total votes polled were 622,823. Full results and vote share details are given below.
BJP
230,747
37.05%
INC
210,807
33.85%
CPM
172,999
27.78%
IND
2,613
0.42%
IND
2,198
0.35%
IND
1,652
0.27%
IND
1,065
0.17%
IND
742
0.12%