According to the Election Comission of India proposal for delimitation issued on 20th June Silchar will have SC reservation for MP seat and Narsingpur will be a new MLA constituency insted of Dholai.
The Election Comission of India proposed Silchar Parliamentary Constituency reserved for SC and Krimganj for general. The ECI proposed for 13 MLA constituencies in Barak Valley instead of 15. Ratabari, Katlichera and Dholai constituency are excluded and Narsingpur added in place of Dholai.
The Election Commission has proposed an increase in reserved Schedule Castes seats from eight to nine (8 to 9) and Schedule Tribe seats from sixteen to nineteen (16 to 19) for assembly as on Tuesday, the ECI proposed the draft delimitation document for the northeastern state.
As a part of this Election Comission of India visited Assam in March 26 to 28 this year and held interactions with political parties, public representatives, civil society members, social organisations, members of public and officers in the state including chief electoral officer, deputy commissioners of all districts and district election officers regarding delimitation exercise in the State. In total, representations from 11 political parties and 71 other organisations were received and considered.
As a result, two parliamentary seats have been proposed for the Barak Valley. Here a major change has been made. EC proposed to reserve SC seat for parliamentary constituency in Silchar replacing Karimganj. On the other hand EC proposes for 13 MLA constituency in Barak Valley which was 15 in number actually excluding Patharkandi from Karimganj, Katlichera from Hailakandi and replacing Dholai with Narsingpur in Cachar District. Here the major changes shown for proposed MLA constituencies in Barak Valley….
Cachar District
| Old | New | ||
| 01 | SILCHAR (9) | 01 | SILCHAR (118) |
| 02 | SONAI (10) | 02 | SONAI (119) |
| 03 | DHOLAI (SC) (11) | 03 | NARSINGPUR (120) |
| 04 | UDHARBOND (12) | 04 | UDHARBOND (115) |
| 05 | LAKHIPUR (13) | 05 | LAKHIPUR (114) |
| 06 | BARKHOLA (14) | 06 | BORKHOLA (117) |
| 07 | KATIGORA (15) | 07 | KATIGORAH (116) |
Karimganj District
| Old | New | ||
| 01 | RATABARI (SC) (1) | 01 | Ratabari (sc) (126)
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| 02 | PATHARKANDI (2) | 02 | Badarpur (123) |
| 03 | NORTH KARIMGANJ (3) | 03 | North Karimganj (124)
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| 04 | SOUTH KARIMGANJ (4) | 04 | South Karimganj (125)
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| 05 | BADARPUR (5) |
Hailakandi District
| Old | New | ||
| 01 | Hailakandi (6) | 01 | Hailakadi (121) |
| 02 | Katlichera (7) | 02 | Alagapur (122) |
| 03 | Algapur (8) |