Tezpur Assembly constituency

Tezpur
Tezpur
Constituency No. 73 for the Assam Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Assam
District	Sonitpur
LS constituency	Tezpur
Established	1951
Total electors	149,833
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	15th Assam Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Prithiraj Rava
Party	AGP
Elected year	2021

Tezpur Assembly constituency is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam a north east state of India. Tezpur is also part of Tezpur Lok Sabha constituency. The longest serving representative of the constituency was Brindaban Goswami who represented the constituency for almost 25 years.

Most Successful parties from Tezpur Vidhan Sabha

Indian National Congress (9 Times) (52%)

Asom Gana Parishad ( 5 Times) (30%)

Janata Party ( 1 Time) (6%)

Bishnu Prasad Rabha(Ind) ( 1 Time) (6%)

Brindaban Goswami(Ind)( 1 Time) (6%)

Members of Legislative Assembly

Most Successful M.L.A.s from Tezpur Vidhan Sabha

Brindaban Goswami (AGP) (5 Times) (30%)

Kamala Prasad Agarwala (INC) (3 Times) (17%)

Bijoy Chandra Bhagavati (INC) (1 Time) (6%)

Bishnu Prasad Rabha (Ind) (1 Time) (6%)

Rajen Borthakur (INC) (1 Time) (6%)

Prithiraj Rava (AGP) (1 Time) (6%)

Others (5 Times) (35%)

Tezpur Assembly Constituency

Term	Member of Legislative Assembly		Margin of Victory
Known as Tezpur North & Tezpur South before Delimitation(1952-1957)
1952	Biswadev Sharma	Indian National Congress
1952	Kamala Prasad Agarwala	Indian National Congress
Known as Tezpur after Delimitation(1957 till date)
1957	Kamala Prasad Agarwala	Indian National Congress
1962	Kamala Prasad Agarwala	Indian National Congress
1967	Bishnu Prasad Rabha	Independent	373
1970^	Bijoy Chandra Bhagavati	Indian National Congress
1972	Rabindra Kumar Goswami	Indian National Congress	4,149
1978	Jiban Bora^[1]	Janata Party	9,061
1983	Nabin Chandra Kath Hazarika	Indian National Congress	5,084
1985	Brindaban Goswami	Independent	20,120
1991	Bijit Saikia^[2]	Indian National Congress	10,531
1996	Brindaban Goswami	Asom Gana Parishad	1,883
2001			994
2006			8,424
2011	Rajen Borthakur	Indian National Congress	21,582
2016	Brindaban Goswami	Asom Gana Parishad	34,663
2021	Prithiraj Rava^[3]	Asom Gana Parishad	9,853

^By-poll

Assembly election results

Most Successful 1st Runner-up parties from Tezpur Vidhan Sabha

Indian National Congress (8 Times) (48%)

Congress Socialist Party(2 Times) (11%)

Praja Socialist Party (1 Time) (6%)

Asom Gana Parishad (1 Time) (6%)

Samukya Socialist Party ( 1 Time) (6%)

Natun Asom Gana Parishad (1 Time) (6%)

Communist Party of India (1 Time) (6%)

Independents (2 Times) (11%)

1952

1952 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur North
Party		Candidate	Votes
	INC	Biswadev Sarma	12,849
	Socialist	Surendra Mohan Choudhury	5,612
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	INC win (new seat)

1952 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur South
Party		Candidate	Votes
	INC	Kamala Prasad Agarwala	10,403
	Socialist	Dambarudhar Bora	3,265
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	INC win (new seat)

1957

1957 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur
Party		Candidate	Votes
	INC	Kamala Prasad Agarwala	11,624
	Independent	Dr. Purna Narayan Sinha	4,033
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	INC hold		Swing

1962

1962 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur
Party		Candidate	Votes
	INC	Kamala Prasad Agarwala	10,763
	PSP	Golok Kakati	8,784
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	INC hold		Swing

1967

1967 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Bishnu Prasad Rabha	10,337
	INC	B.C. Sharmah	9,964
Majority
Turnout				373
Registered electors
	Independent gain from INC		Swing

1970 by-election

1970 Tezpur Legislative Assembly By-election: Tezpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Bijoy Chandra Bhagavati	13,620
	CPI	R. Sarmah	4,535
Majority
Turnout			5,822	10.47
Registered electors
	INC gain from Independent		Swing

1972

1972 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Rabindra Kumar Goswami	12,724	44.98
	SSP	Purna Naryana Sinha	8,575	30.31
	Independent	Prafulla Kumar Goswami	5,798	20.5
	INC(O)	Mohiuddin	919	3.25
	Independent	Ramdhar Lall	191	0.68
	Independent	Pulin Choudhary	80	0.28
Majority
Turnout			28,287	56.35
Registered electors
	INC hold		Swing

1978

1978 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JP	Jiban Bora	17,663	51.51
	INC	Sreekanth Sarmah	8,602	25.08
	Independent	Dilip Basu	4,490	13.09
	INC(I)	Nabin Chandra Kath Hazarika	2,314	6.75
	Independent	Mahendra Nath Bora	840	2.45
	Independent	Abhoy Charan Das	383	1.12
Majority
Turnout			34,292	66.07
Registered electors
	JP gain from INC		Swing

1983

1983 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Nabin Chandra Kath Hazarika	5,453	93.66
	Independent	Mahammad Ali	369	6.34
Majority
Turnout			5,822	10.47
Registered electors
	INC gain from JP		Swing

1985

1985 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Brindaban Goswami	33,645	59.01
	INC	Naren Sarma	13,525	23.72
	Independent	Sayed Ali	7,903	13.06
	Independent	Sreekanth Sarma	1,758	3.08
	Independent	Golam Samdani	188	0.33
Majority
Turnout			57,019	82.2
Registered electors
	Independent gain from INC		Swing

1991

1991 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Bijit Saikia	26,646	45.02
	NAGP	Brindaban goswami	16,115	27.23
	Independent	Rupkamal Kakati	4,866	8.22
	Independent	Bapdhan Koch	4,281	7.21
	AGP	Dhananjay Das	2,464	416
	JD	Jibon Bora	2,394	4.05
	Independent	Paresh Nath	799	1.35
	Independent	Aradhana Das	564	0.95
	URC	Tabibhula Khan	507	0.95
	AJD	Tulshinarayan Mahata	261	0.44
	Independent	Miya Hussain	163	0.28
	Independent	Ajit Sarma	122	0.21
Majority
Turnout			59,182	71.24
Registered electors
	INC gain from Independent		Swing

1996

1996 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AGP	Brindaban Goswami	30,706	44.68
	INC	Bizit Saikia	28,873	42.01
	BJP	Badan Chandra Lahar	7,510	10.93
	AIIC(T)	Punya Brata Goswami	1,378	2
	Independent	Bijoy Bahudur Singh	263	0.38
Majority
Turnout			68,730	75.81
Registered electors
	AGP gain from INC		Swing

2001

2001 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AGP	Brindaban Goswami	30,030	38.61
	INC	Robindra Kumar Goswami	29.036	37.33
	Independent	Bizit Salkia	16,509	21.23
	Independent	Jayanta Kumar Baruah	1,077	1.38
	Samata Party	Saheda Begum	381	0.49
	Independent	Purna Bora	377	0.48
	Independent	Biswanath Pratap Jadav	363	0.47
Majority
Turnout			77,773	71.17
Registered electors
	AGP hold		Swing

2006

2006 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur
Party		Candidate	Votes
	AGP	Brindaban Goswami	53,270
	INC	Bizit Saikia	44,850
	BJP	Anamika Baruah	2,721
	Asom Gana Parishad (Pragatishel)	Kartik Hazarika	2,424
	Independent	Mohammad Mia Hussein	1710
Majority
Turnout			1,04,979
Registered electors
	AGP hold		Swing

2011

2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Rajen Borthakur	43,738	41.27
	AGP	Brindaban Goswami	22,156	20.9
	AITC	Bizit Saikia	16,149	15.23
	AIUDF	Manik Gogoi	10,966	10.35
	BJP	Ritu Baran Sarma	9,464	8.96
	Independent	Santanu Mahanta	2,360	2.23
	Nationalist Congress Party	Mahendra Bhuyan	645	0.61
	Independent	Mia Hussein	522	0.49
Majority			105,991	69.77
Turnout
Registered electors
	INC gain from AGP		Swing

2016

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AGP	Brindaban Goswami	71,170	52.55
	INC	Hiranya Bhuyan	36,507	26.95
	AIUDF	Sukendra Nath	22,295	16.46
	Independent	Bizit Saikia	1,096	0.80
	SUCI(C)	Nayan Moni Choudhury	855	0.63
	Independent	Bhabananda Deka	742	0.54
	JMBP	Sujit Sarma	662	0.48
	NCP	Mahendra Bhuyan	569	0.42
	NOTA	None of the above	1,514	1.11
Majority			34,663	25.60
Turnout			1,35,413	82.38
Registered electors			1,64,376
	AGP gain from INC		Swing

2021

2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AGP	Prithiraj Rava	71 454	47.69%
	INC	Dr.Anuj Kumar Mech	61,331	40.93
	AJP	JanmoniBorah	8,686	5.8%	New
	Independent	Alok Nath	4,037	2.69	New
	SUCI(C)	Nayan Moni Choudhury	916	0.61
	Independent	Sheikh Mohammad Sadique	769	0.51	New
	Independent	Akash Jyoti Singha	590	0.39%	New
	NOTA	None of the above	2,050	1.37%
Majority			9 853
Turnout			149,833
Registered electors
	AGP hold		Swing

Parliamentary election results

2024 Indian General Election: Tezpur Assembly Constituency

Position in Tezpur Assembly Constituency	Highest Polling Candidate	Party	Votes
1.	Ranjit Dutta	Bharatiya Janata Party	78,268
	Premlal Gunju	Indian National Congress	48,116
	Rishiraj Kaundinya	Aam Aadmi Party	5,890
	Raju Deuri	Bodoland People's Front	784
	Alam Ali	Bahujan Maha Party	345
	Kameswar Swargiary	Voters Party International	366
	Rinku Roy	Gana Suraksha Party	518
	Pradip Bhandari	Independent	599

2019 Indian general election: Tezpur Assembly Constituency

Position in Tezpur Assembly Constituency	Highest Polling Candidate	Party	Votes	Percentage (%)
1.	Pallab Lochan Das	Bharatiya Janata Party	74,055	51.79%
2.	M.G.V.K. Bhanu	Indian National Congress	66,696	46.64%
3.	Mahendra Bhuyan	Nationalist Congress Party	678	0.47%
4.	Bijoy Kumar Tiru	Independent	522	0.37%
5.	Ziabur Rahman Khan	Independent	395	0.28%
Total Votes Polled

2014 Indian general election: Tezpur Assembly Constituency

Position in Tezpur Assembly Constituency	Highest Polling Candidate	Party	Votes	Percentage (%)
1.	Ram Prasad Sharma	Bharatiya Janata Party	58,719	49.71%
2.	Bhupen Kumar Borah	Indian National Congress	45,606	38.61%
3.	Moni Kumar Subba	Independent	8,705	7.37%
4.	Joseph Toppo	Asom Gana Parishad	2,602	2.2%
5.	Khemraj Chetry	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	884	0.75%
Total Votes Polled

2009 Indian general election: Tezpur Legislative Assembly Constituency

Position in Tezpur Assembly Constituency	Highest Polling Candidate	Party	Votes	Percentage (%)
1.	Joseph Toppo	Asom Gana Parishad	37,611	40.85%
2.	Moni Kumar Subba	Indian National Congress	34,278	37.23%
3.	Deba Orang	All India United Democratic Front	13,030	14.15%
4.	Jiten Sundi	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2,178	2.37%
5.	Rudra Parajuli	Independent	1,121	1.22%
Total Votes Polled

References

^ Desk, Sentinel Digital (13 February 2015). "Prof. Jiban Bora: A Tribute". Sentinel Assam. Retrieved 19 April 2024. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
^ Correspondent (15 September 2010). "Veteran politician Bijit Saikia no more". assamtribune.com. Retrieved 19 April 2024. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
^ "Tezpur Assembly constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly constituency". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 6 March 2022.

External links

"Results of all Assam Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

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[1] Desk, Sentinel Digital (13 February 2015). "Prof. Jiban Bora: A Tribute". Sentinel Assam. Retrieved 19 April 2024. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)

[2] Correspondent (15 September 2010). "Veteran politician Bijit Saikia no more". assamtribune.com. Retrieved 19 April 2024. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)

[3] "Tezpur Assembly constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly constituency". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 6 March 2022.

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