Tezpur Assembly constituency

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.

Tezpur
Constituency No. 73 for the Assam Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNortheast India
StateAssam
DistrictSonitpur
LS constituencyTezpur
Established1951
Total electors149,833
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Assam Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  AGP
Elected year2021

Most Successful parties from Tezpur Vidhan Sabha

Members of Legislative Assembly

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Tezpur Assembly Constituency

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Term Member of Legislative Assembly Party Margin of Victory
Known as Tezpur North & Tezpur South before Delimitation(1952-1957)
1952 Biswadev Sharma Indian National Congress
Kamala Prasad Agarwala
Known as Tezpur after Delimitation(1957 till date)
1957 Kamala Prasad Agarwala Indian National Congress
1962
1967 Bishnu Prasad Rabha Independent 373
1970^ Bijoy Chandra Bhagavati Indian National Congress
1972 Rabindra Kumar Goswami 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] 9,853

^By-poll

Assembly election results

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1952

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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

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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

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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

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Bishnu Prasad Rabha
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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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2024 Indian General Election: Tezpur Assembly Constituency

Position in Tezpur Assembly Constituency Highest Polling Candidate Party Votes
 
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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

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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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