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 | |
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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 | |
Party | AGP |
Elected year | 2021 |
Members of Legislative Assembly
editTezpur Assembly Constituency
editTerm | Member of Legislative Assembly | Party | Margin of Victory | |
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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
edit1952
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Biswadev Sarma | 12,849 | |||
Socialist | Surendra Mohan Choudhury | 5,612 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
INC win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Kamala Prasad Agarwala | 10,403 | |||
Socialist | Dambarudhar Bora | 3,265 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
INC win (new seat) |
1957
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Kamala Prasad Agarwala | 11,624 | |||
Independent | Dr. Purna Narayan Sinha | 4,033 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
INC hold | Swing |
1962
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Kamala Prasad Agarwala | 10,763 | |||
PSP | Golok Kakati | 8,784 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
INC hold | Swing |
1967
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
edit2024 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
edit- ^ Desk, Sentinel Digital (13 February 2015). "Prof. Jiban Bora: A Tribute". Sentinel Assam. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
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has generic name (help) - ^ Correspondent (15 September 2010). "Veteran politician Bijit Saikia no more". assamtribune.com. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
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has generic name (help) - ^ "Tezpur Assembly constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly constituency". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
External links
edit- "Results of all Assam Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.