Tezpur Assembly constituency

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Tezpur
Constituency No. 73 for the Assam Legislative Assembly
Tezpur Assembly constituency map.svg
Constituency details
Country India
Region Northeast India
State Assam
District Sonitpur
LS constituency Tezpur
Established1951
Total electors149,833
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Assam Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
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.

Contents

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

TermMember of Legislative AssemblyPartyMargin 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 Goswami4,149
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

1952

1952 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Biswadev Sarma 12,849
Socialist Surendra Mohan Choudhury5,612
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
INC win (new seat)
1952 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Kamala Prasad Agarwala 10,403
Socialist Dambarudhar Bora3,265
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
INC win (new seat)

1957

1957 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Kamala Prasad Agarwala 11,624
Independent Dr. Purna Narayan Sinha4,033
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
INC hold Swing

1962

1962 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Kamala Prasad Agarwala 10,763
PSP Golok Kakati8,784
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
INC hold Swing

1967

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Bishnu Prasad Rabha
1967 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Bishnu Prasad Rabha 10,337
INC B.C. Sharmah9,964
Majority
Turnout 373
Registered electors
Independent gain from INC Swing

1970 by-election

1970 Tezpur Legislative Assembly By-election: Tezpur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Bijoy Chandra Bhagavati 13,620
CPI R. Sarmah4,535
Majority
Turnout 5,82210.47
Registered electors
INC gain from Independent Swing

1972

1972 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Rabindra Kumar Goswami 12,724 44.98
SSP Purna Naryana Sinha8,57530.31
Independent Prafulla Kumar Goswami5,79820.5
INC(O) Mohiuddin9193.25
Independent Ramdhar Lall1910.68
Independent Pulin Choudhary800.28
Majority
Turnout 28,28756.35
Registered electors
INC hold Swing

1978

1978 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JP Jiban Bora 17,663 51.51
INC Sreekanth Sarmah8,60225.08
Independent Dilip Basu4,49013.09
INC(I) Nabin Chandra Kath Hazarika2,3146.75
Independent Mahendra Nath Bora8402.45
Independent Abhoy Charan Das3831.12
Majority
Turnout 34,29266.07
Registered electors
JP gain from INC Swing

1983

1983 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Nabin Chandra Kath Hazarika 5,453 93.66
Independent Mahammad Ali3696.34
Majority
Turnout 5,82210.47
Registered electors
INC gain from JP Swing

1985

1985 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Brindaban Goswami 33,645 59.01
INC Naren Sarma13,52523.72
Independent Sayed Ali7,90313.06
Independent Sreekanth Sarma1,7583.08
Independent Golam Samdani1880.33
Majority
Turnout 57,01982.2
Registered electors
Independent gain from INC Swing

1991

1991 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Bijit Saikia 26,646 45.02
NAGP Brindaban goswami16,11527.23
Independent Rupkamal Kakati4,8668.22
Independent Bapdhan Koch4,2817.21
AGP Dhananjay Das2,464416
JD Jibon Bora2,3944.05
Independent Paresh Nath7991.35
Independent Aradhana Das5640.95
URC Tabibhula Khan5070.95
AJD Tulshinarayan Mahata2610.44
Independent Miya Hussain1630.28
Independent Ajit Sarma1220.21
Majority
Turnout 59,18271.24
Registered electors
INC gain from Independent Swing

1996

1996 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AGP Brindaban Goswami 30,706 44.68
INC Bizit Saikia28,87342.01
BJP Badan Chandra Lahar7,51010.93
AIIC(T) Punya Brata Goswami1,3782
Independent Bijoy Bahudur Singh2630.38
Majority
Turnout 68,73075.81
Registered electors
AGP gain from INC Swing

2001

2001 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AGP Brindaban Goswami 30,030 38.61
INC Robindra Kumar Goswami29.03637.33
Independent Bizit Salkia16,50921.23
Independent Jayanta Kumar Baruah1,0771.38
Samata Party Saheda Begum3810.49
Independent Purna Bora3770.48
Independent Biswanath Pratap Jadav3630.47
Majority
Turnout 77,77371.17
Registered electors
AGP hold Swing

2006

2006 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AGP Brindaban Goswami 53,270
INC Bizit Saikia44,850
BJP Anamika Baruah2,721
Asom Gana Parishad (Pragatishel) Kartik Hazarika2,424
Independent Mohammad Mia Hussein1710
Majority
Turnout 1,04,979
Registered electors
AGP hold Swing

2011

2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Rajen Borthakur 43,738 41.27
AGP Brindaban Goswami22,15620.9
AITC Bizit Saikia16,14915.23
AIUDF Manik Gogoi10,96610.35
BJP Ritu Baran Sarma9,4648.96
Independent Santanu Mahanta2,3602.23
Nationalist Congress PartyMahendra Bhuyan6450.61
Independent Mia Hussein5220.49
Majority105,99169.77
Turnout
Registered electors
INC gain from AGP Swing

2016

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AGP Brindaban Goswami 71,170 52.55
INC Hiranya Bhuyan36,50726.95
AIUDF Sukendra Nath22,29516.46
Independent Bizit Saikia1,0960.80
SUCI(C) Nayan Moni Choudhury8550.63
Independent Bhabananda Deka7420.54
JMBPSujit Sarma6620.48
NCP Mahendra Bhuyan5690.42
NOTA None of the above1,5141.11
Majority34,66325.60
Turnout 1,35,41382.38
Registered electors 1,64,376
AGP gain from INC Swing

2021

2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AGP Prithiraj Rava 71 454 47.69%
INC Dr.Anuj Kumar Mech61,33140.93
AJP JanmoniBorah8,6865.8%New
Independent Alok Nath4,0372.69New
SUCI(C) Nayan Moni Choudhury9160.61
Independent Sheikh Mohammad Sadique7690.51New
IndependentAkash Jyoti Singha5900.39%New
NOTA None of the above2,0501.37%
Majority9 853
Turnout 149,833
Registered electors
AGP hold Swing

Parliamentary election results

2024 Indian General Election: Tezpur Assembly Constituency

Position in Tezpur Assembly ConstituencyHighest Polling CandidatePartyVotes
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1.		 Ranjit Dutta Bharatiya Janata Party 78,268
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Premlal Gunju Indian National Congress 48,116
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Rishiraj Kaundinya Aam Aadmi Party 5,890
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Raju Deuri Bodoland People's Front 784
Alam AliBahujan Maha Party345
Kameswar SwargiaryVoters Party International366
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Rinku Roy Gana Suraksha Party 518
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Pradip Bhandari Independent 599

2019 Indian general election: Tezpur Assembly Constituency

Position in Tezpur Assembly ConstituencyHighest Polling CandidatePartyVotesPercentage (%)
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1.		 Pallab Lochan Das Bharatiya Janata Party 74,05551.79%
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2.		M.G.V.K. Bhanu Indian National Congress 66,69646.64%
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3.		Mahendra Bhuyan Nationalist Congress Party 6780.47%
4.Bijoy Kumar Tiru Independent 5220.37%
5.Ziabur Rahman Khan Independent 3950.28%
Total Votes Polled

2014 Indian general election: Tezpur Assembly Constituency

Position in Tezpur Assembly ConstituencyHighest Polling CandidatePartyVotesPercentage (%)
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1.		 Ram Prasad Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party 58,71949.71%
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2.		 Bhupen Kumar Borah Indian National Congress 45,60638.61%
3. Moni Kumar Subba Independent 8,7057.37%
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4.		 Joseph Toppo Asom Gana Parishad 2,6022.2%
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5.		Khemraj Chetry Communist Party of India (Marxist) 8840.75%
Total Votes Polled

2009 Indian general election: Tezpur Legislative Assembly Constituency

Position in Tezpur Assembly ConstituencyHighest Polling CandidatePartyVotesPercentage (%)
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1.		 Joseph Toppo Asom Gana Parishad 37,61140.85%
Indian National Congress hand logo.svg
2.		 Moni Kumar Subba Indian National Congress 34,27837.23%
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3.		Deba Orang All India United Democratic Front 13,03014.15%
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4.		Jiten Sundi Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2,1782.37%
5.Rudra Parajuli Independent 1,1211.22%
Total Votes Polled

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