Thowra Assembly constituency

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Thowra
Constituency No. 107 for the Assam Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
Country India
Region Northeast India
State Assam
Division Upper Assam
District Sivasagar
Lok Sabha constituency Jorhat
Established1957
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Assam Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2021

Thowra is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly. Thowra forms part of the Jorhat Lok Sabha constituency. [1] [2] [3] The main area is located around a tea garden known as Thowra Tea Estate. As such, though it is one of the many tea gardens in Assam, it boasts of having a golf field. However recently, the field lacks maintenance and is a common grazing ground.

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Members of Legislative Assembly

ElectionMemberParty affiliation
1957 Durgeswar Saikia Indian National Congress
1962
1967
1972 Narau Kumar
1978 Jogen Gogoi Communist Party of India
1983 Tankeswar Dehingia Indian National Congress
1985 Barki Prasad Telenga Asom Gana Parishad
1991 Devanand Konwar Indian National Congress
1996
2001
2006 Kushal Dowari Independent
2011 Sushanta Borgohain Indian National Congress
2016 Kushal Dowari Bharatiya Janata Party
2021 Sushanta Borgohain Indian National Congress
2021^ Bharatiya Janata Party

^ Indicates Bye-Elections

Election results

2021 by-election

2021 Assam Legislative Assembly By-Election: Thowra [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Sushanta Borgohain 54,956 61.99 +
RD Dhaijya Konwar24,39527.52+
INC Monuranjan Konwar5,8926.65−
CPI Krishna Gogoi1,9852.24+
None of the Above None of the Above7260.82−
Independent Lohit Gowala7030.79+
Majority 30,56133.27
Turnout 88,657
BJP gain from INC Swing

2021

2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Thowra [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Sushanta Borgohain 48,026
BJP Kushal Dowari46,020
Majority 2,0062.09
Turnout 97,21683.81
INC gain from BJP Swing

2016

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Thowra [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Kushal Dowari 41,560 48.41
INC Sushanta Borgohain40,33446.98
CPI Kushal Borgohain2,0662.40
NOTA None of the above1,8762.18
Majority 1,2261.43
Turnout 85,83686.04
Registered electors 99,755
BJP gain from INC Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008". Election Commission of India. 26 November 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  2. ↑ "List of Assembly constituencies showing their Parliamentary constituences wise break-up" (PDF). www.ceoassam.nic.in. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  3. ↑ "Map of Assam showing District-wise assembly and Parliamentary constituencies" (PDF). www.ceoassam.nic.in. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  4. ↑ "2021 Thowra Assembly constituency By Poll Result". Election Commission of India. 2021. Archived from the original on 8 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  5. ↑ "Assam General Legislative Election 2021". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  6. ↑ "Assam General Legislative Election 2016". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 13 November 2021.

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