Tezpur Assembly constituency explained

Tezpur
Type:	SLA
Constituency No:	73
State:	Assam
District:	Sonitpur
Loksabha Cons:	Tezpur
Established:	1951
Electors:	149,833
Reservation:	None
Mla:	Prithiraj Rava
Latest Election 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.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Tezpur Assembly Constituency

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			Indian National Congress
	Bishnu Prasad Rabha		Independent	373
1970^	Bijoy Chandra Bhagavati		Indian National Congress
	Rabindra Kumar Goswami			4,149
1978	Jiban Bora^[1]		Janata Party	9,061
	Nabin Chandra Kath Hazarika		Indian National Congress	5,084
	Brindaban Goswami		Independent	20,120
	Bijit Saikia^[2]		Indian National Congress	10,531
	Brindaban Goswami		Asom Gana Parishad	1,883
				994
				8,424
	Rajen Borthakur		Indian National Congress	21,582
	Brindaban Goswami		Asom Gana Parishad	34,663
	Prithiraj Rava^[3]			9,853

^By-poll

Assembly election results

2021

Parliamentary election results

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		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		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		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		1,121	1.22%
Total Votes Polled

• Tezpur
• List of constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly
• Tezpur Lok Sabha constituency

External links

• Web site: Results of all Assam Assembly elections . eci.gov.in . Election Commission of India . 15 March 2022.

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Desk . Sentinel Digital . 2015-02-13 . Prof. Jiban Bora: A Tribute . 2024-04-19 . Sentinel Assam . en.
2. Web site: Correspondent . 2010-09-15 . Veteran politician Bijit Saikia no more . 2024-04-19 . assamtribune.com . en.
3. Web site: Tezpur Assembly constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly constituency . 2022-03-06 . resultuniversity.com.