Tezpur Lok Sabha constituency explained

Tezpur
Type:	LS
State:	Assam
Assembly Cons:	Tezpur Barchalla Dhekiajuli Biswanath Sootea Bihpuria Rangapara Gohpur Behali
Established:	1957 till present
Electors:	^[1]
Reservation:	None
Mp:	Pallab Lochan Das
Latest Election Year:	2019

Tezpur is a former Lok Sabha constituency in Assam under the Sonitpur District.

Assembly segments

Tezpur Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:^[2]

Current assembly segments

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/None)	District	MLA	Party
65	Dhekiajuli
66	Barchalla
67	Tezpur
68	Rangapara
69	Naduar
70	Biswanath
71	Behali
72	Gohpur
73	Bihpuria

Previous assembly

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	Party	MLA
71	Dhekiajuli	None	Sonitpur	BJP	Ashok Singhal
72	Barchalla	None	Sonitpur	BJP	Ganesh Kumar Limbu
73	Tezpur	None	Sonitpur	AGP	Prithiraj Rava
74	Rangapara	None	Sonitpur	BJP	Krishna Tanti
75	Sootea	None	Sonitpur	BJP	Padma Hazarika
76	Biswanath	None	Biswanath	BJP	Promod Borthakur
77	Behali	None	Biswanath	BJP	Ranjit Dutta
78	Gohpur	None	Biswanath	BJP	Utpal Borah
109	Bihpuria	None	Lakhimpur	BJP	Amiya Kumar Bhuyan

Members of Parliament

Tezpur Lok Sabha Constituency (1957-2024)

Year	Winner	Party		Runner-up	Party
1957	Bijoy Chandra Bhagavati		Unopposed	N/A
1962		Prasanta Baruah	Praja Socialist Party
1967		G. Mahanta	Praja Socialist Party
1971	Kamala Prasad Agarwal	Francis Hans	Independent politician
1977	Purna Narayan Sinha		Bijoy Chandra Bhagavati	Indian National Congress
1984	Bipinpal Das		Purna Narayan Sinha	Janata Party
1991	Swarup Upadhyay	Purna Narayan Sinha	Asom Gana Parishad
1996	Iswar Prasanna Hazarika	Harsha Bahadur Biswakarma	Asom Gana Parishad
1998	Moni Kumar Subba	Iswar Prasanna Hazarika	Bharatiya Janata Party
1999		Ram Prasad Sharma	Bharatiya Janata Party
2004		Padma Hazarika	Asom Gana Parishad
2009	Joseph Toppo		Moni Kumar Subba	Indian National Congress
2014	Ram Prasad Sarmah		Bhupen Kumar Borah	Indian National Congress
2019	Pallab Lochan Das	M.G.V K. Bhanu	Indian National Congress

Sonitpur Lok Sabha Constituency(2023 till date)

Election results

17th Lok Sabha

2019 General Elections

16th Lok Sabha

2014 General Elections

15th Lok Sabha

2009 General Elections

14th Lok Sabha

2004 Indian general election

See also

• Tezpur
• Gauhati (Lok Sabha constituency)
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha

External links

• Tezpur lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule

26.7°N 92.8°W

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20140702210941/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/GE2014/PC_WISE_TURNOUT.htm Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014"
2. Web site: List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies . 2008-10-06 . Assam . Election Commission of India . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060504181808/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S03/AS_ACPC.pdf . 2006-05-04.