Tezpur Assembly constituency

Tezpur
Constituency No. 73 for the Assam Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNortheast India
StateAssam
DistrictSonitpur
LS constituencyTezpur
Total electors149,833
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Assam Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  AGP
Elected year2021

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.

Most Successful parties from Tezpur Vidhan Sabha

  INC (6 Times) (50%)
  AGP (5 Times) (40%)

Members of Legislative Assembly

Tezpur North and Tezpur South (1952-1957)

Member of Legislative Assembly Political party Election Term Term starts Term Ends
Biswadev Sarma (Tezpur North) Indian National Congress 1952 1952 1957
Kamala Prasad Agarwala (Tezpur South) 1952 1957

Tezpur (Since 1957)

Member of Legislative Assembly Political party Election term Term starts Term ends Remarks
Kamala Prasad Agarwala Indian National Congress 1957 1957 1962
1962 1962 1967
Bishnu Prasad Rabha Independent 1967 1967 1969 Died in 1969
Bijoy Chandra Bhagavati Indian National Congress 1970^ 1970 1972
Rabindra Kumar Goswami 1972 1972 1978
Jiban Bora Janata Party 1978 1978 1983
Nabin Chandra Kath Hazarika Indian National Congress 1983 1983 1985 Deputy Speaker of Assam Legislative Assembly
Brindaban Goswami Independent 1985 1985 1991 Education Minister in First Mahanta Ministry
Bijit Saikia Indian National Congress 1991 1991 1996 Industries Minister in Second Saikia Ministry and Barman Ministry
Brindaban Goswami Asom Gana Parishad 1996 1996 2001
2001 2001 2006 President of Asom Gana Parishad
2006 2006 2011 Leader of Opposition
Rajen Borthakur Indian National Congress 2011 2011 2015 resigned in 2015
Brindaban Goswami Asom Gana Parishad 2016 2016 2021
Prithiraj Rava[1] 2021 2021 Incumbent

^By-poll

Election result

1952

1952 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Biswadev Sarma 12,849
Socialist Surendra Mohan Choudhury 5,612
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
INC win (new seat)
1952 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Kamala Prasad Agarwala 10,403
Socialist Dambarudhar Bora 3,265
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
INC win (new seat)

1957

1957 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Kamala Prasad Agarwala 11,624
Independent Dr. Purna Narayan Sinha 4,033
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
INC hold Swing

1962

1962 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Kamala Prasad Agarwala 10,763
PSP Golok Kakati 8,784
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
INC hold Swing

1967

Bishnu Prasad Rabha
1967 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur
Party 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

1970 Tezpur Legislative Assembly By-election: Tezpur
Party 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

1972 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur
Party 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

1978 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur
Party 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

1983 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur
Party 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

1985 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur
Party 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

1991 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur
Party 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

1996 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur
Party 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

2001 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur
Party 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

2006 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur
Party 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

2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur
Party 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

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur
Party 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

2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur
Party 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

See also

References

  1. ^ "Tezpur Assembly constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly constituency". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 6 March 2022.

External links

  • "Results of all Assam Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

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