Tezpur Lok Sabha constituency

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Tezpur
Former Lok Sabha constituency
Tezpur Lok Sabha constituency in Assam
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNortheast India
StateAssam
Assembly constituenciesTezpur
Barchalla
Dhekiajuli
Biswanath
Sootea
Bihpuria
Rangapara
Gohpur
Behali
Established1957
Abolished2023
Total electors[1]
ReservationNone

Tezpur was a former Lok Sabha constituency in Assam. After the delimitation, the constituency's area changed, and the name was changed to Sonitpur.

Most Successful parties from Tezpur Lok Sabha Constituency

  Indian National Congress (11 Times) (73%)
  Bharatiya Janata Party( 2 Times) (13%)
  Janata Party ( 1 Time) (7%)
  Asom Gana Parishad ( 1 Time) (7%)

Assembly segments

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

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

Vote Share

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Vote share of Winning candidates
2019
 
 57.48%
2014
 
 45.52%
2009
 
 29.11%
2004
 
 32.68%
1999
 
 34.09%
1998
 
 42.98%
1996
 
 44.62%
1991
 
 41.10%
1989
 
 Election not held%
1984
 
 41.58%
1980
 
 36.91%
1977
 
 66.22%
1971
 
 46.97%
1967
 
 35.90%

Members of Parliament

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Most Successful M.P.s from Tezpur Vidhan Sabha

  Bijoy Chandra Bhagavati(INC)( 3 Times) (20%)
  Moni Kumar Subba(INC)( 3 Times) (20%)
  Kamala Prasad Agarwala(INC)( 1 Times) (7%)
  Dr. Purna Narayan Sinha(JP)( 1 Times) (7%)
  Joseph Toppo(AGP)( 1Time) (7%)
  Ram Prasad Sarma(BJP)( 1Time) (7%)
  Others( 5 Times) (33%)

Darrang Lok Sabha Constituency (1952-1957)

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Year Winner Party Runner-up Party
1952 Kamakhya Prasad Tripathy Indian National Congress H.C. Barua Socialist Party (India)

Tezpur Lok Sabha Constituency (1957-2024)

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Year Winner Party Runner-up Party
1957 Bijoy Chandra Bhagavati Indian National Congress 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 Janata Party Bijoy Chandra Bhagavati Indian National Congress
1984 Bipinpal Das Indian National Congress 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 Asom Gana Parishad Moni Kumar Subba Indian National Congress
2014 Ram Prasad Sarmah Bharatiya Janata Party 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)

Year Winner Party Runner-up Party
2024 Ranjit Dutta Bharatiya Janata Party Premlal Gunju Indian National Congress

Election results

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Most Successful 1st Runner-up parties from Tezpur Lok Sabha

  Indian National Congress (4 Times) (26%)
  Asom Gana Parishad (3 Times) (20%)
  Praja Socialist Party (2 Times) (13%)
  Bharatiya Janata Party (2 Times) (13%)
  Janata Party (1 Time) (7%)
  Congress Socialist Party (1 Time) (7%)
  Independents (1 Time) (7%)
  Unopposed 1957 (1 Time) (7%)

17th Lok Sabha: 2019 General Elections

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2019 Indian general elections: Tezpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Pallab Lochan Das 684,166 57.48
INC M.G.V.K. Bhanu 4,41,325 37.03
AIUDF Bijoy Kumar Tiru 23,646 1.98
NOTA None of the Above 15,626 1.31
Voters Party International Mahendra Orang 7,966 0.67
NCP Mahendra Bhuyan 6,483 0.54
NPP Ram Kumar Sunar 5,880 0.49
Independent Zaibur Rahman Khan 5,104 0.43
Majority 2,42,841 20.40
Turnout 11,91,885 79.48
BJP hold Swing

16th Lok Sabha: 2014 General Elections

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2014 Indian general elections: Tezpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Ram Prasad Sarmah 4,46,511 45.52 +45.52
INC Bhupen Kumar Borah 3,60,491 36.75 −1.46
Independent Moni Kumar Subba 62,730 6.40 +6.40
AGP Joseph Toppo 40,489 4.13 −37.65
CPI(M) Khemraj Chetry 24,910 2.54 −1.82
NOTA None of the above 16,667 1.70 −−−
CPI(ML)L Lakshikanta Kurmi 10,725 1.09 −0.29
AITC Gopi Chand Shahabadi 8,712 0.89 +0.89
Independent Elias Kujur 5,207 0.53 +0.53
AIFB Rajen Saikia 4,246 0.43 +0.43
Majority 86,020 8.77 +5.20
Turnout 9,80,846 77.87
BJP gain from AGP Swing +41.59

15th Lok Sabha: 2009 General Elections

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2009 Indian general elections: Tezpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AGP Joseph Toppo 352,246 29.11
INC Moni Kumar Subba 3,22,093 26.62
AIUDF Deba Orang 46,255 3.82
CPI(M) Jiten Sundi 36,734 3.04
Independent Rudra Parajuli 19,684 1.63
Independent Prasanta Boro 14,613 1.21
CPI(ML)L Rubul Sarma 11,657 0.96
Independent Dr. Pranab Kumar Das 7,750 0.65
Independent Politician MD. Nazir Ahmed 6,208 0.51 N/A
BVM Arun Kumar Murmoo 5,645 0.47 N/A
Independent Politician Daniel David Bharali 5,646 0.47 N/A
Independent Kalyan Kumar Deori Bharali 4,317 0.36 N/A
RSPS Regionld V. Johnson 3,857 0.32 N/A
SP Jugananda Hazarika 3,464 0.29
JMM Parashmoni Sinha 3,228 0.27 N/A
Margin of victory 30,153 3.58
Turnout 8,43,014 69.66
AGP gain from INC Swing

14th Lok Sabha:2004 Indian general election

2004 Indian general elections: Tezpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Moni Kumar Subba 2,89,847
AGP Padma Hazarika 2,19,402
BJP Ghisa Lal Agarwala 1,64,662
CPI(ML)L Rubul Sarma 24,595
Independent Dipen Tanti 21,262
Majority 70,445
Turnout 7,19,768
INC gain from Swing
1999 Indian general elections: Tezpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Moni Kumar Subba
BJP Ram Prasad Sarmah
AGP Dr. Khoseswar Bora
Independent
CPI(ML)L Bibek Das
NCP
Independent
Independent
Independent Politician N/A
Independent
Independent Politician N/A
Independent
RSPS
SP
JMM
Margin of victory 30,153 3.58
Turnout 8,43,014 69.66
AGP gain from INC Swing
1957 Indian general election : Tezpur Lok Sabha Constituency
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Bijoy Chandra Bhagavati Elected Unopposed N/A N/A
INC hold Swing

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014"
  2. ^ "List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Assam. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-05-04. Retrieved 2008-10-06.
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