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Tezpur Lok Sabha Constituency

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

Assembly segments

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

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

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

Members of Parliament

Year Lok Sabha Winner Party Runner-up Party
Darrang Lok Sabha Constituency (1952-1967)
1952 1st Kamakhya Prasad Tripathy Indian National Congress H.C. Barua Socialist Party
1957 2nd Bijoy Chandra Bhagavati Indian National Congress Unopposed N/A
1962 3rd Bijoy Chandra Bhagavati Indian National Congress Prasanta Baruah Praja Socialist Party
Tezpur lok Sabha Constituency (1967-2023)
1967 4th Bijoy Chandra Bhagavati Indian National Congress G.Mahanta Praja Socialist Party
1971 5th Kamala Prasad Agarwala Indian National Congress Francis Hans Independent politician
1977 6th Purna Narayan Sinha Janata Party Bijoy Chandra Bhagavati Indian National Congress
1980 7th Election not held in Assam
1984 8th Bipinpal Das Indian National Congress Purna Narayan Sinha Janata Party
1989 9th Election not held in Assam
1991 10th Swarup Upadhyay Indian National Congress Purna Narayan Sinha Asom Gana Parishad
1996 11th Iswar Prasanna Hazarika Indian National Congress Harsha Bahadur Biswakarma Asom Gana Parishad
1998 12th Moni Kumar Subba Indian National Congress Iswar Prasanna Hazarika Bharatiya Janata Party
1999 13th Moni Kumar Subba Indian National Congress Ram Prasad Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party
2004 14th Moni Kumar Subba Indian National Congress Padma Hazarika Asom Gana Parishad
2009 15th Joseph Toppo Asom Gana Parishad Moni Kumar Subba Indian National Congress
2014 16th Ram Prasad Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party Bhupen Kumar Borah Indian National Congress
2019 17th Pallab Lochan Das Bharatiya Janata Party M.G.V.K. Bhanu Indian National Congress
Sonitpur Lok Sabha Constituency(2024-present)
2024 18th Ranjit Dutta Bharatiya Janata Party Premlal Gunju Indian National Congress

Election results

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
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
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

References

  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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