Tezpur Assembly constituency

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.

Tezpur
Constituency No. 74 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

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

    Election result
    1972 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    INC Rabindra Kumar Goswami
    NOTA None of the above
    Majority
    Turnout 1,04,979
    Registered electors
    INC gain from Notun Asom Gana Parishad Swing

    1978

    1978 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Janta Party Jiban Bora
    BJP
    NOTA None of the above
    Majority
    Turnout 1,04,979
    Registered electors
    INC gain from Notun Asom Gana Parishad Swing

    1983

    1983 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    INC Nabin Chandra Kath Hazarika
    BJP
    NOTA None of the above
    Majority
    Turnout 1,04,979
    Registered electors
    INC gain from Notun Asom Gana Parishad Swing

    1985

    1985 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    AGP Brindaban Goswami
    INC
    BJP
    NOTA None of the above
    Majority
    Turnout 1,04,979
    Registered electors
    INC gain from Notun Asom Gana Parishad Swing

    1991

    1991 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    AGP Bijit Saikia
    INC Brindaban Goswami
    BJP
    NOTA None of the above
    Majority
    Turnout 1,04,979
    Registered electors
    INC gain from Notun Asom Gana Parishad Swing

    1996

    1996 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    AGP Brindaban Goswami
    INC Bijit Saikia
    BJP
    NOTA None of the above
    Majority
    Turnout 1,04,979
    Registered electors
    AGP gain from INC Swing AGP Hold

    2001

    2001 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    AGP Brindaban Goswami
    INC Rabindra Goswami
    BJP
    NOTA None of the above
    Majority
    Turnout 1,04,979
    Registered electors
    AGP gain from INC Swing AGP Hold

    2006

    Brindaban Goswami

    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
    NOTA None of the above
    Majority
    Turnout 1,04,979
    Registered electors
    AGP gain from INC Swing AGP Hold

    2011

    2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    INC Rajen Borthakur 43,738 41.27%
    AGP Brindaban Goswami 22,156 20.9%
    TMC 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
    NOTA None of the above
    Majority 105,991 69.77%
    Turnout
    Registered electors
    INC gain from Assam Gana Parishad Swing

    2016

    Brindaban Goswami

    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 NOTA 2,050 1.37%
    NOTA None of the above
    Majority 9 853
    Turnout 149,833
    Registered electors
    AGP gain from INC Swing

    See also

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

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