# 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.
Most Successful parties from Tezpur Vidhan Sabha

## Members of Legislative Assembly

Most Successful M.L.A.s from Tezpur Vidhan Sabha

### Tezpur Assembly Constituency

| Term | Member of Legislative Assembly | Party | Margin of Victory |
| Known as Tezpur North & Tezpur South before Delimitation(1952-1957) |||||
| 1952 | Biswadev Sharma | Indian National Congress | |
| 1952 | Kamala Prasad Agarwala | Indian National Congress | |
| Known as Tezpur after Delimitation(1957 till date) |||||
| 1957 | Kamala Prasad Agarwala | Indian National Congress | |
| 1962 | Kamala Prasad Agarwala | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | Bishnu Prasad Rabha | Independent | 373 |
| 1970^ | Bijoy Chandra Bhagavati | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | Rabindra Kumar Goswami | Indian National Congress | 4,149 |
| 1978 | Jiban Bora | Janata Party | 9,061 |
| 1983 | Nabin Chandra Kath Hazarika | Indian National Congress | 5,084 |
| 1985 | Brindaban Goswami | Independent | 20,120 |
| 1991 | Bijit Saikia | Indian National Congress | 10,531 |
| 1996 | Brindaban Goswami | Asom Gana Parishad | 1,883 |
| 2001 | Brindaban Goswami | Asom Gana Parishad | 994 |
| 2006 | Brindaban Goswami | Asom Gana Parishad | 8,424 |
| 2011 | Rajen Borthakur | Indian National Congress | 21,582 |
| 2016 | Brindaban Goswami | Asom Gana Parishad | 34,663 |
| 2021 | Prithiraj Rava | Asom Gana Parishad | 9,853 |
^By-poll

## Assembly election results

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

### 1952

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

### 1957

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

### 1962

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

### 1967

1967 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Bishnu Prasad Rabha | 10,337 | |
| | INC | B.C. Sharmah | 9,964 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 373 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | |
| | Independent gain from INC | Independent gain from INC | Swing | |

### 1970 by-election

1970 Tezpur Legislative Assembly By-election: Tezpur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Bijoy Chandra Bhagavati | 13,620 | |
| | CPI | R. Sarmah | 4,535 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,822 | 10.47 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | |
| | INC gain from Independent | INC gain from Independent | Swing | |

### 1972

1972 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 28,287 | 56.35 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | |

### 1978

1978 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,292 | 66.07 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | |
| | JP gain from INC | JP gain from INC | Swing | |

### 1983

1983 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Nabin Chandra Kath Hazarika | 5,453 | 93.66 |
| | Independent | Mahammad Ali | 369 | 6.34 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,822 | 10.47 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | |
| | INC gain from JP | INC gain from JP | Swing | |

### 1985

1985 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 57,019 | 82.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | |
| | Independent gain from INC | Independent gain from INC | Swing | |

### 1991

1991 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 59,182 | 71.24 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | |
| | INC gain from Independent | INC gain from Independent | Swing | |

### 1996

1996 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 68,730 | 75.81 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | |
| | AGP gain from INC | AGP gain from INC | Swing | |

### 2001

2001 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 77,773 | 71.17 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | |
| | AGP hold | AGP hold | Swing | |

### 2006

2006 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,04,979 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | AGP hold | AGP hold | Swing |

### 2011

2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 105,991 | 69.77 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | |
| | INC gain from AGP | INC gain from AGP | Swing | |

### 2016

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 34,663 | 25.60 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,35,413 | 82.38 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,64,376 | |
| | AGP gain from INC | AGP gain from INC | Swing | |

### 2021

2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Tezpur :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 9 853 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 149,833 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | AGP hold | AGP hold | Swing | | |

## Parliamentary election results

2024 Indian General Election: Tezpur Assembly Constituency
| Position in Tezpur Assembly Constituency | Highest Polling Candidate | Party | Votes |
| 1. | Ranjit Dutta | Bharatiya Janata Party | 78,268 |
| | Premlal Gunju | Indian National Congress | 48,116 |
| | Rishiraj Kaundinya | Aam Aadmi Party | 5,890 |
| | Raju Deuri | Bodoland People's Front | 784 |
| | Alam Ali | Bahujan Maha Party | 345 |
| | Kameswar Swargiary | Voters Party International | 366 |
| | Rinku Roy | Gana Suraksha Party | 518 |
| | Pradip Bhandari | Independent | 599 |
2019 Indian general election: Tezpur Assembly Constituency
| Position in Tezpur Assembly Constituency | Highest Polling Candidate | Party | Votes | Percentage (%) |
| 1. | Pallab Lochan Das | Bharatiya Janata Party | 74,055 | 51.79% |
| 2. | M.G.V.K. Bhanu | Indian National Congress | 66,696 | 46.64% |
| 3. | Mahendra Bhuyan | Nationalist Congress Party | 678 | 0.47% |
| 4. | Bijoy Kumar Tiru | Independent | 522 | 0.37% |
| 5. | Ziabur Rahman Khan | Independent | 395 | 0.28% |
| Total Votes Polled | Total Votes Polled | Total Votes Polled | | |
2014 Indian general election: Tezpur Assembly Constituency
| Position in Tezpur Assembly Constituency | Highest Polling Candidate | Party | Votes | Percentage (%) |
| 1. | Ram Prasad Sharma | Bharatiya Janata Party | 58,719 | 49.71% |
| 2. | Bhupen Kumar Borah | Indian National Congress | 45,606 | 38.61% |
| 3. | Moni Kumar Subba | Independent | 8,705 | 7.37% |
| 4. | Joseph Toppo | Asom Gana Parishad | 2,602 | 2.2% |
| 5. | Khemraj Chetry | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 884 | 0.75% |
| Total Votes Polled | Total Votes Polled | Total Votes Polled | | |
2009 Indian general election: Tezpur Legislative Assembly Constituency
| Position in Tezpur Assembly Constituency | Highest Polling Candidate | Party | Votes | Percentage (%) |
| 1. | Joseph Toppo | Asom Gana Parishad | 37,611 | 40.85% |
| 2. | Moni Kumar Subba | Indian National Congress | 34,278 | 37.23% |
| 3. | Deba Orang | All India United Democratic Front | 13,030 | 14.15% |
| 4. | Jiten Sundi | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 2,178 | 2.37% |
| 5. | Rudra Parajuli | Independent | 1,121 | 1.22% |
| Total Votes Polled | Total Votes Polled | Total Votes Polled | | |
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