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

1. Indian National Congress (11 Times) (73.0%)
2. Bharatiya Janata Party( 2 Times) (13.0%)
3. Janata Party ( 1 Time) (7.00%)
4. Asom Gana Parishad ( 1 Time) (7.00%)
5. 0.00%
6. 0.00%
7. 0.00%
8. 0.00%

Tezpur
Former Lok Sabha constituency
Tezpur Lok Sabha constituency in Assam
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Assam
Assembly constituencies	Tezpur Barchalla Dhekiajuli Biswanath Sootea Bihpuria Rangapara Gohpur Behali
Established	1967
Abolished	2023
Total electors	[1]
Reservation	None

Assembly segments

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

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

Most Successful M.P.s from Tezpur Vidhan Sabha

1. Bijoy Chandra Bhagavati(INC)( 3 Times) (20.0%)
2. Moni Kumar Subba(INC)( 3 Times) (20.0%)
3. Kamala Prasad Agarwala(INC)( 1 Times) (7.00%)
4. Dr. Purna Narayan Sinha(JP)( 1 Times) (7.00%)
5. Joseph Toppo(AGP)( 1Time) (7.00%)
6. Ram Prasad Sarma(BJP)( 1Time) (7.00%)
7. Others( 5 Times) (33.0%)
8. 0.00%

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

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

1. Indian National Congress (4 Times) (26.0%)
2. Asom Gana Parishad (3 Times) (20.0%)
3. Praja Socialist Party (2 Times) (13.0%)
4. Bharatiya Janata Party (2 Times) (13.0%)
5. Janata Party (1 Time) (7.00%)
6. Congress Socialist Party (1 Time) (7.00%)
7. Independents (1 Time) (7.00%)
8. Unopposed 1957 (1 Time) (7.00%)

17th Lok Sabha: 2019 General Elections

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

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

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

• Tezpur
• Gauhati (Lok Sabha constituency)
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha