Thowra Assembly constituency

Thowra was one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly. Thowra formed part of the Jorhat Lok Sabha constituency.^[1][2][3] This constituency was abolished in 2023.^[4]

Thowra
Former constituency No. 107 for the Assam Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Assam
Division	Upper Assam
District	Sivasagar
Lok Sabha constituency	Jorhat
Established	1957
Abolished	2023
Reservation	None

The main area was located around a tea garden known as Thowra Tea Estate. As such, though it is one of the many tea gardens in Assam, it boasts of having a golf field. However recently, the field lacks maintenance and is a common grazing ground.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election		Member	Party affiliation
	1957	Durgeswar Saikia	Indian National Congress
	1962
	1967
	1972	Narau Kumar
	1978	Jogen Gogoi	Communist Party of India
	1983	Tankeswar Dehingia	Indian National Congress
	1985	Barki Prasad Telenga	Asom Gana Parishad
	1991	Devanand Konwar	Indian National Congress
	1996
	2001
	2006	Kushal Dowari	Independent
	2011	Sushanta Borgohain	Indian National Congress
	2016	Kushal Dowari	Bharatiya Janata Party
	2021	Sushanta Borgohain	Indian National Congress
	2021^		Bharatiya Janata Party

^ Indicates Bye-Elections

Election results

2021 by-election

2021 Assam Legislative Assembly By-Election: Thowra^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sushanta Borgohain	54,956	61.99	+
	RD	Dhaijya Konwar	24,395	27.52	+
	INC	Monuranjan Konwar	5,892	6.65	−
	CPI	Krishna Gogoi	1,985	2.24	+
	None of the Above	None of the Above	726	0.82	−
	Independent	Lohit Gowala	703	0.79	+
Majority			30,561	33.27
Turnout			88,657
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2021

2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Thowra^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sushanta Borgohain	48,026
	BJP	Kushal Dowari	46,020
Majority			2,006	2.09
Turnout			97,216	83.81
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2016

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Thowra^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kushal Dowari	41,560	48.41
	INC	Sushanta Borgohain	40,334	46.98
	CPI	Kushal Borgohain	2,066	2.40
	NOTA	None of the above	1,876	2.18
Majority			1,226	1.43
Turnout			85,836	86.04
Registered electors			99,755
	BJP gain from INC		Swing