Tezpur Lok Sabha constituency

Template:Short description Template:Use Indian English Template:Infobox Indian 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.

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	Template:Full party name with color	H.C. Barua	Template:Full party name with color
1957	2nd	Bijoy Chandra Bhagavati	Template:Full party name with color	Unopposed	Template:Full party name with color
1962	3rd	Bijoy Chandra Bhagavati	Template:Full party name with color	Prasanta Baruah	Template:Full party name with color
Tezpur lok Sabha Constituency (1967-2023)
1967	4th	Bijoy Chandra Bhagavati	Template:Full party name with color	G.Mahanta	Template:Full party name with color
1971	5th	Kamala Prasad Agarwala	Template:Full party name with color	Francis Hans	Template:Full party name with color
1977	6th	Purna Narayan Sinha	Template:Full party name with color	Bijoy Chandra Bhagavati	Template:Full party name with color
1980	7th	Election not held in Assam
1984	8th	Bipinpal Das	Template:Full party name with color	Purna Narayan Sinha	Template:Full party name with color
1989	9th	Election not held in Assam
1991	10th	Swarup Upadhyay	Template:Full party name with color	Purna Narayan Sinha	Template:Full party name with color
1996	11th	Iswar Prasanna Hazarika	Template:Full party name with color	Harsha Bahadur Biswakarma	Template:Full party name with color
1998	12th	Moni Kumar Subba	Template:Full party name with color	Iswar Prasanna Hazarika	Template:Full party name with color
1999	13th	Moni Kumar Subba	Template:Full party name with color	Ram Prasad Sharma	Template:Full party name with color
2004	14th	Moni Kumar Subba	Template:Full party name with color	Padma Hazarika	Template:Full party name with color
2009	15th	Joseph Toppo	Template:Full party name with color	Moni Kumar Subba	Template:Full party name with color
2014	16th	Ram Prasad Sharma	Template:Full party name with color	Bhupen Kumar Borah	Template:Full party name with color
2019	17th	Pallab Lochan Das	Template:Full party name with color	M.G.V.K. Bhanu	Template:Full party name with color
Sonitpur Lok Sabha Constituency(2024-present)
2024	18th	Ranjit Dutta	Template:Full party name with color	Premlal Gunju	Template:Full party name with color

Election results

17th Lok Sabha: 2019 General Elections

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2019 Indian general elections: Tezpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		M.G.V.K. Bhanu	4,41,325	37.03
		Bijoy Kumar Tiru	23,646	1.98
		None of the Above	15,626	1.31
		Mahendra Orang	7,966	0.67
		Mahendra Bhuyan	6,483	0.54
		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
	hold		Swing

16th Lok Sabha: 2014 General Elections

2014 Indian general elections: Tezpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Ram Prasad Sarmah	4,46,511	45.52
		Bhupen Kumar Borah	3,60,491	36.75
		Moni Kumar Subba	62,730	6.40
		Joseph Toppo	40,489	4.13
		Khemraj Chetry	24,910	2.54
		None of the above	16,667	1.70
		Lakshikanta Kurmi	10,725	1.09
		Gopi Chand Shahabadi	8,712	0.89
		Elias Kujur	5,207	0.53
		Rajen Saikia	4,246	0.43
Majority			86,020	8.77
Turnout			9,80,846	77.87
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+41.59

15th Lok Sabha: 2009 General Elections

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2009 Indian general elections: Tezpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Moni Kumar Subba	3,22,093	26.62
		Deba Orang	46,255	3.82
		Jiten Sundi	36,734	3.04
		Rudra Parajuli	19,684	1.63
		Prasanta Boro	14,613	1.21
		Rubul Sarma	11,657	0.96
		Dr. Pranab Kumar Das	7,750	0.65
	Independent Politician	MD. Nazir Ahmed	6,208	0.51
		Arun Kumar Murmoo	5,645	0.47
	Independent Politician	Daniel David Bharali	5,646	0.47
		Kalyan Kumar Deori Bharali	4,317	0.36
		Regionld V. Johnson	3,857	0.32
		Jugananda Hazarika	3,464	0.29
		Parashmoni Sinha	3,228	0.27
Turnout			8,43,014	69.66
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing

14th Lok Sabha:2004 Indian general election

2004 Indian general elections: Tezpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Moni Kumar Subba	2,89,847
		Padma Hazarika	2,19,402
		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
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing

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1999 Indian general elections: Tezpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Ram Prasad Sarmah
		Dr. Khoseswar Bora
	Independent
		Bibek Das
	Independent
	Independent Politician
	Independent
	Independent Politician
Turnout			8,43,014	69.66
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing

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1957 Indian general election : Tezpur Lok Sabha Constituency

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	hold		Swing

See also

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

External links

• Tezpur lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule