Tezpur, Assam — Lok Sabha Election Results

Tezpur (Assam) was won by Pallab Lochan Das (Bharatiya Janata Party) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 242,841 votes over M.G.V.K. Bhanu. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Tezpur, Assam, from 1967 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1967–2019

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1967 B. C. Bhagavati Indian National Congress 144,347 63.5% G. Mahanta (Praja Socialist Party) 61,475 (27.1 pts)
1971 Kamala Prasad Agarwala Indian National Congress 133,673 60.8% Francis Hans (Independent) 97,450 (44.3 pts)
1977 Purnanarayan Sinha Bharatiya Lok Dal 129,527 51.2% Bijoy Chandra Bhagavati (Indian National Congress) 6,148 (2.4 pts)
1984-85 (phased) Bipin Pal Das Indian National Congress 159,440 31.6% Purna Narayan Sinha (Janata Party) 14,797 (2.9 pts)
1991 Swarup Upadhayaya Indian National Congress 237,955 41.9% Purna Narayan Sinha (Asom Gana Parishad) 106,317 (18.7 pts)
1996 Iswar Prasanna Hazarika Indian National Congress 207,071 32.5% Harsha Bahadur Biswakarma (Asom Gana Parishad) 6,719 (1.1 pts)
1998 Moni Kumar Subba Indian National Congress 286,372 45.2% Iswar Prasanna Hazarika (Bharatiya Janata Party) 130,349 (20.5 pts)
1999 Moni Kumar Subba Indian National Congress 230,884 34.1% Ram Prasad Sarmah (Bharatiya Janata Party) 25,706 (3.8 pts)
2004 Moni Kumar Subba Indian National Congress 289,847 40.3% Padma Hazarika (Asom Gana Parishad) 70,445 (9.8 pts)
2009 Joseph Toppo Asom Gana Parishad 352,246 41.8% Moni Kumar Subba (Indian National Congress) 30,153 (3.6 pts)
2014 Ram Prasad Sarmah Bharatiya Janata Party 446,511 45.5% Bhupen Kumar Borah (Indian National Congress) 86,020 (8.8 pts)
2019 Pallab Lochan Das Bharatiya Janata Party 684,166 58.2% M.G.V.K. Bhanu (Indian National Congress) 242,841 (20.7 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1967

CandidatePartyVotesShare
B. C. Bhagavati Indian National Congress 144,347 63.5%
G. Mahanta Praja Socialist Party 82,872 36.5%

1971

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Kamala Prasad Agarwala Indian National Congress 133,673 60.8%
Francis Hans Independent 36,223 16.5%
Purna Narayan Sinha Praja Socialist Party 33,227 15.1%
Chandra Sekhar Bora Independent 16,664 7.6%

1977

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Purnanarayan Sinha Bharatiya Lok Dal 129,527 51.2%
Bijoy Chandra Bhagavati Indian National Congress 123,379 48.8%

1984-85 (phased)

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Bipin Pal Das Indian National Congress 159,440 31.6%
Purna Narayan Sinha Janata Party 144,643 28.7%
Puna Ram Basumatari PTC 64,853 12.9%
Rabindra Goswami Independent 58,282 11.6%
Golok Nath LKD 29,288 5.8%
Punu Oraon Independent 23,277 4.6%
Dharmananda Upadhyaya ICS 15,907 3.2%
Silashi Ram Chetri Independent 8,477 1.7%

1991

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Swarup Upadhayaya Indian National Congress 237,955 41.9%
Purna Narayan Sinha Asom Gana Parishad 131,638 23.2%
Tanka Bahadur Rai NAGP 61,914 10.9%
Rana Prasad Deouri URC 39,823 7.0%
Jay Narayan Luitel Bharatiya Janata Party 33,968 6.0%
Golok Nath Independent 21,349 3.8%
Punu Oraon Independent 12,636 2.2%
Rabin Deka Independent 12,134 2.1%
Dilip Kumar Agarwala Independent 11,935 2.1%
Iswar Dayal Prajapati DDP 4,631 0.8%

1996

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Iswar Prasanna Hazarika Indian National Congress 207,071 32.5%
Harsha Bahadur Biswakarma Asom Gana Parishad 200,352 31.4%
Dhruba Prasad Baishya Bharatiya Janata Party 82,893 13.0%
Rana Deuri Independent 40,908 6.4%
Swarup Upadhyay AIIC(T) 39,461 6.2%
Syeda Hasna Begum Independent 30,979 4.9%
Purna Narayan Singh Janata Dal 14,950 2.3%
Bhuban Chandra Chutia Independent 5,853 0.9%
Gopi Chand Shahabadi Samajwadi Party 4,713 0.7%
Hanuman Independent 4,696 0.7%
Golok Nath Independent 3,538 0.6%
Madhab Kalita Independent 2,548 0.4%

1998

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Moni Kumar Subba Indian National Congress 286,372 45.2%
Iswar Prasanna Hazarika Bharatiya Janata Party 156,023 24.6%
Kartik Hazarika Asom Gana Parishad 137,330 21.7%
Rana Deori Independent 17,724 2.8%
Joseph Kandulna Independent 17,345 2.7%
Bibek Das CPI (ML) Liberation 9,292 1.5%
Purna Narayan Sinha Independent 6,008 0.9%
Satrughna Roy Rashtriya Janata Dal 4,100 0.6%

1999

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Moni Kumar Subba Indian National Congress 230,884 34.1%
Ram Prasad Sarmah Bharatiya Janata Party 205,178 30.3%
Dr Kosheswar Bora Asom Gana Parishad 203,141 30.0%
Joseph Kandulna Independent 17,626 2.6%
Bibek Das CPI (ML) Liberation 8,855 1.3%
Kul Bahadur Chetry Nationalist Congress Party 2,657 0.4%
Syed Hussain Ali Shah Independent 1,893 0.3%
Noor Jaman Ahmed Independent 1,234 0.2%
Ilman Tanti Independent 1,232 0.2%
Helena Murmur Independent 1,197 0.2%
Kanak Khaund Independent 891 0.1%
Mohibullah Rashtriya Janata Dal 882 0.1%
Purnanarayan Sinha Independent 838 0.1%
Abul Khayer Independent 694 0.1%

2004

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Moni Kumar Subba Indian National Congress 289,847 40.3%
Padma Hazarika Asom Gana Parishad 219,402 30.5%
Ghisa Lal Agarwalla Bharatiya Janata Party 164,662 22.9%
Rubul Sarma CPI (ML) Liberation 24,595 3.4%
Dipen Tanti Independent 21,262 3.0%

2009

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Joseph Toppo Asom Gana Parishad 352,246 41.8%
Moni Kumar Subba Indian National Congress 322,093 38.2%
Deba Orang AUDF 46,255 5.5%
Jiten Sundi CPI (Marxist) 36,734 4.4%
Rudra Parajuli Independent 19,684 2.3%
Prasanta Boro Independent 14,613 1.7%
Rubul Sarma CPI (ML) Liberation 11,657 1.4%
Dr. Pranab Kr. Das Independent 7,750 0.9%
Md. Nazir Ahmed Independent 6,208 0.7%
Arun Kumar Murmoo BVM 5,645 0.7%
Daniel David Jesudas Independent 5,247 0.6%
Kalyan Kumar Deori Bharali Independent 4,317 0.5%
Reginold V. Johnson RSPS 3,873 0.5%
Jugananda Hazarika Samajwadi Party 3,464 0.4%
Parashmoni Sinha JMM 3,228 0.4%

2014

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ram Prasad Sarmah Bharatiya Janata Party 446,511 45.5%
Bhupen Kumar Borah Indian National Congress 360,491 36.8%
Moni Kumar Subba Independent 62,730 6.4%
Joseph Toppo Asom Gana Parishad 40,489 4.1%
Khemraj Chetry CPI (Marxist) 24,910 2.5%
None Of The Above Independent 16,667 1.7%
Lakshikanta Kurmi CPI (ML) Liberation 10,725 1.1%
Gopi Chand Shahabadi All India Trinamool Congress 8,712 0.9%
Elias Kujur Independent 5,207 0.5%
Rajen Saikia AIFB 4,246 0.4%

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Pallab Lochan Das Bharatiya Janata Party 684,166 58.2%
M.G.V.K. Bhanu Indian National Congress 441,325 37.6%
Bijoy Kumar Tiru Independent 23,646 2.0%
Mahendra Orang VPI 7,966 0.7%
Mahendra Bhuyan Nationalist Congress Party 6,483 0.6%
Ram Bahadur Sunar NPP 5,880 0.5%
Ziabur Rahman Khan Independent 5,104 0.4%

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).

1967: Indian National Congress margin 27.1 pts 1971: Indian National Congress margin 44.3 pts 1977: Bharatiya Lok Dal margin 2.4 pts 1984-85 (phased): Indian National Congress margin 2.9 pts 1991: Indian National Congress margin 18.7 pts 1996: Indian National Congress margin 1.1 pts 1998: Indian National Congress margin 20.5 pts 1999: Indian National Congress margin 3.8 pts 2004: Indian National Congress margin 9.8 pts 2009: Asom Gana Parishad margin 3.6 pts 2014: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 8.8 pts 2019: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 20.7 pts 1967 1971 1977 1984-85 (phased) 1991 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019

Trend

Tezpur has been contested at 12 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1967. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Asom Gana Parishad, Bharatiya Janata Party.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Tezpur in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

Pallab Lochan Das (Bharatiya Janata Party) won Tezpur, Assam, in 2019 with 684,166 votes (58.2%), a margin of 242,841 votes over M.G.V.K. Bhanu.

Which parties have won Tezpur since 1967?

Since 1967, Tezpur has been won by: Asom Gana Parishad, Bharatiya Janata Party, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Indian National Congress.

What was the closest result in Tezpur?

The closest result on record for Tezpur was 1996, when Indian National Congress beat Asom Gana Parishad by just 6,719 votes (1.1 percentage points).

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