Known as the ‘Tea City of India’, the city of Dibrugarh is part of the Dibrugarh parliamentary constituency. This Lok Sabha seat, like the remaining 13 seats that belong to the state of Assam, represents Assam in the Lower House of the Parliament.According to Election Commission of India 2009 data the total electorates in the Dibrugarh Parliamentary constituency (constituency number 13) were 1,114,965 of which 540,628 are females and 574,337 are males. Located in the Dibrugarh district on the banks of the Brahmaputra River, this parliamentary constituency is one of the most renowned regions in this north-eastern state, owing to its famous tea-producing belt.
According to the 2011 Census, the population in the Dibrugarh district is as high as 13,27,748 and is one of the essential urban centres in the state. Nine assembly segments make up the Dibrugarh parliamentary constituency. This constituency, which comprises the famous Dibrugarh city, is an entry point to the three tea-producing districts of Dibrugarh, Tinsukia and Jorhat.
Dibrugarh is considered the economic hub not only for the state of Assam, but in the entire north-eastern part of India. Besides tea production, other sectors of the economy which add to the affluence of the district are tourism, oil and natural gas, and the fertilizer industry, along with superior quality production of wood, bamboo, and the cottage industries.
Dibrugarh Lok Sabha Election Results 2019
In
2009 Election Results the UPA won around 261 out of 543 seats, and in the second position was NDA with 158 seats, while 23 seats were won by Left parties.
In
2014 Election Results the BJP won 282 seats out of 543 seats. This took the NDA tally to 336 seats out of 543 seats in the Lok Sabha. INC could only manage to win 44 seats and stayed in the second position while AIADMK party from Tamil Nadu came third with 37 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections.
In 2019, the BJP is set to return to power at the Centre after a sweeping win in the
2019 Lok Sabha election , armed with a bigger mandate than in the 2014 General Election. The party - led by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah duo has secured 303 seats in the 17th Lok Sabha. Meanwhile, the Congress, the main Opposition party, managed to increase its vote share from 2014 only by a handful of votes, with a final tally of 52 seats. There will be no Leader of Opposition in the upcoming Lower House for a second consecutive term.
Candidate | Party | EVM Votes | Migrant Votes | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % of Votes | Status |
Rameswar Teli | Bharatiya Janata Party | 657983 | 0 | 1600 | 659583 | 64.94 | Winner |
Paban Singh Ghatowar | Indian National Congress | 294663 | 0 | 354 | 295017 | 29.04 | 1st Runner-up |
NOTA | None Of The Above | 21240 | 0 | 48 | 21288 | 2.1 | 2nd Runner-up |
Bhaben Baruah | National People'S Party | 9687 | 0 | 31 | 9718 | 0.96 | 3rd Runner-up |
Rubul Buragohain | Independent | 8102 | 0 | 10 | 8112 | 0.8 | 4th Runner-up |
Dr. Titus Bhengra | Bahujan Mukti Party | 6930 | 0 | 3 | 6933 | 0.68 | 5th Runner-up |
Israil Nanda | Independent | 5684 | 0 | 3 | 5687 | 0.56 | 6th Runner-up |
Nurul Huda Imdadul Islam Saikia | Independent | 5598 | 0 | 1 | 5599 | 0.55 | 7th Runner-up |
Apurba Saikia | Independent | 3790 | 0 | 21 | 3811 | 0.38 | 8th Runner-up |
List of winner/current and runner up MPs Dibrugarh Parliamentary Constituency.
The table below represents the names of all the winning and runner up MPs of Dibrugarh parliamentary constituency of all the years from the starting until now . It also shows the number of votes secured by each MP and the name of the political party they belong to. The current sitting member of parliament of the Dibrugarh constituency is Rameswar Teli of BJP.
Year | PC No. | PC Name | Category | Winner | Gender | Party | Vote | Runner Up | Gender | Party | Vote |
2014 | 13 | Dibrugarh | (ST) | Rameswar Teli | M | BJP | 494364 | Paban Singh Ghatowar | M | INC | 309017 |
2009 | 13 | Dibrugarh | (ST) | Ghatowar,Shri Paban Singh | M | INC | 359163 | Sarbananda Sonowal | M | AGP | 324020 |
2004 | 13 | Dibrugarh | GEN | Sarbananda Sonowal | M | AGP | 220944 | Kamakhaya Tasa | M | BJP | 202390 |
1999 | 13 | Dibrugarh | GEN | Paban Singh Ghatowar | M | INC | 270863 | Ajit Chaliha | M | BJP | 203747 |
1998 | 13 | Dibrugarh | GEN | Paban Singh Ghatowar | M | INC | 234195 | Ajit Chaliha | M | BJP | 93073 |
1996 | 13 | Dibrugarh | GEN | Paban Singh Ghatowar | M | INC | 281253 | Israil Nanda | M | AGP | 173898 |
1991 | 13 | Dibrugarh | GEN | Paban Singh Ghatowar | M | INC | 243937 | Dipen Tanti | M | AGP | 106017 |
1985 | 13 | Dibrugarh | GEN | Haren Bhumji | M | INC | 229263 | Nagen Saikia | M | IND | 187208 |
1977 | 13 | Dibrugarh | GEN | Haren Bhumji | M | INC | 119882 | Golap Borbora | M | BLD | 105673 |
1971 | 14 | Dibrugarh | GEN | Robindra Nath Kakoty | M | INC | 115921 | Barin Chowdhury | M | CPI | 24913 |
1967 | 14 | Dibrugarh | GEN | J. N. Hazarika | M | INC | 77657 | A. K. Sarma | M | SSP | 54760 |
1962 | 12 | Dibrugarh | GEN | Jogendra Nath Hazarika | M | INC | 98687 | Ajit Kumar Sarma | M | SOC | 41857 |
1957 | 10 | Dibrugarh | GEN | Jogendra Nath (Hazarika) | M | INC | 95238 | Nibaron Chandra (Bora) | M | PSP | 25712 |
1951 | 10 | Dibrugarh | GEN | Hazarika, Jogendra Nath | M | INC | 93554 | Sonowal, Parasuram | M | SP | 22844 |
List of Assembly Constituenciesin Dibrugarh Parliamentary Constituency
The table below shows the list of all the Assembly Constituencies that fall in Dibrugarh parliamentary constituency.
Names of Assembly Constituencies |
Moran | Dibrugarh | Lahowal |
Duliajan | Tingkhong | Naharkatia |
Tinsukia | Digboi | Margherita |
Last Updated on March 26, 2020