Ram Prasad Sharma : Another Gorkha in Loksabha from Assam

GUWAHATI : Riding on a countrywide wave in favour of Narendra Modi, the Bharatiya Janata Party won seven of the 14 Lok Sabha seats in Assam, Tezpur constituency to its tally as its Gorkha candidate Ram Prasad Sarma defeated Bhupen Bora of the Congress by a margin of 86,020 votes to get elected to the Lok Sabha. It is the worst ever performance of the Congress in Assam and even the two Central Ministers Paban Singh Ghatowar and Ranee Narah had to bite the dust. The previous worst for the Congress was in 1985 as it faced a strong pro-Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) wave immediately after the signing of the Assam Accord and that year, the party managed to win only four seats.

Ram Prasad Sharma is a Bharatiya Janata Party politician from Assam. He is an advocate at the Gauhati High Court, and has been fielded as the candidate from the Tezpur constituency by his party in the Indian general election, 2014. He did his Bachelor of Laws From Tura Law College in 1980-81 and Bachelor of Arts From Mendipathar College in 1976.

Loksabha Results

Assam - Tezpur
Result Declared
Candidate	Party	Votes
RAM PRASAD SHARMA	Bharatiya Janata Party	446511
BHUPEN KUMAR BORAH	Indian National Congress	360491
MONI KUMAR SUBBA	Independent	62730
JOSEPH TOPPO	Asom Gana Parishad	40489
KHEMRAJ CHETRY	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	24910
LAKSHIKANTA KURMI	Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation)	10725
GOPI CHAND SHAHABADI	All India Trinamool Congress	8712
ELIAS KUJUR	Independent	5207
RAJEN SAIKIA	All India Forward Bloc	4246
None of the Above	None of the Above	16667

Last Updated at 1:14 PM On 17/5/2014