Bhimananda Tanti (born ) is an

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from the state of

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. He is a former Member of

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and a former

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of the Assembly.

Early life and education

Tanti is the son of the late Othara Tanti. He has a

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from

Gauhati University Gauhati University, also known as GU, is a collegiate public state university located in Guwahati, Assam, India. It was established on 26 January 1948 under the provisions of an Act enacted by the Assam Legislative Assembly. It is the oldest ...

Darrang college Darrang College, sometimes referred to at times as the Nalanda of the North Bank, is a college in Tezpur, Assam, India. It was started in July 1945 with 8 teachers and 112 students in the roll.It was permanently affiliated to Gauhati Universi ...

Tezpur Tezpur () is a city and urban agglomeration in Sonitpur district, Assam state, India. Tezpur is located on the banks of the river Brahmaputra, northeast of Guwahati, and is the largest of the north bank cities with a population exceeding 100, ...

in 1972.

Political career

Tanti was the

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candidate for the Rangapara constituency in 1996. He received 32555 votes, 47.67% of the total vote. He defeated his nearest opponent by 14195 votes and became Member of

for Rangapara, succeeding Golok Rabjanshi. In the 2001 Assam Legislative Assembly election, Tanti received 40043 votes, 51.28% of the total vote and he defeated his nearest opponent by 22579 votes. In the

2006 Assam Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in Assam in two phases between 3 and 10 April 2006 to elect members from all 126 constituencies of the state . Following the election, the incumbent Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi formed his second ministry. ...

Tanti was again the Indian National Congress candidate for Rangapara. He received 31065 votes, coming second and losing to BJP candidate Abhjit Hazarika. In 2009, sitting

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MLA

Joseph Toppo Joseph Toppo (1943 − March 22, 2016) was an Indian politician. He was a Member of Parliament, represented Tezpur (Lok Sabha constituency) of Assam and was a member of Asom Gana Parishad Asom Gana Parishad (translation: ''Assam People's Co ...

was elected to the

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which triggered a by-election in Dhekiajuli. Tanti was the

candidate for the constituency and defeated his nearest competitor by over 21000 votes. Instead of seeking reelection in Dhekiajuli, in the

2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election The 13th Assam Legislative Assembly election was held in two phases on 4 and 11 April 2011 to elect members from 126 constituencies in Assam, India. The result was announced on 13 May. BJP was accused of turning the anti-immigrant feeling in Ass ...

Tanti instead sought the Rangapara constituency. He received 40364 votes, 40.32% of the total vote and he again became Member of

for Rangapara. On 6 June 2011, Tanti was elected uncontested as

of Assam Legislative Assembly. There were 6 nominations from Congress and none from the opposition. In the

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election The Assam Legislative Assembly Election of 2016 was held in two phases, on 4 and 11 April 2016, to elect members of the 126 constituencies in Assam, a state in North-eastern India. The overall voter turnout was 84.72%, which set a new record for ...

, Tanti sought reelection. He received 28606 votes, 24.35% of the total vote. He lost to BJP candidate Pallab Lochan Das by 22991 votes.

References

Assam MLAs 1996–2001 Assam MLAs 2006–2011 Assam MLAs 2011–2016 Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Indian National Congress politicians from Assam {{Assam-INC-politician-stub