Next Assam Legislative Assembly election

Next Assam Legislative Assembly Election
	March - April 2026
All 126 seats in the Assam Legislative Assembly; 64 seats needed for a majority
Chief Minister before election; Himanta Biswa Sarma; BJP	Chief Minister ; TBD;

Legislative Assembly elections will be held in Assam in month of March to April 2026 to elect 126 members of the Assam Legislative Assembly. The term of current assembly elected in 2021 will expire on May 2, 2026. Himanta Biswa Sharma currently plans to continue in his role as chief minister for the elections.

Background

In the previous assembly elections, the incumbent BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) retaining power with 75 seats, which marks the first time a non-INC alliance winning consecutive terms in the state. The Mahajot led by INC won 50 seats, increasing its tally from 26 in 2016.[1] After the victory, Himanta Biswa Sharma became the next chief minister of the state. After the election, All India United Democratic Front & Bodoland People's Front dropped out of the Mahajot coalition.[2][3]

Schedule

Poll Event	Schedule
Notification Date	TBD
Last Date for filing nomination	TBD
Scrutiny of nomination	TBD
Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination	TBD
Date of Poll	TBD
Date of Counting of Votes	TBD

Parties & Alliances

National Democratic Alliance


No.	Party	Leader	Seats Contested
1.	Bharatiya Janata Party	Himanta Biswa Sarma	TBD
2.	Asom Gana Parishad	Atul Bora	TBD
3.	United People's Party Liberal	Pramod Boro	TBD

Mahajot


No.	Party[4]	Leader	Photo	Seats Contested
1.	Indian National Congress	Debabrata Saikia		TBD
2.	Assam Jatiya Parishad	Lurin Jyoti Gogoi	TBD
3.	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Manoranjan Talukdar		TBD
4.	Communist Party of India	Kanak Gogoi		TBD
5.	Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation	Bibek Das	TBD
6.	Anchalik Gana Morcha	Ajit Kumar Bhuyan	TBD
7.	Rashtriya Janata Dal	Hira Devi	TBD
8.	Nationalist Congress Party	Dhirendra Dev Adhikary	TBD
9.	Raijor Dal	Akhil Gogoi		TBD
10.	Liberal Democratic Party

Others


No.	Party	Leader	Seats Contested
1.	All India United Democratic Front	Badruddin Ajmal	TBD
2.	Bodoland People's Front	Hagrama Mohilary	TBD
3.	Trinamool Congress	Ripun Bora	TBD

Notes

Badruddin Ajmal serves as the MP from Dhubri

References

"BJP emerges victorious with 33.21% vote share; Congress gets 29.67% votes". Firstpost. 3 May 2021.
"BPF pulls out of Congress-led grand alliance in Assam". Northeast Now. 29 June 2021.
"Assam Congress decides to break ties with Ajmal's AIUDF, BPF". Indian Express. PTI. 31 August 2021.
"Assam Congress initiates grand alliance move against BJP for 2024 Lok Sabha polls". The Hindu. 2023-03-11. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-08-23.

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[1] Badruddin Ajmal serves as the MP from Dhubri

[2] "BJP emerges victorious with 33.21% vote share; Congress gets 29.67% votes". Firstpost. 3 May 2021.

[3] "BPF pulls out of Congress-led grand alliance in Assam". Northeast Now. 29 June 2021.

[4] "Assam Congress decides to break ties with Ajmal's AIUDF, BPF". Indian Express. PTI. 31 August 2021.

[5] "Assam Congress initiates grand alliance move against BJP for 2024 Lok Sabha polls". The Hindu. 2023-03-11. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-08-23.