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
Leader Himanta Biswa Sarma Gaurav Gogoi Party BJP INC Alliance NDA UOF Leader since 2021 2021 Last election 33.21%, 60 seats 29.67%, 29 seats Current seats 63 26 Seats needed 1 38
Incumbent Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma BJP

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. 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.

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 and alliances

Party/Alliance				Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats Contested
	National Democratic Alliance		Bharatiya Janata Party			Himanta Biswa Sarma	TBD	TBD
			Asom Gana Parishad			Atul Bora	TBD
			United People's Party Liberal			Pramod Boro	TBD
	United Opposition Forum		Indian National Congress			Gaurav Gogoi	TBD
			Assam Jatiya Parishad			Jagadish Bhuyan	TBD
			Raijor Dal			Akhil Gogoi	TBD
			All India Trinamool Congress			Ripun Bora	TBD
			Aam Aadmi Party			Dr. Bhaben Choudhury	TBD
			Communist Party of India (Marxist)			Manoranjan Talukdar	TBD
			Communist Party of India			Munin Mahanta	TBD
			Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation			Bibek Das	TBD
			Rashtriya Janata Dal			Hira Devi	TBD
			Anchalik Gana Morcha			Ajit Kumar Bhuyan
			Samajwadi Party
			Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)			D.D. Adhikary	TBD
			Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)			Ram Narayan Singh	TBD
			All India Forward Bloc				TBD
			All Party Hill Leaders Conference			Jonas Ingti Kathar	TBD
			Jatiya Dal Asom			M.G. Hazarika	TBD
			Pubancholio Lok Parishad			Charan Chandra Deka
	All India United Democratic Front					Badruddin Ajmal
	Bodoland People's Front					Hagrama Mohilary
	Janata Dal (United)					Paresh Nath
	Revolutionary Communist Party of India					Biren Deka
	Gana Suraksha Party					Heera Saraniya
	Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
	National People's Party					Dilip kumar Borah
	Autonomous State Demand Committee					Dr. Jayanta Rongpi