# 2026 Assam Legislative Assembly election

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 is the incumbent chief minister.

## 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
### North-East Democratic Alliance

| Party | Leader | Seats contested |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | Himanta Biswa Sarma | TBD |
| Asom Gana Parishad | Atul Bora | TBD |
| United People's Party Liberal | Pramod Boro | TBD |

### Indian National Congress

| Party | Party | Flag | Symbol | Photo | Leader | Seats contested |
| | Indian National Congress | | | | Gaurav Gogoi | TBD |

### Asom Sonmilito Morcha

| Party | Leader | Seats contested |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Suprakash Talukdar | TBD |
| Communist Party of India | Munin Mahanta | TBD |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation | Bibek Das | TBD |
| Assam Jatiya Parishad | Jagadish Bhuyan | TBD |
| Rashtriya Janata Dal | Hira Devi | TBD |
| Samajwadi Party | TBD | TBD |
| Aam Aadmi Party | Dr. Bhaben Choudhury | TBD |
| Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) | D.D. Adhikary | TBD |
| All India Forward Bloc | TBD | TBD |
| All Party Hill Leaders Conference | Jonas Ingti Kathar | TBD |
| Raijor Dal | Akhil Gogoi | TBD |
| Anchalik Gana Morcha | Ajit Kumar Bhuyan | TBD |

### Others

| Party | Leader | Seats contested |
| All India United Democratic Front | Badruddin Ajmal | TBD |
| Bodoland People's Front | Hagrama Mohilary | TBD |
| All India Trinamool Congress | Romen Chandra Borthakur | 70 |
| Janata Dal (United) | Paresh Nath | TBD |
| Revolutionary Communist Party of India | Biren Deka | TBD |
| Gana Suraksha Party | Heera Saraniya | TBD |
| Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) | Chandralekha Das | TBD |
| National People's Party | Dilip Kumar Borah | TBD |
| Autonomous State Demand Committee | Dr. Jayanta Rongpi | TBD |

## Results
### Results by alliance or party

| Alliance/ Party | Alliance/ Party | Alliance/ Party | Alliance/ Party | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats | Seats |
| Alliance/ Party | Alliance/ Party | Alliance/ Party | Alliance/ Party | Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | +/− |
| | NEDA | | Bharatiya Janata Party | | | | | | |
| | NEDA | | Asom Gana Parishad | | | | | | |
| | NEDA | | United People's Party Liberal | | | | | | |
| | NEDA | Total | Total | | | | | | |
| | Indian National Congress | Indian National Congress | Indian National Congress | | | | | | |
| | ASM | | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | | | | | | |
| | ASM | | Communist Party of India | | | | | | |
| | ASM | | Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation | | | | | | |
| | ASM | | Assam Jatiya Parishad | | | | | | |
| | ASM | | Rashtriya Janata Dal | | | | | | |
| | ASM | | Samajwadi Party | | | | | | |
| | ASM | | Aam Aadmi Party | | | | | | |
| | ASM | | Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) | | | | | | |
| | ASM | | All India Forward Bloc | | | | | | |
| | ASM | | All Party Hill Leaders Conference | | | | | | |
| | ASM | | Raijor Dal | | | | | | |
| | ASM | | Anchalik Gana Morcha | | | | | | |
| | ASM | Total | Total | | | | | | |
| | Other parties | Other parties | Other parties | | | | | | |
| | Independents | Independents | Independents | | | | | | |
| | NOTA | NOTA | NOTA | | | | | | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | | 100% | — | | 126 | — |