The Election Commission of India has announced that the Assembly elections in Assam will be held on April 9, with the results scheduled to be declared on May 4.
Ahead of the announcement, the commission recently reviewed the preparedness for conducting the elections in Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, West Bengal and Puducherry.
As part of the preparations, the poll body has also appointed Central Observers under the plenary powers vested in it by Article 324 of the Constitution and Section 20B of the Representation of the People Act, 1951.
These observers will assist the commission in ensuring that the electoral process is conducted in a free and fair manner and will supervise the management of poll-related arrangements at the field level.
Final electoral roll
Meanwhile, the final electoral roll for the Special Revision 2026 has been published in Assam, covering all 126 Assembly constituencies. The updated voter list includes more than 24.95 million electors.
According to the office of the Chief Electoral Officer, the draft electoral roll initially contained 25,201,624 voters.
Following scrutiny and the disposal of claims and objections, the final list now stands at 24,958,139 voters, reflecting a decrease of 243,485 names.
The final electoral roll comprises 12,482,213 male voters, 12,475,583 female voters and 343 voters from the third gender category.
Officials stated that the integrated draft electoral roll for the Special Revision 2026 was published on December 27, 2025, following a house-to-house verification exercise conducted across the state between November 22 and December 20.
The period for filing claims and objections remained open from December 27 to January 22.
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Political contest in Assam
In Assam, the forthcoming Assembly election is expected to witness a contest between the ruling alliance led by the Bharatiya Janata Party and the opposition Indian National Congress for the 126 seats in the state legislature.
In the 2021 Assembly elections, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance secured a decisive victory by winning 75 seats in the 126-member Assembly, comfortably crossing the majority mark of 64 seats.
The BJP emerged as the single largest party with a vote share of approximately 33.2 per cent.
Its allies, the Asom Gana Parishad and the United People’s Party Liberal, secured vote shares of about 7.9 per cent and 3.4 per cent respectively, taking the total vote share of the ruling alliance to nearly 44.8 per cent.
The Congress, on the other hand, secured around 29.7 per cent of the votes, while its ally, the All India United Democratic Front, polled approximately 9.3 per cent.
