Assam election date 2026: EC announces single-phase voting for Assam on April 9, results on May 4

The rival Congress has stepped up its preparations ahead of the polls, with Gaurav Gogoi, the Lok Sabha Deputy Leader of the Opposition, playing a prominent role in the party’s campaign outreach.

• Assam assembly elections set for April 9 in a single phase
• BJP grapples with anti-incumbency, ethnic strife, and opposition.
• Congress and AIUDF intensify campaigns among minority voters

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Assam is scheduled to hold elections on April 9 to elect 126 members of the state assembly in one phase, the chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar said on March 15.

In 2021, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma secured a decisive mandate, with the BJP-led alliance winning 75 seats.

However, the state government is confronting a few challenges, including signs of anti-incumbency.

While welfare schemes remain popular, there are indications of fatigue among sections of voters. Ethnic tensions in Bodoland and nearby regions continue to simmer, even as opposition parties sharpen their attacks over alleged corruption and the government’s style of governance.

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Last month, the state BJP said the Assembly elections would “fundamentally be a contest between the indigenous Assamese populace and the Miya Muslim community of East Bengal (Bangladeshi) origin”.

The rival Congress has stepped up its preparations ahead of the polls, with Gaurav Gogoi, the Lok Sabha Deputy Leader of the Opposition, playing a prominent role in the party’s campaign outreach. Apart from the BJP and the Congress, the AIUDF remains a significant political force, particularly among minority voters.

In Assam, where a Special Revision was held instead of SIR, around three lakh voters were deleted.