2026 elections in India

2026 Indian elections
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Rajya Sabha elections
Seats contested	72
Net seat change	TBD
State elections
States contested	5
Net state change	TBD

The 2026 elections in India are expected to include the elections of the Rajya Sabha, 4 states and 1 union territory legislative assemblies, several by-elections and several local body elections.

Lok Sabha by-elections

#	Date	Constituency	State/UT	Previous MP			Reason	Elected MP
1	TBA	Basirhat	West Bengal	Haji Nurul Islam		Trinamool Congress	Died on 25 September 2024^[1]	TBD

State assembly elections

Sources:^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Date(s)	State/UT	Before election			After election		Maps
Date(s)	State/UT	Parties		CM	Parties	CM	Maps
March/ April 2026*	Assam		Bharatiya Janata Party	Himanta Biswa Sarma	TBD
	West Bengal		Trinamool Congress	Mamata Banerjee	TBD
	Puducherry		All India N.R. Congress	N. Rangaswamy	TBD
	Puducherry		Bharatiya Janata Party	N. Rangaswamy	TBD
April/ May 2026*	Tamil Nadu		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	M. K. Stalin	TBD
May 2026*	Kerala		Left Democratic Front	Pinarayi Vijayan	TBD

* Tentative schedule as per assembly tenure

State Assembly by-elections

Goa

Date	Constituency		Previous MLA			Reason	Elected MLA
TBD	21	Ponda	Ravi Naik		Bharatiya Janata Party	Died on 15 October 2025^[6]	TBD

Karnataka

Date	Constituency		Previous MLA			Reason	Elected MLA
TBD	21	Bagalkot	H. Y. Meti		Indian National Congress	Died on 4 November 2025^[7]	TBD
TBD	107	Davanagere South	Shamanuru Shivashankarappa		Indian National Congress	Died on 14 December 2025^[8]	TBD

Maharashtra

Date	Constituency		Previous MLA			Reason	Elected MLA
TBD	223	Rahuri	Shivaji Kardile		Bharatiya Janata Party	Died on 17 October 2025^[9]	TBD

Manipur

Date	Constituency		Previous MLA			Reason	Elected MLA
TBD	49	Tadubi	N. Kayisii		National People's Party	Died on 18 January 2025^[10]	TBD

Nagaland

Date	Constituency		Previous MLA			Reason	Elected MLA
TBD	28	Koridang	Imkong L. Imchen		Bharatiya Janata Party	Died on 11 November 2025^[11]	TBD

Uttar Pradesh

Date	Constituency		Previous MLA			Reason	Elected MLA
TBD	354	Ghosi	Sudhakar Singh		Samajwadi Party	Died on 20 November 2025^[12]	TBD

Local Body Elections

Andhra Pradesh

Date	Governing body		Government before
TBA	Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation		Telugu Desam Party^[13]^[14]^[15]	TBD
	Rajamahendravaram Municipal Corporation
	Kakinada Municipal Corporation
	Guntur Municipal Corporation
	Anantapur Municipal Corporation		YSR Congress Party^[16]
	Chittoor Municipal Corporation
	Eluru Municipal Corporation
	Kadapa Municipal Corporation
	Kurnool Municipal Corporation
	Machilipatnam Municipal Corporation
	Nellore Municipal Corporation
	Ongole Municipal Corporation
	Tirupati Municipal Corporation
	Vijayawada Municipal Corporation
	Vizianagaram Municipal Corporation
	Mangalagiri Tadepalle Municipal Corporation	Did not exist
	Srikakulam Municipal Corporation	Did not exist

Assam

Date	Governing body	Government before		Government after
TBA	Mising Autonomous Council		Sanmilita Gana Shakti	TBD
	Sonowal Kachari Autonomous Council		Bharatiya Janata Party
	Tiwa Autonomous Council		Bharatiya Janata Party
	Bodo Kachari Autonomous Council	Did not exist
	Kamtapur Autonomous Council
	Matak Autonomous Council
	Moran Autonomous Council
	Silchar Municipal Corporation

Chandigarh

Date	Governing body	Government before		Government after
TBA	Chandigarh Municipal Corporation		Bharatiya Janata Party	TBD

Chhattisgarh

Date	Governing body		Government after
TBD	Bhilai Charoda Municipal Corporation	Indian National Congress	TBD
	Bhilai Municipal Corporation
	Birgaon Municipal Corporation
	Risali Municipal Corporation

Goa

Date	Governing body	Government before		Government after
TBD	Panaji City Corporation		Bharatiya Janata Party	TBD

Gujarat

Date	Governing body	Government before		Government after
TBD	Amdavad Municipal Corporation		Bharatiya Janata Party	TBD
	Surat Municipal Corporation
	Vadodara Municipal Corporation
	Rajkot Municipal Corporation
	Jamnagar Municipal Corporation
	Bhavnagar Municipal Corporation
	Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation
	Anand Municipal Corporation	Newly formed
	Gandhidham Municipal Corporation
	Mehsana Municipal Corporation
	Morbi Municipal Corporation
	Nadiad Municipal Corporation
	Navsari Municipal Corporation
	Porbandar Municipal Corporation
	Surendranagar Municipal Corporation
	Vapi Municipal Corporation

Haryana

Date	Governing body		Government after
TBD	Ambala Municipal Corporation	Bharatiya Janata Party	TBD
	Panchkula Municipal Corporation
	Sonipat Municipal Corporation

Himachal Pradesh

Date	Governing body		Government after
TBD	Dharamshala Municipal Corporation	Bharatiya Janata Party	TBD
	Mandi Municipal Corporation	Bharatiya Janata Party
	Palampur Municipal Corporation	Indian National Congress
	Nahan Municipal Corporation	Indian National Congress

Jammu and Kashmir

Date	Governing body	Government before/ last election		Government after
TBA	Jammu Municipal Corporation		Bharatiya Janata Party	TBD
TBA	Srinagar Municipal Corporation		Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party	TBD

Jharkhand

Date	Governing body	Government before		Government after
TBA	Adityapur Municipal Corporation		Bharatiya Janata Party	TBD
	Giridih Municipal Corporation
	Hazaribagh Municipal Corporation
	Medininagar Municipal Corporation
	Ranchi Municipal Corporation
	Chas Municipal Corporation		Independent
	Deoghar Municipal Corporation
	Dhanbad Municipal Corporation
	Mango Municipal Corporation	did not exist

Karnataka

Date	Governing body	Government before		Government after
TBA	Bengaluru Central City Corporation	Newly formed^[17]		TBD
	Bengaluru North City Corporation
	Bengaluru East City Corporation
	Bengaluru South City Corporation
	Bengaluru West City Corporation
	Mysuru City Corporation		Bharatiya Janata Party
	Shivamogga City Corporation
	Mangalore City Corporation
	Davanagere City Corporation		Indian National Congress^[18]^[19]
	Tumakuru City Corporation		Indian National Congress^[18]^[19]

Ladakh

Date	Governing body	Government before		Government after
TBA	Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh		Bharatiya Janata Party	TBD

Maharashtra

Date	Governing body	Government before		Government after
15 January 2026^[20]	Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation		Shiv Sena	TBD
	Thane Municipal Corporation
	Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation
	Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation
	Aurangabad Municipal Corporation
	Jalgaon Municipal Corporation
	Ahmednagar Municipal Corporation
	Kolhapur Municipal Corporation		Indian National Congress
	Bhiwandi-Nizampur Municipal Corporation
	Nanded-Waghala Municipal Corporation
	Malegaon Municipal Corporation
	Latur Municipal Corporation
	Parbhani Municipal Corporation
	Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation		Nationalist Congress Party
	Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation		Bahujan Vikas Aghadi
	Pune Municipal Corporation		Bharatiya Janata Party
	Nagpur Municipal Corporation
	Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation
	Nashik Municipal Corporation
	Solapur Municipal Corporation
	Amravati Municipal Corporation
	Akola Municipal Corporation
	Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation
	Panvel Municipal Corporation
	Chandrapur Municipal Corporation
	Sangli-Miraj-Kupwad Municipal Corporation
	Dhule Municipal Corporation
	Ichalkaranji Municipal Corporation	newly formed
	Jalna Municipal Corporation	newly formed

Manipur

Date	Governing body		Government after
TBA	Imphal Municipal Corporation	Indian National Congress	TBD
	Sadar Hills Autonomous District Council	Indian National Congress
	Chandel Autonomous District Council	Naga People's Front
	Manipur North Autonomous District Council
	Tamenglong Autonomous District Council
	Ukhrul Autonomous District Council
	Churachandpur Autonomous District Council	Independent

Meghalaya

Date	Governing body	Government before		Government after
TBD	Garo Hills Autonomous District Council		National People's Party	TBD

Mizoram

Date	Governing body	Government before		Government after
TBD	Aizawl Municipal Corporation		Mizo National Front	TBD

Odisha

Date	Governing body	Government before	Government after
TBA	Rourkela Municipal Corporation	did not exist	TBD
	Sambalpur Municipal Corporation
	Puri Municipal Corporation

Punjab

Date	Governing body	Government before		Government after
TBA	Abohar Municipal Corporation		Indian National Congress	TBD
	Batala Municipal Corporation
	Hoshiarpur Municipal Corporation
	Kapurthala Municipal Corporation
	Mohali Municipal Corporation
	Pathankot Municipal Corporation
	Bathinda Municipal Corporation		Aam Aadmi Party^[23]^[24]
	Moga Municipal Corporation		Aam Aadmi Party^[23]^[24]
	Barnala Municipal Corporation	Did not exist

Rajasthan

Date	Governing body	Government before		Government after
TBA	Bikaner Municipal Corporation		Bharatiya Janata Party	TBD
	Udaipur Municipal Corporation		Bharatiya Janata Party
	Bharatpur Municipal Corporation		Indian National Congress
	Alwar Municipal Corporation	did not exist

Sikkim

Date	Governing body	Government before		Government after
TBA	Gangtok Municipal Corporation		Independent	TBD

Telangana

Date	Governing body	Government before		Government after
TBA	Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation		Indian National Congress	TBD

Tripura

Date	Governing body	Government before		Government after
TBA	Agartala Municipal Corporation		Bharatiya Janata Party	TBA
TBA	Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council		Tipra Motha Party	TBA

West Bengal

Date	Governing body		Government after
TBA	Durgapur Municipal Corporation	Trinamool Congress	TBD
	Howrah Municipal Corporation
	Kolkata Municipal Corporation

References

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^ "Congress, CPM spar over Left's potential hat-trick bid in 2026 Kerala polls". India Today. 9 September 2025. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
^ "An untested star, old rivals, and a four-way fight in Tamil Nadu Assembly polls 2026". Deccan Herald. 25 September 2025. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
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^ "TDP-led alliance bags Vizag, Guntur mayor posts!". greatandhra.com. 28 April 2025. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
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^ "ತುಮಕೂರು ಪಾಲಿಕೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್‍ನ ಪ್ರಭಾವತಿಗೆ ಒಲಿದ ಮೇಯರ್‌ ಪಟ್ಟ; ಉಪ ಮೇಯರ್‌ ಆಗಿ ಟಿ.ಕೆ. ನರಸಿಂಹಮೂರ್ತಿ ಅವಿರೋಧ ಆಯ್ಕೆ" [Congress mayor appointed in Tumkur Municipal Corporation]. Vijay Karnataka (in Kannada). 10 September 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
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[1] "TMC Basirhat MP Sk Nurul Islam dies at 61". 25 September 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 25 September 2023.

[2] "Assam: Newly revived front to take on BJP in 2026 assembly polls". The Economic Times. 14 November 2025. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 16 November 2025.

[3] "TMC, BJP strengthen digital teams ahead of 2026 Bengal assembly polls". Hindustan Times. 26 October 2025. Retrieved 16 November 2025.

[4] "Congress, CPM spar over Left's potential hat-trick bid in 2026 Kerala polls". India Today. 9 September 2025. Retrieved 16 November 2025.

[5] "An untested star, old rivals, and a four-way fight in Tamil Nadu Assembly polls 2026". Deccan Herald. 25 September 2025. Retrieved 16 November 2025.

[6] "Ravi Naik, Goa agriculture minister and former CM, dies at 79". Hindustan Times. 15 October 2025. Retrieved 15 October 2025.

[7] "Karnataka Congress MLA HY Meti passes away at 79 in Bengaluru". Hindustan Times. 4 November 2025. Retrieved 4 November 2025.

[8] "Veteran Congress leader Shamanur Shivashankarappa passes away at 94". The Hindu. 14 December 2025. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 15 December 2025.

[9] "Maharashtra: Rahuri MLA Shivaji Kardile passes away". The Times of India. 17 October 2025. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 19 October 2025.

[10] "Manipur MLA N Kayisii dies at 58 after prolonged illness". India Today. 18 January 2025. Retrieved 17 October 2025.

[11] "Five-time Nagaland MLA Imkong L Imchen passes away". Hindustan Times. 11 November 2025. Retrieved 11 November 2025.

[12] "Sudhakar Singh, Samajwadi Party MLA from UP's Ghosi, passes away at 67". India TV News. 20 November 2025. Retrieved 20 November 2025.

[13] "TDP scores hat-trick in Rajahmundry". The Hindu. 12 May 2014. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 7 December 2025.

[14] "TDP bags 32 of 48 seats in Kakinada civic body polls". The Times of India. 1 September 2017. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 7 December 2025.

[15] "TDP-led alliance bags Vizag, Guntur mayor posts!". greatandhra.com. 28 April 2025. Retrieved 14 November 2025.

[16] "YSRC wins all municipal corporations in Andhra Pradesh". The Times of India. 14 March 2021. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 14 November 2025.

[17] "5 new corporations, 368 wards: Bengaluru all set for civic revamp". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 1 October 2025.

[18] "Cong sweeps Davanagere city corpn election". The Times of India. 27 September 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 4 November 2025.

[19] "ತುಮಕೂರು ಪಾಲಿಕೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್‍ನ ಪ್ರಭಾವತಿಗೆ ಒಲಿದ ಮೇಯರ್‌ ಪಟ್ಟ; ಉಪ ಮೇಯರ್‌ ಆಗಿ ಟಿ.ಕೆ. ನರಸಿಂಹಮೂರ್ತಿ ಅವಿರೋಧ ಆಯ್ಕೆ" [Congress mayor appointed in Tumkur Municipal Corporation]. Vijay Karnataka (in Kannada). 10 September 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2025.

[20] "Maharashtra: BMC, 28 other municipal corporations to go for polls on January 15; result on January 16". India TV News. 15 December 2025. Retrieved 15 December 2025.

[21] "Finally, new ADC Members sworn in". e-pao.net. 14 July 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2025.

[22] "ADC Election Final Results 2015". www.e-pao.net. 11 June 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2025.

[23] "AAP gets first mayor in Punjab with Baljit Singh Channi's election in Moga". Hindustan Times. 21 August 2023. Retrieved 4 November 2025.

[24] "AAP grabs Bathinda MC, PCA President' son Padamjit Mehta grabs post of Mayor". The Times of India. 5 February 2025. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 4 November 2025.

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Lok Sabha by-elections

State assembly elections

State Assembly by-elections

Goa

Karnataka

Maharashtra

Manipur

Nagaland

Uttar Pradesh

Local Body Elections

Andhra Pradesh

Assam

Chandigarh

Chhattisgarh

Goa

Gujarat

Haryana

Himachal Pradesh

Jammu and Kashmir

Jharkhand

Karnataka

Ladakh

Maharashtra

Manipur

Meghalaya

Mizoram

Odisha

Punjab

Rajasthan

Sikkim

Telangana

Tripura

West Bengal

See also

References