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The Election Commission of India (ECI) connected Sunday (March 15, 2026) announced the implicit docket for Assam Assembly elections. The State volition behaviour polls successful a azygous signifier connected April 9, 2026, with ballot counting scheduled for May 4, ECI noted.
As galore arsenic 31,486 polling stations successful the north-eastern State person been acceptable up for the behaviour of the Assembly polls. Of the 126 Assembly seats, 9 person been reserved for Schedule Castes and 19 for Scheduled Tribes. Around 2.50 crore electors are acceptable to formed their franchise successful 2026 assembly polls, said the notification.
The ECI said 5.75 lakh young electors (18+ years of age) are acceptable to formed their ballot for the archetypal clip successful State Assembly elections. Similarly, 4.16 lakh electors with disabilities, 343 3rd genders, and 1.04 lakh elder citizens volition instrumentality portion successful the polls.
The implicit docket for 2026 Assam Assembly elections is arsenic follows:
Date of Issue of Gazette Notification: March 16, 2026 (Monday)
Last Date for making Nominations: March 23, 2026 (Monday)
Date for the scrutiny of Nominations: March 24, 2026 (Tuesday)
Last day for the withdrawal of candidatures: March 26, 2026 (Thursday)
Date of Poll: April 9, 2026 (Thursday)
Date of Counting: May 4, 2026 (Monday)
Date earlier which predetermination shall beryllium completed: May 6, 2026 (Wednesday)
