Assembly election LIVE: 116 candidates, including CM, Speaker, LoP file nominations in Assam till Friday

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Assam Congress connected Friday (March 20, 2026) released the 4th database of 7 candidates, taking the full tally to 94 successful the 126-seat Assembly elections.

Published - March 21, 2026 08:05 americium IST

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma takes portion successful a rally en way to record information for the Jalukbari constituency up of the State Assembly elections, successful Guwahati, Friday, March 20, 2026. | Photo Credit: -

In Assam, a full of 116 candidates, including Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, had filed their information papers till Friday (March 20, 2026) for elections to 126 Assam Assembly constituencies, officials said. Altogether 109 candidates filed their nominations connected Friday (March 20, 2026), portion 7 had filed the erstwhile day.

Assembly elections 2026 updates: Mamata releases TMC manifesto, claims ‘unofficial President’s Rule’ imposed successful poll-bound Bengal

The TMC connected Friday (March 20, 2026) unveiled its manifesto ‘Banglar Jonno Didir 10 Protigya’ for the West Bengal Assembly elections, focusing connected payment expansion, women and number outreach, and targeted societal schemes arsenic it seeks a 4th consecutive term.

At the centre of the manifesto lies a ₹500 hike successful the ‘Lakshmir Bhandar’ scheme, wide regarded arsenic the ruling party’s astir politically potent payment programme, with the monthly assistance promised to emergence to ₹1,500 for women from the wide class and ₹1,700 for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe beneficiaries.

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Assam, Kerala and the Union Territory of Puducherry volition spell to polls connected April 9, 2026. In Tamil Nadu, the predetermination volition beryllium conducted connected April 23. The archetypal signifier of elections volition hap connected April 23, 2026 successful West Bengal and the 2nd signifier connected April 29, 2026. The counting for each these elections volition beryllium held connected May 4, 2026.

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Kerala Assembly Elections 2026: Women leaders rise voices of protestation implicit denial of seat
Congress person Shama Mohamed has lashed retired astatine the enactment enactment for overlooking women successful the party’s campaigner enactment for the upcoming Assembly elections successful Kerala.
In a station connected her Facebook leafage connected Friday, a time aft the Congress enactment retired its database of candidates, she said that lone 9 retired of the 92 candidates of the enactment are women.
“I person been rejected, but not defeated. I petition my person Rahul Gandhi, whom I admire, respect, and adore, to assistance the Congress women of Kerala. In the Lok Sabha elections of 2024, lone 1 pistillate was fixed a summons retired of the 16 persons who contested. If a pistillate happens to beryllium talented, the concern is dire,” she wrote.
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