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
2	TBA	Shillong	Meghalaya	Ricky A. J. Syngkon		Voice of the People Party	Died on 19 February 2026 [2]	TBD

Rajya Sabha elections

Main article: 2026 Rajya Sabha elections

Elections for 37 seats in the Rajya Sabha are scheduled to be held on 16 March 2026. ^[3]

State assembly elections

Sources: ^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}

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

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 [8]	TBD

Karnataka

Date	Constituency		Previous MLA			Reason	Elected MLA
TBD	21	Bagalkot	H. Y. Meti		Indian National Congress	Died on 4 November 2025 [9]	TBD
	107	Davanagere South	Shamanuru Shivashankarappa			Died on 14 December 2025 [10]

Maharashtra

Date	Constituency		Previous MLA			Reason	Elected MLA
TBD	223	Rahuri	Shivaji Kardile		Bharatiya Janata Party	Died on 17 October 2025 [11]	TBD
	201	Baramati	Ajit Pawar		Nationalist Congress Party	Died on 28 January 2026 [12]

Manipur

Date	Constituency		Previous MLA			Reason	Elected MLA
TBD	49	Tadubi	N. Kayisii		National People's Party	Died on 18 January 2025 [13]	TBD
	56	Thanlon	Vungzagin Valte		Bharatiya Janata Party	Died on 20 February 2026 [14]

Nagaland

Date	Constituency		Previous MLA			Reason	Elected MLA
TBD	28	Koridang	Imkong L. Imchen		Bharatiya Janata Party	Died on 11 November 2025 [15]	TBD

Tripura

Date	Constituency		Previous MLA			Reason	Elected MLA
TBD	56	Dharmanagar	Biswa Bandhu Sen		Bharatiya Janata Party	Died on 26 December 2025 [16]	TBD

Uttar Pradesh

Date	Constituency		Previous MLA			Reason	Elected MLA
TBD	122	Faridpur	Shyam Bihari Lal		Bharatiya Janata Party	Died on 2 January 2026 [17]	TBD
	354	Ghosi	Sudhakar Singh		Samajwadi Party	Died on 20 November 2025 [18]
	403	Duddhi (ST)	Vijay Singh Gond			Died on 8 January 2026 [19]

Local Body Elections

Andhra Pradesh

Date	Governing body		Government before		Government after
TBA	Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation		Telugu Desam Party [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26]	TBD
	Rajamahendravaram Municipal Corporation
	Kakinada Municipal Corporation
	Guntur Municipal Corporation
	Chittoor Municipal Corporation
	Eluru Municipal Corporation
	Nellore Municipal Corporation
	Ongole Municipal Corporation
	Anantapur Municipal Corporation		YSR Congress Party [27]
	Kadapa Municipal Corporation
	Kurnool Municipal Corporation
	Machilipatnam Municipal Corporation
	Tirupati Municipal Corporation
	Vijayawada Municipal Corporation
	Vizianagaram Municipal Corporation
	Mangalagiri Tadepalle Municipal Corporation	Did not exist
Srikakulam Municipal Corporation

Assam

Date	Governing body	Government before [28] [29]		Government after
TBA	Mising Autonomous Council		Sanmilita Gana Shakti	TBD
	Sonowal Kachari Autonomous Council		Bharatiya Janata Party
	Tiwa Autonomous Council
	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 [30]		Government after
TBD	Chandigarh Municipal Corporation		Bharatiya Janata Party	TBD

Chhattisgarh

Date	Governing body	Government before [31] [32]		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 [33]		Government after
11 March 2026 [34]	Corporation of the City of Panaji		Non partisan		Non partisan

Gujarat

Date	Governing body	Government before [35] [36]		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 before		Government after
TBD	Ambala Municipal Corporation		Bharatiya Janata Party	TBD
	Panchkula Municipal Corporation
	Sonipat Municipal Corporation

Himachal Pradesh

Date	Governing body	Government before		Government after
TBD	Dharamshala Municipal Corporation		Bharatiya Janata Party	TBD
	Mandi Municipal Corporation
	Palampur Municipal Corporation		Indian National Congress
	Solan Municipal Corporation		Independent [37]
	Baddi Municipal Corporation	Newly formed [38]
	Hamirpur Municipal Corporation
	Una Municipal Corporation

Jammu and Kashmir

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

Jharkhand

Date	Governing body	Government before		Government after
23 February 2026 [39]	Adityapur Municipal Corporation		Bharatiya Janata Party		Non partisan [39]
	Giridih Municipal Corporation
	Hazaribagh Municipal Corporation
	Medininagar Municipal Corporation
	Ranchi Municipal Corporation
	Chas Municipal Corporation		Non partisan
	Deoghar Municipal Corporation
	Dhanbad Municipal Corporation
	Mango Municipal Corporation	did not exist

Karnataka

Date	Governing body [40]	Government before		Government after
TBA	Bengaluru Central City Corporation		Bharatiya Janata Party (Erstwhile BBMP) [41]	TBD
	Bengaluru North City Corporation
	Bengaluru East City Corporation
	Bengaluru South City Corporation
	Bengaluru West City Corporation
	Mangaluru City Corporation		Bharatiya Janata Party
	Mysuru City Corporation
	Shivamogga City Corporation
	Belagavi City Corporation
	Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation
	Vijayapura City Corporation
	Davanagere City Corporation		Indian National Congress [42] [43]
	Tumakuru City Corporation
	Ballari City Corporation
	Bidar City Corporation
	Kalaburagi City Corporation
	Raichur City Corporation	Newly formed
	Hassan City Corporation

Ladakh

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

Maharashtra

Main article: 2025-26 Maharashtra local election

Date	Governing body	Government before		Government after [44] [45]
15 January 2026 [46]	Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation		Shiv Sena		Bharatiya Janata Party
	Aurangabad Municipal Corporation
	Jalgaon Municipal Corporation
	Ahilyanagar Municipal Corporation				Nationalist Congress Party
	Thane Municipal Corporation				Shiv Sena
	Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation
	Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation
	Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation		Bahujan Vikas Aghadi		Bahujan Vikas Aghadi
	Latur Municipal Corporation		Indian National Congress		Indian National Congress
	Bhiwandi-Nizampur Municipal Corporation				Independent
	Malegaon Municipal Corporation				Indian Secular Largest Assembly of Maharashtra
	Parbhani Municipal Corporation				Shiv Sena (UBT)
	Kolhapur Municipal Corporation				Bharatiya Janata Party
	Nanded-Waghala Municipal Corporation
	Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation		Nationalist Congress Party
	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
	Sangli-Miraj-Kupwad Municipal Corporation
	Dhule Municipal Corporation
	Chandrapur Municipal Corporation
	Ichalkaranji Municipal Corporation	Newly formed
	Jalna Municipal Corporation

Manipur

Date	Governing body	Government before [47] [48]		Government after
TBA	Imphal Municipal Corporation		Indian National Congress	TBD
	Sadar Hills Autonomous District Council
	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
10 April 2026 [49]	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 [50]		Government after
TBA	Bathinda Municipal Corporation		Aam Aadmi Party [51] [52]	TBD
	Moga Municipal Corporation
	Abohar Municipal Corporation		Bharatiya Janata Party [53] [54]
	Mohali Municipal Corporation
	Batala Municipal Corporation		Indian National Congress
	Hoshiarpur Municipal Corporation
	Kapurthala Municipal Corporation
	Pathankot Municipal Corporation
	Barnala Municipal Corporation	Did not exist

Rajasthan

Date	Governing body	Government before		Government after
TBA	Jaipur Municipal Corporation		Bharatiya Janata Party (Erstwhile JMC Greater)	TBD
			Independent (Erstwhile JMC Heritage) [55]
	Jodhpur Municipal Corporation		Indian National Congress (Erstwhile Jodhpur North) [56]
			Bharatiya Janata Party (Erstwhile Jodhpur South)
	Ajmer Municipal Corporation		Bharatiya Janata Party
	Udaipur Municipal Corporation
	Bikaner Municipal Corporation
	Bharatpur Municipal Corporation		Indian National Congress
	Kota Municipal Corporation		Indian National Congress (Erstwhile Kota North) [57]
			Bharatiya Janata Party (Erstwhile Kota South)
	Alwar Municipal Corporation	Newly formed
	Bhilwara Municipal Corporation

Sikkim

Date	Governing body	Government before		Government after
TBA	Gangtok Municipal Corporation		Non partisan [58]	TBD

Telangana

Main article: 2026 Telangana local elections

Date	Governing body	Government before		Government after [59] [60]
11 February 2026 [61]	Karimnagar Municipal Corporation		Bharat Rashtra Samithi		Bharatiya Janata Party
	Nizamabad Municipal Corporation				Indian National Congress
	Ramagundam Municipal Corporation
	Mahabubnagar Municipal Corporation	Newly formed
	Mancherial Municipal Corporation
	Nalgonda Municipal Corporation
	Kothagudem Municipal Corporation				Communist Party of India
TBA [62]	Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation		Indian National Congress (Unified GHMC) [63]	TBD
	Malkajgiri Municipal Corporation
	Cyberbad Municipal Corporation
	Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation		Bharat Rashtra Samithi
	Khammam Municipal Corporation

Tripura

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

West Bengal

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

See also

• 2025 elections in India
• 2026 Rajya Sabha elections
• 2027 elections in India

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