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 elections.

Lok Sabha by-elections

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

State assembly general elections

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Date(s)	State/UT	Before election			After election			Maps
		Parties		CM	Parties		CM
TBD	Assam		Bharatiya Janata Party	Himanta Biswa Sharma	TBD
			Asom Gana Parishad
			United People's Party Liberal
TBD	Kerala		Left Democratic Front	Pinarayi Vijayan	TBD
TBD	Puducherry		All India N.R. Congress	N. Rangaswamy	TBD
			Bharatiya Janata Party
TBD	Tamil Nadu		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	M. K. Stalin	TBD
TBD	West Bengal		All India Trinamool Congress	Mamata Banerjee	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 [5]	TBD

Maharashtra

Date	Constituency		Previous MLA			Reason	Elected MLA
TBD	223	Rahuri	Shivaji Kardile		Bharatiya Janata Party	Died on 17 October 2025 [6]	TBD

Manipur

Date	Constituency		Previous MLA			Reason	Elected MLA
TBD	49	Tadubi	N. Kayisii		National People's Party	Died on 18 January 2025 [7]	TBD

Local Body Elections

Gujarat

Main article: 2026 Gujarat local elections

Date	Municipal Corporation	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

Punjab

Date	Municipal Corporation	Government before		Government after
TBA	Abohar Municipal Corporation		Indian National Congress	TBD
	Batala Municipal Corporation
	Bathinda Municipal Corporation
	Hoshiarpur Municipal Corporation
	Kapurthala Municipal Corporation
	Mohali Municipal Corporation
	Moga Municipal Corporation
	Pathankot Municipal Corporation

West Bengal

Date	Municipal Corporation	Government before		Government after
TBA	Kolkata Municipal Corporation		Trinamool Congress	TBD

See also

• 2025 elections in India

References

1. "TMC Basirhat MP Sk Nurul Islam dies at 61". 25 September 2024. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 25 September 2023.
2. "BJP emerges victorious with 33.21% vote share; Congress gets 29.67% votes". Firstpost. 3 May 2021.
3. "BPF pulls out of Congress-led grand alliance in Assam". Northeast Now. 29 June 2021.
4. "Assam Congress decides to break ties with Ajmal's AIUDF, BPF". Indian Express. PTI. 31 August 2021.
5. "Ravi Naik, Goa agriculture minister and former CM, dies at 79". Hindustan Times. 15 October 2025. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
6. "Maharashtra: Rahuri MLA Shivaji Kardile passes away". The Times of India. 17 October 2025. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 19 October 2025.
7. "Manipur MLA N Kayisii dies at 58 after prolonged illness". India Today. 18 January 2025. Retrieved 17 October 2025.