2026 elections in India

2026 Indian elections

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State elections
States contested	5

The 2026 elections in India are expected to include the elections of the Rajya Sabha and 4 states and 1 union territory legislative assemblies.

Rajya Sabha elections

State/UT	No. of vacancies	Date of Vacancy	Date of Elections	Political Parties before		Political Parties after
Andhra Pradesh	4	June 22, 2026	TBD		YSRCP	TBD
					YSRCP
					YSRCP
					TDP
Arunachal Pradesh	1	June 24, 2026			BJP
Assam	3	April 10, 2026			BJP
					BJP
					AGM
Bihar	5				RJD
					RJD
					JDU
					JDU
				RLM
Chattisgarh	2				INC
					INC
Gujarat	4	June 22, 2026			BJP
					BJP
					BJP
					INC
Haryana	2	April 10, 2026			BJP
Himachal Pradesh	1				BJP
Jharkhand	2	22 June, 2026			BJP
		August 4, 2025		(Vacant)
Karnataka	4	June 26, 2026			BJP
					BJP
					INC
					JD(S)
Madhya Pradesh	3	June 22, 2026			BJP
					BJP
					INC
Maharashtra	7	April 3, 2026			BJP
					BJP
				NCP(SP)
				NCP(SP)
					SS(UBT)
					INC
					RPI(A)
Manipur	1	June 22, 2026			BJP
Meghalaya				NPP
Mizoram		July 19, 2026		MNF
Odisha	4	April 3, 2026			BJP
					BJP
					BJD
					BJD
Rajasthan	3	June 22, 2026			BJP
					BJP
					INC
Tamil Nadu	6	April 3, 2026			DMK
					DMK
					DMK
					DMK
					AIADMK
				TMC(M)
Telengana	2	April 10, 2026			INC
					BRS (formerly TRS)
Uttar Pradesh	10	November 26, 2026			BJP
					BJP
					BJP
					BJP
					BJP
					BJP
					BJP
					BJP
				SP
				BSP
Uttarakhand	1			BJP
West Bengal	5	April 3, 2026		AITC (also commonly known as TMC)
				AITC (also commonly known as TMC)
				AITC (also commonly known as TMC)
				AITC (also commonly known as TMC)
				CPI(M)
Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir	4	February 11, 2021	Vacant
		February 16, 2021
NOMINATED BY THE PRESIDENT OF INDIA	1	March 17, 2021	No elections to be held	INDEPENDENT		INDEPENDENT

State Legislative Council elections

State	No. of Vacancies	Date of Vacancies	Date of Election		Party before election	Party after elections
Maharashtra	9	May 14, 2026	TBD		BJP	TBD
					BJP
					BJP
					BJP
					SHS
					SHS
					NCP
					NCP
					INC
	5	December 7, 2026			NCP
					NCP
					INC
					INC
					Independent
Karnataka	7	July 1, 2026			BJP
					BJP
					BJP
					BJP
					INC
					INC
					JD(S)
	5	July 22, 2026	NOMINATED BY THE GOVERNOR OF KARNATAKA		BJP
					BJP
					BJP
					BJP
					BJP
Bihar	10	June 29, 2026	TBD		JDU
					JDU
					JDU
					JDU
					RJD
					RJD
					RJD
					BJP
					BJP
					INC
	7	November 17, 2026			BJP
					BJP
					JDU
					INC
					CPI
					Independent
					Independent
Uttar Pradesh	11	December 1, 2026			BJP
					BJP
					BJP
					BJP
					BJP
					BJP
					SP
					SP
					SP
					Independent
					Independent
	12	January 31, 2027			BJP
					BJP
					BJP
					BJP
					BJP
					BJP
					BJP
					BJP
					BJP
					BJP
					BJP
					SP
Andhra Pradesh	2	July 28, 2026	NOMINATED BY THE GOVERNOR OF ANDHRA PRADESH		YSRCP
					YSRCP

State Legislative assembly elections

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Date	State	Government before		Chief Minister before	Government after	Chief Minister after
TBD	Assam		Bharatiya Janata Party	Himanta Biswa Sarma	TBD	TBD
			Asom Gana Parishad
			United People's Party, Liberal
	West Bengal		All India Trinamool Congress	Mamata Banerjee
	Tamil Nadu		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	M. K. Stalin
	Kerala		Left Democratic Front	Pinarayi Vijayan

Union Territory Legislative Assembly elections

Date	Union Territory		Government before	Chief Minister before	Government after	Chief Minister after
TBD	Puducherry		All India N.R. Congress	N. Rangasamy	TBD	TBD
			Bharatiya Janata Party

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. "BJP emerges victorious with 33.21% vote share; Congress gets 29.67% votes". Firstpost. 3 May 2021.
2. "BPF pulls out of Congress-led grand alliance in Assam". Northeast Now. 29 June 2021.
3. "Assam Congress decides to break ties with Ajmal's AIUDF, BPF". Indian Express. PTI. 31 August 2021.