2025 Assam local elections

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The 2025 Assam Panchayat Election were held in May 2025. Polling took place in two phases, on 2 and 7 May 2025.[1] The counting of votes started on 11 May and results were declared on 14 May.[2] More than 18 million people were eligible to vote and the voter turnout was over 74 per cent.[3]

The National Democratic Alliance of Bharatiya Janata Party and Asom Gana Parishad[4], who also formed the state government, won absolute majorities in both ZPM and APM respectively. Both the parties together won 301 seats in Zilla Parishad (ZPM) and 1,445 seats in Anchalik Parishad (APM). Meanwhile, Indian National Congress suffered a crushing defeat and only manages to won 72 seats and 481 seats in ZPM and APM respectively. On the other hand, AIUDF despite being the prime option in minority predominant areas, also suffered a major setback in these areas and only manages to won 8 seats and 64 seats in ZPM and APM respectively. While Akhil Gogoi lead Raijor Dal in their first ever Panchayat election, won 3 seats and 17 seats in ZPM and APM respectively.[5]

Background

Assam Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 made provisions for establishing a three-tier Panchayati Raj system in the State at the village, intermediate and district level.[6]

The Assam Panchayat (Amendment) Act, 2023 made provisions for introduction of political symbols in ZPM and APM, while no party symbols for candidates contesting in Gaon Panchayat.[7][8]

Election was supposed to take place in 2023, but after a long delay of two years, it finally took place in May 2025. The delay was basically due to a High Court's verdict regarding delimitation exercise in Sribhumi district and Assam Higher Secondary exams taking place in February/March 2025.[9]

Total Number of Electors

No. Gender Voters
1. Male 90,60,640
2. Female 89,53,865
3. Others 408
Total electors 1,80,14,913[10]

Total Number of Elected Representatives in the State

No. Panchayat Representatives
1. Zilla Parishad (ZPM) 397[11]
2. Anchalik Panchayats (APM) 2,188
3. Gaon Panchayats 21,920

Election schedule

The Assam State Election Commission announced that the Polls would hold in two Phases. The polling for the first phase was held on 2 May 2025, while that for the second phase took place on 7 May 2025. The final counting of votes to start from 11 May 2025 in the 27 districts across the state.[12]

In first phase, polls were held in Cachar, Hailakandi, Sribhumi, Biswanath, Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Charaideo, Sivasagar, Majuli, Jorhat, Golaghat, Dhemaji, Lakhimpur and Sonitpur.[13]

In the second phase, the election were held in Dhubri, South Salmara Mankachar, Goalpara, Bongaigaon, Barpeta, Bajali, Nalbari, Kamrup, Kamrup (Metro), Hojai, Nagaon, Morigaon and Darrang.[14]

Parties and alliances

Template:Election table ! colspan="5" |Party !Symbol !Leader |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=Template:Party color| !rowspan=2 align=left|National Democratic Alliance |bgcolor=Template:Party color| |Bharatiya Janata Party |BJP | |Dilip Saikia |- |! style="text-align:center; background:Template:Party color;color:black"| |Asom Gana Parishad |AGP | |Atul Bora |- |! style="text-align:center; background:Template:Party color;color:black"| ! colspan="3" |Indian National Congress |INC | |Bhupen Borah |- |! style="text-align:center; background:Template:Party color;color:black"| ! colspan="3" |All India United Democratic Front |AIUDF | |Badruddin Ajmal |- |! style="text-align:center; background:Template:Party color;color:black"| ! colspan="3" |Raijor Dal |RD | |Akhil Gogoi |- |! style="text-align:center; background:Template:Party color;color:black"| ! colspan="3" |All India Trinamool Congress |AITC | |Romen Chandra Borthakur |- |! style="text-align:center; background:Template:Party color;color:black"| ! colspan="3" |Assam Jatiya Parishad |AJP | |Lurinjyoti Gogoi |- |! style="text-align:center; background:Template:Party color;color:black"| ! colspan="3" |Aam Aadmi Party |AAP | |Bhaben Choudhury |- |! style="text-align:center; background:Template:Party color;color:black"| ! colspan="3" |Communist Party of India (Marxist) |CPI(M) | |Suprakash Talukdar |- |! style="text-align:center; background:Template:Party color;color:black"| ! colspan="3" |United People's Party, Liberal |UPPL | |Pramod Boro |- |! style="text-align:center; background:Template:Party color;color:black"| ! colspan="3" |Bodoland People's Front |BPF | |Hagrama Mohilary |- |! style="text-align:center; background:Template:Party color;color:black"| ! colspan="3" |Samajwadi Party |SP | |Brojen Kumar Handique |}

Campaign

CM of Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma during his election campaign requested for a triple-engine govt. He also vowed to reduce lpg prices, slash electric bill, granting land rights to tea tribes, etc.[15] The president of Asom Gana Parishad, Atul Bora, whose party is in coalition with the BJP, expressed complete confidence of a comfortable victory and also claimed that the opposition Congress has no existence in this election.[16] The president of the Assam unit of BJP, Dilip Saikia claimed that current BJP govt launched various schemes in a corruption-free manner unlike previous Congress-led govt. being marked by various corruption and nepotism. Meanwhile Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi vowed to give priority to Underpriviledged and marginalised sections of the society along with youth and women empowerment. Gogoi also alleged that the current govt. decision to open liquor shops in rural areas is creating an unhealthy environment in those areas.[17] The president of the Assam unit of Congress, Bhupen Borah alleged that their candidates were being threatened by the current NDA-govt. to withdraw from the polls.[18]

Party wise results

Zilla Parishad

The election results for 397 Zilla Parishad Members (ZPM) are as follows:

No. Political Party Seats won Seat share (in %) Seat change
1. bgcolor=Template:Party color| National Democratic AllianceTemplate:Efn[19] 301Template:Efn 75.82 Template:Increase89
2. bgcolor=Template:Party color| Indian National Congress 72 18.14 Template:Decrease75
3. bgcolor=Template:Party color| All India United Democratic Front 8 2.01 Template:Decrease18
4. bgcolor=Template:Party color| Raijor Dal 3 0.76 New
5. bgcolor=Template:Party color| Independent 13 3.27 —

Anchalik Panchayat

The election results for 2,188 Anchalik Panchayat Members (APM) are as follows:

No. Political Party Seats won Seat share (in %) Seat change
1. bgcolor=Template:Party color| National Democratic AllianceTemplate:Efn[20] 1,445Template:Efn 66.04 Template:Increase420
2. bgcolor=Template:Party color| Indian National Congress 481 21.98 Template:Decrease290
3. bgcolor=Template:Party color| All India United Democratic Front 64 2.92 Template:Decrease75
4. bgcolor=Template:Party color| Raijor Dal 17 0.78 New
5. bgcolor=Template:Party color| Trinamool Congress 4 0.18 —
6. bgcolor=Template:Party color| Assam Jatiya Parishad 3 0.14 New
7. bgcolor=Template:Party color| Aam Aadmi Party 1 0.05 —
8. bgcolor=Template:Party color| Independent 173 7.91 —

District wise results

Zilla Parishad (ZPM)

S.No. District Total NDA INC AIUDF RD IND
1 Nagaon 27 bgcolor=Template:Party color|14 13 0 0 0
2 Cachar 25 bgcolor=Template:Party color|16 7 0 0 2
3 Kamrup Rural 24 bgcolor=Template:Party color|19 4 1 0 0
4 Dibrugarh 22 bgcolor=Template:Party color|22 0 0 0 0
5 Tinsukia 22 bgcolor=Template:Party color|22 0 0 0 0
6 Dhubri 20 5 bgcolor=Template:Party color|10 3 1 1
7 Golaghat 20 bgcolor=Template:Party color|20 0 0 0 0
8 Sonitpur 20 bgcolor=Template:Party color|20 0 0 0 0
9 Barpeta 19 7 bgcolor=Template:Party color|9 2 0 1
10 Lakhimpur 19 bgcolor=Template:Party color|17 1 0 1 0
11 Goalpara 16 bgcolor=Template:Party color|10 3 2 0 1
12 Jorhat 16 bgcolor=Template:Party color|16 0 0 0 0
13 Sribhumi 16 bgcolor=Template:Party color|11 5 0 0 0
14 Biswanath 12 bgcolor=Template:Party color|12 0 0 0 0
15 Bongaigaon 12 bgcolor=Template:Party color|8 1 0 0 3
16 Darrang 12 bgcolor=Template:Party color|7 4 0 1 0
17 Dhemaji 12 bgcolor=Template:Party color|12 0 0 0 0
18 Hojai 12 bgcolor=Template:Party color|7 5 0 0 0
19 Morigaon 12 bgcolor=Template:Party color|8 3 0 0 1
20 Nalbari 12 bgcolor=Template:Party color|11 1 0 0 0
21 Sibsagar 12 bgcolor=Template:Party color|12 0 0 0 0
22 Charaideo 8 bgcolor=Template:Party color|8 0 0 0 0
23 Hailakandi 8 3 3 0 0 2
24 Kamrup Metropolitan 6 bgcolor=Template:Party color|6 0 0 0 0
25 Bajali 5 bgcolor=Template:Party color|4 0 0 0 1
26 Majuli 4 bgcolor=Template:Party color|4 0 0 0 0
27 South Salmara Mankachar 4 0 bgcolor=Template:Party color|3 0 0 1
Total 397 301 72 8 3 13

Anchalik Panchayat (APM)

S.No. District Total NDA INC AIUDF RD Others IND
1 Nagaon 164 bgcolor=Template:Party color|88 65 3 2 0 6
2 Cachar 162 bgcolor=Template:Party color|111 36 0 0 1 14
3 Kamrup Rural 139 bgcolor=Template:Party color|90 29 1 0 1 18
4 Dhubri 128 26 bgcolor=Template:Party color|62 19 2 0 19
5 Golaghat 108 bgcolor=Template:Party color|98 6 0 0 0 4
6 Barpeta 102 23 bgcolor=Template:Party color|46 21 2 1 9
7 Sribhumi 95 bgcolor=Template:Party color|54 33 0 0 1 7
8 Dibrugarh 93 bgcolor=Template:Party color|87 2 0 0 0 4
9 Sonitpur 88 bgcolor=Template:Party color|79 6 0 0 0 3
10 Tinsukia 86 bgcolor=Template:Party color|83 2 0 0 1 0
11 Jorhat 86 bgcolor=Template:Party color|82 3 0 0 0 1
12 Morigaon 84 bgcolor=Template:Party color|50 24 1 1 1 7
13 Lakhimpur 83 bgcolor=Template:Party color|64 12 0 1 0 6
14 Goalpara 81 bgcolor=Template:Party color|33 19 8 3 0 18
15 Sibsagar 81 bgcolor=Template:Party color|77 3 0 1 0 0
16 Biswanath 73 bgcolor=Template:Party color|68 3 0 0 0 2
17 Darrang 73 bgcolor=Template:Party color|33 30 1 0 1 8
18 Hojai 68 28 bgcolor=Template:Party color|33 3 0 0 4
19 Bongaigaon 65 bgcolor=Template:Party color|35 14 5 2 0 9
20 Dhemaji 65 bgcolor=Template:Party color|50 10 0 0 0 5
21 Nalbari 64 bgcolor=Template:Party color|59 5 0 0 0 0
22 Hailakandi 62 bgcolor=Template:Party color|26 15 0 3 0 18
23 Charaideo 36 bgcolor=Template:Party color|36 0 0 0 0 0
24 South Salmara Mankachar 35 8 bgcolor=Template:Party color|20 2 0 0 5
25 Bajali 27 bgcolor=Template:Party color|21 1 0 0 1 4
26 Kamrup Metropolitan 20 bgcolor=Template:Party color|18 1 0 0 0 1
27 Majuli 20 bgcolor=Template:Party color|18 1 0 0 0 1
Total 2,188 1,445 481 64 17 8 173

See also

Notes

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References

  1. ↑ Assam panchayat elections to be held in 2 phases on May 2 and 7; votes to be counted on May 11. Hindustan Times(2 April 2025).
  2. ↑ BJP secures landslide victory in Assam panchayat polls. Deccan Herald(13 May 2025).
  3. ↑ BJP, ally lead in Assam panchayat election. The Hindu(12 May 2025).
  4. ↑ Assam panchayat polls: BJP eyes easy win in absence of Oppn alliance. Deccan Herald(20 April 2025).
  5. ↑ How BJP clinched a massive victory in Assam's panchayat election. Indian Express(14 May 2025).
  6. ↑ Assam Panchayat Raj Act, 1994. Assam State Election Commission.
  7. ↑ Assam government proposes major reform in the Panchayati Raj System. The Economic Times(9 September 2023).
  8. ↑ The Assam Panchayat (Amendment) Act, 2023. Govt. of Assam(19 October 2023).
  9. ↑ Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Indicates February Panchayat Polls Possible If Court Judgement Received by Midnight. Oneindia(10 January 2025).
  10. ↑ Final Electoral Role. Assam State Election Commission(28 December 2024).
  11. ↑ Assam: Final electoral rolls for Panchayat polls published, 1.8 cr eligible voters. Deccan Herald(29 December 2024).
  12. ↑ Assam to have two-phase panchayat polls in May. The Hindu(2 April 2025).
  13. ↑ Assam to hold two-phase panchayat elections on May 2 and 7 after delimitation. The Economic Times(2 April 2025).
  14. ↑ Notification - regarding schedule of Panchayat Election, 2025. Assam State Election Commission(2 April 2025).
  15. ↑ Sarma calls for triple-engine govt. during panchayat poll campaign. The Times of India(21 April 2025).
  16. ↑ "Congress has no existence in Assam": Atul Bora confident of NDA victory in Panchayat polls. India Today NE(14 April 2025).
  17. ↑ Dilip Saikia, Gaurav Gogoi lead rival rallies in Jorhat before May 2 polls. The Assam Tribune(29 April 2025).
  18. ↑ Allegations about threats, money- power charge up atmosphere ahead of panchayat polls in Assam. Deccan Herald(17 April 2025).
  19. ↑ Panchayat Election results (ZPM). Assam State Election Commission(14 May 2025).
  20. ↑ Panchayat Election results (APM). Assam State Election Commission(14 May 2025).

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