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	NDA +1

The 2026 elections in India were held from April to May to include the elections of the Rajya Sabha, 4 states and 1 union territory legislative assemblies, several by-elections and several local body elections.

Seats contested72

Net seat changeTBD

States contested5

Net state changeNDA +1

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#	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		Shillong	Meghalaya	Ricky A. J. Syngkon	Voice of the People Party	Died on 19 February 2026^[2]	TBD
3		Nagaon	Assam	Pradyut Bordoloi	Indian National Congress	Resigned on 18 March 2026^[3]^[4]	TBD

Date(s)^[6]	State/UT	Before election			After election			Maps
Date(s)^[6]	State/UT	Parties		CM	Parties		CM	Maps
9 April 2026^[7]	Assam		Bharatiya Janata Party	Himanta Biswa Sarma		Bharatiya Janata Party	Himanta Biswa Sarma
	Kerala		Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Pinarayi Vijayan		Indian National Congress	V. D. Satheesan
	Puducherry		All India N.R. Congress	N. Rangaswamy		All India N.R. Congress	N. Rangaswamy
	Puducherry		Bharatiya Janata Party	N. Rangaswamy		Bharatiya Janata Party	N. Rangaswamy
23 April 2026^[8]	Tamil Nadu		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	M. K. Stalin		Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam	C. Joseph Vijay
23 & 29 April 2026^[9]	West Bengal		Trinamool Congress	Mamata Banerjee		Bharatiya Janata Party	Suvendu Adhikari

Date	Constituency		Previous MLA		Reason	Elected MLA
9 April 2026^[10]	21	Bagalkot	H. Y. Meti	Indian National Congress	Died on 4 November 2025^[12]	U. H. Meti	Indian National Congress
9 April 2026^[10]	107	Davanagere South	Shamanuru Shivashankarappa		Died on 14 December 2025^[13]	Samarth Shamanur Mallikarjun	Indian National Congress
TBD	71	Dharwad	Vinay Kulkarni		Disqualified on 2 May 2026^[14]	TBD
TBD	100	Hiriyur	D. Sudhakar		Died on 10 May 2026	TBD

Date	Constituency		Previous MLA			Reason	Elected MLA
23 April 2026^[10]	201	Baramati	Ajit Pawar		Nationalist Congress Party	Died on 28 January 2026^[15]	Sunetra Pawar		Nationalist Congress Party
23 April 2026^[10]	223	Rahuri	Shivaji Kardile		Bharatiya Janata Party	Died on 17 October 2025^[16]	Akshay Shivajirao Kardile		Bharatiya Janata Party

Date	Constituency		Previous MLA		Reason	Elected MLA
TBD	35	Maduranthakam	Maragatham Kumaravel	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	Resigned on 25 May 2026^[18]	TBD
	101	Dharapuram	P. Sathyabama
	103	Perundurai	S. Jayakumar
	141	Tiruchirappalli East	C. Joseph Vijay	Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam	Resigned on 10 May 2026^[19]
	225	Ambasamudram	Isakki Subbaya	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	Resigned on 26 May 2026^[20]

Rajya Sabha elections
← 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 →
Seats contested	72
Net seat change	TBD
State elections
States contested	5
Net state change	NDA +1

Date	Constituency		Previous MLA			Reason	Elected MLA
TBD	70	Rejinagar	Humayun Kabir		Janata Unnayan Party	Resigned on 13 May 2026	TBD
TBD	210	Nandigram	Suvendu Adhikari		Bharatiya Janata Party	Resigned on 13 May 2026	TBD

Date	Governing body	Government before		Government after
TBA	Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation		Telugu Desam Party^[22]^[23]^[24]^[25]^[26]^[27]^[28]	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^[29]
	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	Did not exist

Date	Governing body		Government after
TBD	Bhilai Charoda Municipal Corporation	Indian National Congress	TBD
	Bhilai Municipal Corporation
	Birgaon Municipal Corporation
	Risali Municipal Corporation

Date	Governing body	Government before^[36]^[37]		Government after^[38]
26 April 2026	Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation		Bharatiya Janata Party		Bharatiya Janata Party
	Surat Municipal Corporation
	Vadodara Municipal Corporation
	Rajkot Municipal Corporation
	Jamnagar Municipal Corporation
	Bhavnagar Municipal Corporation
	Anand Municipal Corporation	Newly formed
	Gandhidham Municipal Corporation
	Mehsana Municipal Corporation
	Morbi Municipal Corporation
	Nadiad Municipal Corporation
	Navsari Municipal Corporation
	Porbandar Chhaya Municipal Corporation
	Surendranagar Municipal Corporation
	Vapi Municipal Corporation
TBD	Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation		Bharatiya Janata Party	TBD

Date	Governing body
10 May 2026^[40]	Ambala Municipal Corporation	Bharatiya Janata Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
	Panchkula Municipal Corporation
	Sonipat Municipal Corporation

Date	Governing body	Government before		Government after^[41]
17 May 2026^[42]	Dharamshala Municipal Corporation		Bharatiya Janata Party		Bharatiya Janata Party
	Mandi Municipal Corporation		Bharatiya Janata Party
	Solan Municipal Corporation		Indian National Congress
	Palampur Municipal Corporation		Indian National Congress		Indian National Congress
TBD	Baddi Municipal Corporation	Newly formed^[43]		TBD
	Hamirpur Municipal Corporation
	Una Municipal Corporation

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

Date	Governing body	Government before
23 February 2026^[46]	Adityapur Municipal Corporation		Bharatiya Janata Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
	Medininagar Municipal Corporation
	Ranchi Municipal Corporation
	Giridih Municipal Corporation			Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
	Hazaribagh Municipal Corporation			Independent politician
	Chas Municipal Corporation		Non partisan
	Dhanbad Municipal Corporation
	Deoghar Municipal Corporation			Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
	Mango Municipal Corporation	did not exist		Indian National Congress

Date	Governing body^[47]	Government before		Government after
TBA	Bengaluru Central City Corporation		Bharatiya Janata Party (Earlier governed by BJP) (Erstwhile BBMP, now bifurcated and coordinated under an apex body GBA)^[48]	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^[49]^[50]
	Tumakuru City Corporation
	Ballari City Corporation
	Bidar City Corporation
	Kalaburagi City Corporation
	Raichur City Corporation	Newly formed
	Hassan City Corporation	Newly formed

Date	Governing body	Government before
15 January 2026^[53]	Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation		Shiv Sena	Bharatiya Janata Party
	Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar 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	Newly formed

Date	Governing body	Government before		Government after
TBA	Imphal Municipal Corporation		Indian National Congress	TBD
			Indian National Congress

Date	Governing body	Government before^[56]		Government after
26 May 2026^[57]	Abohar Municipal Corporation		Indian National Congress		Bharatiya Janata Party
	Bathinda Municipal Corporation		Aam Aadmi Party^[58]^[59]		Aam Aadmi Party
	Barnala Municipal Corporation	did not exist
	Moga Municipal Corporation		Indian National Congress
	Batala Municipal Corporation
	Mohali Municipal Corporation
	Kapurthala Municipal Corporation				Indian National Congress
	Pathankot Municipal Corporation			TBA^[a]
TBA	Hoshiarpur Municipal Corporation			TBD

Date	Governing body	Government before		Government after
TBA	Jaipur Municipal Corporation		Bharatiya Janata Party (Erstwhile JMC Greater)	TBD
	Jaipur Municipal Corporation		Independent (Erstwhile JMC Heritage)^[60]
	Jodhpur Municipal Corporation		Indian National Congress (Erstwhile Jodhpur North)^[61]
	Jodhpur Municipal Corporation		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)^[62]
	Kota Municipal Corporation		Bharatiya Janata Party (Erstwhile Kota South)
	Alwar Municipal Corporation	Newly formed
	Bhilwara Municipal Corporation	Newly formed

Date	Governing body	Government before		Government after^[66]^[67]
11 February 2026^[68]	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^[69]	Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation		Indian National Congress (Unified GHMC)^[70]	TBD
	Malkajgiri Municipal Corporation
	Cyberabad Municipal Corporation
	Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation		Bharat Rashtra Samithi
	Khammam Municipal Corporation		Bharat Rashtra Samithi

Date	Governing body	Government before		Government after
TBD	Agartala Municipal Corporation		Bharatiya Janata Party	TBA
				TBA

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

Date	Governing body	Government before^[71]^[72]		Government after
TBA	Mising Autonomous Council		Sanmilita Gana Shakti	TBD
	Sonowal Kachari Autonomous Council		Bharatiya Janata Party
	Tiwa Autonomous Council		Bharatiya Janata Party
	Bodo Kachari Autonomous Council	Did not exist
	Kamtapur Autonomous Council
	Matak Autonomous Council
	Moran Autonomous Council

Date	Governing body		Government after
TBA	Sadar Hills Autonomous District Council	Indian National Congress	TBD
	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

Andhra Pradesh

Assam

Chandigarh

Chhattisgarh

Goa

Gujarat

Haryana

Himachal Pradesh

Jammu and Kashmir

Jharkhand

Karnataka

Maharashtra

Manipur

Mizoram

Punjab

Rajasthan

Sikkim

Telangana

Tripura

West Bengal

Assam

Ladakh

Manipur

Meghalaya

Tripura

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