Polling officials are getting into a boat with voting machines and other election material to cross the Brahmaputra River to conduct voting in remote areas of Kamrup Rural district on the eve of the Assam Assembly election on Wednesday, 08, April 2026. | Photo Credit: Ritu Raj Konwar More than 2.51 crore voters in Assam are expected to choose between two alliances, one led by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the other by the Congress, in the Assembly elections on Thursday (April 9, 2026). The contest is likely to be direct in most of the State’s 126 Assembly constituencies. The BJP-led NDA, captained by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, seeks to score a hat-trick of electoral wins. Its partners are the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), Bodoland People’s Front (BPF), and Rabha Hasong Joutha Mancha. Published – April 08, 2026 10:34 pm IST Share this: Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window) Telegram Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window) Pocket Click to share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon Click to share on Nextdoor (Opens in new window) Nextdoor Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky Like this:Like Loading... Post navigation Bombay HC quashes ECI notification for Goa’s Ponda bye-election, day before polling West Bengal Assembly elections: Left Front, Congress poll manifestos promise jobs