2025 Assam Panchayat Election

The 2025 Assam Panchayat Election were held in May 2025. Polling took place in two phases, on 2 and 7 May 2025.^[2] The counting of votes started on 11 May and results were declared on 14 May.^[3] More than 18 million people were eligible to vote and the voter turnout was over 74 per cent.^[4]

2025 Assam Panchayat Election

← 2018 2 and 7 May 2025 2030 →
397 ZPM and 2188 APM posts[a]
Turnout	74.71[1] ( 3.49 pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Himanta Biswa Sarma Bhupen Borah Badruddin Ajmal Party NDA INC AIUDF Leader since 2021 2021 2005 Last election (ZPM) 212 147 26 Seats won (ZPM) 301 72 8 Seat change (ZPM) 89 75 18 Last election (APM) 1025 771 139 Seats won (APM) 1445 481 64 Seat change (APM) 420 290 75   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Akhil Gogoi Romen Chandra Borthakur Lurinjyoti Gogoi Party RD AITC AJP Leader since 2020 2024 2020 Last election (ZPM) Didn't exist Didn't contest Didn't exist Seats won (ZPM) 3 0 0 Seat change (ZPM) New — New Last election (APM) Didn't exist Didn't contest Didn't exist Seats won (APM) 17 4 1 Seat change (APM) New — New   Seventh party   Leader Bhaben Choudhury Party AAP Leader since 2025 Last election (ZPM) Didn't contest Seats won (ZPM) 0 Seat change (ZPM) — Last election (APM) Didn't contest Seats won (APM) 1 Seat change (APM) —

The National Democratic Alliance of Bharatiya Janata Party and Asom Gana Parishad, 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 intoduction 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

Party					Symbol	Leader
	National Democratic Alliance		Bharatiya Janata Party	BJP		Dilip Saikia
			Asom Gana Parishad	AGP		Atul Bora
	Indian National Congress			INC		Bhupen Borah
	All India United Democratic Front			AIUDF		Badruddin Ajmal
	Raijor Dal			RD		Akhil Gogoi
	All India Trinamool Congress			AITC		Romen Chandra Borthakur
	Assam Jatiya Parishad			AJP		Lurinjyoti Gogoi
	Aam Aadmi Party			AAP		Bhaben Choudhury
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)			CPI(M)		Suprakash Talukdar
	United People's Party, Liberal			UPPL		Pramod Boro
	Bodoland People's Front			BPF		Hagrama Mohilary
	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.		National Democratic Alliance[19]	301	75.82	89
2.		Indian National Congress	72	18.14	75
3.		All India United Democratic Front	8	2.01	18
4.		Raijor Dal	3	0.76	New
5.		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.		National Democratic Alliance[20]	1,445	66.04	420
2.		Indian National Congress	481	21.98	290
3.		All India United Democratic Front	64	2.92	75
4.		Raijor Dal	17	0.78	New
5.		Trinamool Congress	4	0.18	—
6.		Assam Jatiya Parishad	3	0.14	New
7.		Aam Aadmi Party	1	0.05	—
8.		Independent	173	7.91	—

District wise results

Zilla Parishad (ZPM)

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

See also

• 2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election
• 2024 Indian general election in Assam

Notes

1. ZPM - Zilla Parishad Members | APM - Anchalik Panchayat Members