Bye-Election Schedule: Five Assembly Seats, Nagaon Poll on 6 October

The Election Commission of India announced a bye-election on 7 September 2026. Six seats go to the polls. Five of them are Assembly constituencies. One is a parliamentary constituency. Every vacancy on the list was caused by a resignation, not by a death or a disqualification.

The six seats

The calendar

The gazette notification is issued on 9 September 2026. Nominations close on 16 September and are scrutinised the next day. A candidate may withdraw until 19 September. Polling is on 6 October 2026 and counting on 9 October 2026. The whole exercise must be finished before 11 October 2026.

How the poll will be run

EVMs and VVPATs will be used at every polling station. The Electoral Photo Identity Card (EPIC) is the main proof of identity for a voter, but a dozen other documents are accepted, among them the Aadhaar card, the MGNREGA job card, a passport, a PAN card, a driving licence and the Unique Disability ID card. The Model Code of Conduct takes effect at once in every district that holds any part of a constituency going to the polls.

Rolls and candidates

After Section 14 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950 was amended by the Election Laws (Amendment) Act of 2021, a citizen has four qualifying dates in a year on which to enrol as a voter. Updating of the rolls continues till the last date of nomination for applications received ten days earlier. A candidate with a criminal record must publish those details in newspapers and on television three times during the campaign, and the party that fields such a candidate must do the same and give its reasons. This information also appears on ECINET under Know Your Candidates.