2025 Assam Panchayat Election

2025 Assam Panchayat Election
2 and 7 May 2025
397 ZPM and 2188 APM posts[a]
Turnout74.71[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 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]

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

Notes

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

References

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