The 2025 Assam Panchayat Election were held in May 2025. Polling took place in two phases, on 2 and 7 May 2025. The counting of votes started on 11 May and results were declared on 14 May. More than 18 million people were eligible to vote and the voter turnout was over 74 per cent.
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.
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.
The Assam Panchayat (Amendment) Act, 2023 made provisions for introduction of political symbols in ZPM and APM, while no party symbols for candidates contesting in Gaon Panchayat.
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.
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
Total Number of Elected Representatives in the State
No. Panchayat Representatives 1. Zilla Parishad (ZPM) 397 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.
In first phase, polls were held in Cachar, Hailakandi, Sribhumi, Biswanath, Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Charaideo, Sivasagar, Majuli, Jorhat, Golaghat, Dhemaji, Lakhimpur and Sonitpur.
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.
Parties and alliances
! colspan="5" |Party !Symbol !Leader |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=| !rowspan=2 align=left|National Democratic Alliance |bgcolor=| |Bharatiya Janata Party |BJP | |Dilip Saikia |- |! style="text-align:center; background:;color:black"| |Asom Gana Parishad |AGP | |Atul Bora |- |! style="text-align:center; background:;color:black"| ! colspan="3" |Indian National Congress |INC | |Bhupen Borah |- |! style="text-align:center; background:;color:black"| ! colspan="3" |All India United Democratic Front |AIUDF | |Badruddin Ajmal |- |! style="text-align:center; background:;color:black"| ! colspan="3" |Raijor Dal |RD | |Akhil Gogoi |- |! style="text-align:center; background:;color:black"| ! colspan="3" |All India Trinamool Congress |AITC | |Romen Chandra Borthakur |- |! style="text-align:center; background:;color:black"| ! colspan="3" |Assam Jatiya Parishad |AJP | |Lurinjyoti Gogoi |- |! style="text-align:center; background:;color:black"| ! colspan="3" |Aam Aadmi Party |AAP | |Bhaben Choudhury |- |! style="text-align:center; background:;color:black"| ! colspan="3" |Communist Party of India (Marxist) |CPI(M) | |Suprakash Talukdar |- |! style="text-align:center; background:;color:black"| ! colspan="3" |United People's Party, Liberal |UPPL | |Pramod Boro |- |! style="text-align:center; background:;color:black"| ! colspan="3" |Bodoland People's Front |BPF | |Hagrama Mohilary |- |! style="text-align:center; background:;color:black"| ! colspan="3" |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. 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. 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 government being marked by various corruption and nepotism. Meanwhile Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi vowed to give priority to Underprivileged and marginalised sections of the society along with youth and women empowerment. Gogoi also alleged that the current government decision to open liquor shops in rural areas is creating an unhealthy environment in those areas. 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.
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 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 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.DistrictTotalNDAINCAIUDFRDIND1Nagaon 2714 13 0 0 02Cachar 2516 7 0 0 23Kamrup Rural 2419 4 1 0 04Dibrugarh 2222 0 0 0 05Tinsukia 2222 0 0 0 06Dhubri 20 510 3 1 17Golaghat 2020 0 0 0 08Sonitpur 2020 0 0 0 09Barpeta 19 79 2 0 110Lakhimpur 1917 1 0 1 011Goalpara 1610 3 2 0 112Jorhat 1616 0 0 0 013Sribhumi 1611 5 0 0 014Biswanath 1212 0 0 0 015Bongaigaon 128 1 0 0 316Darrang 127 4 0 1 017Dhemaji 1212 0 0 0 018Hojai 127 5 0 0 019Morigaon 128 3 0 0 120Nalbari 1211 1 0 0 021Sibsagar 1212 0 0 0 022Charaideo 88 0 0 0 023Hailakandi 8 3 3 0 0 224Kamrup Metropolitan 66 0 0 0 025Bajali 54 0 0 0 126Majuli 44 0 0 0 027South Salmara Mankachar 4 03 0 0 1 Total 397 301 72 8 3 13
Anchalik Panchayat (APM)
S.No.DistrictTotalNDAINCAIUDFRDOthersIND1Nagaon 16488 65 3 2 0 62Cachar 162111 36 0 0 1 143Kamrup Rural 13990 29 1 0 1 184Dhubri 128 2662 19 2 0 195Golaghat 10898 6 0 0 0 46Barpeta 102 2346 21 2 1 97Sribhumi 9554 33 0 0 1 78Dibrugarh 9387 2 0 0 0 49Sonitpur 8879 6 0 0 0 310Tinsukia 8683 2 0 0 1 011Jorhat 8682 3 0 0 0 112Morigaon 8450 24 1 1 1 713Lakhimpur 8364 12 0 1 0 614Goalpara 8133 19 8 3 0 1815Sibsagar 8177 3 0 1 0 016Biswanath 7368 3 0 0 0 217Darrang 7333 30 1 0 1 818Hojai 68 2833 3 0 0 419Bongaigaon 6535 14 5 2 0 920Dhemaji 6550 10 0 0 0 521Nalbari 6459 5 0 0 0 022Hailakandi 6226 15 0 3 0 1823Charaideo 3636 0 0 0 0 024South Salmara Mankachar 35 820 2 0 0 525Bajali 2721 1 0 0 1 426Kamrup Metropolitan 2018 1 0 0 0 127Majuli 2018 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
References
External links Assam State Election Commission Chief Electoral Officer, Assam