Bypolls: five Assembly seats and Nagaon Lok Sabha seat vote on 6 October
Why in the news
Campaigning for bye-elections to six seats ended on 4 October 2026. Voting takes place on Tuesday, 6 October, and votes will be counted on Friday, 9 October.
Key facts
- Six seats in all: five Assembly constituencies and one Lok Sabha constituency.
- The Assembly seats fell vacant after the sitting legislators resigned.
- Nagaon (Assam) Lok Sabha seat became vacant after Congress leader Pradyut Bordoloi resigned.
Seats going to the polls
| State/UT | Constituency | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Tamil Nadu | Madurantakam | Assembly |
| Tamil Nadu | Dharapuram | Assembly |
| Puducherry | Thattanchavadi | Assembly |
| West Bengal | Rejinagar | Assembly |
| West Bengal | Nandigram | Assembly |
| Assam | Nagaon | Lok Sabha |
About bye-elections
A bye-election (bypoll) is held to fill a seat in a legislature that becomes vacant between general elections, for example when a sitting member resigns. In this round, all six vacancies arose from resignations.
Exam angle
- Only Lok Sabha seat in this round: Nagaon, Assam.
- Two seats each from Tamil Nadu and West Bengal; one from Puducherry.
- Polling on 6 October, counting on 9 October 2026.