The Assam State Election Commission has announced the date for the 2026 General Elections for the Sonowal Kachari Autonomous Council. Accordingly, voting will be held in 32 constituencies of the council on 30th November.
As per the election schedule, the notification for the election was issued on 3rd November. The last date for filing nomination papers is 10th November. On 12th November, the nomination papers will be scrutinized and the list of validly nominated candidates will be published. The last date for withdrawal of candidature is 16th November and on the same day the final list of contesting candidates will be published. While voting will be held on 30th November, re-polling will be held on 1st December if required. Vote counting and completion of the election process will be done on 3rd December. The last date for completion of elections has been fixed as 5th December.
Nomination papers will be accepted from 11 am to 3 pm on all working days except public holidays. Voting time has been fixed from 7.30 am to 4 pm. The same schedule will be applicable in case of re-polling. On the day of counting, counting will start at 8 am and will continue till completion.
The total number of voters in the Sonowal Kachari Autonomous Council election is 1,63,966. Of these, 79,295 are male, 84,667 are female and four are third-gender voters. A total of 337 polling stations have been set up for the 32 constituencies of the council. The process of inclusion of new voters will continue till the last date of filing nomination papers.
Regarding reservation of constituencies, 25 are reserved for Scheduled Tribes, six for women and one for the general category.
It is worth mentioning that the Commission has fixed the maximum limit of election expenditure for each candidate at Rs 2 lakh.
