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2026-2031 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly By-Polls
2026-2031 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-polls: bye-elections filling casual vacancies in the assembly elected April 2026. TVK won Madurantakam and Dharapuram on 6 October 2026; five seats held back by Madras High Court litigation.
2027 elections in India
2027 elections in India: scheduled assembly polls in seven states (Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat) as their five-year terms expire, plus the 2027 presidential election.
2027 Manipur Legislative Assembly election
The 2027 Manipur Legislative Assembly election, due by 13 March 2027 for 60 seats (31 for majority), is the first since the May 2023 ethnic conflict. BJP won 32 seats in 2022; Congress took both Lok Sabha seats in 2024; new regional parties are fragmenting the field.
2027 Tamil Nadu local body elections
2027 Tamil Nadu local body elections: next rural and urban local body polls run by the Tamil Nadu State Election Commission, likely deferred to early 2027 amid delimitation and special-officer administration.
Delhi Legislative Assembly
Delhi Legislative Assembly (दिल्ली विधान सभा), unicameral 70-member legislature of the National Capital Territory of Delhi under Article 239AA; cannot legislate on police, public order, or land; BJP won 47 seats in 2025.
Elections in Andhra Pradesh
Elections in Andhra Pradesh cover the state's 175-seat Legislative Assembly, 25 Lok Sabha seats, and local bodies. Held since 1955; the 2024 NDA landslide (TDP 135, JSP 21, BJP 8, YSRCP 11) returned N. Chandrababu Naidu as Chief Minister.
Elections in Tamil Nadu
Elections in Tamil Nadu: contests for the 234-seat state Legislative Assembly. Dominated since 1967 by the DMK and AIADMK Dravidian parties; the debutant Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam won 108 of 234 seats in the single-phase 23 April 2026 election.
I. Thahira
Thahira (I. Thahira) is an Indian politician of Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), elected MLA from Ranipet, Tamil Nadu in 2026 with 91,149 votes (41.2%), defeating DMK's R. Gandhi by 5,787 votes; aged 40, 10th pass, declared assets Rs 33,000, no criminal cases.
Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly: unicameral legislature of the UT of J&K under the 2019 Reorganisation Act; 90 elected plus 5 appointed members; NC-Congress won the 2024 election with 48 of 95 seats.
List of by-elections to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
By-elections to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly: Erode East (2023, 2025), Vilavancode, Vikravandi (2024), and the October 2026 TVK wins in Madurantakam and Dharapuram after post-election resignations.
M. Bhojarajan
M. Bhojarajan (எம். போஜராஜன்; born 1946) is a BJP politician, Nilgiris planter and advocate, MLA for Udhagamandalam since 2026, and the BJP's lone legislator in the Tamil Nadu Assembly.
Maharashtra Legislative Council
Maharashtra Legislative Council (महाराष्ट्र विधान परिषद), the upper house of Maharashtra's bicameral legislature, one of six Indian state councils. Members elected by MLAs, local bodies, graduates, and teachers; subordinate to the Assembly. In 2026 the Mahayuti alliance won 16 of 17 seats.
Mehtab Sangma
Mehtab Chandee Agitok Sangma, an Indian politician and NPP MLA from Gambegre (ST), West Garo Hills, Meghalaya; wife of Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma; won the November 2024 bye-election by 4,594 votes; MBBS doctor.
Next Indian general election in Punjab
The next Indian general election in Punjab, due 2029, elects 13 Lok Sabha seats. Congress won 7 in 2024, AAP 3, independents 2; BJP doubled vote share to 18.56% with no seats.
Next Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election
Next Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election, due around October 2029, will elect the 90-seat UT assembly; NC-Congress incumbent under Omar Abdullah, BJP main opposition, central issue statehood restoration.
Next Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
Next Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, due February-March 2027 for 403 Vidhan Sabha seats (202 for majority); BJP seeks a third term under Yogi Adityanath against a prospective SP-Congress INDIA alliance after the BJP's 2024 Lok Sabha setback.