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2026 Punjab, India local elections
Punjab, India urban local body elections held May 26, 2026 for 1,977 wards across 8 municipal corporations, 75 councils, and 20 nagar panchayats. AAP won 958 wards (48%), Congress 397, Independents 251, SAD 192, BJP 172; turnout 63.94%; ballot papers used instead of EVMs.
2026 Rajya Sabha elections
The 2026 Rajya Sabha elections were biennial and bye-elections to India's Council of States, chosen by state legislators, with 27 seats contested in June 2026 and 11 more in October.
2026 Telangana local elections
The 2026 Telangana local elections (urban local body elections) were held 11 February 2026 for 116 municipalities and 7 municipal corporations, about 2,996 wards. Congress led with 39.26% of votes and 1,526 wards, ahead of BRS, BJP and AIMIM.
2026 Thai general election
The 2026 Thai general election, held on 8 February 2026, elected all 500 members of Thailand's House of Representatives; the Bhumjaithai Party won the most seats.
2026 Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council election
April 2026 election to Tripura's Sixth Schedule tribal council (TTAADC), also called ADC polls: Tipra Motha won 24 of 28 seats, BJP 4; distinct from the September 2026 Village Committee elections.
2026 Vietnamese legislative election
Legislative election held 15 March 2026 for Vietnam's 16th National Assembly (500 seats, 864 candidates); CPV won 482 seats, 18 non-party, turnout 99.7 percent; Tô Lâm later elected president.
2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, held in two phases April 23 and 29, 2026: BJP won 207 of 294 seats, ending TMC rule under Mamata Banerjee; turnout 93.7% after a contested Special Intensive Revision of voter rolls.
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 East Timorese presidential election
2027 East Timorese presidential election, scheduled March 2027 in Timor-Leste. Incumbent José Ramos-Horta faces a constitutional term-limit question; biometric voter registration and overseas enrollment run October 2026 to January 2027.
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.
2028 Philippine presidential election
2028 Philippine presidential election, set for May 2028 within the National and Local Elections; successor to Ferdinand Marcos Jr., who cannot seek reelection. Sara Duterte leads polls (49.5% in July 2026) pending her Senate impeachment trial; Comelec is preparing with a P50-billion budget.
2028 Philippine Senate election
The 2028 Philippine Senate election, set for May 8, 2028, will fill 12 of 24 Senate seats by plurality-at-large voting amid the Marcos-Duterte rivalry, Sara Duterte's 2028 presidential bid and impeachment, and early OCTA and Pulso surveys.
2028 Rajya Sabha elections
2028 Rajya Sabha elections: biennial upper-house polls in India, elected by state MLAs via single transferable vote; 26 vacancies across 7 states fall due in 2028, including Rajasthan seats ending 4 July 2028.
2029 Indonesian presidential election
The 2029 Indonesian presidential election will be the sixth direct election, featuring a court-ordered separation of national and local elections and the removal of the candidacy threshold.
20th Congress of the Philippines
The 20th Congress of the Philippines (Ika-20 Kongreso ng Pilipinas) is the bicameral legislature elected May 12, 2025, serving June 30, 2025 to June 30, 2028: a 24-seat Senate plus a 318-seat House, led by Senate President Tito Sotto and Speaker Bojie Dy.
Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas
Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas: five-party Philippine electoral coalition (PFP, Lakas-CMD, NPC, NP, NUP) formed by Marcos allies in 2024; contested the 2025 midterms, winning the House majority but only six of 12 Senate seats.
Assassination of Benazir Bhutto
Assassination of Benazir Bhutto, 27 December 2007, Rawalpindi's Liaquat Bagh: suicide bombing and gunfire killed Pakistan's former prime minister and 24 others; UN inquiry found preventable security failures.
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 India
Elections in India: national and state contests for the Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and state legislatures run by the Election Commission of India under Article 324. First-past-the-post voting on EVMs with VVPAT, a Model Code of Conduct, seven-phase 2024 election, NDA 293 of 543 seats.
Elections in Indonesia
Elections in Indonesia (pemilu) include national legislative and presidential votes and regional head elections (pilkada), run by the independent KPU. Key facts: 1955 first election, 91.54% turnout; open-list PR with 4% threshold; 2024 simultaneous elections, Prabowo winning 58.6%; separate national and local elections from 2029.
Elections in Pakistan
Elections in Pakistan (پاکستانی انتخابات): national and provincial contests under the 1973 Constitution run by the Election Commission of Pakistan. National Assembly: 342 seats, 272 FPTP plus reserved women and non-Muslim seats; first direct general election 1970; latest, 8 February 2024, gave PTI-backed independents the most directly elected seats but led to a PML-N and PPP coalition under Shehbaz Sharif.
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.
Elections in the Philippines
Elections in the Philippines: synchronized triennial national and local polls run by COMELEC, automated since 2010, marked by weak parties, clientelism, and entrenched political dynasties despite a constitutional ban.
House of Representatives (Indonesia)
Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat (DPR RI), Indonesia's House of Representatives: directly elected five-yearly national legislature with legislation, budget, and oversight functions under the 1945 Constitution, 13 commissions in 2024-2029.
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.