2025 Assam Panchayat Election
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 and 1,445 seats in Anchalik Parishad. 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 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 | 397 |
| 2. | Anchalik Panchayats | 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 forthe 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, Hojai, Nagaon, Morigaon and Darrang.
Parties and alliances
! colspan="5" |Party!Symbol
!Leader
!rowspan=2 align=left|National Democratic Alliance
! colspan="3" |Indian National Congress
! colspan="3" |All India United Democratic Front
! colspan="3" |Raijor Dal
! colspan="3" |All India Trinamool Congress
! colspan="3" |Assam Jatiya Parishad
! colspan="3" |Aam Aadmi Party
! colspan="3" |Communist Party of India (Marxist)
! colspan="3" |United People's Party, Liberal
! colspan="3" |Bodoland People's Front
! colspan="3" |Samajwadi Party