NDA to finalise Assam seat-sharing by mid-March: Himanta

way2barak, Feb 24: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday (February 24, 2026) said that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) would finalise its seat-sharing arrangement for the upcoming Assembly elections by mid-March.

The Chief Minister said discussions with alliance partners were at an advanced stage. “Everything is moving in the right direction, and I think the seat-sharing and the names of candidates will be finalised by March 15-16,” he told journalists in Bokajan in central Assam’s Karbi Anglong district.

Assam has 126 Assembly constituencies. In 2021, the BJP, AGP, and UPPL contested 93, 22, and 11 seats, winning 60, 9, and 6 of them, respectively.

Speculation is rife that the BJP may allot fewer than 22 seats to the AGP in the forthcoming polls, likely by April. The AGP is also expected to contest a significant number of seats in Muslim-dominated areas, where the BJP has limited electoral prospect.