The Congress party has released its first list of 42 candidates for the Assam Assembly polls.
Party’s State unit president and sitting MP, Gaurav Gogoi will contest the Assembly polls from the Jorhat seat.
This marks Gogoi’s debut in a state Assembly contest, and his candidature has intensified speculation that he could be projected as the party’s chief ministerial candidate.
Deputy leader of Congress in Lok Sabha; he is known as a close and trusted aide of Rahul Gandhi. His father Late Tarun Gogoi was a Congress veteran and a chief minister for 15 years. He was ousted in 2016 assembly polls. Gaurav is MP from Jorhat parliamentary constituency as well.
The Congress party’s leader in the Assam assembly, Debabrata Saikia, will fight the polls from the Nazira seat.
Former Rajya Sabha MP Ripun Bora has been fielded from Barchalla.
Mira Borthakur Goswami is the party candidate from Dispur, and Indraneel Pegu is from the Majuli constituency.
Among other significant names, Mahananda Sarkar has been nominated from Barpeta, Zakaria Ahmed from Karimganj North, and Pranti Phukan from Naharkatia.
The first list also sets the stage for a potentially keen contest in Bihpuria, where Congress has named Narayan Bhuyan as its candidate.
The seat could see a high-profile fight if the BJP fields former APCC chief Bhupen Bora, who recently switched to the saffron party.
Bhuyan’s candidature positions him as Congress’s challenger in what may become one of the closely watched contests in Upper Assam.
The Congress first list of candidates came amid reported strain in seat-sharing negotiations between Congress and its potential ally Raijor Dal.
The alliance talks are understood to be hinging on a few seats with both sides holding their ground while reiterating their commitment to an understanding.
Rahul Sinha is party candidate for Rajya Sabha from West Bengal,
From Odisha, BJP's candidates for Rajya Sabha polls will be state BJP president Manmohan Samal and Sujeet Kumar.
Rahul Sinha is a former Bengal unit president.
The list was released by Arun Singh, national general secretary and in-charge of the party headquarters.
The central election committee of the Lotus party finalised the candidates.
The Rajya Sabha biennial elections 2026 are expected to witness keen contests in several states, particularly where numbers are tight.
In Bihar, the arithmetic and the possibility of an expanded NDA lineup have already added an element of suspense.
From Assam, the party has nominated Terash Gowalla and Jogen Mohan.
Haryana will see Sanjay Bhatia contesting on the BJP ticket.
In Chhattisgarh, Laxmi Verma has been declared the party’s candidate.
Laxmi Verma's announcement is being seen as a clear endorsement of Chief Minister Vishnu Dev Sai's preference.
Nitin Nabin is currently an MLA from the Bankipur Assembly constituency. With his move to the Rajya Sabha, he will have to resign from the Assembly seat, making a by-election in Bankipur inevitable.
He belongs to the Kayastha community and is considered an important organisational face in the state unit.
The second nominee, Shivesh Kumar, comes from a Scheduled Caste background. A former MLA, he was fielded by the party from the Sasaram Lok Sabha seat in 2024 but lost the election. He is a former IAS officer and the son of former BJP MP Munilal Ram.
The announcement has also triggered fresh speculation around Upendra Kushwaha. With the BJP deciding to field two of its own candidates from Bihar, questions remain whether Kushwaha will emerge as a fifth NDA nominee. If that happens, securing the required number of MLAs could prove challenging, potentially setting up a contest with an RJD candidate.
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