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Five Assembly constituencies in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, and Puducherry, and one Lok Sabha seat in Assam are heading for byelections. The byelections were necessitated following the resignations of elected legislators across the three States and the Union Territory for various reasons. Here’s all you need to know about the upcoming bypolls:
When are the elections happening?
The election for all the six seats will be held on October 6, 2026. The nomination process closed on September 16 and the election process is to be completed by October 11.
When will the results be declared?
The counting of votes will be held on October 9.
Which are the seats heading for bypolls?
Madurantakam and Dharapuram constituencies in Tamil Nadu, Thattanchavady constituency in Puducherry, Rejinagar and Nandigram constituencies in West Bengal head to the bypolls on Tuesday, along with the Nagaon Lok Sabha constituency in Assam.
Why are the bypolls being held?
In Tamil Nadu, vacancies arose in Madurantakam and Dharapuram following the resignations of Maragatham Kumaravel and P. Sathyabama, respectively.
In Puducherry, the Thattanchavady constituency opened up after the resignation of Chief Minister N. Rangasamy, who retained the Mangalam constituency.
In Rejinagar and Nandigram in West Bengal, it is due to the resignations of Humayun Kabir and Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, respectively.
In Assam, the bypoll will be held in the Nagaon Parliamentary Constituency following the resignation of Pradyut Bordoloi.
Who are the key candidates?
Tamil Nadu
Dharapuram
TVK candidate P. Sathyabama
AIADMK candidate K. Bhanumathi
NTK candidate M. Karthika
DMK candidate S. Suganya
Communist Party of India candidate P. Lakshmanan
Madurantakam
DMK candidate, I. Paranthamen
AIADMK candidate Kanitha Sampath
CPI(M) candidate P. Suganthi
TVK candidate Maragatham Kumaravel
Naam Tamilar Katchi candidate Janakiraman
Puducherry’s Thattanchavady
AINRC candidate (backed by BJP and AIADMK) Ashok Anand
Congress candidate E. Vinayagam
DMK candidate K. Sethu Selvam
CPI candidate A.M. Saleem
Assam’s Nagaon
AIUDF candidate Badruddin Ajmal
Congress candidate Sibamoni Bora
BJP’s Devasish Sharma
Trinamool Congress candidate Abdul Salam
West Bengal
Nandigram
BJP candidate Hasirani Rath
Congress candidate Milan Pradhan
Communist Party of India candidate Shanti Gopal Giri
Rejinagar
AJUP candidate Golam Nabi Azad
Trinamool Congress candidate Rabiul Alam Chowdhury
Congress candidate Abdullahil Kafi
Democratic TMC candidate Safiuzzaman S.K.
CPI(M) candidate Saeed Asad Ali
BJP candidate Sakharav Sarkar
Published – October 05, 2026 10:25 am IST
