Archive · 5 Oct 2026
Nagaon Bypoll Preparations Complete as Security Is Tightened
People in the Nagaon constituency will vote in a by-election on October 6.
Polling teams and election supplies have been sent to stations.
Voting is scheduled to run from 7 a.m.
to 5 p.m.
About 11,535 election workers will help run the process.
Extra security is being provided at stations considered sensitive.
Women will run 335 polling stations, and cameras will help officials watch all stations.
Voters aged over 85 and eligible people with disabilities have already completed voting by postal ballot at home.
Fifteen candidates are seeking the seat.
A reported 2,307 polling teams reached assigned stations ahead of voting on October 6.
About 11,535 polling personnel and election materials were transported using around 1,000 vehicles.
Security personnel will accompany polling teams, with extra forces assigned to 624 stations identified as sensitive.
A total of 335 polling stations will be managed entirely by women, and webcasting is arranged at all stations.
Fifteen candidates are contesting; the constituency has 1,902,009 registered voters.
- Who
- Voters in the Nagaon Lok Sabha constituency; 15 candidates are contesting.
- What
- A by-election, with polling teams deployed and security tightened.
- When
- Voting is scheduled for October 6, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.; preparations were reported on October 5.
- Where
- The Nagaon Lok Sabha constituency in Assam, covering segments in Nagaon and Morigaon districts.
- Why
- To hold a by-election for the Nagaon Lok Sabha seat.
- Voting date and hours
- October 6, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Candidates
- 15
- Registered voters
- 1,902,009: 958,595 men, 943,364 women and 50 third-gender voters
- Polling teams reported dispatched
- 2,307
- Polling stations reported for use
- 2,112, including five auxiliary stations
- Women-managed stations
- 335: 258 in Nagaon district and 77 in Morigaon
- Sensitive stations
- 624, with additional police and paramilitary forces deployed
- Monitoring
- Webcasting arranged at all polling stations