Congress releases second list of 23 candidates for Assam polls

The Congress released its second list of 23 party candidates for the upcoming Assam Assembly elections on Saturday, March 14, 2026.

It also left 15 seats to its alliance partners in the northeastern state, where Assembly elections are scheduled to be held in April.

With this, the party announced the names of 65 candidates for the 126-member Assembly in the state.

In the second list of candidates announced by the Congress general secretary (organisation), KC Venugopal, Nurul Islam will contest from Srijangram seat, Abdul Khaleque from Mandia, Rakibuddin Ahmed from Chamaria, Devid Phukan from Tinsukia and Bipul Gogoi from Tingkhong.

The Congress has kept aside the Assembly constituencies of Bajali, Palasbari, Guwahati Central, Goreswar, Morigaon and Barhampur, among others, for its alliance partners.

The Congress released its first list of 42 candidates for the upcoming elections in the state on March 3, fielding State party chief Gaurav Gogoi from Jorhat seat.

The party, which took the lead in announcing the names of its candidates before the declaration of polls, said that Debabrata Saikia, leader of the Congress Legislature Party in Assam, will contest the election from Nazira constituency.

Former Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) chief Ripun Bora has been fielded from Barchalla constituency.

The Congress has not been in power in the northeastern state since 2016.