The pact, covering key seats in Upper Assam, is part of Congress’s wider effort to stitch together an opposition alliance with AJP, CPI(M), and CPI(ML) Liberation before the April 9 vote
Raijor Dal president and MLA Akhil Gogoi at a press conference in Guwahati on January 2, 2026. His party has since finalised an 11-seat alliance with Congress ahead of the April 9 Assam Assembly elections. (Photo: IANS)
The Congress and Akhil Gogoi’s Raijor Dal on Friday formalised a seat-sharing agreement for the 2026 Assam Assembly elections, with the opposition alliance allocating 11 constituencies to the regional outfit as part of a push to consolidate anti-BJP votes before the April 9 vote.
The deal marks a concrete step in the Congress-led effort to build a broad opposition coalition against Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s government in the 126-seat assembly. Talks are simultaneously underway with the Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP), the CPI(M), and CPI(Marxist-Leninist) Liberation, signalling that the final alliance picture is still taking shape, even as the campaign window narrows rapidly.
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Under the agreement, Raijor Dal will field candidates in Digboi, Dhing, Manas, Tezpur, Sissiborgaon, Bokakhat, Sivasagar, Dalgaon, Kaliabor, Margherita, and Mariani. The two parties have also agreed to run “friendly contests” in Goalpara East and Gauripur, where both will field candidates without treating each other as adversaries.
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The seat-sharing formula reflects a deliberate attempt to maximise the opposition’s collective reach in an area the BJP cannot afford to take for granted.
Assam Pradesh Congress Committee president and Lok Sabha MP Gaurav Gogoi told reporters in Guwahati that the demand for a united opposition was coming from voters themselves.
He said the proposed coalition would push for inclusive development, protection of land rights, and a vision for a “new Assam”.
Polling is scheduled to take place on April 9 and counting on May 4.
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