Guwahati: The Assam State Election Commission (SEC) on Tuesday announced November 30 as the polling date for the 2026 General Election to the Sonowal Kachari Autonomous Council (SKAC), with voting scheduled across all 32 constituencies.
The election will cover 1,63,966 registered voters, including 79,295 men, 84,667 women and four voters in the other category. The Commission has arranged 337 polling stations across the constituencies.
According to the election schedule, the nomination process began with the issuance of the notification on November 3 and will continue until November 10. Candidates can file their nomination papers on working days, excluding public holidays, between 11 am and 3 pm.
Scrutiny of nomination papers will take place on November 12, while the deadline for withdrawal of nominations is November 16. The final list of contesting candidates will be published on the same day.
Polling will be held from 7.30 am to 4 pm on November 30. If required, re-polling will take place on December 1 during the same hours.
Counting of votes will begin at 8 am on December 3 and continue until the process is completed. The entire election process is scheduled to conclude by December 5.
The SEC has fixed the maximum permissible election expenditure at Rs 2 lakh per candidate.