Jaleswar in Assam was won in the 2021 Assembly elections by Aftab Uddin Mollah of the Indian National Congress, who defeated Dr. Reza M. A. Amin of the AIUDF by 21,980 votes. The constituency falls under the Dhubri Lok Sabha seat, where Congress’s Rakibul Hussain defeated AIUDF’s Mohammed Badruddin Ajmal by 10,12,476 votes in the 2024 parliamentary election.
The Assam Assembly elections will be held in a single phase on April 9, 2026, with counting scheduled for May 4.
This year, assembly elections are also scheduled in Kerala and Puducherry on April 9, Tamil Nadu on April 23, and West Bengal in two phases on April 23 and April 29. Results for all states and the Union Territory will be declared on May 4.